Thomas Merton Center records, 1962-2009.
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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
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Thomas Merton was born on January 31, 1915 in Prades, France to Owen Merton (an artist from New Zealand) and Ruth Jenkins Merton (an artist from the United States), and grew up in New York, Bermuda, France, and England. Merton studied both in Europe and America, and he received a BA and an MA in journalism from Columbia University in 1938 and 1939. In 1938, Merton converted to Catholicism. He taught for two years at St. Bonaventure College in New York before entering the Abbey of Gethsemani i...
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
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Industrialist and inventor of the compressed air brake George Westinghouse incorporated the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in 1891. With its giant factory located in East Pittsburgh, Pa., the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company soon became the Edison General Electric Company's main rival in the contest to provide electricity to the United States. While Edison General Electric pioneered the generation and distribution of direct current (DC) electricity, Westinghou...
International Business Machines Corporation
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International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in New York State on June 16, 1911 under the name Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. In 1922, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. purchased all of the shares of Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft. In 1924 the official name of the company was changed to International Business Machines Corporation. In 1933, IBM CEO Thomas Watson ordered the merger of IBM subsidiaries in Germany (Optima, Degemag, Holgemag, Dehomag) under the name De...
Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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River City Campaign.
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Citizens Budget Campaign of Western Pennsylvania.
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Thomas Merton Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Giving Tree.
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Tri-State Conference on Steel
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Jubilee Soup Kitchen (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
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Thomas Merton Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Peace activist group. From the description of Records, 1972-1982. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 30621678 In 1972, in part to protest the Catholic Church's silence during the Vietnam War, the Thomas Merton Center (TMC) of Pittsburgh was established, affiliating itself with the International Thomas Merton Society. In these early years, the TMC, named after a trappist monk and peace advocate, not only voiced opposition to the Vietnam War, but was also active l...
Rockwell International
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The Columbus Aircraft Division of Rockwell International began operations in November of 1950, when North American Aviation, the then-parent company of Rockwell International, bought out the facilities and operations of the Curtiss-Wright Plant located near Port Columbus Airport on the city's east side. The Rockwell plant was operational on December 4, 1950. Initially, the division handled contracts left over from the Curtiss-Wright operation and manufactured spare parts for a variety of "non-cu...
East End Community Thrift (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
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Amnesty International USA. Pittsburgh Chapter.
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Rush, Molly
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