Steel Process Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1907-1927

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Steel Process Lantern Slide Collection
Creator
Colonial Steel Company
Collection Number
AIS.2014.01
Extent
80 items (2 boxes)
Date
ca. 1907-1927
Abstract
This collection of 80 lantern slides documents steel mills, the steelmaking process, and railroad activities during the early 20th century, specifically the Colonial Steel Company.
Language
English .
Author
Erin Scrimger.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Kenneth Kobus in 2014.

Scope and Content Notes

The Steel Process Lantern Slide Collection contains 80 lantern slides organized into three series documenting steel mills, the steelmaking process, and railroad activities during the early 20th Century. The Colonial Steel Company is represented in 24 slides with 53 slides depicting the steel making process from various mills in Pennsylvania and New York. The remaining three slides are topical and depict railroads and a gardening program at a Philadelphia school.

Arrangement

Series I. Colonial Steel Company, c.1917-1927

Series II. Steel Processes, Products, and Equipment

Series III. Topical

Copyright

No copyright restrictions.

Previous Citation

Steel Process Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1907-1927, AIS.2014.01, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Steel Process Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1907-1927, AIS.2014.01, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Erin Scrimger in 2015.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Colonial Steel Company

    Geographic Names

    • Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History
    • New York (State)

    Genres

    • Lantern slides

    Other Subjects

    • Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Midland (Beaver County)
    • Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Transportation
    • Business and Industry
    • Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Railroads -- Photographs

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