Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title William J. Gaughan Collection Creator
Gaughan, William J.
Collection Number AIS.1994.03 Extent
30 Linear Feet
(7 cartons of documents, 21,000 photographic negatives, 3,000 photographic prints, 24 motion picture films, 70 architectural drawings and blue prints, and 33 miscellaneous maps and oversize ephemera)
Date 1887-2000 Abstract The William J. Gaughan Collection consists of documents, photographic prints and negatives, motion picture films, architectural drawings, and maps that chronicle operations and institutional history of the Homestead Steel Works, a mill owned by The Carnegie Steel Company and later the U.S. Steel Corporation. An employee of the Homestead Works for 36 year, William J. Gaughan, assembled the collection. Digital reproductions of selected photographic images are available online . Language
English
. Author David Rosenberg. The inventory was revised and a guide was written by Dominic La Cava on July 29, 1996. A final version of the guide was completed by Anna Maria Mihalega in July 2000. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in Fall 2001. Revisions were made again in Spring 2012 by Karen Dettloff and Miriam Meislik. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Biography
William J. Gaughan began employment at the United States Steel Homestead Works in 1947 as a laborer at open hearth furnace number four. He worked turns for two years at Homestead before obtaining his degree at Duquesne University. A year before his graduation, Gaughan became an observer in the metallurgical department.
Mr. Gaughan gained extensive management experience in the metallurgical division before becoming a Senior Designer of Operations Planning and Control in 1967. This group developed operations-oriented computer systems. He held this position until retirement in 1983.
Mr. Gaughan became interested in the history of the Homestead Works as a management trainee in the 1950s, when he heard a lecture on the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike. He began to make an extensive effort to preserve the history of steel in Homestead by collecting photographs and other items of historical significance.
Arrangement
The records are organized in the following fourteen series:
Series I. General History (1891-c2000)
Series II. Armor Production (1887-1961)
Series III. Computerized Control Systems (1958-1983)
Series IV. Steel Production and Plant Operations (1935-1981)
Series V. Management (c1930-1983)
Series VI. Binders, Bound Materials, and Publications (c1940-c1990)
Series VII. Miscellaneous, 1999 addition
Series VIII. Maps, Plans and Charts (1903-c1970)
Series IX. Negatives (1941-c1974)
Series X. Photographic Prints (c1890-c1980)
Series XI. Motion Picture Films (c1956-c1974)
Series XII. Oversize Prints, Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Miscellaneous (c1890-c1970)
Series XIII. Personal (c1942-c1999)
Scope and Content Notes The William J. Gaughan Collection consists of records of the Carnegie Steel Company / U.S. Steel Corporation, but the majority of the material in this collection specifically relates to activities at the Homestead Works. The records date from the early years of the mill (1887) to the closing of the Homestead Works Plant in 1988 and include plant operational floor plans and architectural drawings of plant buildings and machinery, company publications, reports, internal memoranda, negatives, photographic prints, and motion picture film.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
William J. Gaughan donated this collection to the Archives Service Center in May 1994. Additonal material was donated in 1999 by Mr. Gaughan and in 2010 by his son, Jerry Gaughan.
Previous Citation
William J. Gaughan Collection, AIS.1994.03, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
William J. Gaughan Collection, AIS.1994.03, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at http://historicpittsburgh.org/collection/william-j-gaughan-collection .
Processing Information
The original inventory for this collection was prepared by David Rosenberg on September 12, 1994. This collection was rearranged and the finding aid was written by Dominic La Cava on July 29, 1996. This collection was again rearranged and the finding aid was revised by Anna Maria Mihalega in July 2000.
Copyright
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects Corporate Names Carnegie Steel Company Homestead Steel Works United States Steel Corporation Geographic Names Homestead (Pa.) -- History Other Subjects Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead Labor Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead. Transportation Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Container List Series I. General History , 1891-ca. 1980 Scope and Content Notes This series contains a number of secondary sources about the history of Carnegie Steel Company and its Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, and Homestead plants. These sources include articles, academic papers, biographies, dissertations, and timelines describing the evolution of Pittsburgh's steel industry, leaders such as Andrew Carnegie and Charles Schwab, notable events like the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the chronology of ownership of the Homestead Works. This series also contains programs and memorabilia from public tours of the Homestead and Edgar Thomson Works. These tours focused on the history of the plants and the history of the steel making processes. This series also includes a United States Steel Gold bond and information regarding the Irvin Case looked into by the Truman Committee Investigation. The General History series also includes a quantity of primary source material from the early years of The Carnegie Steel Company such as correspondence, annual reports, check rolls, safety regulation booklets, and production statistics. Later material includes agreements between Carnegie Steel / U.S. Steel and unions (1934-1977), a warning to management about "Summer Work-In" student agitators (1960s), and various memorabilia dating from the World War II era until the 1980s.
An addition of materials were made to this collection and added on to this series.
Subseries 1. Secondary Sources Articles, essays and papers about the history of the Edgar Thomson Works Containers box 1 , folder 1 Articles, essays and papers about the history of the Carnegie Steel Company Containers box 1 , folder 2 Articles, essays and papers about the history of the Duquesne Works Containers box 1 , folder 3 Exhibition catalog and excerpts from books about Homestead History Containers box 1 , folder 4 National Park Service, Homestead Steel Works and Carrie Furnaces Homestead, Pennsylvania: Inventory of Historic Structures and Their Significance (Draft) Containers box 1 , folder 5 Short histories, articles and exhibition catalogs about Homestead Works Containers box 1 , folder 6 Congressional Investigation into employment of Pinkerton Service during strike of 1892. U.S. House Reports vol. 3. No. 2447-2621, 1892-1893. (copy) Containers box 1 , folder 7 Homestead Strike of 1892 , Dissertation by J. Bernard Hogy of University of Chicago, 1943 (photocopy from microfilm)Containers box 1 , folder 8 Chronologies of Edgar Thomson and Homestead Works Containers box 1 , folder 9 Short Biographies of Andrew Carnegie; Ralph H. Watson, Vice President of U.S. Steel 1930-1946; Charles M. Schwab; and William J. Gaughan Containers box 1 , folder 10 Statistics about African-American Employment 1910-1920 Containers box 1 , folder 11 Pittsburgh Dispatch (Articles about Homestead Strike)July 12, 1892 Containers box 1 , folder 12 Newspaper and magazine clippings about history of Pittsburgh steelmaking Containers box 1 , folder 13 Subseries 2. Steel Mill Tours Program from Edgar Thomson Works Public Visiting Day , October 1936 Containers box 1 , folder 14 Materials from Homestead Works Open House , October 15-17, 1947 Containers box 1 , folder 15 Materials from International Visitors Tour , August 7, 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 16 Materials from Secondary Century of Steel Making Tour , April 24, 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 17 Materials from Cub Scout Tour , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 18 Subseries 3. Early Primary Sources and Homestead Works Memorabilia Pamphlets, booklets and programs from U.S. Steel, Carnegie Steel and Homestead Works for events, public relations, and industrial concerns , 1900-1992 Containers box 1 , folder 19 Pamphlets, booklets and programs from U.S Steel, Carnegie Steel and Homestead Works for events, public relations and industrial concerns , 1900-1992 Containers box 1 , folder 20 Miscellaneous management correspondence, Carnegie Steel Company , 1891-1901 Containers box 2 , folder 1 Private Code for Use of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and its Partners and Agents November 1896 Containers box 2 , folder 2 First Annual Report of the United States Steel Corporation (copy)1902 Containers box 2 , folder 3 Carnegie Steel Company, Employee Check Roll, Edgar Thomson Furnaces , 1902 Containers box 2 , folder 4 Carnegie Veteran Association , 1902 and Obituaries of Early membersContainers box 2 , folder 5 Rules, Regulations and Instructions Governing Safety Bureau 1903 Containers box 2 , folder 6 Carnegie Steel Company General Instructions to Employees to Avoid Accidents 1917 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Homestead Works Telephone Directories , 1917 and 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 8 Production statistics , ca. 1890s and 1912 Containers box 2 , folder 9 Company life insurance, certificate and correspondence Containers box 2 , folder 10 Descriptions and Specifications of Hydraulic Forging Press , 1890s Containers box 2 , folder 11 Register of triennial assessments of Pittsburgh iron mills , 1865-1867 Containers box 2 , folder 12 "Personnel Reallocation: Edgar Thomson Works" , 1958 Containers box 2 , folder 13 Agreements between Carnegie Steel Co. and the CIO , 1941-1949 (and 1934) Containers box 2 , folder 14 Agreements between U.S. Steel Co. and the USWA , 1971-1977 Containers box 2 , folder 15 Handbook of Terms Commonly Used in Steel and Nonferrous Industries 1953 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Production and Performance Report from Homestead District Works , 1950 Containers box 2 , folder 17 "Talk Piece to be Uses in Connection with Acquainting Members of Management with Problems of 'Summer Work-in,'" , 1960s Containers box 2 , folder 18 Pamphlets about production and products from Alan Wood Steel Company, Coshohocken, PA Containers box 2 , folder 19 Copy of U.S. Steel Corporation Gold Bond , ca. 1920 Containers box 2 , folder 20 Copy of Medal Issued to National Guard during 1892 Strike Containers box 2 , folder 21 Miscellaneous memorabilia from Pittsburgh steel industry Containers box 2 , folder 22 Miscellaneous World War II memorabilia from Homestead Works Containers box 2 , folder 23 Miscellaneous notes and papers from office of William J. Gaughan Containers box 2 , folder 24 Materials from collection duplicated and mounted for 1995 exhibit Containers box 2 , folder 25 Production statistics 140" mill , 1905 Containers box 2 , volume 1 Subseries 4. Topical History of Homestead Containers box 40 , folder 1-3 Homestead Business Containers box 40 , folder 4 Battle of Homestead Foundation Containers box 40 , folder 5-7 Order Forms , 1976 Containers box 40 , folder 8 Metallurgical Department Containers box 40 , folder 9 General Plan Layout-History of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation Plants Pittsburgh District Containers box 40 , folder 10 Walsh Bridge Containers box 40 , folder 11 Duquesne Works Containers box 40 , folder 12 Clairton Coke Works Containers box 40 , folder 13 Mon Valley Containers box 40 , folder 14 Management Club , 1969 Containers box 40 , folder 15 Founders of the Superintendant Club Containers box 40 , folder 16 Irvin case/Truman Committee Investigation , 1943 Containers box 40 , folder 31 Monongahela Morning- Draft Proposal Containers box 40 , folder 35 United States Steel Gold Bond Containers box 40 , folder 33 Series II. Armor Production , 1887-1961 Scope and Content Notes The Armor Production Series contains material documenting the production, testing, and sale of armor at the Homestead Works, with the majority of documents pertaining to armor production for military use during World War II. Files in this series include reports about metallurgy tests from 1894 and 1912; government publications and studies from World War I and World War II; and correspondence between Homestead management and the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
Government reports, circulars and statements about armor production , 1887-1904 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Reports on armor experiments and testing at Homestead Metallurgical Department , 1914 Containers box 3 , folder 2 Reports on armor experiments and testing at Homestead Metallurgical Department , 1918 Containers box 3 , folder 3 Reports on armor experiments and testing at Homestead Metallurgical Department , 1919 Containers box 3 , folder 4 Reports on armor experiments and testing at Homestead Metallurgical Department , 1921 Containers box 3 , folder 5-6 Reports on armor Containers box 3 , folder 7 Record of armor orders , 1938-1941 Containers box 3 , folder 8 A Study of Light Armor Plate Production for Aircraft Use , Sections A-C1941 Containers box 3 , folder 9 A Study of Light Armor Plate Production for Aircraft Use , Sections D-G1941 Containers box 3 , folder 10 A Study of Light Armor Plate Production for Aircraft Use , Sections H-J1941 Containers box 3 , folder 11 Reports from Aricraft Armor and Helmut Steel meetings, Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts , 1941 Containers box 3 , folder 12 Subcommittee for Aircraft Armor, reports and correspondence , 1941 Containers box 3 , folder 13 Subcommittee for Aircraft Armor, reports and correspondence [note: this folder contains fragile original documents. Please use the copies of these materials at the front of the folder.] , 1941-1943 Containers box 3 , folder 14 Correspondence to General Superintendent H.G. McIlvried regarding armor production and testing Containers box 3 , folder 15 Reports from Metallurgical Department at Homestead Works , 1941-1944 Containers box 3 , folder 16 Reports from U.S. Steel Corporation of Delaware Research Lab , 1945-1948 Containers box 3 , folder 17 Rolled Armour Subcommittee Report No. 48, "Study of 'Woody Fractures' in Rolled Armor Plate" , January 17, 1945 Containers box 3 , folder 18 Correspondence to and from F.T. Bumbaugh, Manager of Alloy Sales, re. Tank Armor Off Grade Analysis , 1951-1952 Containers box 3 , folder 19 Metallurgy Tests , 1894 and 1912 Containers box 3 , folder 20 Open hearth data, armor heats , 1961 Containers box 3 , folder 21 Notes on lecture series, "Metallurgy of Iron and Steel" , 1961 Containers box 3 , folder 22 "Metallurgical Specification File Considerations," draft Containers box 3 , folder 23 Miscellaneous metallurgical documents Containers box 3 , folder 24 Series III. Computerized Control Systems , 1958-1983 Scope and Content Notes The files in this series primarily illustrate the processes and decisions involved in implementing computer systems at the Homestead Works to track and chart progress in all areas of steel production and sales.
Subseries 1. Computerization -- Homestead "Structural Division Proposed Pre-Ramac Installation" , 1958 Containers box 3 , folder 25 "Proposal for Information and Control System" , October 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 26 Systems Performance Specification , 1966-1967 Containers box 4 , folder 1 Computer Installation and Operations , 1969-1973 Containers box 4 , folder 2 Terminal Maintenance , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 3 Plant Production Systems , 1980-1983 Containers box 4 , folder 4 Plant Production Systems , 1980-1983 Containers box 4 , folder 5 Presentation Introducing Electronic Data Processing Machines in Steel Management , ca. 1958 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Proposal for Homestead mechanical specification order processing system Containers box 4 , folder 7 Computerized Production Reporting System, Forgings , 1980 Containers box 4 , folder 8 Handwritten Draft about OPD (Operating Practice Description) System , 1968 Containers box 4 , folder 9 OPD (Operating Practice Description) Standard Practice , 1969-1971 Containers box 4 , folder 10 BOP (Basic Oxygen Process) Practice Sheet, Edgar Thomson Works , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 11 Various Plant Operations Control Systems , 1973-1983 Containers box 4 , folder 12-14 Operating Practice Description, Back Up Information , 1970-1979 Containers box 4 , folder 15 Subseries 2. Control System -- Homestead Annual Slab Inventory , 1975-1976 Containers box 4 , folder 16 Operating Control System, Priority and Status Report , 1976-1978 Containers box 4 , folder 17 Blue Prints/Flow Charts -- Structural Information and Control System Containers box 4 , folder 18 Systems Activities Containers box 4 , folder 19 Burrough Resident System Group -- Control Systems , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 20 Subseries 3. Objects U.S.S. Hard Hat , 1981 Hard Hat, United States Conference of Mayors Visit to Pittsburgh , June 10, 1979 Containers box 35 , item 2 Scope and Content Notes Hard hat worn by William J. Gaughan during the United States Conference of Mayors Visit to Pittsburgh.
U.S.S. Banners Containers box 36 , item 1-2 U.S.S. Gold Cufflinks, 25 Years of Service Containers box 37 , item 1-2 U.S.S. Tie Clip , 25 Years of Service Silver Tie Clip, Big Shop Homestead Works Delegate Medal, District 15 Conference , April 29-30, 1960 Carnegie Steel Police Badge Carnegie 45 Steel Co. Badge Homestead Parking Token U.S.S. Zippo Lighter U.S.S. Employee ID Card Containers box 37 , item 10 Scope and Content Notes William J. Gaughan's employee ID card indicating his employment as part of the Metallurgical Department of the Homestead Works and his ability to access all parts of the Works.
Management Club Membership Card, Homestead Works Containers box 37 , item 11 Business Card Case Containers box 37 , item 12 Scope and Content Notes Business card case indicating William J. Gaughan's position of Senior Designer, Operations Planning and Control for the United States Steel Corporation, Homestead Works and personal cards used by Gaughan to represent his role of Consultant Lecturer Historian.
U.S.S. Pocket Knives, "The Big Shop" Containers box 37 , item 13-14 "Winjammer", U.S.S Corporation Homestead Works Management Club Containers box 37 , item 15 Ribbon, Retired Veteran Carnegie Steel Co. "Ye Olde Mills Outing" , September 6, 1924 Containers box 37 , item 16 Employee Token Containers box 37 , item 17 Scope and Content Notes Employee token bearing the identification, "Homestead Steel Works Machine Shop No. 2 480" used to clock in and out for the work day.
Equipment Check Tag Containers box 37 , item 18 Scope and Content Notes Equipment check tag bearing the identification, "C.- I. S. Co.- HSTO Production Shops 138 Equipment Check".
Medallion, Fort Pitt Block House Containers box 37 , item 19 Medallion, 25 Years United States Steel Corp. Containers box 37 , item 20 Equipment Tag Containers box 37 , item 21 Scope and Content Notes Undated equipment tag bearing the identification, "U. S. Steel Co. HMSTD. ST. WKS. ELECT. SHOP Serial No. 693".
Employee Badges Containers box 37 , item 22-25 Scope and Content Notes Employee badges circa World War II. These include: one blue and green badge reading,"742 Defense Plant Homestead Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation Open Hearth Department"; one blue and silver badge reading "25468 Defense Plant Homestead Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation Trainee"; one red and white badge reading "Administrative 2137 Homestead District Works United States Steel Company"; one red and white badge reading,"Administrative 2628 Homestead Works United States Steel Company".
Button, The Big H Management Club Containers box 38 , item 1-9 Keychain, "I Belong to the Big Shop Team", USS Homestead Works Containers box 38 , item 10 Button, "There's no place like Homestead" Containers box 38 , item 11 Button, Carnegie Steel Co. "Ye Olde Mills Outing and Basket Picnic" , September 6, 1924 Containers box 38 , item 12 Button, "Anything we can do we can do better" Containers box 38 , item 13 Button, VIP Visitor in Pennsylvania Containers box 38 , item 14 Button, "We Are Big Because We Are Involved" Containers box 38 , item 15 Token, "Elect 1397 Rank & File Candidates" Containers box 38 , item 16 Safety Glasses Containers box 39 , item 1-2 Universal English/Metric Converter Slide Rule
Metal Samples Series IV. Steel Production and Plant Operations , 1935-1981 Scope and Content Notes This series contains items relating to the efficient and safe production of steel at the Homestead Works. Specific topics include basic and integral operations of the steel mill and the planning associated with maintaining high levels of production in the steel industry. Records in this series describe the production of various products including steel sheets, bearings, and beams and their sale. Also included is material relating to employee training and safety; items illustrating the effect of strikes on mill production; and the transfer of responsibility for effective mill operations from the accounting department to a specialized production-planning department in the 1950s.
Subseries 1. Production -- General "Bibliography of Sheet and Strip Mills for Committee on Construction," Homestead Works , 1935 Containers box 4 , folder 21 "Open Hearth Division: Man Turns per Week at Various Levels of Shop Activity" , 1949 Containers box 4 , folder 22 Open Hearth Miscellaneous , 1949-1962 Containers box 4 , folder 23 "Product Facilities and Services, Johnstown Works, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation" , January 1950 Containers box 4 , folder 24 Management Roster, U.S. Steel Operation Department , 1951 Containers box 4 , folder 25 "Production Planning Building, Air Raid Alert Procedure" , 1955 Containers box 4 , folder 26 Miscellaneous Papers of the Chief Metallurgist Containers box 4 , folder 27 Production and Shipping Figures , 1964-1975 Containers box 4 , folder 28 Miscellaneous Production Statistics , 1898-1982 Containers box 4 , folder 29 Structural Shorts , 1975-1976 Containers box 4 , folder 30 Rough Draft, "Development of Process Sequence Operations Planning and Control Standard Practice" , ca 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 31 Production Planning Department Papers Containers box 5 , folder 1 Sales Orders, Mills , 1964 and 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 2 Reports on Rolls and Bearings Mills , 1958 Containers box 5 , folder 3 Forge Rolls Information , ca. 1970 Containers box 5 , folder 4 "Study Relating to the Break-up Roll Breakage at 160" Plate Mill Homestead District Works" , 1961 Containers box 5 , folder 5 160" Mill "Hot Rolled to Finish Yield" meetings , 1980-1981 Containers box 5 , folder 6 160" Mill production statistics , 1978-1980 Containers box 5 , folder 7 160"/45" Mill Miscellaneous Containers box 5 , folder 8 Drafting Practices on 100" Mill , 1958 Containers box 5 , folder 9 100" Mill Miscellaneous , 1948-1972 Containers box 5 , folder 10 Plate Mill Miscellaneous Containers box 5 , folder 11 Evaluation of Contoured Insulation Hot Top for 36" x 52" Beam Shape Mold (photographs included) , August 20, 1952 Containers box 5 , folder 12 Subseries 2. Training "Open Hearth First Helper Training Program" for U.S. Steel Duquesne Works , October 12, 1951 Containers box 5 , folder 13 "Furnace Operators manual" for Open Hearth at Edgar Thomson Works Containers box 5 , folder 14 "Open Hearth Operating Experiences for Operating and Technical Trainees" Containers box 5 , folder 15 "Open Hearth #5 First helper Orientation program," Homestead Works , 1959 Containers box 5 , folder 16 "First Helper's Manual," Open Hearth #5, Homestead Works , 1974 Containers box 5 , folder 17 Subseries 3. Accounting Report on "Proposed Transfer of Production Planning Responsibilities from the Accounting Department Mill Clerical Units to the Production Planning Department," Homestead Works , February 6, 1953 Containers box 5 , folder 18 Material Related to Proposed Transfer to Production Planning Responsibilities from the Accounting Department , 1952-1960 Containers box 5 , folder 19 Subseries 4. Safety Safety Supervisors Conference , 1955 Containers box 5 , folder 20 Miscellaneous Safety Materials , 1957-1982 Containers box 5 , folder 21 Accident Report , 1985 Containers box 5 , folder 22 Emergency Operations Alerting Procedure Containers box 5 , folder 23 Subseries 5. Strikes -- Production Shutdown and Startup Temporary Shutdown of Open Hearth #2 , August 1945 Containers box 5 , folder 24 Start-up data for Open Hearth #2 , 1946 Containers box 5 , folder 25 Four Day Open Hearth Division Operation Plan , 1949 Containers box 5 , folder 26 Shutdown data , 1959 Containers box 5 , folder 27 Open Hearth vacation analysis , 1947-1948 Containers box 5 , folder 28 Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #2 Shutdown , July 3, 1949 Containers box 5 , folder 29 Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #3 Shutdown , July 3, 1949 Containers box 5 , folder 30 Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #4 Shutdown , July 3, 1949 Containers box 5 , folder 31 Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #5 Shutdown , July 3, 1949 Containers box 5 , folder 32 Shutdown Preparation for Strike , 1959 Containers box 5 , folder 33 Startup Operations for Strike , 1959 Containers box 5 , folder 34 Miscellaneous , 1959 Containers box 5 , folder 35 Series V. Management , ca. 1930-1983 Scope and Content Notes This series documents various management concerns including personnel supervision, worker assistance, and worker negotiations. The contents also include directories and organization charts that illustrate management hierarchies and miscellaneous correspondence written to and from managing personnel.
Subseries 1. Management -- General Visit to South Works and Gary Plants , 1941 Containers box 5 , folder 36 Personnel Memos and Correspondence , 1951-1959 Containers box 5 , folder 37 Homestead Works Personnel Transfers from Mill Clerical to Production Planning , April 1953 Containers box 5 , folder 38 Miscellaneous personnel directories Containers box 5 , folder 39 Union/Management meetings, Homestead Works , 1959-1961 Containers box 6 , folder 1 Strike Timeline , 1946-1955 Containers box 6 , folder 2 Management Information and Control Systems, Homestead Works , July 1, 1965 Containers box 6 , folder 3 Employee Assistance Program, Homestead Works Containers box 6 , folder 4 Jeopardy/Exception survey , 1978 Containers box 6 , folder 5 William J. Gaughan Weekly Activity Reports , 1983 Containers box 6 , folder 6 Homestead Works Management Organization Chart , 1974 Containers box 6 , folder 7 Chief Clerk's Book (copy) , ca 1910 Containers box 6 , folder 8 Personnel Appraisal Forms Containers box 6 , folder 9 Miscellaneous Papers , ca 1930-ca 1980 Containers box 6 , folder 10 Subseries 2. Corporate Correspondence Correspondence, re: bridge construction and patents , 1981-1982 Containers box 6 , folder 11 Correspondence, re: steelworker negotiations Containers box 6 , folder 12 Miscellaneous inter-organizational correspondence , 1982-1983 Containers box 6 , folder 13 Series VI. Binders, Bound Materials, and Publications , ca. 1940-ca. 1990 Scope and Content Notes This series is organized by format rather than subject. Most materials in this series are publications or official reports produced by The U.S. Steel Corporation regarding topics including accident prevention, steel products, employee appraisal procedures, steel making methods, anti-trust legislation, annual reports, and U.S. Steel advertising. Other materials relate to various aspects of general steel production or, more specifically, steel production in Pittsburgh.
Job Evaluation Manual, Revised , 1942 Containers box 6 , folder 14 "Modern Steel Providing Methods" by R.W. Graham, Assistant Superintendent of Munhall Plant , 1946 Containers box 6 , folder 15 U.S.S. Calliroy T-1 Steel Product Information , ca 1954 Containers box 6 , folder 16 Reports from U.S. Steel for Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly , 1957 Containers box 6 , folder 17 Principles of Accident Prevention 1959 Containers box 6 , folder 18 Principles of Accident Prevention 1971 Containers box 6 , folder 19 Principles of Accident Prevention 1981 Containers box 6 , folder 20 Principles of Accident Prevention undated Containers box 6 , folder 21 This is Steel: Personnel Services -- Training and Development 1965 Containers box 6 , folder 22 Management Appraisal Program , 1971 and 1981 Containers box 6 , folder 23 U.S. Steel News 1977-1983 Containers box 6 , folder 24 U.S. Steel Corporation annual reports , 1977-1983 Containers box 6 , folder 25 Focus (Carnegie Mellon University Publication)1982-1983 and 1995 Containers box 6 , folder 26 Carnegie Magazine , Special Issue with Andrew Carnegie RecordingJuly/August 1985 Containers box 6 , folder 27 Miscellaneous pamphlets and publications from U.S. Steel Containers box 6 , folder 28 Miscellaneous pamphlets and publications from U.S. Steel Containers box 6 , folder 29 Steel Plant Design Series: Steel-melting Furnaces 1956 Containers box 7 , volume 1 "Quality Management Program," Four Day Seminar , 1981 Containers box 7 , volume 2 U.S. Steel Advertising Film Library undated Containers box 7 , volume 3 U.S. Steel Advertising Film Library undated Containers box 7 , volume 4 First Helper's Manual 1956 Containers box 7 , volume 5 Fundamentals of Physical Metallurgy 1952 Containers box 7 , volume 6 Series VII. Topical , 1999 Scope and Content Notes This series contains material donated by William J. Gaughan in 1999. These materials include information about the 12,000 ton press, brief facts about steel making processes, and a map of The Homestead Works prepared by the National Park Service in 1965.
12,000 ton Press Information Containers box 7 , folder 1 List of Homestead Steel Company Achievements by Date Containers box 7 , folder 2 Map of Homestead District Works Prepared by National Park Service (copy) , 1965 Containers box 7 , folder 3 Series VIII. Maps, Plans and Charts , 1903-ca. 1970 Scope and Content Notes Contained in this series are maps and plans of Carnegie Steel and U.S. Steel properties, blue prints of mills, drawings of equipment, and statistical charts of products made at Homestead between 1935 and 1964. Materials too large for folders are stored in an oversize box (box 8). Related materials can also be found in Series XII.
Homestead Works Plant Maps , undated Containers box 7 , folder 4 Homestead Works Plant Maps , undated Containers box 7 , folder 5 "Information Complied for Organization Committee, Carnegie-Steel Corporation; Includes Plant Layout, Working Force, Equipment, and Procedure for the Plate and Structural Finishing Mills" , March 21, 1939 Containers box 7 , folder 6 Map Showing Properties of U.S. Steel Corporation (copy) , 1903 Containers box 7 , folder 7 Miscellaneous Blueprints of U.S. Steel Duquesne Works , 1952 Containers box 7 , folder 8 Reference Drawings of Water Gauge, Edgar Thomson Works , undated Containers box 7 , folder 9 Miscellaneous Maps and Plans Containers box 7 , folder 10 Plant Maps, Homestead Works , 1928-1944 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1 Extent 8 items
Product Statistics , 1935-1964 Containers box 8 , folder 1 Extent 29 items
Scope and Content Notes Product statistics for the Homestead District Works organized according by month.
Product Statistics , 1937-1952 Containers box 8 , folder 2 Extent 16 items
Scope and Content Notes Working copies of product statistics for the Homestead District Works organized by month .
Plans for Edgar Thomson Steel Works and Blast Furnaces (copy) , 1890 Containers box 8 , folder 3 Edgar Thomson Works Rolling Mill, practice development of sections from Ingot to Finished Product Containers box 8 , folder 4 Bloom and Structural Charts, Homestead District Works (11 charts) , undated Containers box 8 , folder 5 Defense Plant Layout (2 plans) , ca. 1943 Containers box 8 , folder 6 General plan of Works showing course for visitors to follow through Mil l (4 plans)1912 Containers box 8 , folder 7 Series IX. Negatives , 1941-ca. 1974 Scope and Content Notes The Negative Series consists of nearly 21,000 negatives, the majority being 4 x 5 negatives, taken between 1941-1974. The negatives depict both plant and community activity. Captured in these images are plant machinery, workers, strikes, safety and accident concerns, and social activities. Employees are depicted on the job and in their roles in family and community life. These negatives also contain images of World War II production, morale campaigns in the mill, and female employees during the war.
Negatives , 1941-1944 Negatives , 1944-1945 Negatives , 1946-1947 Negatives , 1948-1949 Negatives , 1949-1950 Negatives , 1950-1951 Negatives , 1952-1953 Negatives , 1954-1955 Negatives , 1955-1958 Negatives , 1959-1963 Negatives , 1964-1970 Negatives and miscellaneous , 1971-1974 Negatives of personnel photos Series X. Photographic Prints , ca. 1890-ca. 1980 Scope and Content Notes The Photographic Print Series consists primarily of 8x10 photographs produced from the negatives in Series IX, either for original Carnegie Steel or U.S. Steel use or for research use in the archives. Some prints in this series are the only copies available of images taken prior to 1941. Prints in this series are grouped in folders according to subject and are loosely separated into the following five categories: Steel Production and Plant Operations; Management and Worker Social Activities; Miscellaneous; Photograph Albums; Oversize Prints (of q size). Of particular interest in the miscellaneous category are photocopies containing William J. Gaughan's commentaries and descriptions of accompanying photographs.
Subseries 1. Steel Production and Plant Operations External Views of Homestead Works Containers box 21 , folder 1 Internal Views of Edgar Thomson Works Containers box 21 , folder 2 Open Hearth Slags Containers box 21 , folder 3 Open Hearth Description Containers box 21 , folder 4 Open Hearth #1 Containers box 21 , folder 5 Open Hearth #2 Containers box 21 , folder 6 Open Hearth #3 Containers box 21 , folder 7 Open Hearth #4 Containers box 21 , folder 8 Open Hearth #4 Containers box 21 , folder 9 Open Hearth #5 Containers box 21 , folder 10 Open Hearth Various Containers box 21 , folder 11 Blast Furnace Containers box 21 , folder 12 Carrie Furnace Containers box 21 , folder 13 Carrie Furnace #4 Containers box 21 , folder 14 Carrie Furnaces, Various Numbers Containers box 21 , folder 15 32" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 16 35" Structural Mill Containers box 21 , folder 17 44" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 18 52" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 19 54" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 19 100" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 21 110" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 22 140" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 23 160" Mill Containers box 21 , folder 24 Structural Mill, Various Containers box 21 , folder 25 Structural Mill , 1926-1927 Containers box 21 , folder 26 Centralized Shipping Containers box 21 , folder 27 Various Shops Containers box 21 , folder 28 Weld Shop Containers box 21 , folder 29 Machine Shop Containers box 21 , folder 30 Boiler Shop Containers box 21 , folder 31 Saw Shop Containers box 21 , folder 32 Howard Axle Works Containers box 21 , folder 33 Schoen Wheel and Axle Works, McKees Rocks, PA Containers box 21 , folder 34 Wheel and Axle Division Containers box 21 , folder 35 Testing Machines Containers box 21 , folder 36 Ingot Production and Shaping Containers box 21 , folder 37 Homestead Tie Plant Containers box 21 , folder 38 Metallurgical and Production Planning Containers box 21 , folder 39 Metallurgical Lab Photos Containers box 21 , folder 40 Heat Treating and Forge Maintenance Containers box 21 , folder 41 Forge Division Containers box 21 , folder 42 Presses Containers box 21 , folder 43 Outstanding Safety Record: Power and Fuel Division Containers box 21 , folder 44 Saw Shop: Structural Division Outstanding Safety Record Containers box 21 , folder 45 Safety Campaigns Containers box 21 , folder 46 "Zero Defects" campaign Containers box 21 , folder 47 World War II Years Containers box 21 , folder 48 World War II Years Containers box 21 , folder 49 Navy "E" Awards Containers box 21 , folder 50 Armor Ballistic Tests Containers box 21 , folder 51 Korean War Containers box 21 , folder 52 Steel Design and Engineering Seminar , April 27-28, 1961 Containers box 22 , folder 1 Steel Production Conference , 1957 Containers box 22 , folder 2 Clearance Conference, Homestead , November 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 3 Subseries 2. Management and Worker Social Activities Various Presentations and Awards Containers box 22 , folder 4 Steamer Trophy at McKees Rocks Bank , August 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 5 Photos of Management Golf Tournament , 1937 Containers box 22 , folder 6 Superintendent Club Golf Part, Edgewood Country Club , 1948 Containers box 22 , folder 7 McIlvried Golf Party, Smith Hills , July 18, 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 8 McIlvried Golf Party, South Hills Country Club , August 14, 1951 Containers box 22 , folder 9 McIlvried 1951 Cup Tournament score card Containers box 22 , folder 10 Homestead-Youngstown Division Superintendents Golf Parties , various Containers box 22 , folder 11 J.A. Hagan Cup Tournament Poster Containers box 22 , folder 12 H.G. McIlvried's Party for Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents at Edgewood Country Club , July 21, 1949 Containers box 22 , folder 13 Superintendent party, Webster Hall , February 1954 Containers box 22 , folder 14 H.G. McIlvried Containers box 22 , folder 15 Accounting Department Supervisory Group , January 30, 1947 Containers box 22 , folder 16 Softball Champs, Supervisor's Picnic , June 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 17 Supervisors Corn Roast , September 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 18 Spring Dance Supervisor's Club Containers box 22 , folder 19 Supervisor's Club Party, Bill Greens , January 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 20 Supervisor's Club Party, Bill Greens , March 29, 1950 Containers box 22 , folder 21 Supervisor's Club Installation of Officers, Webster Hall , February 1954 Containers box 22 , folder 22 Officials Supervisor's Club , October 1954 Containers box 22 , folder 23 Supervisor's Election of Officers, Webster Hall; Arthur Bald, President , January 1955 Containers box 22 , folder 24 Installation of Officers Supervisor's Club , 1954 Containers box 22 , folder 25 Management Club Containers box 22 , folder 26 Management Club Containers box 22 , folder 27 Color Portrait of H.G. McIlvried Containers box 22 , folder 28 Charles M. (Michael) Schwab Containers box 22 , folder 29 Homestead Superintendents Containers box 22 , folder 30 Superintendents Mansion, Edgar Thomson Works Containers box 22 , folder 31 Homestead Works, General Superintendent's Home Containers box 22 , folder 32 Employees, Group Photos Containers box 22 , folder 33 Employees (Management), Individual Photos Containers box 22 , folder 34 Employee Photos, Various Containers box 22 , folder 35 Employee Photos, Various Containers box 22 , folder 36 African-American Employees, Various Prints Containers box 22 , folder 37 African-American Preachers and Employees Containers box 22 , folder 38 Union Activities Containers box 22 , folder 39 Photos of Homestead Neighborhoods and Homes Containers box 22 , folder 40 St. Nicholas Church Containers box 22 , folder 41 Tent Movies, "Miracle in Paradise Valley" Containers box 22 , folder 42 Homestead Chorus Containers box 22 , folder 43 Ladies Home Journal Photo ShootContainers box 22 , folder 44 Pittsburgh Powerhouse Containers box 22 , folder 45 Local Sports Teams Containers box 22 , folder 46 8th St. Cafeteria Containers box 22 , folder 47 General Office Building Fire , 1944 Containers box 22 , folder 48 Construction , 1956 Containers box 22 , folder 49 Edgar Thomson Photos, Various Containers box 22 , folder 50 Dorothy in Duquesne Containers box 22 , folder 51 Union Railroad Containers box 22 , folder 52 Theater Guild "On-the-Air," Syria Mosque , 1951 Containers box 22 , folder 53 Supervisor's Magazine Pictures, "Responsibility" Containers box 22 , folder 54 Filming of 100" Mill, Roland Reed Productions , 1943 Containers box 22 , folder 55 Product and Plant Promotion Containers box 22 , folder 56 Photos for 48" Mill 50th Anniversary , April 16, 1949 Containers box 22 , folder 57 Photographs taken by Association Photographers for use on back cover of Photographic Magazine , March 1949 Containers box 22 , folder 58 Christening of Homestead Passenger Ferry Containers box 22 , folder 59 Largest Stainless Steel Plate with Phyllis Anderson Containers box 22 , folder 60 U.S.S. Corporation Backdrop for Ocean City , 1949 Containers box 23 , folder 1 Subseries 3. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Photos of U.S. Steel Corporation Displays Containers box 23 , folder 2 Miscellaneous Prints Identified Containers box 23 , folder 3 Miscellaneous Prints , 1936-1947 Containers box 23 , folder 4 Miscellaneous Prints , 1938-1939 Containers box 23 , folder 5 Miscellaneous Prints with Commentary by William Gaughan Containers box 23 , folder 6-11 Unidentified Prints Containers box 23 , folder 12 Unidentified Prints Containers box 23 , folder 13 Mounted Photos of Edgar Thomson Works Lab and Superintendent Club , 1981-1914 and 1912 Containers box 23 , folder 14 Color Proofs including Edgar Thomson Blast Furnace Containers box 23 , folder 15 Color Prints, View of Mill from across river , October 1974 Containers box 23 , folder 16 Color Prints, MESTA 100,000 Ton Press Containers box 23 , folder 17 Color Prints, Christmas Decorations Containers box 23 , folder 18 Color Prints, Close up of Steel Beams Containers box 23 , folder 19 Color Prints, Steel Slabs Cooling Containers box 23 , folder 20 Color Prints, Various Prints of Blast Furnaces and Casting Containers box 23 , folder 21 Color Prints, Various Outside Views of Mill Containers box 23 , folder 22 1892 Homestead Strike with Militia Encampment on Hillside (from materials added in 1999) Containers box 23 , folder 23 Homestead Views 1988-93 Containers box 27 , folder 1-7 William J. Gaughan at Steel Mill , 1982 Containers box 27 , folder 7-8 William J. Gaughan Collection Donation Containers box 27 , folder 9-10 William J. Gaughan Presentations Containers box 27 , folder 11-14 William J. Gaughan Presentation Reference Material Containers box 27 , folder 15-25 Carnegie Phipps & Company Ltd. , 1887 Containers box 27 , folder 26 Homestead Steel Containers box 27 , folder 27 Replicas from Stevens-Robertson Galleries Collection Containers box 27 , folder 28 Subseries 4. Photographic Albums Views of 100" Mill Containers box 24 , volume 1 Views of Carrie Furnace Containers box 25 , volume 1 Subseries 5. Oversize Photographic Prints Homestead Works (view from hillside) Containers oversize 26 , item 1 Homestead Works (view from above Monongahela River, near Homestead Hi-Level Bridge) Containers oversize 26 , item 2-3 Homestead Works (view from above Monongahela River) Containers oversize 26 , item 4 Homestead Works (view from near Mesta toward Homestead Hi-Level bridge) Containers oversize 26 , item 5 Mesta Machine Plant (view from above Monongahela River) Containers oversize 26 , item 6 Homestead Works (view from above Monongahela River toward mill and surrounding community) Containers oversize 26 , item 7-8 Homestead Works (view from above Mesta toward Homestead Hi-Level Bridge) Containers oversize 26 , item 9 Mesta Machine Works (view from Monongahela River) Containers oversize 26 , item 10 Edgar Thomson Works (view form above, towards Monongahela River) Containers oversize 26 , item 11 Edgar Thomson Works (view from above Monongahela River, towards mill, after 1957) Containers oversize 26 , item 12 Edgar Thomson Works (view from above Kennywood, across Monongahela River, toward Mill) Containers oversize 26 , item 13 Duplicate of folder #12 Containers oversize 26 , item 14 Aerial view of Homestead Works Containers oversize 26 , item 15 Aerial view of Homestead Works, Carrie Blast Furnaces Containers oversize 26 , item 16 Aerial view of unidentified plant Containers oversize 26 , item 17 Aerial view of Homestead Works , 1950s Containers oversize 26 , item 18 Aerial view of Homestead Works, upper mills in west end , post 1958 Containers oversize 26 , item 19 Aerial view of Homestead Works Containers oversize 26 , item 20 Aerial view of Homestead Works Containers oversize 26 , item 21 Aerial view of Homestead Works, with 45" mill, foundry, 32" mill, old physical lab, and old 119" plate mill building Containers oversize 26 , item 22 Superintendent of Edgar Thomson Works with Phil Murray (Head of USW) and two unidentified men. On a good will tour to encourage harmony between management and labor. Containers oversize 26 , item 23 Forging Containers oversize 26 , item 24 Charging an open heart furnace Containers oversize 26 , item 25 Testing Containers oversize 26 , item 26 Teeming Containers oversize 26 , item 27 50,000 lbs. capacity soaking pit crane Containers oversize 26 , item 28 McIlvried portrait inside mill [print is missing from its original folder, duplicate may be found in FF 94:3/22/28] , 1950 Containers oversize 26 , item 29 Superintendent Charles Pinkey portrait Containers oversize 26 , item 30 J.L. Perry Portrait Containers oversize 26 , item 31 Work crews, 30" slab and 48" plate mills Containers oversize 26 , item 32 General superintendents - control operations Containers oversize 26 , item 33 Portrait of Benjamin F. Fariless, President and CEO of U.S. Steel Containers oversize 26 , item 34 Automatic ladle addition equipment, open hearth , ca. 1958 Containers oversize 26 , item 35 Superintendent's Club, Homestead Steel Works Containers oversize 26 , item 36 Superintendents [placed at bottom of box due to size] , 1898 Containers oversize 26 , item 37 Edgar Thomson blast furnace and ladles , undated Containers oversize 26 , item 38 Aerial view of Edgar Thomson Works , undated Containers oversize 26 , item 39 Edgar Thomson Works , 1916 Containers oversize 26 , item 40 Edgar Thomson Works , 1912 Containers oversize 26 , item 41 The building of an open hearth at Edgar Thomson Works , 1914 Containers oversize 26 , item 42 Back end of open hearth, Edgar Thomson Works , 1913 Containers oversize 26 , item 43 Aerial view of Edgar Thomson Works , 1958 Containers oversize 26 , item 44 1892 Homestead Strike, Militia on Hillside. Photo possibly taken by BLH Dabbs. Containers oversize 26 , item 45 Series XI. Motion Picture Films , ca. 1956-ca. 1974 Scope and Content Notes The Motion Picture Films Series contains films produced for the U.S. Steel Corporation to demonstrate steel production techniques, train new employees, promote safety, and address management concerns.
The Heating of Capped Steel . U.S.S Metallurgical Process ControlContainers oversize 26 , reel 1 Materialspec 16mm, B&W, optical audio; 400+ feet
Steel and America: a New Look... Containers oversize 26 , reel 2 Materialspec Produced by Walt Disney production for American Steel Institute; Copyright 1974; Art Director - A Kendall O'Connor; Story by William R. Bosche; Director - Les Clark; Associate Producer- Ken Peterson; 16 mm, color, optical audio; approx. 900 ft.
Steel and America: a New Look... Containers oversize 26 , reel 3 Knowing's Not Enough Containers oversize 26 , reel 4 Materialspec Director- Jack Tilles; Producer- Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.; Copyright 1956; 16mm, color, optical audio; 950+ feet
Knowing's Not Enough [missing beginning of film]Containers oversize 26 , reel 5 The Search for a Better Way: Report to Management on the Findings of the Management Questionnaire Containers oversize 26 , reel 6 Materialspec Presented by C.F. Hood, President of U.S.S; Produced by Wilding Picture Productions; 16mm, B&W, optical audio
The Search for a Better Way: Report to Management on the Findings of the Management Questionnaire Containers oversize 26 , reel 7 Yeah Containers oversize 26 , reel 8 Materialspec Director- Samuel Beall and Orlando Lippert; Produced by Wilding Picture Productions; Copyright 1958; 16mm, color, optical audio; 700 feet
The Hot Rolling of Steel Sheets , The Making and Shaping of Steel SeriesContainers oversize 26 , reel 9 Materialspec Copyright 1961; The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio
The Electric Arc Furnace , The Making and Shaping of Steel SeriesContainers oversize 26 , reel 10 Materialspec Produced by John Sutherland; Copyright 1960, The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio
The Blast Furnace , The Making and Shaping of Steel SeriesContainers oversize 26 , reel 11 Materialspec Produced by John Sutherland; Copyright 1960, The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio; 300 feet
The Blast Furnace [missing beginning of film]Containers oversize 26 , reel 12 Chemistry of Iron and Steel , The Making and Shaping of Steel SeriesContainers oversize 26 , reel 13 Materialspec Produced by John Sutherland; Copyright 1960, The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio; 500 feet
Oxygen Film, OH Department of Homestead Works Containers oversize 26 , reel 14 Semi-Finished Steel , The Making and Shaping of Steel SeriesContainers oversize 26 , reel 15 Materialspec Produced by John Sutherland; Copyright 1960, The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio
The Open Hearth Furnace , The Making and Shaping of Steel SeriesContainers oversize 26 , reel 16 Materialspec Produced by John Sutherland; Copyright 1960, The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio
Tension Testing Containers oversize 26 , reel 17 Materialspec Produced by the Division of Visual Aids, U.S. Office of Education; Copyright 1974, Audio Products, Inc; 16 mm, color, optical audio
Treasure Chest Containers oversize 26 , reel 18 Materialspec Copyright 1956, The United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, color, optical audio
Hooking the Skull Scraper Containers oversize 26 , reel 19 Materialspec Steel Plant Methods Improvements; United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, B&W, silent; 250 feet
Steel by Stopwatch Containers oversize 26 , reel 20 Materialspec Jones and Laughling Corporation; Written by Frank Siegel, Storycraft Inc; Produced and directed by Julius Potocsny; Continental Motion Picture Co., Inc; 16mm, color, optical audio; 900 feet
Pouring, Babbit Bearings Containers oversize 26 , reel 21 Materialspec A Marshall Maintenance Production; 16mm, color; 600 feet
The Carban: Oxygen Reaction in the Open Hearth Bath Containers oversize 26 , reel 22 Materialspec Quality Series c-1, c-2 Metallurgical Process Control; Copyright 1957, United States Steel Corporation; 16mm, B&W, optical audio; 800 feet
Where's Joe? Containers oversize 26 , reel 23 Materialspec Cinecraft Inc., 1972; Sponsored by United States Steel Workers of American and the Coordinating Committee Steel Companies; 16mm, color, optical audio; 900 feet
Untitled Training Film Containers oversize 26 , reel 24 Materialspec 16mm, B&W, optical audio
Last Rolling at 48" Mill (12-29-1979) and Last Heat at OH 5 (6-23-1982) , 1979-1982 Containers oversize 26 , reel 25 Scope and Content Notes 16mm film footage documenting the last steel rolled at the 48" mill and the last heat at O.H. #5. Approximately 10 minutes.
Series XII. Oversize Prints, Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Miscellaneous , ca. 1890-ca. 1970 Scope and Content Notes Among the items in this series are drawings of mill equipment and plans showing mill properties. Oversize prints of panoramic views of the mills and ephemera are also included.
Subseries 1. Architectural Drawings and Blue Prints 60 ton rope power traveling crane , May 1891 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AA #68 Shafting for driving cranes in press shop- Homestead Steel Works , June 1, 1891 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AA #88 Arrangement for driving cranes in new armor plate machine shop - Homestead Steel Works , June 13, 1891 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AA #93 60 ton power traveling crane. Tracing No. 70N, Craven Bros. Ltd. Traced from print , August 7, 1891 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AA #148 Dies for 2,000 ton hydraulic press for gun sponsors of "New York" , May 24, 1892 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AA #239 Building plan and section S.T.S. Treating Shop, Heat Treating Department , October 7, 1940 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AA #3876 Map, corrected borough line- Borough of Rankin Station Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AH Sheet 119 Map of property belonging to the Carrie Furnace Co. Situated at Kroling Station, the Borough of Rankin , September 1894 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AH Sheet 200 Foundation of 48" universal mill--Homestead Steel Works [poor condition] , November 16, 1892 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AK #163 Foundation for 48" universal mill--Homestead Steel Works [poor condition] , November 17, 1898 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AK #164 Foundations for 50" x 60" reversing engines-48" universal mill--Homestead Steel Works [poor condition] , December 7, 1898 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item AK #190 Arrangement to bring outlet of 119" mill sewer 180 ft. below intake to pump house. Carnegie Steel Co., Homestead Works [poor condition] , October 5, 1901 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , images C.E. 2 Map showing main line and branch line of the Union R.R. through the Homestead Steel Mills , September 1896 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 5 Section of Test Wells Homestead Steel Works. Carnegie Steel Co. [2 copies, C.E. 66 is located in same file] , July 13, 1904 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 53a Section of Test Wells, Number 3. Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , March 13, 1905 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 53b Section of test wells on the Denniston property, Carnegie Steel Co. Carrie Furnaces [2 copies, located in same file as C.E. 53a] , December 29, 1905 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 66 Water lines at A.P. Department and 35"-40" Mills--Homestead Steel Works , January 20, 1914 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 177 Plan of property of PBG Bessemer Steel Works Limited , December 1879 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 240 Homestead- Carrie Furnaces, Briquette. Central Dock, Wheel and Axle Division , rev. March 1956 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 3683 Homestead and Carrie Furnaces--U.S.S. Corp , April 28, 1976 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 3683-P Hydraulic lines, Homestead Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 3698 Proposed location of pumping station, setting basins, and trunk water lines--Homestead Steel Works , March 21, 1919 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 4007 Duplicate Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 4007 Mill Diagram [Superseded by C.E. 3647] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item C.E. 4010 General plan of Homestead Steel Works; Howard Axle Works, Hays Yard Construction program of 1931-revised [2 copies] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item EXH 34 General plan of Armor Plate Department- Homestead Steel Works , November 1, 1904 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item F1 #1533 Piston Rod for Blacksmiths Shop--Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Co. Ltd , May 15, 1882 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item G #24 Plan showing part of Carnegie Steel Company's Property--Homestead Steel Works , April 27, 1908 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item G 393 Steel for pouring car; New converting mill--Homestead Steel Works , August 25, 1892 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item G 1024 General Plan, East of City Farm Lane, Building and Equipment--Homestead Steel Works , 1923 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item G 1554 Plan of buildings--Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , August 13, 1906 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item G 1816 Details for Intermediate Building--Carnegie, Phipps and Co. Ltd , July 1, 1886 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item I #73 General Plan of 72" and 84" plate mills--Carnegie Steel Co. Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item I 1044 General plan of 34" and 72" plate mills, and Open Hearth No. 1--Carnegie Steel Co. Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item I 1400 Mill diagram [2 copies] , April 21, 1927 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item I 1400a Plan of lot residence of C.M. Schwab; Munhall, PA , September 17, 1896 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item K 54 First Floor plan; General Superintendent's Residence [2 copies] , May 17, 1919 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item K 505 Second floor plan; General Superintendent's Residence. Carnegie Steel Co. Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , May 17, 1919 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item K 506 Third floor plan; General Superintendent's Residence. Carnegie Steel Co. Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , May 20, 1919 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item K 507 Plan of shrubbery beds and trees; Residence of General Superintendent--Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , January 18, 1921 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item K 540 Space Diagrams for Carnegie Library, Homestead Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item K 856 Plan of 100" plate mill and 45" slabbing mill [2 copies] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item PD 216 Plan of 160" plate mill Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item PD 218 Plan of forgings division [2 copies] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item PD 219 Details of water tank for new waterworks at Homestead Steel Works , May 10, 1888 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item R Imp 39A Water Works; Carnegie Steel Co, Homestead Steel Works , March 26, 1923 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item R 147 Arrangement of 40-0 tank and piping for waterworks. Carnegie Steel Co, Homestead Steel Works , April 11, 1912 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item R 168 General plan of open hearth basic plant; Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , June 1890 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item T #183 General plan of open hearth basic plan; Homestead Steel Works [2 copies] , June 1890 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 map-case 12 , drawer 1-3 , item T #185 Subseries 2. Folio Sized Prints Item 1. Photographic Panoramic Print of Edgar Thomson Works [very fragile] Containers map-case 12 , drawer 4 Item 2. Photographic Panoramic Print of Edgar Thomson Works , June 11, 1927
Item 3. View of mill from above the river
Item 4. Large gathering/party [very fragile]
Item 5. Department Superintendent's Club of Homestead Steel Works , April 30, 1914
Item 6. Department Superintendent's Club of Edgar Thomson Works , 1909
Item 7. J. Edgar Thomson, etching
Item 8. J. Edgar Thomson, photographic print
Item 9. S.S. Santa Paula , 1932
Item 10. Anti-Communist Proclamation signed by employees of Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation
Item 11. Panoramic shot of Homestead Works , 1906
Subseries 3. Miscellaneous Drawing of Homestead, PA , 1902 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 1 Map of Braddock and North Braddock showing the location of the field of Battle, July 9, 1755. Based upon maps made by Pat Mackeller, Engineer with Braddock's army (battle located by Sydney Dillon, Chief Engineer at Edgar Thomson Works) , undated Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 2 U.S.S. Corporation; Homestead District Works , 1965 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 3 U.S.S. Homestead Steel Works Press Shop No. 1; History and diagram Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 4 Press Shop No. 1 (Architectural Diagram), showing expansions in 1891, 1893, and 1903 , 1989 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 5 Press Shop No. 1; Architectural diagrams , 1891 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 6 Plan of Press Shop No. 1 , 1891 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 7 Partial plan of Press Shop No. 1 , 1893 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 8 Addition to Press Shop No.1 , 1903 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 9 Partial plan of Press Shop No. 1 , 1903 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 10 Section A-A through Press Shop No. 1 , 1903 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 11 12,000 ton press , 1903 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 12 Bethlehem Press Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 13 Balance accumulator , 1903 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 14 Plan, Edgar Thomson Works Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 15 Calendar; United States Steel , 1978 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 16 Carnegie Steel Co, Homestead Steel Works. Map of Homestead Borough , March 12, 1920 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 17 Drawing of Homestead, PA [2 copies] , 1902 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 18 Map of Munhall, Homestead and West Homestead , undated Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 19 Homestead Works Organization Charts , 1970 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 20-32 The Veteran's Employees Association of the Edgar Thomson Works, Citizenship Certification for Brindle , 1938 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 33 U.S.S 1927 Calendar , 1927 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 34 Language English.
Rhapsody of Steel LP Record Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 35 Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph Newspaper August 1945 , 1945 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 36 Copy of Congressional Record/House of Reps. U.S.S Enters Second Century. Hon. Joseph M. Gaydos , May 7, 1981 Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 37 Copy of print from L'Encyclopedie de Science, des Arts et des Metiers par Denis Diderot, 1752, depicting open hearth steel-making Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 38 Print entitled "Heating" Containers map-case 12 , drawer 2 map-case 12 , drawer 2 , item 39 Subseries 4. Bound Materials, Binders, and Publications Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell1976 Metallurgy for Engineers:Casting, Welding, and Working by John Wulff, Howard F. Taylor, and Amos J. Shaler1956 Textbook of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis by I.M. Kolthoff, and E. B. Sandell , 1945 A Western Journal by Thomas Wolfe1951 Canal History and Technology Proceedings Volume XI Edited by Lance E. MetzMarch 14, 1992 Basic Open Hearth Steelmaking by the Physical Chemistry of Steelmaking Committee1951 Metals Handbook published by American Society for Metals , 1939 Engineering Metals and Their Alloys by Carl H. Samans1949 Pocket Companion: For Engineers, Architects and Builders by Carnegie Steel Company1923 Carnegie Shape Book: Profiles, Tables, and Data for Rolled Products by Carnegie Steel Company1929 Containers box 28 , item 10 Pocket Companion by United States Steel1936 Containers box 28 , item 11 The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by Carnegie Steel Company1925 Containers box 28 , item 13 The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by Carnegie Steel Company1920 Containers box 28 , item 12 Steel by David Plowden1981 Biography of a Business , 1960 Pittsburgh: The Story of a City 1750-1865 by Leland D. Baldwin1981 Iron Pioneer: Henry W. Oliver 1840-1904 by Henry Oliver Evans1942 Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab by Robert Hessen1975 Andrew Carnegie by Joseph Frazier Wall1970 Henry Clay Frick: The Man by George Harvey1928 Pittsburgh edited by Roy Lubove1976 The Battle for Homestead 1880-1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel by Paul Krause1992 The Homestead Strike of 1892 by Arthur G. Burgoyne1979 Containers box 29 , item 10 Lockout by Leon Wolff1965 Containers box 29 , item 11 Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of An American Steel Town by William Serrin1992 Containers box 29 , item 12 Watkins Cyclopedia of the Steel Industry published by Steel Publications, INC.1949 Containers box 29 , item 13 Watkins Cyclopedia of the Steel Industry published by Steel Publications, INC.1971 Containers box 29 , item 14 Metallurgical Formulas specific to U.S. Steel , 1967-1978 The Steel Workers by John A. Fitch1989 Rusted Dreams: Hard Times in a Steel Community by David Bensman and Roberta Lynch1988 Development of the American Tin Plate Industry by United States SteelSparrows Point by Mark Reutter1988 The Decline of American Steel by Paul A. Tiffany1988 The Corporation: A Centennial Biography of United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001 by Brian Apelt2000 U.S.S. Structural Sections , 1940 Atlas of Isothermal Transformation Diagrams by United States Steel1951 Cloud By Day by Muriel Earley Sheppard1975 Containers box 30 , item 10 United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul by Arundel Cotter1921 Containers box 30 , item 11 Triumphant Democracy by Andrew Carnegie1886 Containers box 30 , item 12 History of Carnegie Veteran Association 1938 Containers box 30 , item 13 The Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company by James Howard Bridge1903 Containers box 30 , item 14 Organization Manual Heavy Products Operations Homestead Works by United States Steel Corporation1967 Containers box 30 , item 15 Historic Bridges of Pennsylvania by William H. Shank1986 Containers box 30 , item 16 Photocopy of Organizational Manual Heavy Products Operations Homestead Works , December 1, 1966 Containers box 30 , item 17 The Edgar Thomson Steel Works and Blast Furnaces , 1890 Carnegie Veteran Association 1905 Facts About Pittsburgh Andrew Carnegie Booklet , 1902-1904 Containers box 31 , item 3 Scope and Content Notes The outside cover of the booklet holds a delicate picture of Andrew Carnegie.
U.S.S. Administrative Directory Pittsburgh District , October, 1953 U.S.S. Administrative Directory Pittsburgh Distric , November 1959 Homestead Works Telephone Directory , 1975 Homestead Works Telephone Directory , 1980 Steel Plant Design Rolling Mills Vol.I for the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation1945 Steel Plant Design Rolling Mills Vol.II for Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation1945 Steel Plant Design Rolling Mills Vol.III for Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation1945 Containers box 31 , item 10 This is Steel by United States Steel CorporationThe Manufacture and Properties of Iron and Steel by Harry Campbell1907 Romancing in Tin Plate by Roy Rutherford1951 The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel 8th Edition by United States Steel1964 The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel 7th edition by United States Steel1957 Steel Serves the Nation by United States Steel1951 The Making of Steel by American Iron and Steel Institute1964 From Fire to Rust by Thomas E. Leary and Elizabeth C. Sholes1987 One Billion Dollars in Progress ca. 1964 Romance of Steel Information Pamphlets , 1956-1961 Containers box 32 , folder 1 box 32 , folder 1 , item 10-14 United States Steel Company Pamphlets , 1961-1970 Containers box 32 , folder 2 box 32 , folder 2 , item 13-18 United States Steel Coporation Annual Report , 1966 Containers box 32 , folder 3 box 32 , folder 3 , item 19 Carnegie Works Essay by Theodore Dreiser , 1980 Containers box 32 , folder 4 box 32 , folder 4 , item 20 Iron Age Magazines , 1976-1980 Containers box 32 , folder 5 box 32 , folder 5 , item 21-22 Pittsburgh Magazine , June 1992 Containers box 32 , folder 6 box 32 , folder 6 , item 23 Art Catalog , 1986-1987 Containers box 32 , folder 7 box 32 , folder 7 , item 24 Furnace Poetry , 1993 Containers box 32 , folder 8 box 32 , folder 8 , item 25 Series XIII. Ephemera Scope and Content Notes This series contains materials that were added to the collection in 2012. This addition consists of badges, buttons, various United States Steel promotional items, metal samples, items used by Gaughan in the course of his employment, and books detailing the United State Steel the Homestead Strike. Also included are two Carnegie Steel Police badges.
Ephemera Containers box 33-34, 36-39 Series XIV. Personal Scope and Content Notes The Personal series consists of items used for research and projects as well as correspondence and other papers of interest.
Correspondence Containers box 40 , folder 17-25 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence relating to William J. Gaughan's contributions of photographs or expertise in publications.
Trail Marker Homestead , 1999 Containers box 40 , folder 26 Braddock's Crossing Trail and War Containers box 40 , folder 27 Boy Scouts Containers box 40 , folder 28 Research Materials on William Dickson Containers box 40 , folder 29-30 Personnel File , 1962-1983 Containers box 40 , folder 32 Scope and Content Notes Personnell file providing a history of William J. Gaughan's duties within United States Steel Corporation.
From Mill Town to Mall: Blue Collar Transformation in Pittsburgh's Turtle Creek Valley- ProposalContainers box 40 , folder 34 