Guide to the Papers of the Thaw Family, 1792-1981
1787-1981
Metadata Details
- Title
- Thaw family papers 1787-1981 bulk, 1830-1 935
- Creator
- Subject
- Aeronautics--Pennsylvania, Banks and banking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Coke industry--Pennsylvania, Crimes of passion--New York (State)--New York, Elections--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Floods--Pennsylvania, Observatories--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Philanthropists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Ship captains--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Shipping--United States, Railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Real estate business--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Transportation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, World War, 1914-1918, Women--Charities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown, Connellsville (Pa.)--Social life and customs, Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Fire, 1845, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Religion, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social life and customs
- Description
- Papers include correspondence, personal financial materials, business materials, genealogical information, scrapbooks, photographs and other sundry items documenting nearly 125 years of this Pittsburgh's family's life and businesses in western Pennsylvania, particularly the banking career of John Thaw and the transportation businesses of William Thaw., ALSO MSO #29, Benjamin Thaw gift papers 1932 1932x, Mary Thaw Thompson gift 1945 papers 1945x, Mary Thaw Barnes gift papers 1973 1973x, The Thaw family settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. In 1804, John Thaw moved to Pittsburgh to help establish a branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania. The Thaw family became leaders in the commercial and philanthropic life of Pittsburgh, particularly railroad magnate William Thaw and philanthropist Mary Thay Thompson., Gift of Benjamin Thaw (1932), Mary Thaw Thompson (1945) and Mary Thaw Barnes (1973)., Processed MSS #29 6/13/95 R. Balliet, Inventory available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Thaw Family., Roebling, John Augustus , 1806-1869, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1787-1981
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- lccn: ms 70002157, pitt: US-QQS-MSS29
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS29, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New York (State), New York, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Johnstown, Connellsville (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/