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Guide to the Records of the Carnegie Steel Company, 1853-1912 (bulk 1869-1890)
1853-1912
Metadata Details
- Title
- Carnegie Steel Company records 1853-1912 (1869-1912)
- Creator
- Subject
- Carnegie, Andrew, Carnegie, Thomas Morrison , 1843-1885, Frick, Henry Clay , 1849-1919, Jones, William R , 1839-1889, Lauder, George, Schwab, Charles M , 1862-1939, McCandless, Gardner F, Lauder, George, Sr, Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont) , 1837-1913, Phipps, Henry , 1839-1930, Scott, Thomas Alexander , 1823-1881, Shinn, William P, Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar) , 1808-1874, Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie, Kloman Company., Carnegie Brothers Company., Carnegie, McKandless and Company., Carnegie, Phipps and Company., Central Transportation Company., H.C. Frick Coke Company., Kloyman Mine Company., Larimar Coke Works., Pullman Palace Car Company., Wilson, Walker and Company, Bridges, Iron and steel, Philanthropists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Steel foundries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Steel industry--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Steel works--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The Carnegie Steel Company records are housed in eighty-eight archival boxes and arranged in four series. Series have been designated for Andrew Carnegie, Corporation records, business records and index and research files. These materials include correspondence, letter books, financial materials, organizational materials, legal documents, news clippings, publications and other sundry materials. The papers primarily relate to Carnegie's philanthropic, financial and business concerns. The papers lack a personal side to Carnegie. They focus on the costs, payments and investments. Even Carnegie's personal correspondence centers on the economics of his leisure time. This is quite evident in his correspondence in series one relative to his horses and stables in Cresson, Pa. The majority of the papers have been transcribed and in most cases, a carbon copy of the transcriptions also exists. The transcriptions have maintained with the original. In some cases, additional copies were made and grouped together by subject. These subject files have been maintained and placed at the end of each relevant category., The Carnegie Steel Company was the final conglomeration of several steelworks, bridge companies and coke works under Andrew Carnegie. Beginning with the firm of Carnegie, Kloman and Company, Andrew Carnegie created several more steelworks and other companies eventually becoming the largest producer of steel in the world, while also becoming the richest man in the world. In 1901, Carnegie sold his interests in his company to financier J.P. Morgan, leading to the development of the United States Steel Corporation, which later became USX Corporation. After retiring from business, Carnegie set his ambition towards philanthropic activities. Among his efforts were the thousands of libraries created throughout Europe and North America. Altogether, Carnegie gave away over $350 million., Processed MSS 0315 1/11/2001 D. MacGregor, Inventory available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Carnegie Steel Company, Edgar Thomson Steel Works (Braddock, Pa.), Keystone Bridge Company, Lucy Furnace Company, Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Iron Mills, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1853-1912
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- 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-MSS315, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- 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/