Guide to the James Verner Scaife, Jr. Papers, 1868-1953

Repository
Heinz History Center
Title
James Verner Scaife Jr, Papers
Creator
Scaife, James Verner, Jr
Collection Number
MSS 795
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Date
1868-1953
Abstract
James Verner Scaife, Jr. was the director of the Scaife Company (also known as Wm B. Scaife & Sons Company) and a member of the board of trustees for Magee Hospital and the Pittsburgh Zoological Society. This collection contains bound materials, correspondence, and other genealogical documents pertaining to the Scaife, Verner, and Selden families.
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Author
The guide to this collection was written by Stephanie Johnson.
Sponsor
This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher
Heinz History Center
Address
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

History

James Verner Scaife, Jr. was the director of the Scaife Company (also known as Wm B. Scaife & Sons Company) and a member of the board of trustees for Magee Hospital and the Pittsburgh Zoological Society. Born in Pittsburgh on October 14, 1903 to James Verner Scaife, Sr. and Mary Scaife, Scaife Jr. was a graduate of Yale University. In 1932, Scaife married Mary Ellen Selden in Minneapolis. In 1927, his brother Allen Scaife, who also spent time overseeing the family business, married Sarah Mellon, Richard B. Mellon's daughter.

Scaife was president of the Wm B. Scaife & Sons Company from 1934 until 1945. The company was established in 1802 as a tin-plating firm. The company would go on to produce munitions during the War of 1812 and the Civil War, boilers for steamboats, and patented range boilers.

Scope and Content Notes

The James Verner Scaife, Jr. Papers contain bound materials, correspondence, and other genealogical documents pertaining to the Scaife, Verner, and Selden families.

Arrangement

Arrangement

  1. Series I. Glassmaking and Company History, boxes 1-4
  2. Series II. Advertisements, boxes 5-18
  3. Series III. Product Designs, boxes 19-35
  4. Series IV. Media, boxes 36-40

Conditions Governing Access

None

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Curtis Scaife, son of James Verner Scaife, Jr., in 2006 and 2007.

Preferred Citation

James Verner Scaife, Jr. Papers, 1868-1953, MSS 795, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Stephanie Johnson in May 2012.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Separated Materials

to museum: silver cup and spoons

Subjects

    Personal Names

    • Scaife family.

    Other Subjects

    • Genealogy--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

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