Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections at the University of Pittsburgh Library System

Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections at the University of Pittsburgh Library System

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Summary Information

Brief Biographical / Historical Sketch

Collection Scope and Content Notes

Collection Inventory

I. Abraham Overholt & Company, 1881-1888

II. Carnegie Brothers & Company, Limited, 1867-1894

III. Carnegie Company, 1900-1901

IV. Carnegie Steel Company, 1892-1900

1. Administrative Records, 1892-1900

2. Iron Clad Agreement, 1887-1900

3. Scrapbooks, 1892-1900

V. Carnegie, Phipps & Company, Limited, 1888-1897

VI. Cerro de Pasco Corporations, 1901-1925

1. Correspondence, 1901-1925

2. Reports, 1902-1905

3. Financial Material, 1903-1917

4. Administrative Records, 1902-1919

VII. Clairton Brick & Manufacturing Company, 1901-1904

1. Correspondence, 1901-1904

2. Financial Material, 1901-1904

3. Administrative Records, 1902-1904

4. Bound Volumes, 1901-1904, undated

VIII. Clairton Street Railway Company, 1905-1916

1. Correspondence, 1906-1912

2. Financial Material, 1905-1912

3. Administrative Records, 1905-1916

IX. Correspondence, 1883-1919

1. Andrew Carnegie, 1883-1912

2. Charles M. Schwab, 1889-1903

3. James Gayley, 1890-1900

4. Employees and Business Transactions, 1888-1919

X. Ephemeral Materials, 1878-1947

1. Record Books, 1878-1942

2. Civic Material, 1899-1919

3. Railroad Records, 1902-1913

4. Engraving Plates, 1929

XI. Faraday Coal & Coke Company, 1862-1934

1. Administrative Records, 1894-1926

2. Correspondence, 1901-1934

3. Financial Material, 1862-1924

4. Legal Material, 1906-1911

XII. Frick Building, 1898-1984

1. Frick Building General Material, 1901-1928

2. Frick Building Construction Reports, 1898-1912

3. Frick Building Financial Material, 1901-1962

4. Frick Building Rent Issues, 1900-1951

5. Frick Building Correspondence, 1902-1931

6. Frick Building Employee Material [RESTRICTED], 1902-1984

7. Frick Building Hump Removal Project, 1904-1915

8. Frick Building Sale, 1967-1982

9. Frick Building Printing Plates and Engravings, undated

10. Frick Building Record Books, 1902-1957

11. Union Restaurant Co. Correspondence, 1902-1917

12. Union Restaurant Co. Administrative and Financial Material, 1902-1915

13. The Union Club Administrative Material, 1900-1911

14. Union Safe Deposit Co. Financial Material, 1903-1928

15. Union Safe Deposit Co. Administrative Material, 1897-1913

16. Union Safe Deposit Co. Correspondence, 1902-1914

XIII. H.C. Frick Coke Company, 1871-1921

1. Scrapbooks, 1884-1896

2. Correspondence, 1891-1900

3. Administrative Records, 1871-1921

XIV. Highland Building, 1909-1922

XV. Hump Removal, 1899-1914

XVI. Jellico Coal Lands, 1903-1943

1. Administrative Records, 1908-1936

2. Legal Material, 1908-1936

3. Correspondence, 1910-1943

XVII. Josiah Vankirk Thompson, 1914-1920

1. Coal Properties, 1908-1936

2. Legal Material, 1915-1920

3. Scrapbooks, 1916

XXVIII. Maps and Architectural Drawings

1. Series-Related Material

3. Canals and Waterways

5. U.S. Geological Surveys

7. Assorted Maps and Architectural Drawings

XVIII. Shaw Coal Company, 1890-1925

1. Administrative Records, 1900-1925

2. Financial Material, 1900-1926

3. Legal Material, 1894-1916

4. Correspondence, 1901-1918

5. Record Books, 1900-1925

XIX. St. Clair Improvement Company, 1890-1925

1. Correspondence, 1901-1915

2. Financial Material, 1905-1914

3. Administrative Records, 1901-1914

4. Bound Volumes, 1901-1915

5. Printing Plates, 1906

XX. St. Paul Coal Company, 1914-1926

XXI. Union Arcade/Union Trust Building, 1906-1940

1. Correspondence 1901-1915

2. Financial Material, 1915-1919

3. Rent Material, 1915-1940

4. Construction Records, 1915-1919

5. Legal Material- Osterling Court Case, 1915-1926

6. Invoices: Union Trust Building, 1935-1948

XXII. Union Trust Company, 1895-1921

XXIII. Union, Joliet, and Illinois Steel Companies, 1884-1902

1. Union Iron & Steel Company, 1884-1889

2. Joliet Iron & Steel Company, 1885-1888

3. Illinois Steel Company, 1889-1892

XXIV. United States Steel Corporation, 1899-1919

1. Administrative Records, 1902-1912

2. Correspondence, 1903-1919

3. Property Material, 1899-1910

4. Legal Material, 1899-1915

XXV. Westmoreland-Fayette Historical Society, 1906-1987

XXVI. William Penn Hotel, 1890-1925

1. Property Material, 1890-1922

2. Construction Records, 1914-1916

3. Correspondence, 1913-1919

4. Finance Material, 1914-1918

XXVII. Pittsburgh Atlases and Plat Maps, 1889-1923

Subseries 9. Frick Building Printing Plates and Engravings, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
Included in this suberseries are both printing plates and engravings which illustrate floor plans, portraits of Frick, and images of the Frick Building. The floor plan engravings are for the Frick Building and Frick Annex. The print from these building engravings can be found in the advertisement pamphlets in the Frick Building Rent Issue subseries. None of the plates are dated however some are labeled by the Pitts Photo Engraving Company.

Box 353
Folder 1 Frick Building Floor Plan Engravings, undated

Folder 2-3 Annex Floor Plan Engravings, undated

Folder 4 Frick Building Floor Plan Plates, undated

Box 354
Folder 1-9 Frick Building Printing Plates, undated