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Brief Biographical / Historical Sketch
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Access and Use
Collection Scope and Content Notes
Subject Terms
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
2. Properties
3. Canals and Waterways
4. Machinery
5. U.S. Geological Surveys
6. Railroads
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

Series IV. Reference Materials, undated

Scope and Content Notes:

This series contains materials collected to facilitate Griswold’s landscape architecture designs. The majority of these materials are reference photographs of a variety of structures and architectural details, mainly of Italian and American origin. Sketches and photographs are organized into architectural form files such as balustrades, villas, and interiors, which were later used as references for his work. The reference materials retained the original order and labeling in the manner it was received. Included in this series are photographs, sketches, plans, blueprints, layouts, and articles. The majority of the reference material are undated.

Box 9
Folder 1-2 Fountains, Well Heads, and Cascades
Folder 3 Paintings
Folder 4 Arches and Colonnades
Folder 5-6 Italian Villas
Folder 7 Italian Villas and Facades
Folder 8 Villa Catena
Folder 9 Windows, Doors, and Columns
Folder 10 Courtyards and Loggia
Folder 11 Architectural Interiors
Folder 12 Bridges
Folder 13 Piazzas
Folder 14 Rubbings and Watercolors

Box 10
Folder 01-02 Measured Details of Villa Caprarola
Folder 3 Measured Details of Villa Cicogna
Folder 4 Measured Details from Frascati, Italy
Folder 5 Measured Details from Italy
Folder 6 Measured Details of Facades and Villas
Folder 7 Measured Details of Balustrades
Folder 8 Measured Details of Steps
Folder 9 Steps and Balustrades
Folder 10 Well Heads
Folder 11 Iron Railings
Folder 12 Iron Works
Folder 13 Gateways

Box 11
Folder 1 Sculpture and Vases
Folder 2 Cemeteries undate
Folder 3 Cartouches
Folder 4 Flower Shows
Folder 5 Gateways
Folder 6 General and Theses
Folder 7 General Landscape
Folder 8 Plans and Exhibit Prints
Folder 9 Edward Capps Memorial Lectern
Folder 10 E. W. Mathews Landscape
Folder 11 Fox Chapel Club Fountain
Folder 12 Albert D. Taylor Plans and Photographs
Folder 13 Albert D. Taylor Photographs
Folder 14 H.B. Higgins Photographs
Folder 15 R.A. Hunt Photographs
Folder 16 B.D. Phillips Photographs
Folder 17 J.E. Lewis Photographs
Folder 18 Julius Fleischman Garden Photographs
Folder 19 Dr. Bowman Landscape Photographs