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

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into the following 28 series:

Series I. Abraham Overholt & Company, 1881-1888

Series II. Carnegie Brothers & Company, Ltd., 1867-1894

Series III. Carnegie Company, 1900-1901

Series IV. Carnegie Steel Company, Ltd., 1892-1900

Series V. Carnegie, Phipps, & Company, Ltd., 1887 to 1893

Series VI. Cerro de Pasco Companies, 1901-1925

Series VII. Clairton Brick & Manufacturing Company, 1901-1904

Series VIII. Clairton Street Railway Company, 1905-1916

Series IX. Correspondence, 1883-1919

Series X. Ephemeral Material, 1878-1947

Series XI. Faraday Coal & Coke Company, 1862-1934

Series XII. Frick Building, 1897-1983

Series XIII. Henry Clay Frick Coke Companies, 1871-1900

Series XIV. Highland Building, 1909-1922

Series XV. Hump Removal, 1899-1914

Series XVI. Jellico Coal Lands, 1903-1943

Series XVII. Josiah Vankirk Thompson, 1914-1920

Series XVIII. Shaw Coal Company, 1890-1925

Series XIX. St. Clair Improvements Company, 1901-1915

Series XX. St. Paul Coal Company, 1914-1926

Series XXI. Union Arcade Building/Union Trust Building, 1906-1948

Series XXII. Union Trust Company, 1895-1921

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

Series XXIV. United States Steel Corporation, 1899-1919

Series XXV. Westmoreland- Fayette Historical Society, 1906-1987

Series XXVI. William Penn Hotel, 1890-1925

Series XXVII. Pittsburgh Atlases and Plat Maps

Series XXVIII. Maps and Architectural Drawings