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Describing Archives: A Content Standard Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Charles Lukens Huston papers 1174 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Lukens/Huston Ancestral Papers ................................................................................................................ 5 Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens ............................................................................................................ 6 Dr. Charles Huston, 1806-1900 ................................................................................................................ 6 Charles Lukens Huston ............................................................................................................................... 7 General Correspondence ........................................................................................................................... 8 Subject Correspondence ......................................................................................................................... 39 Family Correspondence .......................................................................................................................... 41 Professional Activities ............................................................................................................................ 46 Sunday School Lesson Books ................................................................................................................ 46 Personal documents and miscellany ....................................................................................................... 47 Lukens Steel Company (LSC) .................................................................................................................. 49 - Page 2 - Charles Lukens Huston papers 1174 Summary Information Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Huston, Charles L., 1856-1951 Title: Charles Lukens Huston papers ID: 1174 Date [inclusive]: 1806-1951 Date: bulk 1870-1951 Physical Description: 53 Linear Feet Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Charles L. Huston (1856-1951) was an executive in the family business, Lukens Steel, and was active in religious and civic affairs. His papers are primarily personal in nature and include fragmentary Lukens Steel records. ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Charles Lukens Huston was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania on July 8, 1856, the second son of Dr. Charles Huston (1822-1897) and Isabella Pennock Huston (1822-1889). His maternal grandmother, Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens (1794-1854) had inherited the Brandywine Iron Works & Nail Factory founded by her father Isaac Pennock in 1810. After Rebecca Lukens' death the elder Huston assumed control as Huston, Penrose & Company. Charles L. Huston entered the family business as a bookkeeper in 1875. He was put in charge of the puddling mill in 1879, the plate mills in 1882 and the Open Hearth Department in 1891. He became a partner in 1879, and the firm was restyled Charles Huston & Sons in 1881. Upon incorporation as the Lukens Iron & Steel Company in 1890, C.L. Huston became second vice president. At his father's death, his brother Abram Francis Huston (1852-1930) became president and C.L. Huston vice president and works manager. Both brothers retired in 1925. Charles L. Huston took an active part in religious and civic affairs. He was Director of the Poor for Chester County from 1907 to 1940, in which capacity he was greatly involved in the work of the Chester County Home and Hospital for the Insane. He was involved for most of his life in the Young Men's Christian Association and in the organization of the Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the - Page 3- Charles Lukens Huston papers 1174 National Association of Evangelicals, vice president of the World's Christian Fundamentals Association (1920-46) and a strong supporter of the Church's foreign missionary work and the Prohibition movement. He died at Coatesville, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1951. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Content Consists of Huston's personal papers and Lukens Steel business records. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Provenance Huston's son, Stewart Huston, made the initial deposit in 1969 but after his death in 1971, his widow, Harriet C. Huston, continued to made subsequent deposits in 1974, 1976 and 1980. After the 1980 deposit, Ms. Huston formally gifted the entire group of papers to Hagley. Location of Originals The original manuscript for Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens autobiography is located in the Lukens Steel Records (Accession 050). A transcript of the autobiography is also available in Box 3 of the Huston Family papers (Accession 1441). ^ Return to Table of Contents - Page 4- Charles Lukens Huston papers 1174 Related Materials Separated Material Materials formerly in Series II: Charles Lukens Huston, Subseries D: Professional Activities, have been transferred to Accession 50, Lukens Steel Company records. Materials formerly in Series III: Lukens Steel Company (LSC), have been transferred to Accession 50, Lukens Steel Company records. Related Material Lukens Steel records (Accession 050), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library Huston Family papers (Accession 1441), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Correspondence. • Prohibition • Missions • Investments • Huston, Isabella Pennock, 1822-1889 • Huston family • Lukens Steel Company • Huston, Charles, 1822-1897 Collection Inventory Lukens/Huston Ancestral Papers Scope and Contents This series consists of Lukens/Huston ancestral papers. It contains typescripts of Rebecca Lukens' autobiography, a framed 1837 letter between Rebecca Lukens and Hannah P. Steele, a statement relative to the settlement of her - Page 5- Charles Lukens Huston papers 1174 father's estate, and an 1844 deed of Solomon Lukens to Benjamin Miller. Also included are some personal and bank papers of Dr. Charles Huston, 1806-1900. Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens, 1794-1854 Title/Description Instances Typescript, Rebecca Pennock Lukens, compiled by Anna M. P. box 1 Stern and corrected by J. Stewart Huston Autobiography of Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens box 1 Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens, "Statement...in connection box 1 with adjustment of her interest in her father's estate, and a history of her labors in conducting her business affairs," Brandywine, 10 September 1850 Deed of Solomon Lukens to Benjamin Miller for 117 acres of box 1 land in Chester County, 1844 Framed letter from [Rebecca Lukens] to Hannah P. Steel in box 1a Philadelphia, 22 May 1837 Dr. Charles Huston, 1806-1900 Physical Description: 6 Linear Feet Scope and Content Contains some personal papers, as well as financial and business documents. Title/Description Instances Letterbooks of business related correspondence, 1839-1894 box 2 Bank books, 1880-18881893-1895 box 2 General receipts, 1879-1896 box 3 Bonsall Farm receipts, 1878-1894 box 3 Family estate papers, 1865-1892 box 3 Trust accounts for William and Henry Huston, 1865-1873 box 3 Correspondence A - M, 1870-1896 box 4 Correspondence N - Y, 1870-1896 box 5 Financial, Miscellaneous and Mutual Fire Insurance of Chester box 5 County Dr. Charles Huston Correspondence, diary entries, travels in box 6 Europe, 1844-1845 "Treatise on Diseases of the Eye" by Dr. Charles Huston, M.D., box 6 manuscript drafts Estate of Joseph M. Oliver, M.D. of Coatesville, PA Dr. Charles box 6 Huston, Administrator, 1865-1866 - Page 6- Charles Lukens Huston papers 1174 Lukens Rolling Mill, general correspondence, 1859-1866 box 6 Wilmington and Reading Railroad Co., 1867 box 6 Dr. Charles Huston estate: distribution to son Charles L. Huston box 6 from first account (docketed "W. S. Harlan, Coatesville, PA attorney), 8 February 1897-8 May 1899 Account book: Dr. Charles Huston, Guardian in account with J. box 6 Howard Thompson, 1873-1874 (with inserts, 1876, 1881) Journal: Journal of Proceedings of the I[sabella] P[ennock] box 6 H[uston] Society of Coatesville, PA, 1900-1903 Legal