Lukens Steel Company records 0050

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Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Lukens Steel Company records 0050

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Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 5 Administrative Information ...... 5 Related Materials ...... 6 Controlled Access Headings ...... 6

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Summary Information

Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Lukens, Inc Creator: Lukens Steel Company Title: Lukens Steel Company records ID: 0050 Date [inclusive]: 1798-1993 Physical Description: 720 Linear Feet Physical Description: 3 microfilm reels; 5,390 photographs Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Lukens Steel Company was a medium-sized producer of specialty steel products and one of the top three U.S. producers of steel plate. The Lukens Steel Company records documents all aspects of the business from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.

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Historical Note

The Lukens Steel Company was incorporated in on January 17, 1917, as successor to the Lukens Iron & Steel Company of 1890. It was renamed Lukens, Inc., on April 14, 1982, and reincorporated in Delaware on January 28, 1987. Lukens was a medium-sized producer of specialty steel products and one of the top three U.S. producers of steel plate. Lukens was merged into the Corporation on May 29, 1998, and the Coatesville Plant survived the Bethlehem bankruptcy to become part of Mittal Acelor.

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Scope and Content

The Lukens Steel Company records documents all aspects of the company's business from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.

Order books (1842-1903), sales records (1840-1908), and account books (1798-1917) document financial transactions and list major suppliers and customers. Of particular note is the day book of Rebecca Lukens (1842-1844). Production records include records from the puddling mill (1873-1886) and the open hearth (1892-1907), as well as tonnage books (1891-1918). This material documents the transition from iron to steel production. Payrolls and wage books (1864-1904) show wage payments and the impact of technological change on wages and working conditions.

Corporate records include copies of minutes, board of directors' files, monthly and annual reports, and reports of departments, divisions, and committees. Accounting records include account books (1798-1938), auditors reports, and financial statements. General correspondence (1840-1906) is concerned with orders, sales, managerial and labor problems.

Executive officer files are primarily those of the vice presidents. They describe the evolution of the company from the early 1900s to the early 1970s, including the modernization of physical plant, the development of more bureaucratic management methods, changing markets and product mix, company contributions to World War II, and the recruitment of black and immigrant labor. There are also news releases, clippings and publications from the Public Relations Dept.

The historical miscellany deals primarily with company anniversaries and the Lukens-Huston family. The most important item is an 1825 autobiographical memoir by Rebecca Lukens. There are also anti- Bolshevik editorial cartoons (1919) and a poster regarding the SWOC drive at Bethlehem Steel.

Records of subsidiary and related companies include minutes, maps and reports of the Alleghany Ore & Iron Company. Drawings, blueprints and specifications of the Jacobs-Shupert Firebox Company document the use of Lukens steel in locomotive boilers. There are records on companies in which the Hustons had outside investments, such as the Belmont Iron Works of and the Florence Mining & Milling Co. of Marysville, Utah. There are also account books, time books and scattered payrolls for two early iron works unrelated to Lukens: the Laurel Iron Works (1854-1857) and the Triadelphia Iron Works (1847-1851), both owned by the Steele and Worth families.

The photographs include portraits of members of the Lukens and Huston families and over 5,200 views of the Coatesville plant, processes and products. Photographs from the 1880s show the old mill buildings shortly before their replacement and include views of interiors and employees. The bulk of the photographs, including many shots of company employees, were taken for the Public Relations Department, circa 1930 to 1955.

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Arrangement

I. Corporate records; II. Accounting records; III. Production and labor records; IV. Purchasing and receiving records; V. Sales and shipping records; VI. General correspondence; VII. Executive officer files; VIII. office records; IX. Lukens Athletic Association; X. Maps and drawings; XI. Historical miscellany; XII. Records of subsidiary companies; XIII. Photographs

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives

PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library

Access Restrictions Records subject to 25-year time seal from the date of creation.

Litigators may not view the collection without approval.

Use Restrictions Literary rights retained by depositor.

A portion of these records are located in remote storage. Please allow at least 24 hours for retrieval.

Provenance On Deposit from Lukens, Inc.

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Related Materials

Related Materials Lukens Steel Company corporate records (Accession 2314), Manuscripts & Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library

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Controlled Access Headings

• Iron industry and trade. • Steel industry and trade. • Potash industry and trade • Boiler-making industry • Ironworks • Steel-works • Coal mines and mining. • Collective bargaining • Welding • Industrial safety • Open-hearth furnaces • Metallurgy • Rolling-mills • Steel, Structural • Wages • Puddling • Strikes and lockouts • Water-power • Iron and steel workers • Foundries. • Blast furnaces • Metal cladding • Black people in the trades • Industrial accidents • Iron, Structural • Industrial relations • Company stores • Child labor • Lukens, Charles, 1786-1825 • Lukens, Inc - Page 6- Lukens Steel Company records 0050 • Lukens Erecting Company, Inc • Lukens Iron and Steel Company • Lukens Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) • Lukens Steel Company • Pennock, Isaac, 1767-1824 • Penrose, Charles • Pusey, Jones & Company • R.W. Lukens & Company • Lukens, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webb), 1794-1854 • Lukenweld, Inc • Manley & Cooper Manufacturing Company • Norris Locomotive Works • Huston, Penrose & Company • Huston, Charles, 1822-1897 • Jacobs-Shupert United States Firebox Company • Huston, Stewart, 1898-1971 • Huston, A. F. (Abram Francis), 1852-1930 • Huston & Penrose • Huston, Charles L. (Charles Lukens), 1906-1982 • Lehigh Valley Railroad Company • Laurel Iron Works (Newlin, Pa. : Township) • Lukens Coal Company, Inc • Lukens Co-operative Store, Ltd • Kemble, Peter, 1825-1887 • Kemble & Warner • Lancaster Locomotive Works • Kemble, William, 1795-1881 • By-Products Steel Corporation • Charles Huston & Sons • Brandywine Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) • Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory (Coatesville, Pa.) • Belmont Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Bethlehem Steel Company • Bath Iron Works, Ltd • Gibbons & Huston • Gibbons, Abraham, 1812-1895 • Florence Mining and Milling Company • General Boat Works, Inc • Cornell Steamboat Company • Federal Slitting Mill (Rokeby, Pa.) • Coatesville Relief Association • A. Gibbons, Jr., & Company • Huston, Charles L., 1856-1951 • Triadelphia Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) • Thomas Iron Company • Baldwin Locomotive Works • Steele, Hugh E. (Hugh Exton), 1815-1874

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