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American Iron and Steel Institute Photographs and Audiovisual Materials 1986.268 American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials 1986.268 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 14, 2021. Description is written in: English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials 1986.268 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Historical Note ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 8 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 9 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Public Relations department photographs ................................................................................................... 9 Steel making and processes .................................................................................................................... 10 Air and water pollution .......................................................................................................................... 18 Historical photographs ............................................................................................................................ 19 People, places, and publicity .................................................................................................................. 23 Color file ................................................................................................................................................. 25 T. F. Healy collection of old illustrations newspaper clippings ............................................................ 27 Albert T. Keller photographs .................................................................................................................... 30 Walter C. Woodman photographs and research notes .............................................................................. 84 Iron furnaces ........................................................................................................................................... 85 Saugus Iron Works ................................................................................................................................. 86 Audio ......................................................................................................................................................... 87 Film ............................................................................................................................................................ 91 Video .......................................................................................................................................................... 92 - Page 2 - American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials 1986.268 Summary Information Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator: American Iron and Steel Institute Creator - pht: Woodman, Walter C., 1903-1979 Creator - pht: Keller, Albert T., 1869-1940 Title: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials ID: 1986.268 Date [inclusive]: 1851-1980 Physical Description: 21 Linear Feet Physical Description: 3013 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 1756 photographic prints : b&w ; 3x6 in. 251 photographic prints : color ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 76 photographic prints : color contact prints ; 120 mm. 216 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. 111 photographic prints : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. 3 photographic prints : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. 998 negatives : b&w ; 3 x 6 in. 20 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 114 negatives : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. 101 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. 80 negatives : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. 168 negatives : b&w ; 35mm. 403 negatives : b&w ; 120s. 19 negatives : color ; 4 x 5 in. 74 negatives : color ; 35mm. 12 transparencies : color ; 120s. 67 transparencies : color ; 4 x 5 in. 47 items (postcards, envelopes, brochures). 70 items : clippings ; 43 x 52 cm. or smaller. 3 items : etchings ; 11 cm. x 17 cm., on sheet 7.5 x 11 in. 9 reels : sd., color ; 16mm. ref. print. 1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., color ; 1/2 in. TRT 00:09:00. 4 audio cassettes. 1 soundsheet record : 33 1/3 rpm. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: The American Iron and Steel Institute is a trade association of North American steel producers. The group's mission includes advocating for public policy, education and innovation for the Iron and Steel Industry. The Institute was established under the leadership of Elbert H. Gary (1846-1927) in 1908, after the Panic of 1907 brought an end to industry-wide consolidations. This collection consists of photographs, research notes, audio, film, and video which document the history of the steel industry. The images cover the entire scope of the steel industry from basic raw materials through the multiple aspects of steelmaking. In addition to images documenting the technical aspects of steel production, there are photographs showing steel in use. These include a variety of industrial and consumer applications and images - Page 3- American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials 1986.268 related to the steel industry and environmental issues. The Albert T. Keller (1869-1940) photographs depict the sites or remains of early ironworks primarily in the mid-Atlantic states and New England states during the 1930s and there are over fifty blast furnace complexes pictured. The Walter C. Woodman (1903-1979) photographs and research notes document the history of iron furnaces and Saugus Iron Works becoming a national historic landmark. ^ Return to Table of Contents Historical Note The American Iron and Steel Institute is a trade association of North American steel producers. The group's mission includes advocating for public policy, education and innovation for the Iron and Steel Industry. The Institute was established under the leadership of Elbert H. Gary (1846-1927) in 1908, after the Panic of 1907 brought an end to industry-wide consolidations. One of the oldest trade associations in the United States, the organization's first meeting was held in 1910. Elbert H. Gary was a lawyer, who went on to serve two terms as a judge in DuPage County, Illinois from 1882 to 1890. Gary was known as "Judge Gary" thereafter. He retired from twenty-five years of practicing law to become president of the Federal Steel Corporation. He became head of the United States Steel Corporation in 1901 which was several companies including Federal Steel Corporation merged together. During World War I, the Institute under Judge Gary was the primary coordinator with the government for all industry production, allocation and prices. However, the Institute's staff remained small, and it had no paid president until 1932. The passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) in the early days of the New Deal transformed the Institute as it did most trade associations. The NIRA worked to arrest the collapse of production and prices by imposing a system of industry-specific "Codes of Fair Competition," in effect forming each industry into a government-sponsored cartel in return for provisions to maximize employment. Working with the Wall Street law firm of Cravath, deGersdorf, Swaine & Wood, the Institute played the leading role in drawing up and administering the NIRA Code for the steel industry. Walter S. Tower (1881-1969) was named executive secretary in September 1933 and assumed active management of the Institute through May 1952. After the NIRA was ruled unconstitutional, the Institute mobilized to press the industry's case during the conflicts with government and labor during the later New Deal, beginning much more aggressive public relations work. The Institute began active technical research in the late 1930s with the appointment of a General Technical Committee. Much of this work focused on standardization. The first of a series of "Steel Product Manuals" appeared in 1937, and a Committee on Building Codes was set up in 1938. In the 1940s, the Institute began programs of cooperative research through its Committee on General Research. It also provided its members with up-to-date information on industrial relations, antitrust, health and safety. The Committee on Public Relations disseminated information about the industry - Page 4- American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials 1986.268 through pamphlets, press releases and films, as well as its publications, Steel Facts (1934+)
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