Bethlehem Iron Company
Part of collection: Bethlehem Steel Corporation records (1699)
Dates
- From the Record Group: Creation: 1860-1947
Scope and Content
The records of the Bethlehem Iron Company include photostatic copies of the stockholders' and directors' minutes from 1860 to 1901, and a single volume of monthly production statements from 1890 and 1891. A single letterbook of G. F. Meigs, Engineer of Ordnance, and Robert H. Sayre, Jr., Superintendent of Blast Furnaces, contains information on production processes and problems during the final years of the company. There is also a photostatic copy of a report on piece work from the Frederick Winslow Taylor Papers at Stevens Institute of Technology. A pocket notebook of Edward S. Knisely (1892) contains notes and a single rule-of-thumb formula for practices in its rolling mill and machine shop.
Extent
From the Record Group: 114 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Related Names
Subject
- Bethlehem Iron Company (Organization)
Creator
- From the Collection: Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Organization)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
