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Atlas Powder Company records

 Collection
Accession: 1516
Abstract:

Incorporated in 1912, Atlas Powder Company functioned as an independent explosives and chemicals company until 1971, when it was purchased by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited (U.K.) and became its American affiliate under the name ICI Americas, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, reports, and correspondence from Atlas in addition to both predecessor and subsidiary companies.

Dates: 1868-1958, bulk 1912-1958

Reading Company records

 Collection
Accession: 1520
Abstract:

Chartered in 1871, Reading Company was the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. The collection consists of the corporate records of the Reading Company (1871-1976), the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (1833-1896), the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company (1896-1923), and 159 predecessors and subsidiaries.

Dates: 1795-1979

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Advertisements 1
Anthracite coal industry 1
Automobiles -- Equipment and supplies 1
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Adams Express Company 1
American Railway Association 1
Association of American Railroads 1
Association of Railway Executives (U.S.) 1
Atlantic Giant Powder Company 1
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Atlas Powder Company 1
Atlas de Mexico 1
Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914 1
Baird, Matthew, 1817-1877 1
Baldwin Locomotive Works 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Beech Creek Railroad Company 1
Bertrand, Charles Edward, 1915-1978 1
Biddle, Edward R. (Edward Robert) 1
Black Diamond Powder Company 1
Boston Artificial Leather Company 1
Brevolite Lacquer Company 1
Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company 1
Celluloid Zapon Company 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Central Railroad of New Jersey 1
Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 1
Corbin, Austin, 1827-1896 1
Darco Corporation 1
Darco Sales Corporation 1
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company 1
Dice, Agnew T. (Agnew Thomson), 1862-1932 1
Dickson, Samuel, 1837-1915 1
Drexel, Morgan & Co 1
Duratex Company 1
Duratex Corporation 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chemicals and Pigments Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Eastern Laboratory 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. High Explosives Operating Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company 1
Elmira, Cortland, and Northern Railroad Company 1
Emlen, William F. (William Fishbourn), 1787-1866 1
Empire Transportation Company 1
Evans Artificial Leather Company 1
Ewing, Charles H., 1866-1935 1
Fall Brook Railway Company 1
Ford Motor Company 1
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 1
Giant Powder Company 1
Giant Powder Company, Consolidated 1
Gowan & Marx 1
Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 1
Harris, Joseph S. (Joseph Smith), 1836-1910 1
International Carbon Corporation 1
J.P. Morgan & Co 1
Jersey Central Transportation Company 1
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway Company 1
Junction Railroad Company 1
Knight, Edward C. (Edward Collings), 1813-1892 1
Knights of Labor 1
Lehigh & Susquehanna Rail Road (Firm) 1
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 1
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 1
Lewis, Edwin M. 1
Lorenz, William, 1826-1884 1
Marshall Corporation of Texas 1
McLeod, A. A. (Archibald Angus), 1848-1902 1
Montour Iron Company 1
Montour Iron and Steel Company 1
Napon Rayon Corporation 1
Napon Silk Corporation 1
National Company 1
New York Central Railroad Company 1
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company 1
New York and Long Branch Railroad 1
Nichols, Henry K. (Henry Kuhl), 1830-1904 1
Nicolls, G. A. (Gustavus A.), 1817-1886 1
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896 1
Norfolk and Western Railway Company 1
Osborne, John H. (John Humfrey), 1818-1894 1
Pacific Lacquer and Bronze Company 1
Peerless Explosives Company 1
Peerless-Union Explosives Company 1
Peerless-Union Explosives Corporation 1
Pennsylvania Coal Company 1
Pennsylvania Railroad 1
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co 1
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company 1
Philadelphia and Reading Relief Association 1
Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad 1
Powelton Iron and Coal Company 1
Pullman Company 1
Reading Company 1
Reading Iron Company 1
Reading Terminal (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Reading Terminal Market (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Richards & Co 1
Robinson, Moncure, 1802-1891 1
Robinson, Wirt, 1806-1865 1
Safety Nitro Powder Company 1
Sayre, Robert H. (Robert Heysham), 1824-1907 1
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 1
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