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Penn Virginia Corporation records
Penn Virginia Corporation was an oil and gas company, incorporated as the Virginia Coal & Iron Company on January 6, 1882. It was one of many firms established by a group of interrelated entrepreneurs headed by John Leisenring (1819-1884), a Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, civil and mining engineer. The name changed to Penn Virigina Corporation in 1967. The records of Penn Virginia Corporation cover the development and operations of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company, a large southern Appalachian land company, with some information on its immediate neighbors and local support facilities.
Scott Paper Company predecessor company minutes
The Scott Paper Company pioneered the manufacture and marketing of toilet paper and paper towels. It was incorporated in Pennsylvania on December 21, 1905, as successor to the Scott Paper Company, Ltd., organized in October 1879. The records consist of the minute books for thirty of Scott Paper Company's dissolved predecessor and subsidiary corporations. The minutes trace the organization of the various firms and Scott's program of securing control of timber resources and pulpwood manufacturing capability.
Sperry-Sun Drilling Services records
Sperry-Sun Drilling Services, Inc. provided drilling services and equipment to the petroleum industry, first in Texas and the Gulf Coast and then world wide. This collection of historical miscellany was collected for a 65th anniversary celebration in 1995 and other materials from the company's public relations office. The principal series is the Historical file. It contains material assembled for the 1995 company history booklet. Many of the documents dealing with the Sun Oil Company, members of the Pew family, Elmer Sperry and the Sperry Gyroscope Company are photocopies purchased from other Hagley accessions.
"Threshold of Tomorrow" film
The Masonite Corporation was a construction and interior design company established in 1925 by William H. Mason (1877-1940) as the Mason Fibre Co. This item is a sponsored public relations film by the Masonite Corporation about their advanced production of wood products that are "wood better than wood." The wood technology and creative industrial process of creating 'hardwood' siding, paneling, and a great range of products.
William G. Ramsay photographs
At the time of his death, William G. Ramsay (1866-1916) was chief engineer, a director and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. This is a small collection of mostly unidentified snapshots possibly taken in the Pacific Northwest showing boats and logging subjects.
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- Ayers, Rufus A. (Rufus Adolphus), 1849-1926 1
- Blackwood Coal and Coke Company 1
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- Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935 1
- Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 1
- Kemmerer, John L., 1869-1944 1
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- Leisenring, E. B. (Edward Barnes), 1895-1952 1
- Leisenring, E. B., Jr. (Edward Barnes), 1926-2011 1
- Leisenring, Edward B. (Edward Barnes), 1845-1894 1
- Leisenring, John, 1819-1884 1
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- Ramsay, William G. (William Gouverneur), 1866 - 1916 1
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- Taggart, Ralph E. (Ralph Enos), 1887-1951 1
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- W.B. Nichols Studio (Delaware City, Delaware) 1
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- Wentz, Daniel B. (Daniel Bertsch), 1872-1926 1
- Wentz, John S. (John Shriver), 1838-1918 1
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