United States Steel Corporation and American Steel and Wire Division records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains descriptions of the new American Steel and Wire Division plant; a news release, a tour folder, two booklets on the Duluth plant and a booklet on the American Steel and Wire Division describing the industry and all its plants with eight photographs.
Additional accessions include:
Four photograph albums: Vol. 1, US Steel and American Steel and Wire Division Museum, 1908 – 1923, national scope; Vol. 2, US Steel plant, Duluth, June and July 1911; Vol. 3, Visit of Walter F. Mumford, President Of American Steel and Wire Division, Duluth, 1954; Vol. 4, Gary, Indiana Plant scenes and construction (n.d., 1910, 1911)
Photographic negatives: 35 mm negatives of Duluth Plant in 1971 after hot side closed; 35 mm negatives of early plant scenes and construction (n.d.)
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1960
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1908-1923, 1954-1960
Creator
- United States Steel Corporation. American Steel & Wire Division (Organization)
- United States Steel Corporation (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The American Steel and Wire Division began operations in Duluth in 1956 and produced concrete pipe and building and pavement fabric made of wire mesh.
Extent
1.00 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains descriptions of the new American Steel and Wire Division plant; a news release, a tour folder, two booklets on the Duluth plant and a booklet on the American Steel and Wire Division describing the industry and all its plants with eight photographs. Also included are photograph albums and photographic negatives.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.
Subject
- United States Steel Company (Organization)
- United States Steel Corporation (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the United States Steel Corporation and American Steel and Wire Division records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
