Repository

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Title

Archives of Industrial Society (AIS) Assorted Manuscripts Collection

Creator

University of Pittsburgh. Archives Service Center

Collection Number

AIS.Assorted.MSS

Extent

3 boxes (3 boxes)

Date

1898-1994

Abstract

The materials found in this collection were accumulated by the staff of the Archives Service Center from various researchers, authors, community members and government entities. Included are govermental reports, data sets that were used for historical research, transcriptions of interviews, copied or transcribed documents, and autobiographical narratives.

Language

English .

Author

Justin Curry and David Grinnell.

Publisher

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Address

University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions to access but photocopying or any other method of making a reproduction of the contents is not allowed.

Arrangement

The assorted manuscripts are arranged into the following five series:

Series I. Allegheny County Reports

Series II. Data Sets

Series III. Interviews (transcriptions)

Series IV. Manuscripts (copies or transcriptions)

Series V. Personal Narratives

Copyright

The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.

Previous Citation

Archives of Industrial Society Assorted Manuscripts Collection, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Archives of Industrial Society's Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection.

Preferred Citation

Archives of Industrial Society Assorted Manuscripts Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Justin Curry and David Grinnell in February 2013.

Subjects

Geographic Names

• Allegheny County (Pa.) -- Politics and government
• Allegheny County (Pa.) -- History

Genres

• Transcripts
• Oral histories (Document genres)
• Manuscripts (Documents)

Other Subjects

• Labor
• Government

Container List

Series I. Allegheny County Reports, 1935

Scope and Content Notes

The Allegheny County Reports series consists of three folders of surveys of county records and cemeteries that existed in the county during the depression era. Persumably these surveys were created through funding provided by the Federal government aid programs.

"Historical Records Survey. Pa. Inventory of the Records of Allegheny County", 1935

Containers

box 1, folder 1

"W.P.A. Inventory of the Records of Allegheny County (Preliminary)", 1935

Containers

box 1, folder 2

Kenneth Ketchum--"Cemeteries, Graveyards and Private Burial Places in Allegheny County as Reported upon by Veterans' Grave Registration Survey", 1935

Containers

box 1, folder 3

Series II. Data Sets

Scope and Content Notes

The data sets found in this series was assembled by either faculty of the University of Pittsburgh or through the compilation of records from federal sources. Little is known as to why the data was collected or what specific studies or articles they were compiled for.

A. N. Galpern--"The Taille Roll of Troyes, 1606, and the Confraternity Rolls of Saint Nizier's Church, Troyes, 1604-06.", 1976

Containers

box 1, folder 4

Van Beck Hall--"Poltics Without Parties: Massachusetts, 1780-1791", 1972

Containers

box 1, folder 5

Clarence Rollo Turner--"Black Pittsburgh: A Social History, 1790-1840", 1974

Containers

box 1, folder 6

U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service--"Documents in regard to the Stike of 1914 at Westinghouse Electric Co., East Pgh., Pa.", 1973

Containers

box 1, folder 7

U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service--"Documents in regard to the Strike of 1916 at Westinghouse Electric Co., East Pgh., Pa.", 1973

Containers

box 1, folder 8

Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City--"A Selected Bibliography of Bibliographies Relating to Labor and Agriculture", Undated

Containers

box 1, folder 9

Series III. Interviews (Transcriptions)

Scope and Content Notes

The interviews series contains transcriptions of interviews created to document specific historical events or figures. When known the name of the interviewer and interviewees are recorded in the folder title.

Joseph Saul conducted by Corinne Krause, 1978

Containers

box 2, folder 1

Ten interviews with coal miners of Nanty Glo and Windber, Pa. conducted by Bruce T. Williams, 1973

Containers

box 2, folder 2

General Matthew B. Ridgeway conducted by Harold L. Hitchens & Frederick A. Hetzel, 1982

Containers

box 2, folder 3

George Morris, George Addes, & Robert Travis conducted by Frank Emspak, 1973

Containers

box 2, folder 4

1919 Steel Strike, Interviews conducted by John Bodnar, 1973

Containers

box 2, folder 5

"Old Timers Reminisce", Interviews conducted by Ronald Hartle, Undated

Containers

box 2, folder 6

Series IV. Manuscripts (Copies or Transcriptions)

Scope and Content Notes

The manuscripts series includes six folders of either transcriptions or photocopies of original manuscripts, testimonies, or articles.

James Wudarczyk--"The Battle for Nekoosa: The Story of a Corporate Acquisition", 1993

Containers

box 2, folder 7

"Does Man Live Again"?, Transcript of A Debate Between Judge M. A. Musmanno and Clarence Darrow, 1932

Containers

box 2, folder 8

Claude Edward Vealey--"Statement in regard to the murder of Joseph Yablomski", 1970

Containers

box 2, folder 9

Silous Huddleston--"Statement in regard to the Murder of Joseph Yablonski", 1970

Containers

box 2, folder 10

Andrew J. Krupnick--"Father Cox's Campaign for the Presidency of the United States", 1932

Containers

box 2, folder 11

Charles J.McCollester--"Turtle Creek Fights Taylorism, The Westinghouse Strike of 1914", Published in Labor's Heritage, 1992

Containers

box 2, folder 12

James T. Clare & Paul Morgan--"Preliminary Script for a 60 min. film of Johnstown, Pa." (Motion Picture Script, uproduced), c1977-1980

Containers

box 2, folder 24

Series V. Personal Narratives

Scope and Content Notes

The personal narratives series consists of eleven folders of first hand accounts and recollections by individuals.

Florence G. Mackinowski--"Pittsburgh Ethnic History", A narritive of Leon R. Machnikowski, 1976

Containers

box 2, folder 13

Lee Dittley--"From These Slopes and Flats: Lee Dittley's Old South Side", 1978

Containers

box 2, folder 14

Harold J. Haney--"Wind/Mills and Tom Tinker, The Whiskey Rebellion 1794-1994, The Established and the Common Folk of Pittsburgh.", 1994

Containers

box 2, folder 15

Israel Oseroff--"I Was There, Memoirs by Israel Oseroff", Undated

Containers

box 2, folder 16

"A Diary, Conrad Sisters and Mother, Trip to Sticklepath", 1898

Containers

box 2, folder 17

Egil Blakstad--A recollection of experiences in Norway during WWII, 1940

Containers

box 2, folder 18

Language

Norwegian.

Patrick J. Maveety--"Recollections of My Life", Undated

Containers

box 2, folder 19

Maher Regis--"The Maher Story, Chapter VII, Lambert, Palmer and Filbert Mine Days", Undated

Containers

box 2, folder 20

Launitz, John--"Autobiography", 1974

Containers

box 2, folder 21

John Hornak--"We the Parish" (Saint John's Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall, Pa.), 1980

Containers

box 2, folder 22

Anna B. Heldman--"The Neighbors' Tales", 1941

Containers

box 2, folder 23