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Guide to the United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works Industrial Relations Department Records, 1904-1980 AIS.1987.03

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Title
United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works Industrial Relations Department records, 1904-1980, Records of United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works Industrial Relations Department, 1904-1980
Subject
United States Steel Corporation. Duquesne Works. Dept. of Industrial Relations., Carnegie Steel Company., Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation., United States Steel Corporation. Duquesne Works., United Steelworkers of America. Local 1256 (Duquesne, Pa.)., Iron and steel workers--Labor unions--Pennsylvania--Duquesne, Iron and steel workers--Pennsylvania--Duquesne, Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Duquesne
Description
This collection contains records from the Industrial Relations Department of U.S. Steel's Duquesne Works. Included are employee cards, which provide information on an individual's work history. Grievances and payroll records are also present. Public relations materials and plant security files are included, as well as correspondence regarding a variety of topics. Payroll ledgers are available only on microfilm., United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works Industrial Relations Department Records, 1904-1980, AIS.1987.03, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh., available only on microfilm., Gift of USX Realty in 1987 and RIDC Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Fund in 1991., The Duquesne Steel Mill began in 1886 when a group of Pittsburgh investors built a Bessemer converter shop and blooming mill. In 1888, the mill was purchased by the Allegheny-Bessemer Company, who sold the company to Andrew Carnegie in 1890. Steel made at the plant utilized the open-hearth process and produced rails for the growing railroad industry. In 1901, Duquesne was included in the purchase of Carnegie Steel by the newly formed United States Steel and converted to a fully integrated mill. By 1918, the Duquesne Works had six blast furnaces, thirty-three open-hearth furnaces, and twelve rolling mills. The Steelworkers Organizing Committee and, subsequently, United Steelworkers of America Local 1256 replaced the company representation plan and represented the workers until the mill's closing. In 1969, as demand for their products declined, U.S. Steel merged the National Tube Works with the Duquesne Works to form the National-Duquesne Works. Both plants were downsized in the early 1980s, and the Duquesne plant closed in 1984. Later that year, the "Save Dorothy Six" movement was founded by the Tri-State Conference on Steel to preserve a portion of the Duquesne Works, including its Dorothy Six blast furnace, as a worker-owned business. This plan, however, failed when unforeseen costs for new equipment were discovered and the plant was demolished soon after., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais198703
Contributor
United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works. Dept. of Industrial Relations., University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1904-1980
Type
Collection, Business records., Ledgers (Account books)., Minutes., Office files., Payroll records.
Format
microfilm, microform, microfilm reel, 53.75 (43 41
Identifier
oclc:ocm31452084, oclc:31452084, pitt:US-PPiU-ais198703
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais198703
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Duquesne
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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