Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company, Safety Department Collection

MSS 0123 -- (c1947 - c1976) -- (less than 1 cubic foot)

INDEXING TERMS || INVENTORY || PROVENANCE || SCOPE & CONTENT || SERIES LIST

Scope and Content

This collection consists primarily of black and white photographs. The prints are printed on matte and/or glossy paper and are in various sizes including 8x10, 5x10, 5x7, 4x10, & 4x5 inches. There is also a company publication honoring Youngstown Sheet & Tube's 75th year anniversary.
The photographs originated with the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Safety Department. Company photographer Perc Kelty took photographs of safety messages, safety items, as well as group photographs. These photographs document the awards the company gave to different departments, commemorating significant numbers of man hours worked without disabling injuries. The awards are usually in the millions of man hours. 500 men working for one year is the approximate equal of one million man hours.
Some photographs are dated on the back. The plaques in the photographs also have dates. The dates on the plaques sometimes differ from those on the backs of photographs. The plaques are dated as to when the man hours without injury were achieved. Yet the backs of photographs give the date the photograph was taken. This was frequently done at a later time. The backs of some photographs name those in the photographs, some include the photographer's notes.

Series List

Series 1 - Photographs - Safety Promotion
This series includes black and white photographs of items which promote safety. There are slogans, signs, paper cups, billboards, etc. with safety conscious messages. There are 9 items: 8 are 8x10 and 1 measures 5x7. One item is dated 1964, two are dated 1954, the rest are undated.
Series 2 - Photographs - Safety Exhibits - Canfield Fair
This series contains two 8x10 photographs of exhibits at the Canfield Fair which display safety products. Kimball Safety Products Company and Mine Safety Appliances Company are featured. The backs of these two photographs are dated 1958.
Series 3 - Photographs - Safety Award Presentations
This series of black and white photographs constitutes the bulk of the collection. They document safety awards and plaques given for significant numbers of man hours worked without a disabling injury. The photographs measure 8x10, 5x10, 5x7 and 4x10 and have been arranged in chronological order. There are various duplicates.
Campbell Works departments awarded safety plaques include: the Shops Department, Coupling Department, Hot Strip Department, Conditioning Department, Seamless Tube Mills, Inspection Department, Cold Strip Department, Masonry Department, Rod, Wire and Conduit Departments, and Tube Maintenance.
Brier Hill Works departments awarded plaques include the Blast Furnace Department, Roll Shops Department, Metallurgical Department, Masonry Department, General Labor Department, and Coke Department.
Series 4 - "75 Years" commemorative newsletter
This series' sole item is a newsletter distributed by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company detailing the company's 75 year history. (c. 1975). The newsletter includes pictures of the general office in 1903, James A. Campbell, open hearth furnaces and hand rolling mills. It also includes a message from then President of Youngstown Sheet & Tube -- Jennings R. Lambeth.

Indexing Terms

Billboards
Brier Hill
Campbell Works
Canfield Fair
Group Photographs
Safety
Safety Awards
Safety Products
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company

Provenance

The Ohio Historical Society obtained this collection as a gift from LTV Steel Tubular Products Company. Mr. J.M. (Mike) Hynes, Supervisor of Safety and Workers' Compensation at the LTV Steel Tubular Products Company, donated the items in September 1995. Laurie Gemmill processed the collection in September-October, 1995. The collection is now housed at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.
The Ohio Historical Society holds the property rights to these materials. The copyrights to the photographs are held by the photographer. This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society. Researchers are requested to cite the collection name, the collection number, the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnote and bibliographic references. Laurie Gemmill, October, 1995.

INVENTORY

Series 1 Photographs - Safety Promotion
Folder 1
Contents:
9 photographs
7 8x10s, 1 5x10, 1 3x6
Safety Slogans, billboards, signs, etc.
1954-1964

Series 2 Photographs - Safety Exhibit - Canfield Fair
Folder 2
Contents:
2 8 x 10 photographs
1958

Series 3 Photographs - Safety Award Presentations
Folder 3
Contents:
1 8x10 photograph
1947
Folder 4
Contents:
1 8x10 photograph
1953
Folder 5
Contents:
8x10 photographs
1955
Folder 6
Contents:
9 photographs
6 8x10, 3 4x10
1957 (2 are duplicates)
Folder 7
Contents:
1 8x10, 1 5x10
1960-1961 (date unclear)

Series 3 Photographs - Safety Award Presentations
Folder 8
Contents:
8 photographs
2 8x10, 3 5x10, 3 5x7
1961 (1 is duplicated)
Folder 9
Contents:
16 photographs
6 8x10, 2 6x10, 4 5x10, 1 5x7, 3 4x5
1963 (6 are duplicates)
Folder 10
Contents:
13 photographs
4 8x10, 3 6x10, 6 5x7
1964 (8 are duplicates)
Folder 11
Contents:
3 photographs
1 8x10, 2 5x10
1965 (1 is duplicated)
Folder 12
Contents:
12 photographs
5 8x10, 1 5x10, 6 5x7
1967 (5 are duplicates)
Folder 13
Contents:
1 5x7 photograph
1976

Series 4 - Newsletter
Folder 14
ContentsS:
1 newsletter
"75 Years" - commemorative newsletter
c 1975

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