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Campbell Historical Photograph Collection

MSS 0127 -- (Circa 1913-1950)

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

Scope & Content

This collection consists of 21 folders of black and white contact and glossy prints (8 x 10) spanning 1913 to 1950. The collection of over 400 photographs measures approximately three-fourths of a cubic foot. The photographs show Campbell, formerly known as East Youngstown and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company operations there. A majority of the prints are from the negative collections of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company and chronicle the different aspects of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube's Campbell Works. Subjects include plant buildings, safety equipment and steel-making processes. Of special note are the photographs relating to the 1913 Flood, the 1916 Strike, the 1937 "Little Steel" Strike, and Youngstown Sheet & Tube company housing.

Many of these photographs appear in Florence Galida's book: Fascinating History of the City of Campbell.

Provenance

The Ohio Historical Society acquired this collection of photographs from Joseph Jevesok, Michael Jevesok, and Florence Galida of the Campbell Historical Society on December 27, 1978. The Campbell Historical Society made the prints from a collection of glass plate negatives received from the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. The photographs appear to have already been numbered and labeled when donated to the Ohio Historical Society. Further processing and more specific labeling was done by the Ohio Historical Society when the collection was housed in Columbus. The collection's name when housed at the Ohio Historical Center was the "Florence Galida Photograph Collection." The collection was transferred to the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor in November of 1995 where final processing was done by Laurie Gemmill.

The Ohio Historical Society owns the property rights to this collection. The Campbell Historical Society has waived its reproductive rights. Consideration of all other copyrights is the responsibility of the author and publisher. This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society. Researchers are requested to cite the collection name, collection number, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor in all footnote and bibliographic references.

Indexing Terms:

Campbell Works
Company Housing
Construction
Facilities
Mills
Photographs
Safety
Steel
Strike
Youngstown Sheet & Tube

Series List

Series 1 - Photographs - Coke Plant
55 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs of the screening operation, loading ammonium sulphide, the Benzol plant at Brier Hill, screening station, coke pusher, tar pump, coking ovens and views of the coke plant.

Series 2 - Photographs - Open Hearth and Soaking Pits
45 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series documents the construction of stripper building, construction of internal open hearth. Series also includes photographs dealing with the construction of the open hearth and ingot molds.

Series 3 - Photographs - Blast Furnace
8 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series deals primarily with the construction of the blast furnace.

Series 4 - Photographs - Billet
8 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
Photographs include those of billet cooling beds, crane in billet stock yard and gondola cars with billets.

Series 5 - Photographs - Sheet Mill/Plate Mill
5 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
Includes photographs of the motor at plate mill and the sheet mill at Brier Hill.

Series 6 - Photographs - Blooming Mills
14 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
Series includes photographs of the flying saw blooming mill (1920), bloomers, ingot buggy and slab loading yard.

Series 7 - Photographs - Bar Mills
17 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
Includes photographs of the bar mills in Struthers, merchant bar mill, cooling racks, and general views of bar mills.

Series 8 - Photographs - Oil House
5 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
Includes photographs of the oil house including those showing stored drums, key conveyor, and machinery.

Series 9 - Photographs - Shipping Sheet
34 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
Photographs document the process of shipping sheet including braced sheets, packed sheets and packaging in box car.

Series 10 - Photographs - Shipping Pipe
12 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series documents the process of shipping pipe including pipe being shipped in railroad cars and railroad cars with seamless pipe.

Series 11 - Photographs - Shipping War Steel
2 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs demonstrating the method of loading war steel.

Series 12 - Photographs - Storage Facilities
5 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs showing bins, stacked parts and barrels of parts.

Series 13 - Photographs - Wash House
5 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs which show the interior of the sheet mill wash house.

Series 14 - Photographs - Electrical Components
60 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs of the Campbell Substation, electrical transformers, electrical control panels, powerhouse interior and motors.

Series 15 - Photographs - Housing
42 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs of company houses including Blackburn Plat and construction of Loveland Farms Allotments- Buckeye Land Company's.

Series 16 - Photographs - Safety Glasses/Goggles
24 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series features photographs of broken glasses, workers wearing broken glasses and safety goggles.

Series 17 - Photographs - Safety Gear
5 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series features photographs of individual workers wearing a Draeger helmet, oxygen mask, gas mask and a safety mask.

Series 18 - Photographs - Workers
13 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs of electricians, clerical force, groups of workers at Trachoma Hospital, operating a drill and waiting for pay bonus.

Series 19 - Photographs - 1937 Strike and 1916 Strike
9 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs of Wilson Avenue and the site of Harmony Bank after riot, strikers off the job and workers returning to the mills.

Series 20 - Photographs - Miscellaneous Construction
7 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs documenting the construction of Hubbard furnace, boiler house, and the power house.

Series 21 - Photographs - Miscellaneous
28 (8 x 10) black and white photographs
This series includes photographs of instructions for using coke and stoves, the 1913 flood, water pump, telephone wire and ore cars.

Container List

Series 1 - Folder 1
Photographs - Coke Plant

Series 2 - Folder 2
Photographs - Open Hearth and Soaking Pits

Series 3 - Folder 3
Photographs - Blast Furnace

Series 4 - Folder 4
Photographs - Billet Mill

Series 5 - Folder 5
Photographs - Sheet/Plate Mill

Series 6 - Folder 6
Photographs - Blooming Mills

Series 7 - Folder 7
Photographs - Bar Mills

Series 8 - Folder 8
Photographs - Oil House

Series 9 - Folder 9
Photographs - Shipping Sheet

Series 10 - Folder 10
Photographs - Shipping Pipe

Series 11 - Folder 11
Photographs - Shipping War Steel

Series 12 - Folder 12
Photographs - Storage Facilities

Series 13- Folder 13
Photographs - Wash House

Series 14 - Folder 14
Photographs - Electrical Components

Series 15 - Folder 15
Photographs - Housing

Series 16 - Folder 16
Photographs - Safety Glasses/Goggles

Series 17 - Folder 17
Photographs - Safety Gear

Series 18 - Folder 18
Photographs - Workers

Series 19 - Folder 19
Photographs - 1916 Strike and 1937 Strike

Series 20 - Folder 20
Photographs - Miscellaneous Construction

Series 21 - Folder 21
Photographs - Miscellaneous