The Niles Historical Society Collection includes one hundred sixty (160) volumes of ledgers, journals, letter books and stock certificates. In addition, there are approximately fifteen cubic feet of documents, including correspondence, shipping orders, lease agreements, mining records, employment office records, patent and trademark information and merger documents.
The Niles Fire Brick Company was organized in 1872 by John R. Thomas, and played a key role in the development of the Mahoning Valley's steel industry. The company acquired high grade clay reserves in Clarion and Beaver counties, Pennsylvania, to supply raw material for their fire brick works. Mining and shipping operations were handled through Thomas & Company.
In 1876 John Thomas patented an improved composition fire brick, which was manufactured to specification for lining rolling mills and blast furnaces. Seventy-five percent of Niles Fire Brick Company's high grade refractory fire clay products were sold to Ohio steel plants to line their furnaces.
At its peak, the Niles Fire Brick Company employed two hundred workers, including skilled Italian workers and Appalachian laborers recruited from Kentucky. Company housing units were built, and the Italian Catholic workers faced strong Ku Klux Klan activity in the 1920's.
The company suffered from the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930's, and reduced, sold or merged its interests. In 1956, Niles Fire Brick Company merged with Mexico Refractories Company, Missouri, becoming the Niles Fire Brick Division of the Mexico Refractories Company.
Series I: Niles Fire Brick Company Financial Records is comprised of
68 volumes, including voucher records, index to accounts and appraisal records,
invoice books, ledgers, trial balance and cash journals and payroll books.
Series II: Niles Fire Brick Company Production Records is comprised of
23 volumes, including productions reports and shipping records, as well as order
books.
Series III: Niles Fire Brick Company Correspondence is comprised of 37
volumes of carbon copies of letters written between 1883 and 1917.
Series IV: Niles Fire Brick Company Operations is comprised of 3 volumes of plant operations reports covering the years 1900-1924.
Series V: Thomas & Company Clay and Mineral Shipping Ledgers is comprised of 3 volumes covering the years 1897-1928.
Series VI: Thomas & Company Production is comprised of one volume covering the years 1910-1917.
Series VII: Aetna Iron Company Correspondence is comprised of one volume coverings the years 1897-1898.
Series VIII: Thomas Furnace Company Financial Records is comprised of 9 volumes, including voucher payroll, invoice and trial balance books, as well as ledgers and journals.
Series IX: Thomas Furnace Company Production Records is comprised of 6 volumes, including shipping and cost records, covering the years 1889-1899.
Series X: Thomas Furnace Company Transportation Records is comprised of two volumes covering the years 1893-1899.
Series XI: Thomas Furnace Company Correspondence is comptrised of one volume covering the years 1896-1897.
Series XII: Hartle, Staab, Trough Run Mines Financial Records is comprised of one volume covering the years 1915-1917.
Series XIII: Hartle, Staab, Trough Run Mines Production Records is comprised of 4 volumes of shipping and cost ledgers, covering the years 1910-1931.
Series XIV: Hartle, Staab, Trough Run Mines Operations is comprised of one volume covering the years 1924-1926.
Series XV: Niles Fire Brick Company Operations and Production correspondence is comprised of approximately 10 cubic feet of materials, including correspondence relating to orders, shipping, payments and insurance claims, as well as memos, invoice statements, telegrams, notes and diagrams relating to the daily conduct of business.
Series XVI: Niles Fire Brick Division (Mexico Refractories Company) Records is comprised of approximately 2 cubic feet of materials, including correspondence, lease agreements, mining records, insurance proposals, patent and trademark information and employee benefit records.
Series XVII: Niles Fire Brick Company Blueprints and Maps includes drawings
of the company facilities and project proposals using fire brick, covering the
years 1900-1976.
The Niles Fire Brick Company records came into the possession of the Niles Historical Society in April 1993 through a deed of gift from Dr. Marybeth Williams, the owner of former company property in which the records had been abandoned. The Niles Historical Society deeded the collection to the Ohio Historical Society in January 1997.
Preliminary processing was done by James Allgren and Brenda Harding in 1997
and 1998. Final processing was completed in June 2001 by Martha Bishop.
The Ohio Historical Society owns the property rights to this collection. Researchers are requested to cite the collection name, collection number, the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor Archives/Library, and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnotes and Bibliographic references.
Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box or drawer numbers shown below.
SERIES I: Niles Fire Brick Company Financial Records
(Volume, Title, Date)
1. Voucher Records: April 1901-September 1908
2. Voucher Records: October 1908-March 1916
3. Index to Accounts, corrections: January 1903-December 1906; List of Stock
Received: 1888; List of Assets: 1913-1916
4. Appraisal Inventory of Niles Fire Brick Plant #1, Niles, OH: 1924
5. Appraisal Inventory of Niles Fire Brick Plant #2: 1924
6. Invoice Book: May 1892-September 1893
7. Invoice Book: May 1896- July 1899
8. Invoice Book: July 1899- December 1900
9. Invoice Book: December 1900- April 1902
10. Invoice Book: April 1902-December 1903
11. Invoice Book: October 1903-July 1905
12. Invoice Book: July 1905-July 1906
13. Invoice Book: April 1907-January 1908
14. Invoice Book: January 1908-December1908
15. Invoice Book: January 1909-December1909
16. Invoice Book: January-November 1910
17. Invoice Book: November1910-March 1912
18. Invoice Book: March 1912-December1912
19. Invoice Book: December1912-June 1913
20. Invoice Book: June 1913-October 1913
21. Invoice Book: November 1913-June1914
22. Invoice Book: June 1914-January 1915
23. Invoice Book: January 1915-August 1915
24. Invoice Book: August 1915-January 1916
25. Invoice Book: February 1916-April 1916
26. General Ledger: February 1894-October 1904
27. Ledger: miscellaneous accounts payable, capital stock, profit and loss,
office supplies: 1894-1906
28. Statements Niles Fire Brick credit accounts: May 1902-November 1906
29. Accounting Ledger: October 1904-July 1911
30. General Ledger: July 1911-March 1916
31. Ledger: January 1907-November 1913
32. Account Ledger: January 1914-December 1917
33. Miscellaneous ledger: January 1917-December 1919
34. Miscellaneous ledger: January 1920-December 1922
35. Miscellaneous ledger: January 1923-December 1926
36. Account Ledger: April 1935-December 1936
37. Accounting Ledger: January 1937-December 1938
38. Trial Balance Book: January 1900-December 1905
39. Trial Balance Book: January 1922-December 1923
40. Trial Balance Book: January 1924-September 1934
41. Trial Balance Book: January 1934-December 1939
42. Trial Balance Book: March 1928-December 1933
43. Trial Balance Book: January 1940-December 1945
44. Trial Balance Book: January 1946-December 1948
45. Trial Balance Book: January 1949-December 1951
46. Payroll Book: June 1893-April 1900
47. Payroll Book: January 1903-December 1906
48. Payroll Book: January 1907-August 1910
49. Payroll Book: September 1910-March 1914
50. Payroll Book: May 1914-April 1917
51. Payroll Book: April 1917-March 1919
52. Payroll Book: April 1919-December 1922
53. Payroll Book: January 1923-December 1926
54. Payroll Book: January 1927-February 1930
55. Payroll Book: March 1930-May 1934
56. Payroll Book: May 1934-November 1936
57. Payroll Book: December 1936- March 1940
58. Cost Ledger: January 1931-December 1935
59. Cost Ledger: January 1940-December 1942
60. Cost Ledger: January 1943-December 1946
61. Cost Ledger: January 1947-December 1959
62. Brick plant production cost: January 1941-December 1946
63. Cash Journal: April 1916-December 1919
64. Cash Journal: January 1920-December 1922
65. Cash Journal: January 1923-January 1928
66. Cash Book Register and Distribution of Purchases: March 1928-December 1931
67. Cash Journal: January 1932-December 1933
68. Cash Journal and Bank Registry: January 1934-March 1935
Series II: Niles Fire Brick Company Production Records
69. Casting Record Ledger Book: July 1885-July 1898
70. Production cost of clay brick, silica brick, Trough Run Mine and Staab Mine:
1917-1923
71. Brick Production Record: January 1952-December 1957
72. Production Records-Silica Plant: October 1939-November 1945
73. Production Records January: 1918-May 1922
74. Production Records January: 1934-September 1939
75. Production Records: May 1922-January 1926
76. Production and Shipping Records: January 1893-November 1901
77. Production and Shipping Records: December 1901-July 1905
78. Stock Received Record: June 1899-June 1905
79. Production and Shipping Records: September 1905-March 1908
80. Order Book and Shipping Records: January 1898-July 1899
81. Order Book and Shipping Records: July 1899-August 1900
82. Order Book and Shipping Records: March 1900-January 1901
83. Order Book and Shipping Records: August 1901-June 1902
84. Order Book and Shipping Records: January 1909-September 1911
85. Order Book and Shipping Records: May 1901-July 1911
86. Sales Book: September 1907-May 1913
87. Sales Book: June 1913-March 1916
88. Order Book and Shipping Records: July 1911-February 1912
89. Order Book and Shipping Records: January 1913-February 1914
90. Order Book and Shipping Records: January 1914-November 1915
91. Brick Orders: May 1915-April 1916
Series III: Niles Fire Brick Company Correspondence / Letter Books
92. Letters: January 1883-November 1884
93. Letters: July 1889-June 1900
94. Letters: November 1895-April 1897
95. Letters, including records of orders and deposits: April 1897-July 1897
96. Letters, with index: June 1894-November 1895
97. Letters, with index: June 1898-September 1899
98. Letters: 1901-1903
99. Letters: June 1900-January 1901
100. Letters: January -July 1901
101. Letters: July 1901-April 1902
102. Letters, with index: April 1902-January 1903
103. Letters, with index: January -November 1903
104. Letters: January 1904-January 1905
105. Letters: January-June 1905
106. Letters: June - December 1905
107. Letters: December 1905-June 1906
108. Letters, with index: June 1906-February 1907
109. Letters, with index: February - August 1907
110. Letters: September 1907- March 1908
111. Letters: March-October 1908
112. Letters: October 1908-March 1909
113. Letters: April-November 1909
114. Letters: November 1909-July 1910
115. Letters: July 1910-February 1911
116. Letters: February - October 1911
117. Letters: October 1911-May 1912
118. Letters: May 1912-February 1913
119. Letters: February - August 1913
120. Letters: July 1913-January 1914
121. Letters, with index: January - June 1914
122. Letters, with index: June - November 1914
123. Letters, with index: November 1914-March 1915
124. Letters, with index: April - August 1915
125. Letters, with index: August - December 1915
126. Letters, with index: December 1915-March 1916
127. Letters: March-April 1916
128. Letterbook - superintendent; equipment; with index and sketches: May 1905-December
1917
Series IV: Niles Fire Brick Company Operations
129. Brick Plant Report Book: February 1914-November 1924
130. Operational Reports: March 1900-December 1908
131. Operational Reports: January 1908-December 1915
Series V: Thomas & Company Clay and Mineral Shipping Ledgers
132. Clay and mineral shipping ledger: January 1923-September 1928
133. Mineral ledger: January 1909-December 1915
134. Mineral shipping: 1897-1899
Series VI: Thomas & Company Production
135. Clay Department Ledger: January 1910-December 1917
Series VII: Aetna Iron Company Correspondence
136. Letter Book, with Index: January 1897-July 1898
Series VIII: Thomas Furnace Company Financial Records
137. Voucher Record: August 1894-December 1899
138. Payroll Book: January 1896-February 1898
139. Payroll Book: February 1898-December 1902
140. Ledger: 1895-1898
141. Index to ledger: 1895-1898
142. Journal: January 1895-March 1901
143. Invoice Book: May 1891-May 1899
144. Trial Balance Book: January 1891-January 1894
145. Trial Balance Book: September 1898-December 1911
Series IX: Thomas Furnace Company Production Records
146. Furnace Burden Book: July 1889-April 1899
147. Order and Shipping Book: August 1894-July 1899
148. Shipping Records: October 1897-December 1898
149. Shipping Records: December 1898-June 1899
150. Memoranda of Shipment: March 1898-April 1899
151. Shipping Cost Book: September 1898-June 1899
Series X: Thomas Furnace Company Transportation Records
152. Car Receipts: August 1898-March 1899
153. Thomas Furnace Railroad Weigh Scales: January 1893-May 1899
Series XI: Thomas Furnace Company Correspondence
154. Letters, with Index: December 1896-December 1897
Series XII: Hartle, Staab, Trough Run Mines Financial Records
155. Journal January: 1915-December 1917
Series XIII: Hartle, Staab, Trough Run Mines Production Records
156. Shipping Records of Hartle/Arthurs/Keim Mines: 1910-1915
157. Staab Mine Shipments: June 1918-March 1931
158. Production cost of clay brick, silica brick, Trough Run Mine and Silica
Mine: 1917-1923
159. Silica Brick Cost Ledger: 1927-1930
Series XIV: Hartle, Staab, Trough Run Mines Operations
160. Plant Report Silica Brick Ledgers: January 1923-December 1924
Series XV: Niles Fire Brick Operations and Production Correspondence
Box 1:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 1" ) January, 1905 - April, 1907 (folders 1-23)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 2" ) August 5 - October 27, 1905 (folders 24-39)
Box 2:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, (from "Letter Box 2") August 5 - October 27, 1905 (folders 1-8)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 3" ) October 27 - December 19, 1905 (folders 9-32)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 4" ) December 9, 1905 - June 23 1906 (folders 33-40)
Box 3:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, (from "Letter Box 4") December 9, 1905 - June 23, 1906 (folders 1-15)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 5" ) June 23 - April 1, 1906 (folders 16-37)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 9" ) January 1 - April 1, 1907 (folders 38-42)
Box 4:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, (from "Letter Box 9") January 1 - April 1, 1907 (folders 1-14)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 10" ) April 1 - August , 1907 (folders 15-36)
Box 5:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 11" ) August 1 - December1, 1907 (folders 1-21)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 12" ) December 1907 - April 1908 (folders 22-39)
Box 6:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 13" ) April 1 - August 1, 1908 (folders 1-22)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 14" ) August - December 7, 1908 (folders 23-32)
Box 7:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 14" ) August - December 7, 1908 (folders 1-13)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 15" ) December 7, 1908 - April 11, 1909 (folders 14-35)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 16" ) April 1 - July 1, 1909 (folders 36-41)
Box 8:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 16" ) April 1 - July1, 1909 (folders 1-16)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 17" ) July 1 - November 1, 1909 (folders 17-32)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 18 ) November 1909 - April 1910 (folders 33-38)
Box 9:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 18 ) November 1909 - April 1910 (folders 1-11)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 19" ) April 1 - August 1, 1910 (folders 12-27)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 20" ) August1, 1909 - January 1, 1911 (folders 28-31)
Box 10:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 20" ) August1, 1909 - January 1, 1911 (folders 1-17)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 21" ) January 1 - April 1, 1911 (folders 18-37)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 22" ) April 1 - August1, 1911 (folders 38-41)
Box 11:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 22" ) April 1 - August1, 1911 (folders 1-13)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 23" ) August 1, 1911 - January 1, 1912 (folders 14-30)
Box 12:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 24" ) January 1 - June 1, 1912 (folders 1-14)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 25" ) June 1 - November 1, 1912 (folders 15-26)
Box 13:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 25" ) June 1 - November 1, 1912 (folders 1-4)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 26" ) November 1, 1912 - April 2, 1913 (folders 5-20)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 27" ) April 2 - June 27, 1913 (folders 21-29)
Box 14:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 27" ) April 2 - June 27, 1913 (folders 1-7)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 28" ) June 27 - October 20, 1913 (folders 8-23)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 29" ) October 20, 1913 - February 1, 1914 (folders 24-30)
Box 15:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 29" ) October 20, 1913 - February 1, 1914 (folders 1-9)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 30" ) February 1 - June 13, 1914 (folders 10-25)
Box 16:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 31" ) June 13 - August 29, 1914 (folders 1-16)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 32" ) August 29 - November 20, 1914 (17-32)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 33" ) November 21, 1914 - February 13, 1915 (33-37)
Box 17:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 33" ) November 21, 1914 - February 13, 1915 (folders 1-11)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 34" ) February 13 - April 30, 1915 (folders 12-27)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 35" ) May 1 - July 15, 1915 (folders 28-34)
Box 18:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 35" ) May 1 - July 15, 1915 (folders 1-9)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 37" ) October 11 - December 15, 1915 (folders 10-25)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 38" ) December 15, 1915 - February 17, 1916 (folders 26-34)
Box 19:
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 38" ) December 15, 1915 - February 17, 1916 (folders 1-7)
Operations and production related correspondence received by Niles Fire Brick Company, filed alphabetically by correspondent, ( from "Letter Box 39" ) February 17 - April 1, 1916 (folders 8-24)
Miscellaneous mining records (from letter box) 1905 - 1919 (folders 25-35)
Box 20:
Correspondence from T.E. Thomas, Niles Fire Brick Company, to Andrew Loll, head of mining operations, Arthurs, Pennsylvania, Re: clay mining operations and shipping instructions, 1898-1905 (folders 1-5)
Series XVI: Niles Fire Brick Division (Mexico Refractories Company) Records
Box 20 (continued):
(folder no., title, date)
6. Mining records; clay shipments, 1910
7. Mining records; clay shipments, 1911
8. Mining records; clay shipments, royalties, 1912
9. Mining records; clay shipments, 1913
10. Mining records; clay shipments, 1914
11. Communications (telegrams, letters) between J.R. Thomas, Niles Fire Brick
Company, A. Kunselman and Thomas & Company re: work orders, clay shipments,
1881-1888
12. Correspondence between Thomas & Company (Miners and Shippers of Fine
Clay) and A. Kunselman re: work orders and shipping orders, 1889
13. Thomas & Company shipping orders (telegrams); attorney correspondence
to A. Kunselman, 1886
14. Shipping orders, bills of lading, directives from Thomas & Company (J.R.
Thomas) to A. Kunselman, 1893
15. Shipping orders, bills of lading, directives from Thomas & Company to
A. Kunselman, 1891
16. Shipping orders, bills of lading, directives from Thomas & Company to
A. Kunselman, 1894
Box 21:
1. Shipping orders, bills of lading, directives from Thomas & Company
(J.R. Thomas) to A. Kunselman, 1890
2. Shipping orders, bills of lading, directives from Thomas & Company (J.R.
Thomas) to A. Kunselman, 1892
3. Shipping orders, bills of lading, miscellaneous bills, 1885-1889
4. Documents and correspondence re: Geauga County property, including title
guarantee, warranty deed, description, zoning resolutions of Thompson Township,
Geauga County, Ohio, 1954-1966
5. Documents, drawings re: Riggs Mine - (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) Mine
Drainage Permit application, 1957
6. Quitclaim deed/quitclaim indenture between Niles Fire Brick Company and J.B.
Arthur Fire Brick Company for Kentucky clay properties, Greenup County, Kentucky,
1954
7. Agreement between the Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company and Niles
Fire Brick Company, 1927-1956
8. Correspondence, memos re: silting, pollution at Ledgewood Game Farms, 1959
9. Right-of-way granted by Theodore J. Markle (to Niles Fire Brick Company)
with diagram, 1955
10. Documents, correspondence re: Portage County properties - Nelson Ledges
Park, 1956-1957
11. Documents re: Portage County property - Vasil property and Brunst property;
application, certificate of compliance for first class magazine (explosive storage),
1954-1962
12. Frank S. and Matilda E. Weaver agreement of lease - Pennsylvania properties,
1953
13. Pennsylvania properties Agreement of Lease- F.S. & M.E. Weaver, Knox
Township, Clarion County, PA, 1953
14. Pennsylvania properties - Daugherty Township property deed; Correspondence,
documents recording name change, J.B. Arthur Fire Brick Company to Niles Fire
Brick Company and merger with Mexico Refractories Company, 1954-1956
15. Pennsylvania properties - Erskine Right-of-Way; lumbering operations, 1946;
1960
16. Niederriter lease - Clarion County, 1956
17. Clarion County operations - Leonard Schupp option, 1957
18. Correspondence, documents re: Clarion County property (Osterried) and mining
rights, 1954-1967
19. Alice Ochs (lease) agreement - Clarion, PA, 1957
20. Steiner Agreement of Lease - Pennsylvania operations, 1957-1958
21. Memos from J.T. Higgins, Jr. to J.E. Winter on construction project progress,
1961
22. Documents re: Pennsylvania properties - loading dock lease, Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, 1948-1962
23. Ralph Moore Stripping Agreement - Pennsylvania properties, 1959
24. Documents re: Portage County (Ohio) property - Fox property, including title
abstract, deed, options, correspondence, 1931-1960
25. Documents re: Portage County (Ohio) properties, including correspondence,
lease agreements, deeds, 1956-1968
26. Documents re: Summit County land, Binder property, Copely, Ohio, including
deeds, correspondence, maps, 1947-1961
Box 22:
1. Lease to Herman Just - Bender property, 1949-1951
2. Lease to the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company - Trough Run Mine property,
1951-1961
3. Documents, deeds re: Summit County property - Board of Education property,
Myers property and Binder property, 1954-1957
4. Documents, deeds re: Akron Gravel properties - Board of Education property,
I.S. Myers allottment, 1953-1957
5. Lease agreement with Ohio Galvanizing and Manufacturing Company, 1962-1963
6. Letters, memos re: Wire line facilities - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
Niles, 1961-1962
7. Purchase money mortgage from J.B. Arthur Fire Brick Company to Niles Fire
Brick Company, 1954
8. Niles properties - Agreement covering three No. 2 copper aerial wires together
with poles, etc. - Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1955
9. Niles properties- Agreement covering one 6-inch pipe and one 24-inch pipeline,
1955
10. Niles properties - Documents, correspondence, agreements relating to sale
of property to Mexico Refractories and previous Niles Fire Brick business, 1949-1959
11. Documents re: Nile Fire Brick patents and trademarks, including correspondence,
application, diagrams, 1930-1949
12. Documents, correspondence re: Niles Fire Brick patents, license agreement,
1950-1959
13. Articles of Incorporation - Articles of Amendment to J.B. Arthue Fire Brick
Company and Niles Fire Brick Company; Certificate of Merger of Mexico Refractories
Company, 1955-1958
14. Correspondence with Erie Railroad Company and Carnegie Steel Company re:
purchase of land for right of way, and related drawings, 1926-1928
15. Machinery insurance proposal for Niles Fire Brick Company, submitted by
Kistler-Campbell Agency, Niles, Ohio, and related insurance appraisal documents,
1906-1938
16. Car Demurrage Average Agreement - Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1956
17. Documents, memos re: Boiler inspection, boiler explosion, Plant #2, and
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection Insurance, policy no. 89-12017, 1949-1962
18. Pension Trust Agreement; Profit Sharing Agreement - Mexico Refractories
Company, 1956-1959
19. Sidetrack agreement with the Erie Railroad Company, 1956
20. East Ohio Gas Company industrial contract - rate information, 1942-1965
21. Railroad Weight Agreement - Eastern Weighing & Inspection Bureau, 1955-1957
22. Workmen's Compensation application and related correspondence, 1954-1956
23. Certificate of Authority to do business in Pennsylvania, and related correspondence,
1955
24. Workmen's Compensation Actuarial Services - correspondence and outline of
services from Gates, McDonald & Company, 1956
Box 23:
1. Wage trends in the iron and steel industry; correspondence, agreements
between the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and Niles Fire Brick Division,
re: wages and benefits, 1956-1958
2. Reports filed with the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation-State of Ohio,
1954-1956
3. Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Agreement and related materials, 1956-1958
4. Sharon Steel Corporation - open hearth license agreement documents, 1958-1959
5. Pennsylvania Workmen Compensation - Pennsylvania Manufac-turers' Association
Casualty Insurance Company policy No. 107122, 1955-1956
6. Pennsylvania properties - Schill, Ochs & Judy Gas Company leases; Schill
and Schmader gas leases; memos, 1924-1960
7. Statistical reports to federal and state government (Department of Interior,
Bureau of Mines), 1959-1967
8. Clarion County properties - Leonard Schupp agreement; correspondence, memos,
1956-1967
9. Blank checks - Mexico Refractories Company , Division of Kaiser Aluminum
& Chemical Sales , Inc., ca. 1960
10. "Compañia Minera Huancayo," Constitución de la Sociedad
Anónima, 1921-1922
11. Mexico Refractories Company canceled payroll checks and bank statements,
1959
Box 24:
Letter box from Niles Fire Brick Company office
Series XVII: Niles Fire Brick Company Blueprints and Maps
1. Blueprints of Alice Furnace, Pickands, Mather & Company, Sharpsville,
Pennsylvania, 1900
2. Plat maps of Niles Firebrick Plants, 1918, 1949-1950
3. Blueprints of Niles Firebrick Company office building, ca. 1930, 1946
4. Drawings of Kaiser Refractories, Niles office building, 1943
5. City Engineer maps of Niles Firebrick property, 1976
6. Project blueprints for fire brick- Carnegie Steel pit furnace, Kelley Plaster
Company kiln. Clearfield Machine Shop, 1908-1915
7. Maps, diagrams from Riggs Mine, South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania,
1957; Right of Way granted by Theodore Markel (to Niles Fire Brick Company)
with diagram, 1955
8. Survey map - Johnston land, Summit County, Ohio, 1929; Diagrams, maps -
Portage County properties and Nelson's Ledges Park, 1956-1957; Map of Niles
Fire Brick Company land - Summit County, Ohio, 1953; Trumbull County real property
taxes 1959
9. Summary of Values for Insurance Purposes- No. 2 Plant, Niles, Ohio, 1929;
Appraisal Statement of plant and Depreciation Accounts; Summary of Values….No.1
Plant and General Office; 1959 Insurance Transactions
10. LaBelle Iron Works, Skelp Mill detail for brick; bill of materials..Ohio
Works, Carnegie Steel Company, 1907; cooling and water soaking arrangements
for Niles Fire Brick Company; drawings for special tile for blast furnace #4,
Joliet Works, Illinois Steel Company, 1906; drawings for brick soaking pit,
45" blooming mill, LaBelle Iron Works,1904
11. Bill for roof repair; Car service charges; drawing for special roof block
for heating furnace - Carnegie Steel Company, 1907-1908; drawing for fire brick-F.D.
Cramer & Son; drawing for hardening furnace - International Harvester Company;
payments from LaBelle Iron Works, 1910; shipping order, The Ohio Galvanizing
& Manufacturing Company; (2) pamphlets on Hoffman Kilns (Hoffman Construction
Company), 1912;diagram of coal & wet sand elevation for Eaton Builders Supply
Co., 1911; bill for car demurrage - Pennsylvania Line west of Pittsburgh, 1913;Car
demurrage - B & O Railroad, 1913;Silica brick plant labor costs, 1910; Drawing
for brick order from H.F. Shafer & Son, 1913
12. Drawing for fire brick - F.D. Cramer & Son; drawing for hardening furnace
- International Harvester Co., 1907-1909; drawing for proposed siding (B &
O RR) at Lucinda, PA; drawing for 18" puddle mill - Republic Iron &
Steel Company, Toledo Works, 1906; diagram for roof of buildings - Niles Fire
Brick Company; diagram for new buildings, 1910; plan for No.1 furnace - Crane
Iron Works, 1909; drawing for standard furnace tile - Lyons Boiler Works;Blueprints
for tuyere brick - Thomas Works, Brier Hill Steel Company; blueprints for converter
blocks - Carnegie Steel, Columbus Works,1913
13. Shenango Furnace Company drawing for fire brick, 1914; Drawing for brick
order, Stoker Mine No. 27, Consolidated Indiana Coal CompanyBlueprint of 70
cubic foot bucket - Atlas Car and Manufacturing Co.Blueprints of rock crushing
equipment, 1913; YS&T debit memorandum and ledger page, 1915; Drawings for
brick - Keystone Plaster Company; B&O Railroad shipping records; blueprint
for furnace brick - Carnegie Steel Company, Ohio Works Drawing of open hearth
furnace detail for brick - Minnesota Steel Company, 1913; Order for steel from
Western Reserve Steel Company, 1916; Income, deduction ledger pages, ca. 1901;
Rental property payment records,1915-1919
Materials housed in double-oversize cabinet:
1** Erie Railroad - Western District, Mahoning Division, Niles & Lisbon
Branch --plan to accompany agreement with Niles Fire Brick Company, 1954; Maps
of Binder lands - Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, 1947