Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B02F281_01
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo of the preliminary grading around the location for a well shelter was taken as part of Project No. 23a, Public Campground Buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_aug34_b8_14
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Wells
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: An acclamation paying tribute to Charles D. Young for his service by Matthew G. Bevin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F05_D
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Frankfort (Kentucky)
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "Delivering clothing, captured from the Confederates, to the free negroes." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_60
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; African American men
 

Description: Portrait of William Bimeler, husband of Lillian Ruof Bimeler, as a young boy, ca. 1880-1885. William was a descendent of Joseph Bimeler, a founder of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01759
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- Ethnic Communities
Places: Massillon (Ohio)
 

Description: This oval plaque was made by hand of white plaster. This plaque depicts a Greek goddess and Florence marks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79364
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Knickknacks
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This round box is made of pressed tin. It is marked with "..filled Str". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72277
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Florence Kling Harding, wife of President Warren G. Harding, standing in front of her home in Marion, Ohio, talking to a man and woman. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P21_002
Subjects: Harding, Florence Kling, 1860-1924; First ladies (United States); Ohio women; Historic houses; Presidential campaigns
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of newlyweds Dot and Roy Rowland as they enjoy the newly-gathered cotton, 1952. Photographer Joe Munroe used his photos to capture the essence of what it means to enjoy work, and showed in his images how farmers were able to work hard and enjoy themselves at the same time. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B12_F08_005
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Family life; Couples
Places: Vanatta (Tennessee)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Columbus feeder canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal in Franklin County, Ohio. Also shown is the Scioto River and bridges along the canal route. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4916_003
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Carnifex Ferry. Millers Ferry. Princeton. South Mountain. 28th Regt. O.V.I. Antietam, [?] Piedmo[nt] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01917
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a group portrait of veterans of the 26th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry at a reunion. The original photograph was taken ca. 1875. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03368
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Veterans