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_B05F0994_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Blast furnace at US Steel Ohio Works Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B07F06_008.tif;AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B07F06_008
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; United States Steel Corporation
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts an elevated view of structures at the coke plant that provided coke for the blast furnaces at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's South Chicago Works. Coke plants burn coal in order to remove impurities; the resulting fuel, coke, is then layered into a blast furnace with iron ore in order to produce pig iron in the first step of the steelmaking process. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F71_016
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry and trade; Coke plants
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: This 8.5" by 11" (21.59 by 27.8 cm) photograph depicts a procession leaving Stop 14 gates of the Campbell Works South Gate of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. John McNicol can be seen carrying a cross. Attorney Staughton Lynd and Reverend C. Edward Weisheimer are on the right. Following announcement of shutdowns, United Steelworkers Association (USWA) Local 1462, Brier Hill Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube (YS&T), fought to keep mill open. In November 1900, a group of 55 Youngstown citizens, led by James A. Campbell, raised $600,000 in capital to create the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company. Land was purchased along the Mahoning River approximately three miles east of downtown. In 1902, the mill opened for production. Spectacular growth marked the company's second decade, some of it spurred by the demand for steel caused by World War I. In 1923, YS&T purchased the Brier Hill Steel Company of Youngstown and the Steel and Tube Company of America of East Chicago. During View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1623_1909848_013
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Labor unions; Demonstrations; Laborers; Crosses; United Steelworkers of America
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of the completed footbridges. Design and estimate of costs for two timber footbridges near the shelter building were approved for construction on September 14, 1934. Work on the project started a few days later. Stone and timber were obtained within a mile from the site. Abutment stones were laid in cement mortar. Timber was treated with weather beaten brown creosote stain. Both bridges were completed October 31, 1934. This photo was included as Project No. 47a, Bridges - Foot, in F.E. Whitehouse's (camp superintendent) completion report for December 1934 at Fort Hill State Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_15_f47a_06
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Footbridges
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor with an unidentified toddler standing in front of a house. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F07_D_8
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; African American women; Wilberforce University; African American Educators
 

Description: This black iron auger bit has a '5/8 patent' mark and was used to drill holes in wood. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73314
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is of a ceramic vase with rose decoration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8309
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vases
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Auglaize County, between stations 5784 and 5828. Roads, properties, bridges and other landmarks along the route are noted, including the St. Marys River. 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23162_008
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Auglaize County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows Benjamin W. Arnett (1836-1906), a member of the Ohio House of Representatives during its 67th session (1886-1887). Arnett was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. A teacher and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, he moved to Ohio in 1867, and served as pastor and teacher at churches in Cincinnati, Toledo, Urbana, and Columbus. In 1886, as a Republican representative from Greene County in the Ohio General Assembly, Arnett introduced legislation to repeal the state's "Black Laws." First enacted in 1803, these laws limited the freedom and rights of the state's African American residents. Arnett was particularly concerned that state law did not ensure that black children had the same educational opportunities as white children. In 1887, statutes regarding education were changed; the state was thereafter required to provide equal opportunities to all children regardless of race. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om871_806473_004
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Ohio Government; Education; Civil Liberties; Religion in Ohio; Ohio House of Representatives; Segregation--Laws and legislation;
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Street scene in Circleville, Ohio, ca. 1907-1915. The scene features the 101 Main Street building, the former Circleville headquarters of the I.O.O.F., or the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. This society is a fraternal organization with the noble goal of providing assistance to those in need and promoting friendship, love, and truth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02701
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern silver gelatin print made from a glass plate negative depicting six young people sitting on a dock, ca. 1915-1925. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03645
Subjects: Photographers--Ohio; Teenagers; Children
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)