Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

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  • Date = 1986-01-08

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The Charles McCollester Collection contains both physical items and textual items spanning from 1877 to 2018 with an emphasis on the 1980's into the 2000's. The collection's subjects vary from Pittsburgh steel and union history, the founding of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, Monsignor Rice, and Pennsylvania historical markers. Though the collection focuses primarily on the state of Pennsylvania, much of the collection has national significance as well.
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Tri-State Conference on Steel Press Statement on the Failure to Save Dorothy 6
Labor History, Pittsburgh History
The press statement put out by the Tri-State Conference on Steel addresses the failure of the efforts to save the Dorothy 6 Blast Furnace at Duquesne Works. The Tri-State Conference emphasizes that the failure does not mean all other industrial sites are next on the chopping block.
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United Steelworkers of America Financial Feasibility Release
Labor History, Pittsburgh History
The release by United Steelworkers of America, USWA, is in conjunction with Tri-State Conference on Steel regarding Dorothy 6 at the Duquesne Works of United States Steel. The statement was giving as an obligation to the public in relation to the financial feasibility study by Lazard Freres & co in relation to Duquesne Works. The study concluded that it was not feasible to continue to run the Dorothy 6 blast furnace.
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