Girard Estate Records
name: label: Creator
content: Lehigh Valley Coal Company
label: Creator
content: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
label: Creator
content: Millington, W.P.
label: Creator
content: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
label: Creator
content: Wagner, E.C.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania -- Anthracite coal industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Coal mines and mining
label: Topic
content: Mining -- Pennsylvania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collected for the Museum for the Division of Extractive Industries, now the Division of Work and Industry.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lehigh Valley Coal Company
label: Creator
content: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
label: Creator
content: Millington, W.P.
label: Creator
content: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
label: Creator
content: Wagner, E.C.
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content: Girard Estate Records
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1830, Stephen Girard, a merchant, financier, and philanthropist, purchased 67 tracts of land in Pennsylvania that had been held by trustees of the first Bank of the United States. A large portion of the land passed into the Girard Trusts, bequeathed by Girard to the city of Philadelphia. Beginning in 1862, leases for the mining of coal on these lands were granted by the Estate.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 1 map-folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1790-1964
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1011
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Application forms
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Deeds
label: Type
content: Journals (accounts)
label: Type
content: Land titles
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content: Maps
label: Type
content: Patents
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content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Reports
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divied into six series.


Series 1: Girard Estate General Background Materials, 1794-1955	

 
Series 2: Leases, Agreements and Deeds, 1794-1928	

 
Series 3: Court Cases and Legal Materials, 1790-1928	

 
Series 4: Reports, 1830-1964	

 
Series 5: W. Parkes Millington's Files (Correspondence), 1830-1953	

 
Series 6: Photographs, 1861-1913
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Application forms
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Deeds
label: Genre/Form
content: Journals (accounts)
label: Genre/Form
content: Land titles
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Records include voluminous correspondence, much of it to or from W.P. Millington, Secretary of the Estate; with the Lehigh Valley Coal Company and Lehigh Valley Railroad Company; and with the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Also reports, including annual reports, reports by the Mining Engineer, and reports on visits by trustees; applications for permits; leases, including the lease for the City of Philadelphia as trustee under the will of Stephen Girard to Lehigh Valley Coal Company, 1884-1899; deeds; original agreements regarding the land, 1785 and 1793; licenses to mine coal; photographs, including photographs taken as part of surveys; blueprints; maps; patents; and daily journals for the years 1872, 1873, and 1879, kept by E.C. Wagner, Assistant Superintendent for the Girard Estate, detailing such things as inspections, meetings, etc.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

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