Object Details
Scope and Contents
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.
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Creator
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Millington, W.P.
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Wagner, E.C.
Collector
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Place
Pennsylvania -- Anthracite coal industry
Topic
Coal mines and mining
Mining -- Pennsylvania
Provenance
Collected for the Museum for the Division of Extractive Industries, now the Division of Work and Industry.
Creator
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Millington, W.P.
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Wagner, E.C.
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Girard Estate Records
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 1 map-folder)
Date
1790-1964
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1011
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Application forms
Blueprints
Correspondence
Deeds
Journals (accounts)
Land titles
Maps
Patents
Photographs
Reports
Citation
Girard Estate Records, 1870-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
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
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2021.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Application forms
Blueprints
Correspondence
Deeds
Journals (accounts)
Land titles
Maps
Patents
Photographs -- 1850-1900
Photographs -- 20th century
Reports
Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Record ID
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