Alabama Fuel and Iron Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0033
Scope and Contents
The business records of a firm with extensive mine holdings in Alabama, including minutes of stockholders meetings, 1917-1953, minutes of the board of directors, 1927-1953, and miscellaneous material.
Dates
- 1917 - 1953
Creator
- Alabama Fuel and Iron Company (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.
Biographical / Historical
Organized in 1905 as the Alabama Fuel and Steel Company, the firm was reorganized in 1908 as the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company. It owned coal and iron mines in Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Bibb, and DeKalb counties, as well as brown ore mines and a plant in Franklin County.
Extent
1.2 Linear Feet
Overview
The business records of a firm with extensive mine holdings in Alabama, including minutes of stockholders meetings, 1917-1953, minutes of the board of directors, 1927-1953, and miscellaneous material.
Provenance
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1992
Processed by
unknown, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Creator
- Alabama Fuel and Iron Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- May 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository