Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Bureau of Archives and History
Pennsylvania State Archives
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CURTIN IRON WORKS RECORDS
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CORRESPONDENCE, 1810-1941. (1 box)
Microfilm Roll #3705
box 1
- Correspondence, A-J (1 folder)
- Correspondence, K-Z (1 folder)
- Curtin Family Papers and Finances, 1810-1941 (1 folder)
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DAYBOOKS AND JOURNALS, 1829-1902. (6 volumes)
Microfilm Rolls #3706-3708
box 2
- Eagle Forge Blotters, March 2, 1829 - July 24, 1940 (2 volumes)
- Volume 1 includes [Account of beeves slaughtered at Eagle Forge], 1829,
1832
- Volume 2 includes [Account of pigs received], January 18, 1838 - February
5, 1838
- [Eagle Works] Day Book, October 2, 1848 - April 27, 1851 (1 volume)
- This data was copied into the [Eagle Forge]/[Eagle Works] Journal, May
6, 1842 - December, 1846 and August 18, 1849 - December 31, 1853; includes
miscellaneous data on pigs (iron), grain received, and house repair expenses,
1849, 1850
- [Eagle Forge/Eagle Works] Journal, May 6, 1842 - December 1846; August 18,
1849 - December 31, 1853 (1 loose volume)
- A journal to the [Eagle Works] [Day Book], October 3, 1848 - April 2,
1851
box 3
- [Eagle Rolling Mill] [Treasury Books], January 15, 1852 - December 31, 1863
(2 volumes)
- Volume 1 includes portions of [Account of grain taken out of mill]
- Volume 2 includes [Account of pig metal from furnace for puddling],
April 8, 1858 - December 23, 1858 and [Account of pig metal from fags],
March 28, 1860 - September 16, 1861
- [Roland, Pa.] Journal, December 3, 1892 - April 22, 1902 (1 volume)
- Includes [Cash received and paid]/[Cash book], August 17, 1889 - March
31, 1890
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LEDGERS, 1827-1938. (13 volumes)
Microfilm Rolls #3708-3711
box 4
- [P. Books], February 17, 1825 - September 1827; August 9, 1830 - April 1833
(3 volumes)
- Volume 1 includes [Account of iron sent to Pittsburg], July 10 - September
15, 18??; [Account of wood taken up], March 3, 1827 - March 8, 1828; [Account
of loads of coal hauled], May 19, 1827 - July 21, 1827; [Beef killed at
Eagle Forge], October 1, 1825 - November 6, 1825
- Volume 2 includes [Beeves slaughtered at Eagle Forge], September 5 -
December 1, 1830
- Volume 3 includes [Account of beeves slaughtered at Eagle Forge], September
3 - December 21, 1831; [Account of pork received], December 26, 1831
box 5
- Ledger (Medical Supplies and Services), January 1, 1848 - January 18, 1955
(1 volume)
- Ledgers (Provisions), June 3, 1848 - December 31, 1854; December 1, 1860
- March 23, 1864 (2 volumes)
- Volume 1 includes [Account of pigs made], August 29 - December 19, 1836;
March 16 - October 4, 1837
- Ledgers, June 1, 1869 - July 13, 1894 (2 volumes)
- Volume 2 includes extensive entries for the [Cash account], 1890-1894
box 6
- Debit/Credit Ledgers, May 1, 1871 - October 6, 1873; December 1, 1874 -
January 1, 1876 (2 volumes)
- [Eagle Cemetery Association] Ledger (Estate Accounts), October 8, 1895 -
November 1, 1908 (1 volume)
- [Eagle Cemetery Association] Ledger, October 25, 1899 - April 19, 1937 (1
volume)
- Includes a list of lot numbers and their purchasers
- Ledger (Payments for Services), February 6, 1903 - October 15, 1938 (1 volume)
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MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT RECORDS, 1813-1910. (15 volumes)
Microfilm Rolls #3712-3714
box 6
- [Tussey Furnace] (Account Book), February 12, 1813 - April 7, 1815, April
16, 1818 (1 volume)
- Includes [Mill accounts ledger], January 23, 1822 - October 12, 1824;
[Coals hauled], 1821; [Wood chopped and taken up], March 26, 1823 - December
18, 1826; [Account of chop rye used at Dewitsburg], undated
- [Account of Coal Received], April 25, 1833 - December 31, 1838 & Pig
Metal Accounts, May 29, 1833 - August 10, 1836 (1 folder)
- Includes bloom accounts, 1833-1836 and [Ore sent], undated
box 7
- Accounts of Grain Ground, Chopped and Taken, May 1, 1835 - April 3, 1843
(1 folder)
- [Bald Eagle Forge, Centre County] (Provision Record), December 2, 1837 -
July 9, 1839 & [Martha Furnace] (Daybook), October 1, 1842 - February
20, 1843 (1 volume)
- Includes accounts of coal hauled and sent, May 9 - June 2, 1842
- [Eagle Mill Books], June 15, 1853 - February 12, 1858; October 1, 1859 -
January 21, 1861 (2 volumes)
- Includes data on amounts of grain fed to “teams”
- [Stone Coal] and [Coke] Accounts, January 1, 1855 - May 27, 1864 & Fire
Production Record, May 26, 1875 - December 31, 1875 (1 volume)
- [Accounts of Iron Made and Sold at Eagle Rolling Mill], January 1, 1855
- October 29, 1864 (1 volume)
- Includes time sheets for Adam Evans, John Thomas and Pat Dougherty,
January 1, 1855 - February 28, 1858
- [Cash Accounts], July 11, 1863 - October 24, 1868 & [Account of Iron
Slabs and Blooms Shipped by Rail], April 18, 1874 - December 13, 1889 (1 volume)
- Includes [Account of cash paid out of credit], July 11, 1863 - October
31, 1864]; [Account of cash received and paid by R. Curtin], November
1, 1865 - October 2, 1867; [Account of orders received for iron], September
10, 1869 - February 2, 1870; [Cash received], July 1, 1863 - February
6, 1866
box 8
- [Bloom Book, R. C. & J. Curtin], August 4, 1866 - October 18, 1902 (1
volume)
- Settlement Book, March 27, 1868 - April 1, 1871 (1 volume)
- Includes [Articles of agreement], February 20, 1869 - November 20, 1872;
[Recapitulation of coal received and taken], 1869-1871
- Forge, Slab and Bloom Book, October 23, 1889 - February 4, 1891 (1 volume)
- [Blooms and Cinder Shipped by Curtin Forge Company], June 23, 1902 - April
6, 1909 (1 volume)
- Includes [Forge account], April 11 - April 29, 1902
- Fire Production Record, August 11, 1902 - January 3, 1911 (1 volume)
- Fire Production Record, November 26, 1906 - May 31, 1910 (1 volume)
- Includes cars received by Eagle Iron Company and Curtin Forge, November
24, 1916 - December 26, 1916
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TIME AND PAYROLL BOOKS, 1815-1922. (14 volumes)
Microfilm Rolls #3714-3718
box 8
- Time Book and Miscellaneous Accounts, March 3, 1815 - September 1, 1828
(1 folder)
- Includes Time book, September 1, 1820 - August 31, 1827; Debit/credit
ledger, March 3, 1815 - April 2, 1816; [Cash paid out and received by
Eagle Forge], February 5, 1816 - August 29, 1817; Bar iron, pig and ancony
accounts, April 5, 1817 - August 30, 1828; Beef and pork accounts, April
8, 1820 - February 16, 1822; [Boarding] record, May 1 - June 30, 1824;
[Providential escape], January 22, 1824, a partial account of the accosting
of Eagle Ironworks clerk James Curtin by an unfriendly “team driver”
box 9
- Time Book, January 1, 1840 - May 22, 1848 (1 folder)
- [Time Book], January 27, 1843 - June 31, 1852 (1 folder)
- [Harvest Time]/[Hay Time] Book, July 1, 1870 - July 31, 1871; July 1, 1875
- August 5, 1878 (1 folder)
- Time Book, July 20, 1857 - April 30, 1866 (1 loose volume)
- Eagle Ironworks/Eagle Furnace Time Books, October 22, 1877 - July 1, 1922
(2 loose volumes & 2 folders)
box 10
- [Red Bank Payroll Books], January 1, 1903 - May 15, 1912 (1 folder)
- [Red Bank Payroll Books], January 1, 1903 - May 15, 1912 (1 loose volume)
- Includes cars of ore received, April 28, 1909 - December 29, 1910
- [Curtin Forge Company Payroll Book], July 1, 1905 - February 15, 1917 (3
folders)
- Eagle Iron Company and Red Bank Payroll Books, August 1, 1905 - January
1, 1914 (2 folders)
- [Cash Book], October 5, 1851 - June 30, 1863 (1 folder)
- For subsequent cash book data, see the volume entitled cash accounts,
July 11, 1863 - October 24, 1868; Account of iron slabs and blooms shipped
by rail, April 18, 1874 - December 13, 1889
- Forge Manager's Cash Account, June 30, 1902 - January 5, 1921 (1 folder)