Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation records
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of personnel and reference files, publications, and other corporate administrative records of the Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation, created between its establishment in 1942 and 2002. Also includes architectural drawings, photographs, negatives, slides, and videos.
Dates
- 1939-2002
Creator
- United States Steel Corporation. Geneva Works (Organization)
- Geneva Steel Company (1946-1951) (Organization)
- Geneva Steel Holdings Corp. (Organization)
- Columbia Steel Company. Defense Plant Division (Organization)
- Geneva Steel (Firm) (Organization)
- Basic Manufacturing and Technologies Company of Utah (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Privacy restricted; permission to use materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation was established in 2001, as part of the bankruptcy reorganization of Geneva Steel. The corporation separated its activity from the production of steel, which was done by its subsidiary company Geneva Steel LLC. Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation stopped production at Geneva Steel LLC in late 2001, and sold off its assets to Quingdao Iron in 2004.
Biographical / Historical
Columbia Steel Company's Defense Plant Division administered the Geneva Steel Plant for the Defense Plant Corporation between 1943 and 1946.
Biographical / Historical
Geneva Steel Company was established in 1946, and administered the Geneva Steel Plant in Vineyard, Utah. The company merged with United States Steel Corporation in 1951.
Biographical / Historical
The Geneva Works unit of the Columbia-Geneva Division of United States Steel was formed in 1951, and administered the Geneva Steel Plant in Vineyard, Utah until 1962. At that time the company organization was modified, with the new title of United States Steel, Geneva Works. Geneva Works continued management of the plant until 1986.
Biographical / Historical
Basic Manufacturing Technologies Company of Utah purchased the Geneva Steel Plant in 1987 from United States Steel Corporation. In 1988 it changed its name to Geneva Steel, continuing operations until a bankruptcy reorganization in 2001.
Extent
839 linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation.
Appraisal
Western American business and labor history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.II, 2007).
- Title
- Register of Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation records
- Author
- Elizabeth Wood, student manuscript processor and John M. Murphy, Curator.
- Date
- 2011 September 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States