Steel at the Sault: Francis H. Clergue, Sir James Dunn, and the Algoma Steel Corporation 1901-1956

Name/Title

Steel at the Sault: Francis H. Clergue, Sir James Dunn, and the Algoma Steel Corporation 1901-1956

Entry/Object ID

2011.037.016

Tags

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Mining History

Scope and Content

Book describing the history of the development and founding of the Algoma Steel Corporation.

Context

The book provides both historical context to the iron and steel industry in Ontario as well as the creation of Algoma Steel. In addition it provides biographical information on Francis H. Clergue and Sir James Dunn. The book is broken down into 9 chapters: 1. The Iron and Steel Industry in Ontario: Troubled Beginnings to the 1890s 2. Iron and Steel in "New Ontario" 3. Rails and Shells: Algoma Steel and the Precarious Rewards of National Prosperity 1905-1919 4. Frustrated Ambitions: Algoma Steel in the 1920s 5. A New Brunswicker in the "Financial Aristocracy" of Europe: Sir James Hamlet Dunn 1900-30 6. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Sir James Dunn and the Takeover of Algoma Steel 1930-5 7. Road to Recovery: Sir James Dunn and Algoma Steel 1935-9 8. Algoma Steel and the Second World War: Steel in a Regulated Economy 9. An Empire Realized: Dunn and Algoma Steel 1945-56

Collection

Sault Ste. Marie History, Northern Ontario History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

University of Toronto Press, Duncan McDowall

Date(s) of Creation

1949

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Steel at the Sault: Francis H. Clergue, Sir James Dunn, and the Algoma Steel Corporation 1901-1956

Description

Book describing the history of the development and founding of the Algoma Steel Corporation.

Creator

Duncan McDowall

Date(s) of Creation

1984

Subjects

History, Steel, Iron & steel workers

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Sault Ste. Maire, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

215

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

0-8020-5652-0

Dimensions

Width

6-1/4 in

Length

9-1/4 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Northern Ontario History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 11, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 11, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, binding, leather

Provenance

Provenance Detail

University of Toronto Press

Owner/Agent

University of Toronto Press

Place

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on January 11th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 11, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 11, 2022