Series 9. Video Cassette Tapes Including Speeches, Interviews, and Testimony, 1987/2006

Containers:
Box 42-47
Scope and content:

This series contains videocassette tapes and one digital video disc (DVD). Types of footage include television interviews, news segments, quarterly news conferences, promotional and informational films, advertisements, highlights of business conferences and trips, Congressional hearings, and other material.

This series encompasses a broad range of topics. Most of these topics concern Bethlehem Steel and the U.S. steel industry. These include earnings and profitability; restructuring and modernization; international trade and the steel import crisis; pensions and health care reform; valued customers such as General Motors (GM) and John Deere; the impact and versatility of steel products; good business practices and ethics; and industrial history. In addition, several items concern Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley in general, especially the decline of manufacturing, redevelopment and revitalization efforts, and local history.

Other topics in this series include education and educational institutions such as West Virginia University (WVU); the career and accomplishments of Curtis Barnette, as well as other industrialists and business leaders; the Board of Directors at MetLife; and special events such as the White House State Dinner that Curtis and Joanne Barnette attended during the Clinton administration.

Digital copies of these VHS tapes have been made; consult a curator for access.

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:

Special access restriction applies. Collection contains Personally Identifiable Information, so it will be restricted until the donor's death. Users must complete the Agreement for the Use of Sensitive Materials in order to use the collection before the restriction expires. This does not apply to box 48; content with sensitive university administration information located in box 48 is closed for research until further notice from donor, while the awards in box 48 are open for research.

Researchers may access digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department.

Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

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