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Chambers, Gene, Collection, 1952-2013, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Chambers, Gene, Collection, 1952-2013, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The Gene Chambers Collection includes personal and professional papers and documents, including work from his time as a professor at Pittsburg State University and consulting work he did on engineering matters.
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of legal papers, financial statements, and correspondence relating to the final decade of the Pittsburg Pottery Company.
The pottery business in Pittsburg began in 1888 when a smelting company provided a section for stonemasonry. In 1913, this section became independent and was named the Pittsburg Clay Works. Originally owned by A. K. and E. V. Lanyon, the company was bought by a group of people, including Henry Matarazzi, in 1925. Matarazzi gained complete ownership in 1944 and the name changed to the Pittsburg Pottery Company. Matarazzi passed the business on to his son in 1952 who sold it …