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Southern Electric Steel Co. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 0823

Content Description

This collection includes board minutes, materials on stock and stock holders, financial records, and records of legal issues, including takeover attempts.

Dates

  • 1954 - 1971

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Hugh Bigler, Roy W. Scholl, and William M. Neal established the Southern Electric Steel Company (SESCO) in Birmingham, Alabama in 1954. SESCO introduced electric steel furnace operations to the industry. It became Village Creek Company, then merged into Ceco Steel Products Corporation in the late 1960s.

Extent

6.0 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arrangement not indicated. Appears to be original order.

Title
Guide to the Southern Electric Steel Co. Records
Subtitle
Record Group 823
Author
Accession 87-116 relisted September 1992 by Michael Morris. Finding aid entered in ArchivesSpace by Lisa Glasscock.
Date
2020-07-13
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732