Bethlehem, PA – The National Museum of Industrial History has recently digitized and made publicly available its collection of 119 Bethlehem Review publications. These employee newsletters were produced by Bethlehem Steel Corporation from WWI through to the closing of the corporation in the early 2000’s.
Former BSCO employee, Donald Stewart Young, recalled that “it was exciting to receive an issue in the mail to read about all the positive things happening at Bethlehem Steel.”
Lehigh University sophomore Emma Pessiki diligently scanned and uploaded each of the publications to the museum’s Omeka site as part of her summer internship with NMIH. This effort is the most recently digitized addition to the Museum’s online collection which also includes a portion of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Photo Collection which is comprised of thousands of photographs, transparencies, and negatives from the corporate archives. To view the Bethlehem Review collection online, visit https://nmihbethlehemsteel.omeka.net/items/browse?collection=30.
Andria Zaia, NMIH President & CEO noted, “The Bethlehem Review was an important internal publication for the corporation. Employees learned about research projects, products, customers, and suppliers. The magazine relayed a sense of community pride in the work being done.”
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Megan Pildis, Director of Development, National Museum of Industrial History, [email protected] 610-428-3053 (cell)