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Collection Overview
Title: Ivan Racheff Papers, 1915-1970
ID: 26/20/218
Primary Creator: Racheff, Ivan (1892-1982)
Extent: 18.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: In four series - Racheff Metallurgical Investigations, Business Records, Personal Papers, Photographs and Artifacts. Alphabetical thereunder.
Subjects: Metallurgy, Railroad Rails, Steel Industry, Steel Testing, Welding
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Ivan Racheff '1917, including bound research reports, business and personal correspondence, catalogs, blueprints, photographs, audit reports, handbooks, notebooks, books, and artifacts concerning metallurgy research (welding, effects of heat on steel and iron, efficiency of bending machines, properties of steel, steel quality); steel working; steel and iron industry; Knoxville Iron Company; Rail Steel Bar Association; donation of bound research materials to the University of Illinois; industry standard handbooks; electric furnaces; consulting; orders and shipments; and American Society for Metals.
Subject/Index Terms
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Racheff Metallurgical Investigations
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. I
- Folder 2: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. II
- Folder 3: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. III
- Folder 4: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. IV
- Folder 5: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. V
- Folder 6: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. VI
- Folder 7: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. VI A
- Folder 8: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. VII
- Folder 9: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. VIII
- Folder 10: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. IX
- Folder 11: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. X
- Folder 12: Metallurgical Investigations, C Series, Vol. XI
- Folder 13: Metallurgical Investigations, CL Series
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Misc. CS Investigations, Analysis and Rolling of Hoop Steel
- Folder 2: Metallurgical Investigations, CS Series, Vol. I
- Folder 3: Metallurgical Investigations, CS Series, Vol. II
- Folder 4: Metallurgical Investigations, CS 59, CS 28, CS 22
- Folder 5: Metallurgical Investigations, CS Series, Vol III
- Folder 6: Studies in Welding, CS 9, CS 10, CS 71
- Folder 7: Metallurgical Investigations, CT Series, Vol. I
- Folder 8: Metallurgical Investigations, CT Series, Vol. II
- Folder 9: Metallurgical Investigations, EN-BNM Series
- Folder 10: Metallurgical Investigations, H Series, Vol. I
- Folder 11: Metallurgical Investigations, H Series, Vol. II
- Folder 12: Metallurgical Investigations, H Series, Vol. III
- Folder 13: Metallurgical Investigations, H Series, Vol. IV
- Folder 14: Metallurgical Investigations, H Series, Vol. V
- Folder 15: Metallurgical Investigations, H Series, Vol. VI
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Metallurgical Investigations, K Series, Vol. I
- Folder 2: Metallurgical Investigations, K Series, Vol. II
- Folder 3: Metallurgical lnvestigations, K Series, Vol. III
- Folder 4: The Making of Rail Steel and Rails and their Application, M-67
- Folder 5: Metallurgical Investigations, MI Series, Vol. I
- Folder 6: Metallurgical Investigations, MI Series, Vol. II
- Folder 7: Metallurgical Investigations, MI Series, Vol. III
- Folder 8: Metallurgical Investigations, MRM Series
- Folder 9: Metallurgical Investigations, PO Series, Vol. I
- Folder 10: Metallurgical Investigations, PO-SS-IN Series
- Folder 11: Metallurgical Investigations, RR Series, Vol. I
- Folder 12: Metallurgical Investigations, RR Series, Vol. II
- Folder 13: Metallurgical Investigations, RR Series, Vol. III
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. I
- Folder 2: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. II
- Folder 3: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. III
- Folder 4: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. IV
- Folder 5: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. V
- Folder 6: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. VI
- Folder 7: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. VII
- Folder 8: Metallurgical Investigations, RS Series, Vol. VIII
- Folder 9: Influence of Section Shape on Properties of Bars, RS-8
- Folder 10: Investigation RS-10, Part 2
- Folder 11: Metallurgical Investigations, S Series, Vol. I
- Folder 12: Metallurgical Investigations, S Series, Vol. II
- Folder 13: Metallurgical Investigations, S Series, Vol. III
- Folder 14: Metallurgical Investigations, S Series, Vol. IV
- Folder 15: Metallurgical Investigations, S Series, Vol. V
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Metallurgical Investigations, S Series, Vol. VI
- Folder 2: Metallurgical Investigations, Y Series
- Folder 3: A Study of the Relation Between Analysis and Heat Treatment and Wear Resistance of Steels
- Folder 4: A Study of the Cause of Failure of Oil Cooling Units, Y-1
- Folder 5: Investigation of the Properties and Quality of Rail Steel Bars, Report of Tests
- Folder 6: Investigation of the Properties and Quality of Rail Steel Bars
- Folder 7: Intimate Relation Between the Quality of Steel the Open Hearth, Soaking Pit, and Mill Practice as Reflected in the Vibratory Endurance Test (1 of 2)
- Folder 8: Intimate Relation Between the Quality of Steel the Open Hearth, Soaking Pit, and Mill Practice as Reflected in the Vibratory Endurance Test (2 of 2)
- Folder 9: Investigations of Rails, Sheet Bar Heat and Refractory Materials
- Folder 10: A Study of the Properties of the Steel in the Ingot, the Billet, the Bar, and the Finished Product
- Folder 11: A Study of Ingot, Billet, and Bar, M-42
- Folder 12: Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. I, Miscellaneous Investigations
- Folder 13: Mettallurgical Investigations, Vol. II, Miscellaneous Studies on Steel Castings
- Cross-referenced with Box 17, folders 7-8
- Folder 14: A Study of Pullman Car Wheels
- Folder 15: A Study of the Quality and Properties of Hatchets and Screwdrivers
- Folder 16: Efficiency of Various Types of Bending Machines Based on Tests of Uniform Specimens of One Inch Square Steel Bars
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. I
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. II
- Folder 3: Studies in Metallurgy, Miscellaneous Investigations-A
- Folder 4: Studies in Metallurgy, Miscellaneous Investigations-B
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. III-B
- Folder 6: Notch Effect on Ductility of Steel Plate
- Folder 7: Studies of Sucker Rods, Investigations x-1, x-2, x-3
- Folder 8: A Study of Resilience as Affected by Chemical Analysis
- Folder 9: A Study of Rolling Plugs
- Folder 10: A Study of Steel lngots
- Folder 11: A Study of Grain Size of a 4" x 4" Billet
- Folder 12: Study of Tempering Treatments on Physical Properties of Bolts
- Folder 13: A Study of Small Ingots
- Folder 14: A Study on the Various Properties of Playing Cards, WP-1
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Welding of High Carbon Steel, Vol. I
- Folder 2: Welding of High Carbon Steel, Vol. II
- Folder 3: Welding of High Carbon Steel, Vol. III
- Folder 4: Influence of Section Shape on Properties of Bars
- Folder 5: Rolling of Semi-Finished Materials
- Folder 6: The Welding of Rail Steel Bars and Shapes, Vol. I
- Folder 7: Investigations for the Geo. H. Smith Steel Casting Co., Draft
- Folder 8: Investigations for Harvey Spring & Forging Co., Draft
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. I, Draft
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. IV, Draft
- Folder 11: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. VI, Draft
- Folder 12: Miscellaneous Metallurgical Investigations, Vol. X, Draft
- Folder 13: BP-1, A sudy of the Properties of Rolled Illium .018" to .375" Gage, 5/28/1937
- Folder 14: BA-6, Comparison of Four Abrasives: Norton #50, #70, #120, #150, 7/7/1931
- Folder 15: BA-7, Investigations of Some of the Causes Affecting the Quality of Plating on Bumpers and Fender Guards, 8/3/1931
- Folder 16: BA-8, Study of the Corrosion Resistance of Fender Guards as Affected by Thickness of Copper Plating, 9/5/1931
- Folder 17: C-126
- Folder 18: C-127
- Folder 19: C-160 Investigation
- Folder 20: C-229
- Folder 21: CRE-1, Comparative Properties LC-VSTS 7/8"
- Folder 22: CRE-1, Laboratory Notes on this Investigation
- Folder 23: CS-2b, Originally ARMCO, 6/15/1935
- Folder 24: CS-10, A Study of Arc Welded Truss, 12/1/1937
- Folder 25: CS-14, CS-14 Supplement, 12/3/1938
- Folder 26: CS-14, Blue Print
- Folder 27: CS-15, 2/11/1939
- Box 8
- Folder 1: CS-20 and K-9, 3 Ton Electric Steel Furnace Practice, Mar-39
- Folder 2: CS-20, Materials and Sources for the Electric Furnace, 3/4/1939
- Folder 3: CS-23, Revised Connors Miscellaneous Charts Furnace, Etc., 5/20/1939
- Folder 4: CS-24, Connors Chart of Chemical and Physical Tests, 4/25/1939
- Folder 5: CS-25, Galvanizing of Clips Method, 6/7/1939
- Folder 6: CS-27, Re-Cracked Ingots, 6/21/1939
- Folder 7: CS-29, Cotton Ties Defects as Affected by Inherited Ingots, 9/5/1939
- Folder 8: CS-30, Causes for Excessive Variations in Chemistry, 9/12/1939
- Folder 9: CS-31, Causes for Cracks Found in Ingots and Billets, 9/16/1939
- Folder 10: CS-32, Safety Rules Steel Department, 9/16/1939
- Folder 11: CS-34, Care and Protection of Ingot Molds, 10/30/1939
- Folder 12: CS-35, Layout of Melter's Office, 10/9/1939
- Folder 13: CS-36, Analysis of Basic Electric Furnace Slags, 10/30/1939
- Folder 14: CS-37, Special Holder for Pulling Tests, 11/7/1939
- Folder 15: CS-38, Rolling of Tapered Steel Ingots, 11/28/1939
- Folder 16: CS-39, The Proper Procedure in the Steel Plant in Regard to Scrap, 12/3/1939
- Folder 17: CS-39-B, Supplement, Notes and Precautions in Making and Pouring Electric Steel, 8/12/1940
- Folder 18: CS-39, Part B, The Proper Procedure in the Making of Steel, 2/29/1940
- Folder 19: CS-39B, Log of Heats, Feb-40
- Folder 20: CS-40, Discussion of Some of the Causes for Cracked Ingots, 12/8/1939
- Folder 21: CS-41, Use of Admiztures of Phospate Rock to Enhance the Fertilizer Value of Electric Furnace Slags, 12/22/1939
- Folder 22: CS-42, On the Use and Standardization of Carbanalyzer, 1/2/1940
- Folder 23: CS-43, Analysis of Limestone Used in Electric Furnace, 2/5/1940
- Folder 24: CS-44, Causes for Cracks in Ingots, 2/22/1940
- Folder 25: CS-45, Wire Mill Data
- Folder 26: CS-47, Nature, Size, Depth, and Location of Cracks Found in Octagon Ingot, 6/15/1940
- Folder 27: CS-48, Experimental Drawing of 1/4" Hot Folled Found to 9" Wire, 7/7/1940
- Folder 28: CS-49, Construction of New Drying Oven for Stopper Rods, 8/1/1940
- Folder 29: CS-52, Regarding Nature of Deposit on Electric Furnace Roof and Effect on Furnace Refractories, 9/3/1940
- Folder 30: CS-53, Comparison Vulcan Rivet an dBolt Corporation vs. Conners Steel Company, 10/16/1940
- Folder 31: CS-54, Comparison of Physical Properties of Bolts: Conners Steel Co. vs. Vulcan Rivet and Bolt Corp., 12/5/1940
- Folder 32: CS-55, Survey of Analysis Data by Melters and Furnaces, Jul-41
- Folder 33: CS-56, Special Roling of Connors Ingots at Knoxville, 12/23/1940
- Folder 34: CS-57, Causes for Failure of Two Special Nozzles, 12/30/1940
- Folder 35: CS-58, Nature and Effect of Cracks in Nozzles, 1/25/1941
- Folder 36: CS-60, Split Ingots
- Folder 37: CS-62, Porosity Tests on Rounds and Reinforcing Bars, 4/12/1941
- Folder 38: CS-63, Proposed Construction of Electric Feelining, 4/8/1941
- Folder 39: CS-64, On Costs, 4/26/1941
- Folder 40: CS-65, The Spark Test as Applied to Plain Carbon Steels, 5/27/1941
- Folder 41: CS-66, Mold Washes, 6/14/1941
- Folder 42: CS-68, List of Chemicals, Etc., 7/3/1941
- Folder 43: CS-69, Data on Cupolas Converted, Etc., 7/31/1941
- Folder 44: CS-70, A Study of Cost Dat, 8/28/1941
- Folder 45: CS-70, High Sulphur and Remedy, 8/9/1941
- Folder 46: CS-71, Method for Increased Efficiency, 8/28/1941
- Folder 47: CS-X, Materials, Delivery, and Prices for the Electric Furnace, 5/31/1939
- Folder 48: CT-2, Breakdown Passes of Roling to Small Rounds
- Folder 49: CT-3, Letters and Memos Regarding Track Bolts
- Folder 50: F-2
- Folder 51: H-369
- Folder 52: Investigations, I.H. (International Harvester), 3/25/1929
- Folder 53: IR-64
- Folder 54: K-5, Knoxville Blue Prints and Drawings, 2/11/1939
- Folder 55: K-7, Crane vs. Pouring Car, 2/27/1939
- Folder 56: K-8, Orange Peel Bucket, 3/1/1939
- Folder 57: K-9, Materials and Sources, 3/4/1939
- Folder 58: K-9, Supplement, 5/31/1939
- Folder 59: K-9, Supplement, Materials and Sources, 3/27/1939
- Folder 60: K-10, Electric Fee Report, 5/9/1939
- Folder 61: K-11, K-20, K-?, K-51, K-52, K-53, K-54
- Folder 62: K-12, K-?, CS-21, K-13
- Folder 63: K-14, Ingot Stripper
- Folder 64: K-16, Safety Rules Steel Division, 9/16/1939
- Folder 65: K-19, Notes on Making Cr-Ni Steels, 12/7/1939
- Folder 66: K-21, Sketches of Boxes for Cooling Alloy Steels, 12/30/1939
- Folder 67: K-22, Quality of Pipe Scrap, 1/9/1940
- Folder 68: K-25, Layout for Scrap, 1/30/1940
- Folder 69: K-27, Analysis of Limestone, 2/5/1940
- Folder 70: K-28, Suggestions for New Letterhead, 2/24/1940
- Folder 71: K-38, Data by Melters, 5/17/1940
- Folder 72: K-38, Electric Furnace Data, 1940
- Folder 73: K-38, Supplement, 7/11/1940
- Folder 74: K-41, Electric Fee Report, 6/17/1940
- Folder 75: KA-55
- Folder 76: K-55, Survey of Analysis Data by Melters and Furnaces
- Folder 77: K-55, Continued
- Folder 78: K-56 to K-58, K-60 to K-69
- Folder 79: K-70 to K-80
- Folder 80: K-81. K-83 to K-102
- Folder 81: K-102, Forms to be Used inConnection with the Production and Shopment of Steel Finished Materials
- Folder 82: K-103 to K-110
- Folder 83: K-111 to K-116, K-118 to K-121, K-123 to K-129
- Folder 84: K-131 to K-140, K-142 to K-144, K-146
- Folder 85: K-147 to K-148, K-150 to K-159
- Folder 86: K-160 to K-162, K-164 to K-166A, K-168 to K174, K-176 to K-178
- Folder 87: K-180, K-183 to K-186 to K-188, K-192
- Box 9
- Folder 1: K-183, 1/16/1946
- Folder 2: K-A-2, Alcoa Mold Analysis
- Folder 3: K-e, Knoxville Iron Electric Furnace Steel Division, 7/5/1939
- Folder 4: K Inventory To Do (1 of 2)
- Folder 5: K Inventory To Do (2 of 2)
- Folder 6: "M", Incomplete, Nov-31
- Folder 7: M-31
- Folder 8: M-42, Making Roling and Treatment of Silico Manganese Steel Heat 61491 and its Fabricaiton into Heavy Duty Truck Springs?, 2/23/1931
- Folder 9: M-62, Hardenss Tests on Bearing Roller Ring and Washer and Flange Engineers MFG Co.
- Folder 10: MI-1 to MI-6, MI-8 to MI-10
- Folder 11: MI-42, MI-51, MI-55, MI-64, MI-72
- Folder 12: MI-=54, MI-82, RS-10, 7/11/1938
- Folder 13: MI-75
- Folder 14: MI-79 to MI-81, MI-83 to MI-88
- Folder 15: MRM-5 Heating Furnaces and Temperature Color Chart, 4/15/1936
- Folder 16: MS-1
- Folder 17: MS-2
- Folder 18: MX-1 to MX-5, MX-9, MX-11 to MX-13, MX-60, MX Forms
- Folder 19: NW-1, 5/8" Octagon Chisel: Causes for Unsatisfactory Performace
- Folder 20: NW-2, Wire Sample - Chemical Analysis, 11/18/1936
- Folder 21: P-23 to P-24, P-26 to P-37
- Folder 22: PO-2 to PO-10
- Folder 23: RS-3
- Folder 24: RS-5, RS-5 and 8, RS-11, RS-4, RS-2, RS-?
- Folder 25: RS-5 and 8
- Folder 26: RS-5 and 8, Supplement
- Folder 27: RS-8, Incomplete
- Folder 28: RS-8, 7/23/1932
- Folder 29: RS-8
- Folder 30: RS-9-A, 9/1/1933
- Folder 31: RS-9-A, 11/19/1932
- Folder 32: RS-10
- Folder 33: RS-10-I
- Folder 34: RS-10.2
- Folder 35: RS-10.3
- Folder 36: RS-11 (1 of 2)
- Folder 37: RS-11 (2 of 2)
- Folder 38: RS-13
- Folder 39: RS-13, Bends Made at Mills
- Folder 40: RS-13, 6/20/1934
- Folder 41: RS-15
- Folder 42: RS-16, Note on Welding Tests
- Folder 43: Rs-17, Charts and Lab Data
- Folder 44: RS-18, Advantages and Disadvantages, Round vs. Square, 5/5/1939
- Folder 45: RS-20, Corrugation Designs, 10/26/1939
- Folder 46: RS-20
- Folder 47: RS-21, Heating Practis and Temperature Effects, 6/24/1940
- Folder 48: RSM-1, 10/25/1934
- Folder 49: RSM-2, 11/19/1365
- Folder 50: RSM-3, M-64, 4/15/1932
- Folder 51: RSM-3, 12/9/1935
- Folder 52: RSM-4, Supplement to RSM-1, Causes of the Failure in the Fabricaiton of Flats and an Angle, 11/5/1934
- Folder 53: RSM-4, M-65, 4/15/1932
- Folder 54: RSM-4, 2/10/1936
- Folder 55: RSM-5
- Folder 56: RSM-5, 1/15/1937
- Folder 57: RSM-5, Corrosion Investigation
- Folder 58: RSM-6, Dec-36
- Folder 59: RSM-6 and 7, Analysis and Othe rTests to Determine Source of 7/8" Round, 8/13/1936
- Folder 60: RSM-7, 10/28/1937
- Folder 61: RSM-8
- Folder 62: RSM-9, 8/15/1938
- Folder 63: RSM-9, Punching and Shearing
- Folder 64: RSM-10, 12/28/1938
- Folder 65: RSM-11, 2/13/1939
- Folder 66: RSM-12, Measurement of Thickness of Rust on Concrete Rounds, 12/5/1939
- Folder 67: RSM-13, 5/8" Reinforcing Bent as Received, 1/2/1940
- Folder 68: RSM-14, Exam of Slivered Bar, 1/3/1940
- Folder 69: RSM-16, Exam of Rounds for Soundness and Uniformity, 1/3/1940
- Folder 70: RSM-17, Special Spindle for Public Road Administration, 12/20/1939
- Folder 71: RSM-19, The nature of Gray Spot, 4/4/1940
- Folder 72: RSM-20, Effect of Low Temperature on Brittleness, 5/27/1940
- Folder 73: S-169, Study of the Carbon Variation in Steel Castings, 8/2/1928
- Folder 74: SW-1, Cause and Origin of Fracture in Steel Ring
- Folder 75: Report #1 (K-Beau), 1/3/1939
- Folder 76: Report #2 (K-Beau), 1/16/1939
- Folder 77: Report #3 (K-Beau), 1/24/1939
- Folder 78: Report #4 (K-Beau)
- Folder 79: Report #5 (K-Beau), 2/6/1939
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Report #1 (C-Donaldson), 1/3/1939
- Folder 2: Report #2 (C Donaldson), 1/16/1939
- Folder 3: Report #3 (C Donaldson), 1/24/1939
- Folder 4: Report #4 (Donaldson)
- Folder 5: Report #5 (Donaldson), 2/6/1939
- Folder 6: No Series Identification on these Investigations
- Folder 7: Western Playing Card Co. (Notes)
- Folder 8: Racheff Reports
- Folder 9: Investigations - Loose Sheets
- Folder 10: Unnamed Investigations (1 of 2)
- Folder 11: Unnamed Investigations (2 of 2)
- Folder 12: Investigation Notes and Photograph Inventory, 1918-1946
- Folder 13: Racheff Metallurgical Studies Proofs
- Folder 14: Racheff Volumes - Indexes (1 of 2)
- Folder 15: Racheff Volumes - Indexes (2 of 2)
- Folder 16: Racheff Metallurgical Studies, 1961
- Folder 17: Racheff Metallurgical Studies, 1968
- Folder 18: Handwritten Notes (1 of 2)
- Folder 19: Handwritten Notes (2 of 2)
- Series 2: Business Records
- Box 10
- Folder 20: Acme Equipment Co. Inc. Steel Mill Proposal, 1967
- Folder 21: Alfred Lunsford
- Folder 22: Alloy Heats
- Folder 23: Alloy Steel Melting Schedule
- Folder 24: Anal. Of Si-Mn Steels, etc. - Misc. Data
- Folder 25: A. O. Smith Corporation, Order G-180560 and 6721
- Folder 26: A. O. Smith Corporation
- Folder 27: Aparatus and Chemicals C. S.
- Folder 28: A. R. (Shinn)
- Folder 29: Auto & tractor Corporation - U.S.S.R.
- Folder 30: Barre Products Co.
- Folder 31: Blue Prints - Etc.
- Folder 32: Braden Winch Co.
- Folder 33: Brewer-Titchever Corporation, 1964
- Folder 34: Brunner and Lay
- Folder 35: Buffalo Steel Co.
- Folder 36: Burlington Steel Co. Ltd.
- Folder 37: Calibration Chart L & N Pyrometer
- Folder 38: Calumet Steel Co.
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Calumet Steel Co., 1924-1926
- Folder 2: Calumet Steel Co., 1927-1929
- Folder 3: Calumet Steel Co. (1 of 2), 1930-1932
- Folder 4: Calumet Steel Co. (2 of 2), 1930-1932
- Folder 5: Calumet Steel Co., 1931-1933
- Folder 6: Calumet Steel Co., 1934-1936
- Folder 7: Canadian Tube & Steel Products, Ltd.
- Folder 8: Canadian Tube & Steel Products, Ltd. - Form for Electrical Fernace Heat Data
- Folder 9: Canadian Tube & Steel Products, Ltd. - CMThompson, letters
- Folder 10: Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation
- Folder 11: Chamberlain File
- Folder 12: Charts
- Folder 13: Cincinnati Tool Co.
- Folder 14: Cochran Foil Co.
- Folder 15: Contracts
- Folder 16: Complete Steel Plant
- Folder 17: Concast Incorporated, 1963
- Folder 18: Connors Steel, 1/13/1938 - 5/11/1938
- Folder 19: Connors Steel, 5/12/1938 - 11/12/1938
- Folder 20: Connors Steel, 10/1938 - 12/1938
- Folder 21: Connors Steel, 1939
- Folder 22: Connors (Blueprints, etc.)
- Folder 23: Connors Steel Co. (Geo)
- Folder 24: Connors Steel Co. (Plant, etc.)
- Folder 25: Continental Industrial Engineers Incorporated
- Folder 26: Continental Foundry and Machine Company Proposal
- Folder 27: Crucible Steel Company
- Folder 28: C.T. Ingots and Molds
- Folder 29: Department of Commerce, 1923-1928
- Folder 30: Dietert-Carpo Determinator, etc.
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Dixou Crucible Co., Stopper Heads
- Folder 2: Duro Metal Products Co.
- Folder 3: Eckels-Nye Steel Co.
- Folder 4: E. J. Harvey, Letters
- Folder 5: Electric Air Heater Co. (Williamson & Co.)
- Folder 6: Electric Furnaces
- Folder 7: Ellectromet Catalog
- Folder 8: Firehauf Trailer Co.
- Folder 9: Fisher Scientific Co.
- Folder 10: Ford Motor Co. (Electric Fees)
- Folder 11: Foreign Economic Administration
- Folder 12: Franklin Steel Works
- Folder 13: Frantz, McConnell & Seymour
- Folder 14: Fred Russell
- Folder 15: Furnaces - Heating, etc.
- Folder 16: General Electric
- Folder 17: General Motors Corporation, Engineering Standards, Section E, 1923
- Folder 18: Geo. H. Smith S.C.C. Letters, 1925
- Folder 19: Geo. H. Smith S.C.C. Letters, 1926
- Folder 20: Geo. H. Smith S.C.C. Letters, 1927
- Folder 21: Geo. H. Smith S.C.C. Letters, 1928-1929
- Folder 22: Geo. H. Smith Casting Company, Investigation S-140
- Folder 23: Hungelmann-Racheff Correspondence, 1942
- Folder 24: Hunt, R. W. & Co.
- Folder 25: Illinois Steel, 1924
- Folder 26: Illinois Steel Company
- Folder 27: Induction Furnaces
- Folder 28: Ingot (Diagrams)
- Folder 29: Inventory, Jan-39
- Folder 30: Insurance
- Folder 31: International Harvester Co.
- Folder 32: Interstate Drop Forge Co. - Milwaukee
- Folder 33: I. R. -549 W. Washington Blvd., Inventory of Property, 1939-1943
- Folder 34: I. Racheff, 1925-1928
- Folder 35: I. Racheff, 1926
- Folder 36: I. Racheff, 1927-1930
- Folder 37: I. Racheff, 1928
- Box 13
- Folder 1: I. Racheff (1 of 3), 1933-1935
- Folder 2: I. Racheff (2 of 3), 1933-1935
- Folder 3: I. Racheff (3 of 3), 1933-1935
- Folder 4: I. Racheff (1 of 2), 1936-1938
- Folder 5: I. Racheff (2 of 2), 1936-1938
- Folder 6: I. Racheff - Patents, 1925
- Folder 7: Ivan - Furnace Practice
- Folder 8: John Akers
- Folder 9: K., 1941
- Folder 10: K., 1942
- Folder 11: K., 1943
- Folder 12: K. - R. Hatmaker, 1943
- Folder 13: K. (Transformers), 1000 KVA & 2500 KVA
- Folder 14: K. I. Co. - Shear Table
- Folder 15: Knoxville Iron Company Blueprints and Photographs
- Folder 16: Knoxville Iron Company, Correspondence, 1934-1938
- Folder 17: Knoxville Iron Company, Correspondence, 1939
- Folder 18: Knoxville Iron Company, 1940-1941
- Folder 19: Knoxville Iron Compnay, Financial Audits, 1952, 1959-1967
- Folder 20: Knoxville Iron Company Stocks
- Folder 21: Koppers Compnay Inc.
- Folder 22: Laclede-Dowels for Pavements
- Folder 23: Lang-Weise & Cella
- Folder 24: Leeds & Northrup Co.
- Folder 25: Lee Wilson Engineering Co.
- Folder 26: Link-Beltspeeder Corporation
- Folder 27: Madaras-Battelle Report (Sponge Iron)
- Folder 28: Madaras Steel Data
- Folder 29: Metal Covers - Metals x Alloys Mag.
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Mercury MFG Co.
- Folder 2: Mexico
- Folder 3: Mexican Correspondence, 1944-1945
- Folder 4: Milton Manufacturing Co., 1934-1938
- Folder 5: Milwaukee Steel Foundry Co. (1 of 2), 1932-1933
- Folder 6: Milwaukee Steel Foundry Co. (2 of 2), 1932-1933
- Folder 7: Milwaukee Steel Foundry Com., 1934-1935
- Folder 8: Miscellaneous, I.R.
- Folder 9: Mississippi Valley Structural Co.
- Folder 10: Morrison Engineering Corp.
- Folder 11: Murray A. Schutz & Co.
- Folder 12: N. W. Steels (Sheetsteel)
- Folder 13: Orville E. Johnson & Assoc., Audits
- Folder 14: Orville E. Johnson & Assoc., Audits (1 of 2)
- Folder 15: Orville E. Johnson & Assoc., Audits (2 of 2)
- Folder 16: Oliver Farm Equiptment Co.
- Folder 17: Page Eng. Co.
- Folder 18: Page Eng.'g Co.
- Folder 19: Page Eng. Co., Correspondence
- Folder 20: Pollack Steel Co.
- Folder 21: Pressed Steel Tank Co.
- Folder 22: Pullman-Standard Cart MFG Co.
- Folder 23: Rail Classification
- Folder 24: Rail Steel Bar Association, 1930-1932
- Folder 25: Rail Steel Bar Association, 1932
- Folder 26: Rail Steel Bar Association, Committee on Metallurgy, 1932
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Rail Steel Bar Association (1 of 2), 1933-1938
- Folder 2: Rail Steel Bar Association (2 of 2), 1933-1938
- Folder 3: Rail Steel Bar Association, 1934-1939
- Folder 4: Rail Steel Bar Association, 1939-1940
- Folder 5: Rail Steel Bar Association, Misc.
- Folder 6: Rail Steel for Famous Buildings, 1935
- Folder 7: Rail Steel Production Manual
- Folder 8: Republic Steel Co. (Acknowledgements re: Harvey Steels)
- Folder 9: Republic Steel Co. (Range of Sizes)
- Folder 10: RI. Van Benschoten
- Folder 11: Swindell-Dressler Corporation, 1955
- Folder 12: Texas Steel Corporation, 1944
- Folder 13: Treatise on Lubrication
- Folder 14: Tom Bean
- Folder 15: Vaughn Machinery Company
- Folder 16: West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, 1930-1931
- Folder 17: Whiting Corporatoin, 1955
- Folder 18: Wohlert Corp.
- Folder 19: Ziv Steel & Wire Co.
- Folder 20: 1940 Correspondence, 1940
- Folder 21: 1940 Correspondence, 1940
- Folder 22: Unfinished Business - I.R., 1956
- Series 3: Personal Papers
- Box 15
- Folder 23: Adlai Stevenson Institute, Pugwash Conference, 1970
- Folder 24: American Society for Metals, 1970
- Folder 25: Appraisals, Original Correspondence
- Folder 26: Christmas Purchaces for I.R. by E. McGill, 1953
- Folder 27: Danieli Co (Udine, Italy)
- Folder 28: Ilia Karmakov, 1938
- Folder 29: Investigations Correspondence
- Folder 30: I. Racheff - Old Correspondence, 1939-1940
- Folder 31: Personal Correspondence, I. R., 1943-1944
- Folder 32: Personal Correspondence, I. R., 1944
- Folder 33: Correspondence, 1944
- Box 16
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1945
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1945
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1946
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1947
- Folder 5: Ivan's Xmas Cards
- Folder 6: Correspondence, Racheff Apartment
- Folder 7: Current IR, 1968
- Folder 8: Lists and acknowledgements of books given to the U. of I. by I.R.
- Folder 9: Metallurgical Study of Gold Coins
- Folder 10: Metallurgical Study of Gold Coins, Photos
- Folder 11: Misc. Commonstocks
- Folder 12: President's Club, University of Illinois
- Folder 13: Racheff, I. - Estate (1 of 2)
- Folder 14: Racheff, I. - Estate (2 of 2)
- Folder 15: Racheff File, University of Illinois Foundation (1 of 3)
- Folder 16: Racheff File, University of Illinois Foundation (2 of 3)
- Folder 17: Racheff File, University of Illinois Foundation (3 of 3)
- Folder 18: Racheff Report Review (1 of 2)
- Folder 19: Racheff Report Review (2 of 2)
- Folder 20: Research as a Science - Zetetics, Joseph T. Tykociner
- Folder 21: University of Illinois Bulletin, 1952-1953
- Folder 22: Address Books and Notebooks (1 of 2)
- Folder 23: Address Books and Notebooks (2 of 2)
- Folder 24: ASST and SAE Handbooks
- Folder 25: Business Manuals, Notes, Calculators, and Union Agreement Pamphlets
- Folder 26: Chas V. Boyer, Professor of English, University of Illinois, 1915
- Folder 27: Looking Back: An Audobiographical Sketch, Simon Litman
- Folder 28: The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran (from Racheff's filing cabinet)
- Folder 29: Provenance and Background Information
- Series 4: Photographs and Artifacts
- Box 17
- Folder 1: Charging Electric Furnace, Connors Steel Company, Max Heldman
- Folder 2: Knoxville Iron Company Photographs
- Folder 3: Photo Album
- Folder 4: Racheff, Ivan, Photographs
- Folder 5: Split Ingots - Laboratory, Photographs - Misc. - Charts
- Folder 6: General photographs and negatives relating to metallurgical investigations
- Folder 7: Precision cast small jet engine part, IN 713
- Cross-referenced with Box 5, Folder 13
- Folder 8: Example of precision cast highalloy steel, 17-7 PH
- Cross-referenced with Box 5, Folder 13
- Folder 9: Racheff, Office Stamp