Don't know if this may be of any help in the case of 2-2-V-1 but there's a lot of boxes of information in Pittsburgh going back to 1857
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS282Repository:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-454-6364
library@hswp.org
http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/libraryArchives.aspx Summary Information
Title: Records of the Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
Collection Number: MSS#282
Creator: Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
Collection Dates: 1857-1992
Collection Dates: 1900-1965
Extent: 95 cubic feet (189 boxes)
Abstract:
The Aluminum Company of America, formerly the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, was incorporated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 18, 1888. These records include correspondence, advertisements, annual reports, publications, charts, ledgers, memoranda, minutes and other sundry material.
Example:
BOX 123
folder 7 Alcoa Aluminum and its Alloys
folder 8 Alcoa Editorial Clearance Manual
folder 9 Alcoa Technical Center
folder 10 Alloys and Mill Products
folder 11 Aluminum Alloys 1940-1950
folder 12 Aluminum Applications by Industries
folder 13 Aluminum Association Alloy Designation System
folder 14 Aluminum...The 20th Century Metal
folder 15 An Outline of Aluminum
folder 16 Design Data
folder 17 Guide to Products and Services
folder 18 Heat Treatment of 24S and Alclad 24S Alloy Products
folder 19 Identification of Constituents of Aluminum Alloys #7
folder 20 Magazine Reprints
folder 21 Revealing the Microstructure of 24S Alloy