1.83 Cubic feet (consisting of 3.5 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertising fliers
Reports
Mail order catalogs
Business records
Technical reports
Commercial catalogs
Print advertising
Technical manuals
Business ephemera
Legislation (legal concepts)
Commercial correspondence
Illustrations
Advertising cards
Advertising
Advertising mail
Advertisements
Catalogues
Publications
Trade literature
Periodicals
Photographs
Printed materials
Printed material
Receipts
Sales letters
Manuals
Catalogs
Sales catalogs
Trade cards
Business letters
Manufacturers' catalogs
Test reports
Trade catalogs
Ephemera
Business cards
Invoices
Legal documents
Printed ephemera
Sales records
Correspondence
Letterheads
Date:
circa 1832-1959
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents note:
Contains a broad scope of freshwater capture and use topics, with particular emphasis on the machinery and systems required for managing water resources and business aspects of the costs of goods and services. Includes coverage of home and farm use, agricultural solutions, and large scale operations such as public utilities such as damns, watersheds, reservoirs. Some of the technologies used are drilling, wells, hydraulics, engines and pumps, in addition to natural power sources in the form of windmills and turbines, and water wheels. both as methods of conveyance of water and in powering other devices such as grinders and saws. Purification and softeners address make up the bulk of treatment. Some materials address legal and regulatory issues but water rights is not significantly covered.
Materials include business records, marketing and advertising, some informational documentation in the form of guides and reports. A few schematics are present. A small amount of regulatory publications provide a glimpse of how municipalities dealt with local water issues, including billing and taxation. Miscellaneous writings includes a few tangential topics such as inland waterways and swimming pools, and a perspective essay on water.
Arrangement note:
Waterworks is arranged in three subseries.
Business Records
Genre
Subjects
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Missing Title
Series 1: Business Ephemera
Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Waterworks is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Waterworks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry Search this
Extent:
2.4 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Reports
Photographs
Place:
Ashland (Mass.)
Holyoke (Mass.)
Date:
1880-1924
Scope and Contents note:
These records document the activities of the J. & W. Jolly Company of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Included are turbine test reports from the testing flume of the Holyoke Water Power Company, 1890-1912; photographs of vertical water turbine assemblies and parts, ca 1880; a record of wheels, and turbines, ca1896-1921; and tracings of governors for turbines from the Lombard Governor Company of Ashland, Massachusetts, ca1900-1924.
Arrangement:
1 series. Arrangement: By type of collection and chronologic thereunder.
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
The Foundation Company Records, circa 1887-1962, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Copyright held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no gurantees concerning copyright restrictions. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Cummings Structural Concrete Company Reocrds, 1884-1952 and undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
National Electric Light Association ; Edison Electric Light Co. ; Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co. ; Edison Portland Cement Co. ; Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York ; Edison-Splitdorf Corp. ; Edison Mfg. Co. ; Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd. ; Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; Edison Electric Pen & Writing Agency ; Edison Phonoplex ; Edison Co. for Isolated Lighting ; Edison Phonograph Works ; A.B. Dick Co. ; General Electric. Search this
Notes content:
Hydraulic turbine and draft tube settings ; penstocks ; "Electric Power in National Economy and Defense" ; wet-process porcelain insulator standards ; electric utility industry
Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co. ; Williams Bucket Co. (Erie, PA) Search this
Notes content:
Coal and ore handling machinery, soaking pits, revolving car dumpers, unloaders, excavating buckets, charging machines, open hearth and reheating furnaces, cranes, revolving derricks, gas generators, mechanical gas producers, hoisting and mining machinery, hoisting machinery engines, marine and industrial engines, hydraulic turbines, steel works equipment, coke oven machinery, rubber machinery and rubber mill equipment, tire applying presses, water power equipment, port and terminal equipment, material handling equipment, tractors. "Williams" buckets ; measured drawings of ore unloaders and trolley trucks...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
12 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies) Search this
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.) Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc. Search this
Water wheels; water motors and waterpower equipment Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies Search this
Coal and ore handling machinery, soaking pits, revolving car dumpers, unloaders, excavating buckets, charging machines, open hearth and reheating furnaces, cranes, revolving derricks, gas generators, mechanical gas producers, hoisting and mining machinery, hoisting machinery engines, marine and industrial engines, hydraulic turbines, steel works equipment, coke oven machinery, rubber machinery and rubber mill equipment, tire applying presses, water power equipment, port and terminal equipment, material handling equipment, tractors...see cataloged portion of Wellman Engineering Co.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
74 pieces; 2 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc. Search this
Water wheels; water motors and waterpower equipment Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies Search this
General Petroleum Corp. of California (Los Angeles, CA) ; Magnolia Petroleum Co. (Dallas, TX) ; Vacuum Oil Co. ; ExxonMobil ; Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc. ; Socony-Vacuum Corp. ; Standard Oil Co. of New York Search this
Notes content:
electric motor lubrication ; hydraulic turbine lubrication ; circulating oils for machine tools ; cutting oils ; marine lubrication ; rubber machinery lubricants ; rock drills lubricants ; TCC Process (thermofor catalytic cracking) ; "Gargoyle" lubricants ; "Gargoyle" greases ; rust preventives ; steam turbine lubrication ; air compressor lubrication ; lubrication for bearings ; cotton mill lubrication ; lubrication for crushers ; diesel engine lubrication ; refrigerating plants lubrication ; "Mobiloil" motor oil ; "Mobilgrease" ; "Oil Power" magazine issues
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
88 pieces; 2 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies) Search this
