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Creator:

Link Belt Company  Search this

Collector:

History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Cyanotypes

Date:

1915-1967.

Summary:

The photographs relate to the Link Belt Company, a manufacturer of industrial equipment.

Scope and Contents:

Photographs, including cyanotypes, of factory and industrial equipment, especially industrial belts for sand and gravel companies and for the wood, pulp and paper industry.

Arrangement:

The photographs are arranged in chronological order by accession number, but roughly grouped in order by type of equipment: water screens and conveyors. Within those subjects, the photographs are roughly arranged by type of mill or plant (e.g., pulp and paper, quarry, glass, etc.) Photographs from the same companies are grouped together. Most photographs are captioned and some are dated.

Biographical / Historical:

: Formed in 1906, the Link Belt Company was formed from several smaller concerns, the earliest of which was involved in the manufacture of detachable chain links. As Link Belt grew, its product line grew to include numerous types of industrial equipment including chains, bearings, boiler equipment, hoppers, loaders, gears, and other products. By the 1920s, the company, based in Chicago, had plants in several cities. In the 1960s they were purchased by FMC Corporation.

Provenance:

This collection was purchased by the National Museum of American History's Division of Engineering and Industry from Xerxes Fine Books, 1990.

Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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.

Topic:

Quarries and quarrying  Search this

Sand and gravel industry  Search this

Papermaking  Search this

Pulp mills  Search this

Belt industry  Search this

Glass manufacture  Search this

Conveyor belts  Search this

Conveying machinery industry  Search this

Conveying machinery  Search this

Paper mills  Search this

Logging  Search this

Industrial equipment industry -- 1910-1970  Search this

Industrial equipment -- 1910-1970  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1950

Cyanotypes

Photographs -- 1950-2000

Citation:

Link Belt Company Photographs, 1915-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0997

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Link Belt Company Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0997

Source:

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.  Search this

Creator:

Dodge Manufacturing Co.  Search this

Former owner:

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.  Search this

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Extent:

38 Cubic feet (222 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Photographs

Albums

Place:

Mishawaka (Ind.)

Date:

circa 1910-1924

Scope and Contents:

A collection of photographs, some prints but mostly negatives, documenting the facilities, products and staff of the Dodge Manufacturing Company between 1905 and 1924. There are exterior and interior views of the factory.

Arrangement:

1 series.

Biographical / Historical:

The Dodge Manufacturing Company, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was started in 1878 as a small wood specialties shop. It later became a manufacturer of power transmission machinery and was a division of Reliance Electric Company.

Provenance:

Donated by the Dodge Manufacturing Company in 1969.

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.

Topic:

Power transmission  Search this

Manufacturing  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass negatives

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1900-1950

Albums -- 1920-1930

Citation:

Archives Center, Lombard Governor Company Records, circa 1910-1924, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1092

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1092

Collector:

Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.  Search this

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.  Search this

History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Creator:

General Machinery Corporation  Search this

Niles-Bement-Pond Co.  Search this

Donor:

Bement Company  Search this

Niles Tool Works  Search this

Long and Allstatter Company  Search this

Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Company  Search this

Ohio Historical Society  Search this

Bement Company  Search this

Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Company  Search this

Long and Allstatter Company  Search this

Niles Tool Works  Search this

Ohio Historical Society  Search this

Extent:

24 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

Hamilton (Ohio)

Ohio -- Manufacturing

Date:

ca. 1899-1969.

Scope and Contents:

Over 2,000 photographic negatives of machinery produced by General Machinery Corporation and its predecessors; also three cubic feet of prints from the negatives.

Arrangement:

Divided into five series: Series 1, Long and Allstatter Negatives; Series 2, Niles Bement Pond Negatives; Series 3, Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Company Negatives; Series 4, Bement Company Negatives; Series 5, Niles Tool Works Negatives; Series 6, Photoprints from Negatives in General Machinery Corporation Collection.

Biographical / Historical:

The General Machinery Corporation of Hamilton, Ohio was formed in 1928 by the merger of Niles Bement Pond Co. and Hooven Owens Rentschler Co. Other companies that became part of General Machinery were Putnam Machine Co. and Long and Allstatter. The General Machinery Co. became subsumed by the Baldwin Lima Hamilton Co. during th e1950s..

Provenance:

The negatives were donated to the Division of Work and Industry, in several gifts in 1991 and 1992, by the Ohio Historical Society.

Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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.

Topic:

Manufacturing  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Machine-tool industry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century

Citation:

General Machinery Corporation Records, ca. 1899-1969, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1115

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1115

Made for:

National Recovery Administration  Search this

Physical Description:

red; white; blue (overall color)

cardboard (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm

Object Name:

Placard

Date made:

1934

Credit Line:

Lyle W. and Theresa Rush and Rupert Cuneen

ID Number:

2001.0312.185

Accession number:

2001.0312

Patent number:

Des. 90793

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Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f5ce-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1029500

Company Name:

Studebaker Machine Company  Search this

Notes content:

Hydraulic presses, vises, drills. Air & hydraulic equipment ; pump units...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

2 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Maywood, Illinois, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_23644

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_23644

Company Name:

Speedycut Company  Search this

Notes content:

automatic precision tapping machine...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Fairfield, New Jersey, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_34952

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_34952

Creator:

Perkins, James Secor  Search this

Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924  Search this

Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972  Search this

Extent:

5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videotapes

Betacam sp (videotape format)

Motion pictures (visual works)

Date:

1907-2000

bulk 1911-1924

Summary:

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. As scientific managers, the Gilbreth's introduced new techniques to analyze work, the workplace, and work practices with the goal of eliminating waste to maximize productivity. The collection illustrates these new techniques and their application to a wide variety of studies. The collection is diverse and provides insight into understanding how Gilbreth approached his studies. Also included are slides documenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

Series 1, Background Information, 1892-1997, includes biographical materials about Frank B. Gilbreth; copies of some of Frank Gilbreth's patents, 1892-1916; and printed materials, 1907-1997, that contain articles, newspaper and magazine clippings about Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and time and motion study generally. Black-and-white photo prints of Gilbreth or work Gilbreth documented from collections held at Purdue University and Ohio State University are included.

Series 2, Glass plate stereo slides, 1910-1924, consists of approximately 2,250 glass stereo slides photographed by Frank B. Gilbreth and others and intended for viewing through an optical viewing machine. Some are positive black and white, positive color, and negative black and white. The subject matter of the slides covers the work undertaken by Frank Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Many of the images serve as documentation for the studies the couple performed as they were hired by firms in an attempt to provide solutions to the problems of inefficiency. Also included are the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends.

The slides are numbered sequentially. For example, a glass plate slide numbered 318949.001 will have a corresponding photoprint 318949.001 in Series 3, Photoprints of glass plate slides. Note: not all glass plate slides have corresponding photoprints. Additionally, there are Office of Photographics Services, Smithsonian Institution negative numbers assigned to many of the photo prints.

Some subject categories include:

Frank B. Gilbreth: working in motion laboratories, on factory inspections, seated in offices, with family and friends, in World War I uniform, watching and monitoring shop operations.

Lillian M. Gilbreth: with family, during university graduation ceremonies, traveling and working with Frank and observing office workers.

Gilbreth Family: family on the road in an automobile, at home seated around the dinner table, in the parlor, in the garden, and with friends and relatives.

Gilbreth ship travel: contains views on steamer voyages to Europe, deck scenes, arrivals, departures, ship officers and crew, and other passengers.

Automobile assembly study: internal and external views of a warehouse/factory, including large piles or rows of metal car frames and other parts.

Benchwork study: images of a male worker standing or sitting in a chair while filing an object secured in a vice at a workbench.

Betterment: images of efforts whcih contributed to industrial betterment (the Gilbreth chair, employee library, and the home reading box).

Bricklaying study: view of men wearing overalls and caps, shoveling, and men laying bicks.

Business and apparatus of motion study: views of lectures, meetings, film showings, demonstrations, charts, drawings, motion models, charts amd some equipment.

Disabled study: views of partially blind World War I veterans, amputees using special tytpewriter, assembling machinery, use of cructhes, and a one armed dentist.

Factory bench work: table-top machines assembly operations, hand tools, orderly arrangement of parts prior to and during assembly and a variety of bench vises.

Factory documentation: various images of the interior and edterior of factories including heavy machinery.

Golfing study: various cyclegraphs of a man swinging a golf club.

Grid boards: back drops used by Gikbreth to isolate and measure worker motions. This includes walls, floors, desktops, and drop cloths divided into grids of various densities and scales.

Handwriting and cyclegraphs: finger lights moving in patterns of script.

Ladders: include step ladders and painters' ladders shown in use near shelving.

Light assembly study: wide variety of images ranging from cyclegraphs of women working, to the factory floor as well as tools and machinery.

Materials handling study: different angles of an empty cart, a cart oiled high with boxes, and a man pushing a cart illustrating different body positions.

Military study: illustrate work on the Army foot meausring machine, gun parts, men holding a rifle.

Motion models: images of simple wire motionmodels.

Needle trade study: views of textile machinery and workers.

Office study: various shots inside of an office with tables, desks, drawers, files, and typewriters. Some of the images are cyclegraphs of femal and male workers performing tasks, such as writing, both tin the context of an office as well as in front of a grdidded background. There are several close-ups of an organizer containing penciles, paperclips, pins and rubberbands.

Packing: methods of placing and arranging goods in boxes, such as soap packing.

Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915: contains views of statuary, fountains, and architecture of the exposition held in San Francisco.

Pure light cyclegraphs: no workers or grids visible only finger lights in motion.

Rubber stamping study: hand movements and access to ink pads and stamps.

Scenic views: views of buildings, landscapes, street scenes, and fountains from around the world documenting Gilbreth's travels.

Shoe making study: laboratory studies of shoe assembly operations with an emphasis on workers access to component pieces.

Shop machinery: various shots of machines and workers working with machines.

Signage: include organizational flow charts, shop floor plans, route maps, office layouts, numbering systems, exhibit display boards illustrating Frank Gilbreth's efficiency studies and techniques.

Stacking: views of the art and science of stacking boxes, clothing, equipment, containers, and vertical storage without shelves.

Stock bins: consists of storage pips, paper, other raw materials, shelves, and corridoe shots.

Storage: images illustrate contrast between old techniques and new.

Surgical and dental studies: thester views of surgeons, assistants, nurses, hand motions in grasping, placing surgical instruments, dental work and self inspection of teeth.

Tool cribs: storage of hand tools in shops with an emphasis on easy access and easy inventorying.

Typing study: various views of femaile s under observation using Remington typewriters.

Series 3, Photoprints of glass plate slides, 1910-1924, consist of black and white photoprints of the glass plate slides depicting the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends.

Series 5, Stereographs,1911-1914,

Series 6, Audio Visual Materials, 1968, 2000, and undated, is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1968 and undated; Subseries 2, Moving Images, 1968 and undated; and Subseries 3, Audio Recordings, 1980, 1990,. 2000 and undated. The series contains several formats: 7" open reel-to-reel audio tape, 1/2" VHS, Beta Cam SP, DVD, audio cassette, one inch audio tape, and 16 mm film.

Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1967-1968 and undated, consists of supplemental documentation for the film, "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way." Specifically, there are brochures and other printed materials detailing what the film is about and how copies may be obtained. This subseries also contains a copy of the book Cheaper by the Dozen, 1948. The book was written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and tells the biographical story of Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and their twelve children. The book was adapted to film by Twentieth Century Fox in 1950.

Subseries 2, Moving Images, 1967, consists of one title, "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way." The film materials consist of the film's production elements: 16 mm black and white negative A-roll; 16mm black-and-white negative B-roll; and the optical track negative. Each is 800 feet in length.

The film presents a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1919 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study was developed. Demonstrates motion and fatigue study, skill study, plant layout and material handling, inventory control, production control, business procedures, safety methods, developing occupations for the handicapped, athletic training and skills, military training, and surgical operations as researched and developed by Gilbreth. Points out that Gilbreth created entirely new techniques on how to improve industrial efficiency, while at the same time significantly improving conditions for the workers. The film was produced by James S. Perkins in collaboration with Dr. Ralph M. Barnes and with commentary by Liilian M. Gilbreth and James S. Perkins. The film was presented on December 3, 1968 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Meeting in New York. The formats for this title include: 16 mm, Beta Cam SP, and DVD. Additionally, there is a one inch audio tape recording for the film.

Subseries 3, Audio Recordings, 1980, 1990, 2000 and undated consist of a Smithsonian radio program titled "Inside the Smithsonian, Cheaper by The Dozen," from 1980 and an recording of Ernestine Gilbreth Casey discussing Gilbreth Family photographs from 2000. Hosted by [Ann Carroll?], "Inside the Smithsonian, Cheaper by The Dozen," featured Fred and Bill Gilbreth discussing their parents Frank and Lillian, Gilbreth, and the book Cheaper by the Dozen. The radio program coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the American Society of Mechancial Engineers (founded 1880)of which Lillian Gilbreth was the Society's first female member and showcased a single case exhibition at the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) titled "Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: Motion Engineers." Inside Smithosnian Radio was a weekly program produced by the Office of Telecommunications. The recording of Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was recorded on July 9, 2000 and documents Ms. Carey's identification and discussion of Gilbreth Family photographs. David Ferguson assisted in the discussion. A hard copy index to the photographs Ms. Carey discusses is available.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1, Background Materials, 1892-1997

Subseries 1, Frank B. Gilbreth, undated

Subseries 2, Frank B. Gilbreth patents, 1892-1916

Subseries 3, Printed Materials, 1907-1997

Series 2, Glass plate stereo slides, 1910-1924 and undated

Series 3, Photo prints of glass plate slides, 1910-1924 and undated

Subseries 1, Photo Print Books, 1-9, undated

Subseries 2, Photo prints (duplicates), undated

Series 4, Stereo Autochromes, undated

Series 5, Stereographs, 1911-1914

Series 6, Audio Visual Materials, 1968, 1990, 2000 and undated

Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1968 and undated

Subseries 2, Moving images, 1968 and undated

Subseries 3, Audio recordings, 1980, 1990, 2000, and undated

Biographical / Historical:

Frank Gilbreth is best known for his work on the efficiency of motion. Working with his wife and professional partner Lillian Moller Gilbreth, he applied modern psychology to his work with management. His innovative motion studies were used on factory workers, typists and the disabled. Gilbreth established the link between psychology and education to be succesful management.

Frank Gilbreth was born in Fairfield, Maine on July 7, 1868. His parents, John and Martha Bunker Gilbreth were New Englanders. John Gilbreth ran a hardware business, but died when Frank was only three. Bearing the responsibilty of raising her children alone, Martha moved the family twice in search of quality education for her children. Ultimately she decided to school the children herself. In 1885, Frank graduated from English High School in Boston. Despite gaining admission into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank opted to enter the work world immediately as a bricklayer's apprentice with Whidden and Company, building contractors in Boston.

Smart and skilled, Gilbreth worked his way up in the company. He learned the trade quickly and soon was promoted to supervisor, foreman, and finally to the position of superintendent. To further his edcuation, he went to night school to study mechanical drawing.

At the age of 27, Gilbreth embarked upon his first business venture. He started his own contracting firm. His firm developed a fine reputation for quality work at a very rapid pace. He invented tools, scaffolding, and other contraptions to make the job easier. His company goals included the elimination of waste, the conservation of energy, and the reduction of cost. His work included canals, factories, houses, and dams. His clients came from all parts of the United States, and he performed some work in England.

In 1903, Frank Gilbreth met Lillian Moller (1903-1972) and married her on October 19, 1904. Lillian graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA (1900) and MA (1902). She later earned a Ph.D from Brown University (1915), earning a dissertation titled The Psychology of Management. Lillian's academic work, large family and integral role in Frank's consulting business kept her busy. Her contributions to the business led to a greater understanding of an individual's welfare in the work world. This becamme a key idea to increasing productivity through scientific management techniques.

Working together, the couple became leaders in the new field of scientific management. They published books, gave lectures, and raised tweleve children together: Anne, Mary (1906--912), Ernestine, Martha, Frank Jr., William, Lillian, Frederick, Daniel, John, Robert and Jane. Some of Gilbreth's books include Fields System (1908); Concrete System (1908); Bricklaying System (1909; Motion Study (1911); and Primer of Scientific Management (1911). Gilbreth co-authored with Lillian: Time Study (1916); Fatigue Study (1916); Applied Motion Study (1917); and Motion Study for the Handicapped (1919).

It wasn't long before Gilbreth moved away from construction. Together with his wife, they focused on the link between psychology and motion. With her strong psychological background, and his interest in efficiency, the Gilbreth's opened the School of Scientific Management in 1913. The school was in session for four years. Numerous professional attended the school, and soon the Gilbreth's had established a reputation as consultant's to the new field of scientific management.

In 1912, Frank won a contract with the New England Butt Company in Providence, Rhode Island. There he installed his system of scientific management in a factory setting for the first time. Contracts with the Hermann-Aukam handkerchief manufacturing company in New Jersey and the Auergessellschaft Company in Germany followed. Using motion study, Gilbreth studied and reoganized the factories, attempting to find "the one best way" to do work.

Gilbreth traveled to Germany to continue his work was a scientific manager. He visited factories and hospitals, working to improve procedures and eliminate waste. Using micro-motion study and the chronocyclegraph procedure, he analyzed and dissected motion, discovering therblings, the seventeen fundamental units of any motion. World War I slowed Gilbreth's progress abroad, so he focused his consulting business on firms n the United States.

After World War I, Gilbreth's business thrived. in 1920, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers instituted its Management Division, something Gilbreth had been demanding for years. He was now a famous American engineer, gaining financial rewards as as professional honors.

Frank Gilbreth died suddenly of a heart attack on June 14, 1924, still in the middle of three contracts. He was honored after his death in 1944 by the American Society of Engineers and the American Management Association with the Gant Gold Medal. After Frank's death, Lillian moved the family to California where she continued to work on efficiency and health in industry issues. She was a respected buiness woman and was hired by several companies to train employees, study working conditions, and reduce fatigue. She lectured at several universities (Newark College of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin), and joined the faculty at Purdue University in 1935 as the first woman professor in the engineering school.

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth often used their large family (and Frank himself) as guinea pigs in experiments. Their family exploits are lovingly detailed in the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen, written by Frank Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Related Materials:

Material in Other Institutions

Purdue University, Archives and Special Collections

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, 1869-2000

The Gilbreth Papers documents the professional and personal lives of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth. The collection consists of personal papers, letters, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia that Lillian Gilbreth collected during her life regarding her youth, marriage, family, and career.

Collection of materials related to Lillian Gilbreth, 1964-2006

One folder of items relating to the life of Lillian Gilbreth, and her family, collected by her granddaughter, Lillian (Jill) Barley and Nancy Weston. Materials include clippings relating to the Lillian Gilbreth postage stamp (1984); obituaries and memorial programs for Peter Barney, Ernestine Carey, Lillian Gilbreth, Anne Gilbreth Barney, Charles Carey, and Frank Gilbreth Jr.; programs and photographs relating to Lillian Gilbreth's visit to Athens in 1964; and biographical information on Lillian Gilbreth.

Cornell University, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

Frank Gilbreth Papers on Microfilm, Collection Number: 5424 mf

Selected papers pertaining to industrial engineering. Original materials are held by Purdue University. Microfilm copied purchased from Purdue University in April 1968.

Provenance:

The collection materials were donated by several individuals: New Jersey Institute of Technology (1975); Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., (1980); Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1995); Daniel B. Gilbreth (1998); and James Secor Perkins in 2001.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use. Viewing film portion of collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to audio tape requires special arrangment. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

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.

Topic:

Motion study  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Machine shops  Search this

Industrial management  Search this

Industrial films  Search this

Industrial engineering  Search this

Genre/Form:

Videotapes

BetaCam SP (videotape format)

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 1930-1950

Citation:

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0803

See more items in:

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0803

Creator:

United Shoe Machinery Corporation  Search this

Names:

Emhart Corporation.  Search this

Extent:

145 Cubic feet (296 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Papers

Photographs

House organs

Catalogs

Scrapbooks

Commercial catalogs

Albums

Magazines (periodicals)

Advertisements

Clippings

Research

Legal records

Motion pictures (visual works)

16mm motion picture film

Business records

Place:

Massachusetts

Beverly (Mass.)

New England

Date:

1898 - 1987

Summary:

The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.

Scope and Contents:

This collection is among the largest and most complete bodies of business records in the holdings of the Archives Center. The records document in considerable detail the firm's engineering department and research and development efforts in shoe making machinery and in related technical areas, especially during World War II and as it attempted to diversify its activities after the war. There is detailed information, much of it on microfilm, about the leasing of United Shoe Machinery (USM) machines. The records also provide insight into the USM's culture of corporate paternalism, including its athletic and relief associations and its industrial school. The collection is rich in visual materials depicting both the machines made by the firm and the employees and the facilities.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into seventeen series.

Series 1: Historical and Background Materials, 1901-1985

Series 2: Executive Records, 1927-1987

Subseries 2.1: United Shoe Machinery, 1927-1975

Subseries 2.2: Emhart Corporation, 1976-1987

Series 3: Correspondence, 1890, 1901-1915

Series 4: Wilson Palmer Files, 1925-1952

Series 5: Research and Development Department Records, 1914-1980

Subseries 5.1: Background, 1947-1974

Subseries 5.2: Financial Information, 1947-1975

Subseries 5.3: Reports, 1962-1973

Subseries 5.4: Facilities, 1947-1975

Subseries 5.5: Personnel, 1942-1979

Subseries 5.6: Labor, 1961-1970

Subseries 5.7: Subject Files, 1943-1977

Subseries 5.8: Project Files, 1914-1968

Subseries 5.9: New Development (ND) Project Files, 1924-1970

Subseries 5.10: Experimental (EX) Project Files, 1931-1938

Subseries 5.11: Automatic Controls Project, 1939-1979

Subseries 5.12: Baseball Stitching Machine Projects, 1949-1973

Subseries 5.13: Component Inserting Projects, 1954-1960

Subseries 5.14: Automatic Control Research Notebooks, 1939-1976

Subseries 5.15: Baseball Stitching Machine Research Notebooks, 1942-1956

Subseries 5.16: Component Inserting Research Notebooks, 1956-1965

Subseries 5.17, General Research Notebooks, 1939-1968

Series 6: Legal Records, 1900-1968

Subseries 6.1: Court Exhibits for Machine History, 1910-1951 (bulk 1948-1950)

Subseries 6.2: Leases, Cancellation Letters, Shipments, and Transfers (Microfilm), 1900-1958

Subseries 6.3: Patent Search, 1949

Series 7: Engineering Records, 1904-1979

Series 8: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1908-1981

Series 9: Mutual Relief Association Incorporated, 1902-1951

Series 10: Athletic Association, 1929-1962

Series 11: Industrial School Records, 1909-1938

Subseries 11.1: English for American Citizenship (Industrial Series), 1912, 1919-1921

Subseries 11.2: English for American Citizenship (Intermediate Series), 1921

Subseries 11.3: Text Books, 1909-1938

Series 12: Northwestern University Students' Cooperative Work, 1951-1960

Series 13: Aberthaw Construction Company Records, 1918-1920

Subseries 13.1: Correspondence, 1918-1919

Subseries 13.2: Reports, 1919-1921

Subseries 13.3: Purchase Orders, 1919-1920

Subseries 13.4: Receiving Records, 1919-1920

Series 14: Publications, 1898-1987

Subseries 14.1: United Shoe Machinery Corporation Catalogs, circa 1899-1961

Subseries 14.2: Beverly Today, 1979-1985

Subseries 14.3: Machinery Division Newsletter,1969-1970

Subseries 14.4: The Three Partners,1914-1920

Subseries 14.5: USM Today,1968-1976

Subseries 14.6: Quarter Century Club News, 1977-1987

Subseries 14.7: H.E. Smith & Company Catalogs, 1898-1930

Series 15: Product Literature, 1952-1979

Series 16: Advertising and Marketing Materials, 1902-1981

Series 17: Photographs, 1907-1960s

Subseries 17.1: Employees, 1907-1981

Subseries 17.2: Equipment/Products, 1961-1972

Subseries 17.3: Factories/Buildings, 1920s-1960s

Subseries 17.4: Trade Shows, 1954, 1968-1973

Subseries 17.5: Miscellaneous, undated

Subseries 17.6: Postcards, 1906-1938

Subseries 17.7: Prints from Glass Plate Negatives, undated

Subseries 17.8: Albums, 1915-1950s

Subseries 17.9: Film Negatives, 1956-1958

Subseries 17.10: Glass Plate Negatives, 1915-1923

Series 18: Audio-Visual Materials, 1934-1972

Biographical / Historical:

The United Shoe Machinery Company was formed in 1899 by the consolidation of the most important shoe machinery firms in the industry: Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company; Consolidated McKay Lasting Machine Company; and McKay Shoe Machinery Company. By this merger, conflicting patents were eliminated and patents supplementing each other were brought under United control to permit their prompt combination in a single machine or process. To ensure efficiency, the new company also continued the practice previously followed by its constituent firms of renting machinery that it manufactured instead of selling it. The authorized capital of the new company was twenty five million dollars. After the 1899 merger, United grew quite rapidly. In 1903, it began construction of a new factory in Beverly, Massachusetts about thirty-five miles from Boston. At its peak, this company employed 9,000 workers and produced eighty-five percent of all shoemaking machines in the United States. By 1910, it had an eighty percent share of the shoe machinery market with assets reaching forty million dollars, and it had acquired control of branch companies in foreign countries.

In 1911, the first of three civil anti-trust suits was brought against United by the United States government. It charged that the 1899 merger had restrained trade and violated the Sherman Act. The Massachusetts District Court ruled that the 1899 merger was not an attempt to restrain trade, only an attempt to promote efficiency. The court also said that the five companies that were merged to form United were not competitive with each other. The government appealed to the Supreme Court, which only affirmed the District Court's verdict.

In 1917, the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, incorporated in 1905, absorbed the United Shoe Machinery Company. The United Shoe Machinery Corporation had its headquarters in Boston and its main manufacturing plant in Beverly, Massachusetts.

The second government suit was brought against United Shoe in 1915. The government claimed that United Shoe's leasing system restricted the shoe manufacturer to exclusive use of United Shoe's products and that it was a violation of the newly enacted Clayton Act. The Massachusetts District Court ruled in favor of the government. The Supreme Court, hearing United Shoe's appeal case, only affirmed the District Court's ruling. In 1923, United modified its leasing policy.

The last government suit against United was filed in 1947 and charged United with monopolizing the trade, manufacture, and distribution of shoe machinery from 1923 to 1947. During this period, United had bought all shares, assets, and patents of twenty one companies that dealt in the shoe machinery manufacture. The court ruled that United had clearly violated the Sherman Act, and United was forced to modify its leasing policies and restrict its purchases of other shoe machinery businesses and its acquisition of patents. In 1968, the United Shoe Machinery Corporation changed its name to USM Corporation. In 1976, United Shoe Machinery Company merged with Emhart Industries and produced the modern-day Emhart Corporation.

In 1989, in order to resist a two billion dollar takeover attempt by a New York investment group (which included oil heir Gordon P. Getty), Emhart merged with Black & Decker Corporation. The merged company operates from Black & Decker's headquarters in Towson, Maryland. The company headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut, were closed in June 1989.

Related Materials:

Materials at Other Organizations

Lynn Historical Society & Museum, Lynn, Massachusetts

Lynn, Massachusetts businesses collection, 1888-1991

Small volumes and pamphlets of shoe and shoe-related industry businesses in Lynn, Massachusetts, including miscellaneous articles and histories on the shoe industry in Lynn, manuals, catalogs, broadsides, patents, handbooks, patterns, price lists, brochures, and legal materials. Businesses represented include Beaudry Machine Company, Beckman Machine Company, Bresnahan Shoe Machinery Company, George W. Emerson & Company, Hamel Shoe Machinery Company, Gregory & Read Co., David Knox & Sons Machinery Company, Krippendorf Kalculator Company (manufacturers of a mechanical device to compute pattern values), Peerless Machinery Company, Quarmby & Hilliker, Machine Builders, Swain, Fuller Manufacturing Company, W.J. Young Machinery Company, and George J. Kelly, Inc. (maker of shoe polish).

United Shoe Machinery Company Records, 1915-1974

Materials assembled by Edward F. McCarthy, director of USM research, including notebooks, diagrams, manuals, brochures, catalogs, code sheets, flow charts, price lists, handbooks, lectures, directories, lexicons, catalogs of other firms, personal notebooks on shoe construction (1927-1931), factory visits to other shoe companies, and production of leading manufacturers (1939-1960), and floor directory of the plant; ledgers listing machines shipped and returned from the Lynn and Puerto Rico plants (nine volumes, 1935-1974); and machine development materials, including patents, chiefly those of Edward Quinn.

Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) Salem, Massachusetts

An accession in 1987 of institutional archives, includes publications, photographs, advertisements, lectures, scrapbook of shoes made for United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, shoes from which are in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum (87020).

Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Massachusetts

The United Shoe and Machinery Company Collection contains a large quantity of the company's patents, most of which pertain to the production and manufacture of shoes. Additionally there are patents for golf balls, nail guns, and magnetic closures. The majority of the remaining materials are Quarter Century Club documents ranging from financial and membership records, to pictures and other ephemera. The remainder of the collection consists of miscellaneous objects including sample knives and knife parts from the Booth Brothers Company.

University of Connecticut, Dodd Center

Emhart Corporation Records, undated, 1883-1989

Emhart Corporation was a multinational company located in Farmington, Connecticut. Prior to its 1989 merger with Black & Decker, Emhart operated in over one hundred countries with a worldwide work force of 30,000 employees. Emhart's products included machines for the manufacture of glass bottles and shoes; filling, sealing and packaging machinery; security systems; electronics; chemical products; metal fasteners; rubber processing equipment; and consumer and do-it-yourself products. Brand name products included True Temper® hardware and sporting goods, and Price Pfister® plumbing fixtures. Emhart's domestic roots went back to the American Hardware Company, founded in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1902.

Beverly Public Schools (Beverly, Massachusetts)

Beverly Public Schools/Beverly trade school records, 1909-1995

Materials relating to the establishment and operation of the Beverly trade schools, including trustee minutes, annual reports, curriculum journals, correspondence, photographs, programs and ephemera, and calendars.

Cornell University, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

[United Shoe Machinery Corporation publications], 1911-1913

Harvard University, Baker Library

[United Shoe Machinery Company, of New Jersey, et al. court proceedings], 1911-1917

United Shoe buildings and properties

The Cummings Properties now owns and leases "the Shoe."

Separated Materials:

Materials at National Museum of American History

The Division of Work and Industry holds artifacts related to the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Some artifacts include a drafting table (1989.0259.349), tool chest (1989.0259.348), and molds for shoes, shoe heels, shoe welts, threads, needles, awls, and show wax.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by United Shoe Machinery Corporation, through Kevin Cochrane on November 20, 1987.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage and audio visual materials. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period, reference copies do not exist for audio visual materials. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Industrial workers  Search this

Photography, Industrial  Search this

Tanners  Search this

Shoe machinery industry  Search this

Industrial history  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Genre/Form:

Papers

Photographs -- 20th century

House organs

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1900-1950

Catalogs

Scrapbooks

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century

Commercial catalogs

Albums

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film -- 1900-1950

Magazines (periodicals) -- 20th century

Advertisements -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Research -- 20th century

Legal records

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century

16mm motion picture film

Business records -- 20th century

Citation:

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0277

See more items in:

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0277

Company Name:

Sciaky Bros.  Search this

Related companies:

Sciaky Bros., Inc. ; Sciaky S. A. (Paris, France) ; Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd. (London, United Kingdom)  Search this

Notes content:

Electric resistance welding, flash-butt welding and fusion welding. Resistance welding equipment ; industrial electronic timers...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

21 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_17817

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_17817

Variant company name:

Philadelphia, PA  Search this

Company Name:

Simplex Engineering Co. (OH)  Search this

Notes content:

Seco fluid power pumps, Seco radial hydraulic pumps, and valves, and Simplex hydraulic equipment. Simplex Seatless Blow-off Valve attached to steam boiler...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

2 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Topic:

Advertising  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Business  Search this

Commerce  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Marketing  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_19719

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_19719

Company Name:

Scovill Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Fluid Power Div. ; Scovill Mfg.Co.  Search this

Notes content:

"Schrader" automation products ; cylinders ; valves ; filters, regulators, lubricators, dryers ; airline accessories - blow guns, safecoil hose, mufflers, quick disconnect couplings, tank valves, air chucks, ferrules, hose and pipe connections, rotating joints, pressure gauges, etc. ; "Schrader" exhaust mufflers for compressed air...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

3 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Hardware and hand tools  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Hardware  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Tools  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_25043

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25043

Variant company name:

New York, NY ; Hartford, CT  Search this

Company Name:

SKF Industries  Search this

Related companies:

SKF Industries, Inc. ; Hess-Bright Manufacturing Co. ; Skayef Ball Bearing Co. ; Schwedische Kugellagerfabrik AG (Gotenburg, Germany) ; Societe des Roulements a Billes S.K.F. (Levallois-Perret, France) ; Societe Suedoise Roulements a Billes S.K.F. (Paris, France)  Search this

Notes content:

Ball and roller bearings and housings, transmission appliances, pillow blocks, tension pulleys. Anti-friction ball bearings for paper industry, oil refineries, textile mills, mining industry, and aircraft ; narrow pedestal journal boxes ; locknuts ; lockwashers ; tolerance tables ; general catalog and engineering data...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and manual

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

92 pieces; 4 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Mills and milling supplies  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Milling machinery  Search this

Mining machinery industry  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_16072

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_16072

Company Name:

Scott & Fetzer Co.  Search this

Related companies:

American-Lincoln Corp. (Bowling Green, OH) ; PLM Products ; Adalet-PLM  Search this

Notes content:

Electrical equipment and fixtures : conduit fittings, bushings, circuit breakers, motor controls, starters, panel boards, boxes, housings. Vacuum cleaners ; vacuette suction cleaners ; battery powered autoscrubber ; cable couplers ; potheads ; mining equipment ; insulating bushings ; cable supports ; expansion joints ; cast junction boxes ; cable accessories (fittings, splices, terminators, tools)...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

14 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Appliances (household)  Search this

Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this

Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Cleaning compounds  Search this

Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this

Construction equipment  Search this

Earthmoving machinery  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Household appliances  Search this

Mining machinery industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_18010

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_18010

Author:

Drake, Lincoln  Search this

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 7.5" x 10".)

Type:

Archival materials

Business letters

Business records

Correspondence

Date:

1861

June 22, 1861

Scope and Contents:

Holograph letter from Lincoln Drake to P. Whitin and Sons, June 22, 1861. Stationery contains color image of U.S. flag and a short patriotic poem. Drake is making machine parts for textile manufacturing machinery for two competing companies, and writes that he can produce only three castings per day. The content of the letter does not relate directly to the war.

Partial transcription: Lincoln Drake to P. Whiten and Sons / Your favor of the 20th instant has come to hand and contents [where] you say you have not [received] [last] 21 of the 36 [?] of the April order. I sent 31 on May 27th and 21 on June 6. I hardly know how to send the castings. J. L. Whiten wishes his immediately {] {] {] from them also. I make 3 [pieces] per day. Have not [] [] If I had another [] I could make 6 per day but three is as many as can be made from one pattern. I wish to accommodate both parties and will do my best to do it if you see how I am. / I made 3 pieces

Local Numbers:

AC0060-0001195a (AC Scan No.: front and back of folded letter)

AC0060-0001195b (AC Scan No.: inside pages of folded letter)

General:

In Civil War series, Box 1, Folder 14.

Civil War Selections from the Archives Center

Related Materials:

Civil War series, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Series Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Series 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.

Topic:

Castings  Search this

Textile fabrics  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Flags -- United States  Search this

Civil war  Search this

Patriotism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Business letters

Business records -- 1840-2000

Correspondence -- 1850-1900

Series Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, 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).

See more items in:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Civil War

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Civil War / Government Records, Business Records, and Other / Civil War

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-civilwar-ref571

Company Name:

Rock River Machine Co.  Search this

Notes content:

Modern machine tools : punches, combination punches and shears and attachments, shears, stake riveters and punches, bulldozers, bending rolls, shearing machinery, copers, notchers, stake riveters, pipe rolls, punch and bender, bending and straightening machine. Machine tools for working plates, bars, and structural material ; "BADGER"...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

2 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_13245

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_13245

Company Name:

Rockwell Hydrapower Corp.  Search this

Notes content:

Hydraulic plate shears. 1975-1976 ; hydraulic plate shears and plate stacking systems...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

3 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Norkfolk, Virginia, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_13440

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_13440

Company Name:

Rodgers Hydraulic Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

universal hydraulic presses for pulling, pressing and jacking ; stationary shop and industrial presses ; power driven hydraulic pumps ; plastic molding presses ; embossing presses ; hydraulic kelly and pipe straighteners ; air operated pumps for testing and expanding ; hydraulic pinion pullers (diesel locomotives)...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

2 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Plastics and rubber  Search this

Plumbing supplies and fixtures  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Plastics industry and trade  Search this

Plumbing equipment industry  Search this

Plumbing fixtures  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Rubber industry and trade  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_13502

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_13502

Variant company name:

Est. 1885  Search this

Company Name:

Rogers Machine Works, Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Rogers Machine Tool Co.  Search this

Notes content:

Boring mill, vertical turret mills and accessories for boring, drilling, reaming, turning and thread cutting. Boring, drilling and turning mills ; "Perfect 36" ; 1942...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Buffalo, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Mills and milling supplies  Search this

Topic:

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Milling machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_13614

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_13614

Company Name:

Rowe Machinery & Mfg. Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Easy Load coil cradles and accessories, pinch roll attachment, straightening and feeding machines and accessories, accessories for handling coil stocks, roll feeds, magnetic sheet fanners. Automatic coil handling equipment ; sheeting lines ; coil storage and loading buggies ; reels ; threading table with coil clamping roll ; straightening feeding and edge trimmer machines ; hump tables ; shears ; positive stop conveyors ; roller levelers ; exit conveyors ; stackers ; stack conveyors...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

3 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Dallas, Texas, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this

Topic:

Barrels  Search this

Bottling  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_15184

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_15184

Company Name:

Ross Operating Valve Co.  Search this

Notes content:

Ross hand, foot, and solenoid controlled operating valves and replacement parts, resilient gaskets, mounting brackets, hand and foot valves, pilot valves, MV master valves, TD sequence valves, WV sequence valves, cam operated valves, shut-off valves, quick exhaust valves, speed control valves, double stroke adaptor, Norgren pneumatic products: air line lubricator, regulating and reducing valves, industrial blow valves, diaphragm relief valves, air blow gun, and strainers, miscellaneous valves. Air control valves ; "The Bridle for Air Horsepower" ; operating valves for control of single and double acting cylinders ; "enginAIR" ; 1955 ; roller cams, treadles, and other lever operators, solenoid-operated valves ; Ross works with the U.S. Navy in developing valves for the first atomic-powered submarine...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

13 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Engines  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Motors  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_14737

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14737