lathe and planer machinery ; machine tools ; ideal and cabinet saws ; routers ; bevelers and liners ; silk machinery ; piano machines ; jacquard card machinery for the carpet and upholstery trades ; circular looms ; lock-stitch lacer ; micro-edger for photo engravers and electrotypers ; rubber tubing machinery ; waste and flushing valve for sanitary use ; woodworking machinery ; brass working machinery ; "Royle-Richards" engravers' ruling machine ; "The Royle Forum" (9-15-1962) has an article on the Smithsonian ; "Retrospective: A Generic Sketch of the Development of the Routing Machine" ; ellipsographs ; Jig Saw ; drills
Includes:
Trade catalog and histories
Black and white images
Physical description:
32 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components) Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment Search this
Audio recordings of interviews with members of the Plastics Pioneers Association about the plastics industry, its origins, and evolution.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of four 1/4 inch open-reel audiotapes produced from 1952-1968.
Biographical / Historical:
The Plastic Pioneers Association (PPA) was formed in the 1940s to provide individuals involved with plastics invention, innovation, and manufacturing an opportunity to meet with colleagues to share stories about the history of plastics. In 1948 the PPA became a formal organization "of individuals who are persons of accomplishment in the Plastics Industry, and who wish to foster the bonds of friendship and fraternalism among them." At the time, in order to be a member an individual had to have made "a contribution to the growth of the industry and worked at least fifteen years plastics. According to the PPA webiste, membership currently "is capped at 250 active members, and the term of service in the industry required is 25 years or more."
The PPA is dedicated to education as well as documenting and preserving the histories of people who contributed to the plastics industry. The Plastic Pioneers Interviews represents part of this effort
Albany Billiard Ball Company Records (NMAH.AC.0011)
Leo H. Baekeland Papers (NMAH.AC.0005)
Celluloid Corporation Records (NMAH.AC.0009)
Earl S. Tupper Papers (NMAH.AC.0470)
Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials (NMAH.AC.0565)
Provenance:
Audio tapes given to the Division of Manufacturing (now Division of Medicine and Science), by J. Harry DuBois, date unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown. No releases exist. Collecion items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply.
[Plastic Pioneers Association Interviews, September 18-20, 1968], Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Tape number x.
One item OVERSIZE. Basic open hearth refractories ; Calcimag - a clinkered dolomite for the glass batch ; Ramix - the cold - ramming magnesite refractory ; "695" plastic ; "Basifrit" to resurface open hearth bottoms ; "History of Steelmaking," a portfolio of eight images with corresponding informational cards for each image.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
30 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones Search this
"Mfrs. engineering service" ; materials and process engineering ; electrical insulation design ; mechanical design and styling ; chemical engineering ; research, development and special problems ; 1934 ;
Budd Co. ; Budd Co. Instrument Div. ; Budd Co. Wheel and Brake Divs. ; Budd Co. Polychem Div. ; Tatnall Measuring Systems Co. (subsidiary) Search this
Notes content:
"Budd system of light-weight construction" ; stainless steel equipment for the (chemical, food, etc.) process industry ; "Budd Analysis of Changes in Transportation" ; stainless steel trains - 'Denver Zephyrs" ; bending and stroking fatigue machines ; wheels and brakes ; heavy duty plastics ; supplies essential products and services for automobile manufacturers, railroad, the agricultural industry, and military equipment for the U.S. Government.
Ceramic magnets ; flexible magnetic strips and sheets ; magnetic separators ; guide to magnetic conveying & handling ; magnetic filters for food, plastics, grain, candy, liquids ; 1974 magnetic conveyor & material handling systems catalog and price list...this comprises some of the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
17 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Newton, Kansas, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.) Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.) Search this