Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to American Scale and Service Company Records

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0010
Creators:
American Scale and Service Company
Dates:
1912-1956
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.66 Cubic feet
2 boxes
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
These records of this company, located in Kansas City, Missouri, include invoices; bills of material (quantity surveys); sales records with model name, number, date, customer; and promotional literature and specifications.

Arrangement

Arrangement
1 series: 6 notebooks.

Administration

Author
Robert Harding
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Physical Sciences ( now the Division of Medicine and Science), April 5, 1983.
Processing Information
Processed by Robert Harding, Anne Seeger, March 1982; revised by Robert Harding, January 1995; revised by Joe Hursey, 2014
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
American Scale and Service Company Records, 1912-1956, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Conditions Governing Use
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.

More Information

Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
Inventory available; contact the Archives Center for more information.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Sales records -- 1910-1960 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scalemakers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scales (Weighing instruments) -- 1910-1960 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scientific apparatus and instruments Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Specifications Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Invoices -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kansas City (Mo.) -- 1910-1960 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manufacturing -- 1910-1960 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Quantity surveys -- 1910-1960 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Records -- 1910-1960 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Physical Sciences Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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