Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0977
Creators:
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Dates:
1881-1950
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
99.3 Cubic feet
123 boxes, XX map folders
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
These records of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contain photographs of gas engines, steam turbines, machine tools, foundry and manufacturing methods, and automobile engines, 1896-1921; instruction books, bulletins, and catalogs, 1889-1950; engine lists for compound, junior compound, and standard engines, 1881-1913; blueprints, specifications, shop orders, and correspondence; record books for Corliss engines, turbines, pumps, 1900-1910; and drawings of Otto gas engines, 1900-1906, and Westinghouse pumps and engines, 1883-1921.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is unarranged.
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records, 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.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Steam-engines Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Internal combustion engines Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Machine-tools Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Steam-turbines Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings -- 19th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Blueprints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence -- 1880-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pittsburgh (Pa.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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