Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the General Machinery Corporation Records

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1115
Creators:
General Machinery Corporation
Niles-Bement-Pond Co.
Dates:
ca. 1899-1969.
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
24 Cubic feet
Repository:
Scope and Contents
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
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
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..
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
The negatives were donated to the Division of Work and Industry, in several gifts in 1991 and 1992, by the Ohio Historical Society.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Using the Collection
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
Restrictions on 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.
Preferred Citation
General Machinery Corporation Records, ca. 1899-1969, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hamilton (Ohio) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ohio -- Manufacturing Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manufacturing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Machinery industry Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Machine-tool industry Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bement Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Niles Tool Works Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Long and Allstatter Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ohio Historical Society Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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