Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1537
- Creators:
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Fisher, Ernest Faraday, 1886-1974
- Dates:
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1916-1974, undated
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Collection documents Fisher's work with heating, cooling, ventilating, and dust control systems.
Content Description
Content Description
Collection consists of articles, correspondence, advertisements, patents, photographs, employment records, pamphlets, blueprints, notes and drawings that relate to Fisher's work on cooling and refrigeration.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into three series:
Series 1, Correspondence, 1916-1974
Series 2, Business Records, 1933-1950, undated
Series 3, Photographs, undated
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ernest Faraday Fisher (January 25, 1886 - September 13, 1974) was born to George N. Fisher and Anna Barbara Claus in Leavenworth County, Kansas. He graduated from Leavenworth High School at the age of sixteen. After graduating from high school, he worked for a year in his father's foundry. Fisher attended the University of Kansas for one year, then moved to Pittsburgh in 1905 to work for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. During this time, he attended Carnegie Tech, graduating in 1909. Fisher married Harriet M. Smith-Adair on June 20, 1917, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The couple had two sons Ernest F. Jr. (1919-) and James A. (1920-). Fisher continued to work for Westinghouse off and on until 1920. He was also employed by Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation (1910s), Whiting Corporation (1940s), Wright Aeronautical Corporation (1940s), Faraday Engineering Company (1950s), and the York Corporation(1950s). During his career Fisher acquired patents for heating, cooling, ventilating, and dust control systems. Several of these were sent to large manufacturing companies. Fisher died in 1974 at the age of eighty-eight.
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown. Presumed to have been donated in 1970.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Ernest F. Fisher Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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.
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Keywords
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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