Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Winton-Anderson Scrapbook Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0122
Creators:
Kitteredge, Blanche Anderson
Dates:
1890s-1920s
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.6 Cubic feet
1 box
Repository:
Photograph album and scrapbooks compiled by Blanch Anderson Kitteredge on Winton Company employees and actvities, as well the Winton and Anderson families of Cleveland, Ohio.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photograph album and two scrapbooks compiled by Blanch Anderson Kitteredge, wife of Harold B. Anderson, and Lewis Harris Kitteredge. The photographs depict Alexander Winton; employees of the Winton Co. and their families; the Winton touring car; the Winton Bullet No. 2 (including being shipped in 1903 to Ireland for fourth Gordon Bennett Race, views of the car in Ireland, and during the race); other racing cars; family travels; steam yachts; homes; friends and relatives; and leisure activities. The scrapbooks contain programs, ribbons, news clippings, and other ephemera related to leisure activities and life of the Winton and Anderson families in Cleveland from the 1890s to the 1920s.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Alexander Winton was a builder and driver of early racing cars. His third racing car, called the "Bullet No. 2", was one of the first automobiles to use an 8-cylinder, in-line engine. Winton and Harold B. Anderson, chief engineer of Winton Motor Carriage Company, built this automobile for the fourth Gordon Bennett road race, held in Ireland in 1903. The car was forced out of the race due to mechanical problems. A good account of the automobile, which is in the Smithsonian's transportation collections, can be seen in Donald H. Berkebile and Smith Hempstone Oliver's book, The Smithsonian Collection of Automobiles and Motorcycles, City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968.

Administration

Author
Robert S. Harding
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Gretchen Nyland, 1984, October 12, 1984 November 6.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1984.
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation (now the Division of Work and Industry), October 1, 1984.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Winton-Anderson Scrapbook Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. The leather photograph album is in poor and fragile condition. The leather is deteriorated and some of the black paper pages are loose.
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
Photographs -- 1890-1900 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- 1900-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ireland -- 1900-1910 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cleveland (Ohio) -- 1890-1930 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scrapbooks -- 1890-1930 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gordon Bennett Race Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Automobile engineers -- 1890-1930 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Automobile racing drivers -- 1890-1930 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bullet No. 2 (automobile) Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Automobiles, Racing -- 1900-1910 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Leisure -- 1890-1930 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yachts and yachting -- 1890-1930 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Travel -- 1890-1930 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Family -- 1890-1930 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Winton, Alexander Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Winton Motor Carriage Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nyland, Gretchen Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kitteredge, Lewis Harris Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anderson, Harold B. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gordon Bennett Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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