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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1541
- Creators:
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Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
- Dates:
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1935-1947
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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.5 Cubic feet1 box
- Repository:
Records document the activities of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
Content Description
Content Description
Records document through photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and insurance claims, steam boiler failures, such as burned boilers, explosions, furnace collapses and ruptures. Also included are two
Accident Prevention Bulletins
for the Mutual Boiler Insurance Company of Boston, from February 1946 and November 1946.Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged numerically by accident report number.
Administration
Author
Alison Oswald
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection assembled by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company; donated prior to 1976.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records, 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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Accidents | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Boilers | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Correspondence -- 20th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Newspaper clippings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs -- 20th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Publications | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Reports | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Steam-boilers | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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