McIntosh, Seymour and Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: McIntosh, Seymour and Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
place: label: Place
content: Auburn (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Diesel engines
label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
label: Topic
content: Engine design
label: Topic
content: Manufacturing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Originally collected for the division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry). Exact date and source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: McIntosh, Seymour and Company
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content: McIntosh, Seymour and Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records document the design, manufacture, and operation of steam and diesel engines by McIntosh, Seymour and Company of Auburn, New York.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Frank M. Smith, Jr. of American Industrial Sales Company donated a book in 1977 and Carson McCall donated photographs and one audio cassette in 1988-1989.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John E. McIntosh (1858-1916) and James A. Seymour invented the centrifugal governor (US 346,302) in 1886 made possible the beginning of McIntosh and Seymour Company which was founded in 1886 in Auburn, New York.  The centrifugal governor is a specific type that controls the speed of an engine, regulating the amount of fuel and maintaining a constant speed. The company manufactured and sold large steam engines for stationary generators and marine use. By 1910, the company introduced diesel engines for railroads.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 93.6 Cubic feet (174 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1886-1939
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0985
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into ten series. 

Series 1: Background Materials, 1889-1980

Series 2: Letter Books, 1895-1901

Series 3: Sketches, 1900-1941

Series 4: Shop Books, 1897-1924

Series 5: Calculation Books and Sheets, 1903-1915

Series 6: Drawings, 1899-1922

Series 7: Instructions, 1899-1941

Series 8: Technical Data, 1901-1923

Series 9: Photographs, 1915
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by John Smith; supervised by Jane Jones, archivist, January 2004.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These records relate to the design, manufacture, and operation of diesel engines by McIntosh, Seymour and Company of Auburn, New York. Included are letter books, instruction manuals; price and data sheets; notebooks; design notes, blueprints and drawings; calculations and specifications, sketches; and photographs.