Biographical
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gerber, H. Joseph, 1924-1996
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content: Heinz Joseph Gerber Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924 - 1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1336, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 1: Biographical, 1924-1997, contains personal records, letters of recommendation, educational documents, biographical sketches, obituaries, lists of patents, and photographs of Gerber and his family. The personal records contain Gerber's certificate of naturalization, birth certificate, membership cards, and family financial documents. Letters of recommendation were written on Gerber's behalf by employers before Gerber founded the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company in 1948. The majority of the educational documents are from Gerber's four years as an engineering student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (R.P.I). Hamilton Standard records consist of engineering work and drawning made by Gerber while he was an employee at the aircraft propellor manufacturing company in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Biographical sketches and obituaries describe Gerber's life and his impact on engineering, technology, and American industry. The photographs are primarily publicity shots from Gerber's position as president of Gerber Scientific, Incorporated, though there are some family photographs in this series as well. Materials are arranged chronologically within folders.