Pelton Water Wheel Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Pelton Water Wheel Company
label: Creator
content: Brayton, A.P.
label: Names
content: Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
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
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Turbines
label: Topic
content: Pumps
label: Topic
content: Hydraulic engineering
label: Topic
content: Water-wheels
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection' specific provenance is unknown, but it may have been donated to the Museum's Division of Work and Industry (formerly the Division of Engineering and Industry) by a successor firm of Pelton.  The Division transferred the collection to the Archives Center in 2007.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pelton Water Wheel Company
label: Creator
content: Brayton, A.P.
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content: Pelton Water Wheel Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lester A. Pelton invented a new type of water wheel, which he patented in 1880. A.P. Brayton bought his business, but the name Pelton became a generic term for this type of wheel. The successor firm was Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1975
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Engineering and Industry (now Division of Work and Industry) to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1093
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Cyanotypes
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Catalogs
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Glass negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Background Materials, undated

Series 2: Glass Negatives, 1906-1908

Series 3: Correspondence, 1880-1975

Series 4: Trade Literature, 1956

Series 5: Photographs, 1880-1939

Series 6: Miscellaneous, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kendra Ciccone (intern) April, 2010; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist; revised by Alexandra Henry, intern, 2017.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Cyanotypes
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records
label: Genre/Form
content: Glass negatives
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory available; contact the Archives Center for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relating to the Pelton Water Wheel Company of San Francisco, California. Materials include  correspondence; business records; photographs, including cyanotypes; negatives, images of turbines; advertisements; journals; blueprints; articles; and trade literature, including catalogs.