AMF Automatic Pinspotter Records
name: label: Creator
content: American Machine & Foundry Company. (Buffalo, New York)
label: Creator
content: Martin, Frank J.
label: Creator
content: Woodruff, Raymond R.
topic: label: Topic
content: Bowling
label: Topic
content: Bowling alleys
label: Topic
content: Bowling alleys -- Equipment and supplies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated Frank J. Martin in 2002 and Raymond R. Woodruff in 2005.
creator: label: Creator
content: American Machine & Foundry Company. (Buffalo, New York)
label: Creator
content: Martin, Frank J.
label: Creator
content: Woodruff, Raymond R.
setName: label: See more items in
content: AMF Automatic Pinspotter Records
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Additional materials were donated in 2005 by Raymond R. Woodruff and in 2010 by Frank J. Martin.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: At the time of the publication of this manual, AMF was just starting large-scale production of automatic pinspotters, which eliminated the need for manual resetting of pins and increased the popularity of ten-pin bowling.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0823
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Manuals
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged topically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2011.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Books -- 1950-1960
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A service manual in two volumes, on the maintenance and repair of automatic pinspotters for bowling alleys; two photographs; photocopies of the company newsletter The AMF Pinspotter, and newspaper clippings and  articles on the introduction of the automatic pinspotter to bowling alleys; and other items including a letter and resume relating to the retirement of Raymond Woodruff, who developed the pinspotter for AMF.