T.B. Cryer Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: T.B. Cryer 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: Montclair (N.J.)
label: Place
content: Newark (N.J.)
label: Place
content: Orange (N.J.)
label: Place
content: West Orange (N.J.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Heating and ventilating
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Plumbing
label: Topic
content: Public buildings
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the National Museum of History and Technology (now called the National Museum of American History) by Clifford T.I. Cryer in 1962.
creator: label: Creator
content: T.B. Cryer Company
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content: T.B. Cryer Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents select plumbing and heating projects undertaken by the T.B. Cryer Company in New Jersey.
bioghist: label: Biographical
content: Thomas Blackburn Cryer (1864-1935) was born in London, Ontario, Canada and came to the United States in 1909 and formed a heating, ventilating and contracting and engineering firm, T.B. Cryer Company, in Newark, New Jersey.  

Sources

New York Times, "Thomas B. Cryer," March 29, 1935.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 17 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1950
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1085
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Specifications
label: Type
content: Tracings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: List of Drawings (by Project Number), 1962, undated

Series 2: Projects, 1892-1950
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
label: Genre/Form
content: Tracings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These records contain plans and specifications for plumbing and heating systems installed in residences, schools, and public buildings in Newark, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, Montclair, and other locations in New Jersey. The drawings consist of blueprints, pencil tracings, linen and typescript contracts and specifications, and correspondence related to the projects.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials at Smithsonian Libraries

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection holds a proposal from T.B. Cryer Company (1922) related to oil burners by Schuette & Koerting Company.