Gilman Manufacturing Company Photograph Album
name: label: Creator
content: Gilman Manufacturing Company. (Janesville, Wisconsin)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Janesville (Wis.)
label: Place
content: Wisconsin
topic: label: Topic
content: Factories
label: Topic
content: Drilling and boring
label: Topic
content: Forges
label: Topic
content: Forge shops
label: Topic
content: Manufacturing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gilman Manufacturing Company. (Janesville, Wisconsin)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gilman Manufacturing Company Photograph Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: An album of photographs of mining equipment manufactured by Gilman Manufacturing Company, Janesville, Wisconsin, including factory scenes and forges.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gilman Manufacturing Company was founded in 1936 by George Gilman.  The company moved to Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1946 and remained Gilman Engineering and Manufacturing Company until 1948 when it was purchased by Parker Pen Company.  It was later bought by Gisholt and then Giddings and Lewis.  The company is currently associated with Johann A. Krause Maschinenfabrik of Bremen, Germany.  Key products include custom, automated assembly equipment, manual stations, modular and lean cells, simultaneous engineering service, and both light and heavy duty transport systems.

Source:
http://www.usitoday.com/article_printview.asp?Articleid=732
(Last viewed September 25, 2008)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930s
custodhist: label: 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.1057
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1, Photograph Album, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kiley Orchard, intern, 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard- Simmons, archivist, 2008.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a photographic album, probably created in the 1930s, including images of pneumatic rock drills and related parts made by the Gilman Manufacturing Company.  Many of the photographs are captioned with the name of the tool or tool part, size, and part number.  Other photographs document Gilman automatic heat treating machines which hardened and tempered steel drill bits.  The album includes images of the Central Drill Steel Shop of the Commerce Mining and Royalty Company in Cardin, Oklahoma, where steel bits from fourteen mines were brought for heat treatment.  Photographs at the end of the album document operations in Gilman's manufacturing plant, including heat treating, milling and grinding machines, and lathes.  These machines were operated by a system of overhead belts.  A few loose photographs are housed in a folder.