General Motors Research Laboratory Collection
name: label: Manufacturer
content: General Motors Corporation
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
topic: label: Topic
content: Engineering -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Engines
label: Topic
content: Exhibits
label: Topic
content: New York World's Fair (1939-1940)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Acquired from Carmin A. Guerrera prior to 1976.
creator: label: Manufacturer
content: General Motors Corporation
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content: General Motors Research Laboratory Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents General Motors Corporation engineering exhibits and studies.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .50 Cubic feet (1 box, 6 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1938-1972
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1538
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is partially processed.
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection contains brochures, exhibit literature, photographs, plans, and reprints of the General Motors Corporation relating to engineering exhibits and studies. Included are Highway and Horizons Exhibit brochures and lecture; photocopy of a 1938 plan for New York World's Fair quartz window engine exhibit; photographs on combustion analysis, 1939; and plans concerning shot-peening and surface finishing, 1938-1939. 

Reprints in collection include thirteen by Gerald M. Rassweiler and Lloyd Withrow on engine studies; "Retrospect," by Rassweiler on infrared work at General Motors; and "Shot Blasting," and "Fatigue Weakness of Surfaces," by J.O. Alman of the GM Research Laboratories, 1943-1951.