James A. Millholland Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Millholland, James A., Jr. , 1824-1893
label: Names
content: George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad (Cumberland, Md.)
label: Names
content: Millholland, James A., Sr., 1812-1875
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 1860-1900
label: Topic
content: Railroad mechanisms -- 1866-1899
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Millholland, James A., Jr. , 1824-1893
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content: James A. Millholland Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection of materials relating to and created by James A. Millholland, inventor and railway master mechanic.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James A. Millholland (1842-1911) was as a railroad executive, serving as General Manager and later President of the George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland.

James A. Millholland's father, James Millholland (1812‑1875), railway master mechanic, is particularly well known for his invention of many railway mechanisms.  His association with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company as master machinist spanned fifty years in the early development of the American railroad.  The senior Millholland's inventions and contributions include the cast-iron crank axle, wooden spring, plate girder bridge, poppet throttle, anthracite firebox, water grate, drop frame, and steel tires.  He was also an early user and advocate of the superheater, the feedwater heater, and the injector.  Several of his innovations were adopted as standard practice by the railroad industry.  For further information see: (White, John H. "James Millholland and Early Railroad Engineering".  Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology 252 (1968): 3‑36.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866-1899
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation (now the Division of Work and Industry) on July 3, 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0163
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Clippings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Biographical, 1866-1886

Series 2: Correspondence, 1867-1899

Series 3: Photographs, 1865-1869

Series 4, Drawings, 1875-1905

Series 5: News Clippings, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, July 1985
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is divided into five series.  The first series consists of biographical material, including notebooks 1866; 1873; 1882; 1886; correspondence, 1867‑1899, both from and to James A. Millholland regarding a trip to England and purchase and shipment of railroad rails; the photographic series contains portraits of both Millhollands and car interiors, and locomotive shops stereocards of locomotives; blueprints, drawings and templates of rail head sections, wheel flanges, and locomotive tires, 1884‑1905; and newsclippings regarding James Millholland's patents and locomotive engines.