Matthew Mawhinney Industrial Furnace Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Mawhinney, Matthew (engineer)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
label: Names
content: Salem Engineering Co.
place: label: Place
content: Ohio
label: Place
content: Salem (Ohio)
topic: label: Topic
content: Furnaces
label: Topic
content: Engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mrs. Matthew H. Mawhinney, 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mawhinney, Matthew (engineer)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Matthew Mawhinney Industrial Furnace Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Matthew Mawhinney, an engineer specializing in industrial furnace design and operation, collected this material during his career with Salem Engineering Co. and later as a consulting engineer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Matthew Mawhinney, a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology and an engineer specializing in industrial furnace design and operation, collected this material during his career with Salem Engineering Co. (Salem, Ohio) and later as a consulting engineer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1978
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Engineering and Industries (now Division of Work and Industry) on August 7, 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0224
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: Correspondence 

Series 2: Photographs

Series 3: Publications
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, October 1986
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes several engineering textbooks authored by Mr. Mawhinney and others. Also included is correspondence of Mr. Mawhinney with professional engineering groups relating to articles in professional journals and presentations to meetings of professional societies. This collection also includes correspondence with numerous industrial corporations and many photographs of furnaces and other industrial equipment.