Baxter D. Whitney Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Whitney, Baxter D.
label: Donor
content: Winchendon Historical Society, Inc.
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: Woodworking machinery -- 1830-1960
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by the Winchendon Historical Society, Incorporated, April 1986.
creator: label: Collector
content: Whitney, Baxter D.
label: Donor
content: Winchendon Historical Society, Inc.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Baxter D. Whitney Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Baxter D. Whitney began building a planing machine in Winchendon, Massachusetts in 1837. He continued to head the company which he founded to manufacture woodworking machines until 1900, when he relinquished the position to his son W. M. Whitney, who served as president of Baxter D. Whitney, Inc. until his death in 1953. Control of the firm then passed to a group of senior managers of the company and manufacturing operations were transferred to the Newman Machine Co. in Greensboro, N.C., while a sales organization was maintained under the Whitney name in Winchendon.

The Whitney family, through marriage, was related to the Murdock family. While the Whitneys produced woodworking machines, Murdok's company manufactured woodenware products for a century. Eventually, the Whitneyss managed E. Murdock and Co. for over twenty years. Please refer to collection number 268 for further information.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 vertical boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870-1957.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Engineering and Industry (now Division of Work and Industry), June 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0267
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Engravings
label: Type
content: Photographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Author unknown.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Engravings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes many photographs and engravings of various types of Whitney wood working machines.  These are mounted on stiff backings and include advertising and promotional materials for reproduction in trade journals and other publications.  A historical summary, "The Baxter D. Whitney Story", is reprinted from the January 1957 issue of the Wood Worker and presents much information on the company's long record.