Automatic Control Research Notebooks
name: label: Collection Creator
content: United Shoe Machinery Corporation
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content: United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records
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content: United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records / Series 5: Research and Development Department Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938 - 1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0277, Subseries 5.14
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries consists of notebooks that relate to automatic control projects authorized by the Research Department. The notebooks are arranged numerically and the name of the employee maintaining the notebook is listed. Many of the notebooks are standard composition notebooks, but some, such as notebook 457, bear the United Shoe Machinery Corporation logo and provide company instructions for maintaining a research notebook.  Notebooks issued officially by USMC were designed to be keyed to the EX (experimental) and ND (new development) numbers assigned by the Research Department. The notebooks are paginated and in some instances witnessed and dated. They consist primarily of handwritten notes for formulas, testing data, drawings, schematics and photographs documenting work conducted by the Research Department.  In some instances there are loose notes, memoranda, and sketches folded inside the notebooks. Names of research staff and date(s) are included.