Industrial Archaeology Collection
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of History and Technology
label: Names
content: Vogel, Robert M.
topic: label: Topic
content: Industrial archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection assembled by Robert Vogel, curator, National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the implementation of, and scholarship associated with, the founding of the discipline of Industrial Archeology (IA) in the United States.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45.5 Cubic feet (78 boxes, map folders, and loose materials)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1990s
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.1518
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Reports
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection documents the implementation of, and scholarship associated with, the founding of the discipline of Industrial Archeology (IA) in the United States. National Museum of History and Technology curator Robert Vogel is generally credited with the founding and study of IA in the United States. The collection documents important industrial sites through drawings, photographs, research reports, correspondence, notes and other information.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

For related material on Industrial Archeology, see the following collections: 


Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143


Society for the History of Technology Records (SHOT), NMAH.AC.0400


Society for Industrial Archaeology Records, NMAH.AC.0688


Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles, NMAH.AC.1546


William F. Rapp Photographs, NMAH.AC.1559


Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577

Smithsonian Institution Archives

C. Malcolm Watkins Papers, Record Unit 7322