L. R. Batchelor Rock Drill Drawings
name: label: Artist
content: Batchelor, Lawrence Robe, 1887-1961
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Rock-drills
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection loaned to the United States National Museum by Compressed Air Magazine, through R.J. Nemmers, Editor in 1962. Materials accessioned in 1978. See museum accession 1978.0480.
creator: label: Artist
content: Batchelor, Lawrence Robe, 1887-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: L. R. Batchelor Rock Drill Drawings
bioghist: label: Biographical
content: Lawrence Robe Batchelor was born on August 11, 1887, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, to Marie Adeline Marcoux (1852-1914) and Alexander Batchelor (1843-1917). Batchelor had four sisters, Alice Agnes (1888-1969); Millia (b. 1890); Amelia (1891-1967); and Mary Victoria (1893-1949); and three brothers, Alexander Thomas (1885-1947); Albert W. (1886–1955); and Walter John (1893-1918). Batchelor served in the military from 1914 to 1918. He married Rosa Céline Saison in Ames, Pas-de-Calais, France, on April 27, 1918. He and his wife had two children, Lorne Colborne Saison (b. 1920) and Bernice (b. 1925). 

Batchelor was a Canadian artist and illustrator who did commercial work for various Canadian and government agencies.  

Sources

1931 Census of Canada, Quebec, Jacques-Cartier, 0030-Pointe Claire (Town)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .75 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Work & Industry to the Archives Center in November 2024.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1627
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged numerically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processsed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection of graphite, charcoal, and white paint on cardboard drawings by L. R. Batchelor depicting the history of rock drilling.