Hiram Moore Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
label: Creator
content: Moore, Hiram, 1801-1875
label: Names
content: Hascall, John
topic: label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Agricultural machinery
label: Topic
content: Harvesting machinery
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
label: Creator
content: Moore, Hiram, 1801-1875
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hiram Moore Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Hiram Moore's invention of a harvesting machine.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1834, Hiram Moore built and put into practical use the first successful grain combined harvester named Thresher which was patented in June 28, 1836 (US Patent: 9,793X).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1835-1932
label: Date
content: bulk 1835-1850
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Found in the collection of the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History.  Transferred to the Archives Center in 2017.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1429
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Promissory notes
label: Type
content: Receipts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1920-1930
label: Genre/Form
content: Promissory notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Receipts -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection consists mostly of letters, but also includes legal documents, promissory notes, receipts, and other documents, relating to a harvesting machine invented by Moore, at the suggestion of his neighbor, lawyer John Hascall.  There are some later letters regarding the disposition of Moore's letters, and clippings regarding a monument erected to Moore in Michigan and his invention.