James W. Queen & Company Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Leeds and Northrup Company
label: Creator
content: Gray Instrument Company
label: Creator
content: Queen, James W., & Company
label: Creator
content: Queen-Gray Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Scientific apparatus and instruments industry
label: Topic
content: Scientific apparatus and instruments
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Leeds and Northrup Company
label: Creator
content: Gray Instrument Company
label: Creator
content: Queen, James W., & Company
label: Creator
content: Queen-Gray Company
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content: James W. Queen & Company Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents James W. Queen & Company and its successors Leeds and Northrup Company, Queen-Gray Company, and Gray Instrument Company, manufacturers of instruments for laboratory and industrial use.  The collection contains catalogs, circulars, photographs, and miscellaneous publications and documents.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James W. Queen & Company of Philadelphia  manufactured scientific instruments for laboratory and industrial use.  The company was founded in 1853 by James W. Queen (1811-1890), and J.G. Gray became the president in the 1890s.  The company won several awards, including the Franklin Institute's John Scott Medal for the invention of the self-regulating aspect of their x-ray tubes.  In 1912 James W. Queen & Company was reorganized into the Queen-Gray Company.   After J.G. Gray's death in 1825, it became the Gray Instrument Company.

Sources

Charles E. Smart, The Makers Of Surveying Instruments In America Since 1700, (Troy, New York: Regal Art Press, 1962)  (accessed 6 August 2010). 

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, "Queen," Physical Sciences Collection- Surveying and Geodesy(accessed 6 August 2010).
function: label: Function
content: Scientific instruments manufacturing
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1850-1952
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was transferred from the Division of Electricity (now the Division of Work and Industry) National Museum of American History on April 13, 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0015
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1, Catalogs and Circulars, 1896-1952

Series 2, Photographs, circa 1907

Series 3, Miscellaneous Materials, 1850-1951
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Robert S. Harding, archivist, November, 1981.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Books
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains catalogs, circulars, blueprints, and photographs describing equipment and supplies offered for sale by James W. Queen & Company and its successors, including the Leeds and Northrop Company, the Queen Gray Company, and the Gray Instrument Company.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

AC0215, Instrument Society of America Collection, 1911-1969