Skinner Engine Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Skinner Engine Company
label: Names
content: Chuse Engine Company
label: Names
content: Four Valve
label: Names
content: Harrisburg
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: Nordberg Manufacturing Company
label: Names
content: Ridgway
topic: label: Topic
content: Diesel engines
label: Topic
content: Steam-turbines
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content: Boilers
label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
label: Topic
content: Unaflow engines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The first portion of this collection was donated by Skinner Engine Company to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, National Museum of HIstory and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) in 1963. Skinner donated additional materials in 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Skinner Engine Company
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content: Skinner Engine Company Records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Cubic feet (106 boxes, 3 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1960
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Museum's Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1087
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Tracings
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content: Blueprints
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content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged by type of material.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Tracings
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Records of the Skinner Engine Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of Universal Unaflow engines, include correspondence and orders, 1905-1939, 1948-1951; drawings, blueprints, tracings, photographs, and files on Corliss engines, diesels, steam turbines, variable steam controls, and Kingsford and Stumpf stationary and marine unaflow engines, 1890-1941, 1944, 1948-1951; instruction and lubrication manuals, catalogs, sales literature, and other publications issued by the company, 1880-1960; tractor boiler patents, 1904; Stumpf patents, 1911; contracts, 1912-1917, 1934, 1941; and calculations, 1938. Also includes articles, advertisements, blueprints, bulletins, catalogs, correspondence, and photographs relating to other engine builders, including Chuse Engine Company, Harrisburg, Nordberg, Four Valve, and Ridgway, 1911-1938.