History and Heritage Committee
name: label: Collection Creator
content: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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content: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1522, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series documents the activties of the History and Heritage Committee which was founded to educate the general public and engineer about America's rich technological heritage. Two major programs are carried out by the Committee, a listing of industrial operations and related mechanical engineering artifacts in local Historic Engineering Records and a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Program.  Materials include correspondence, annual repots, annual meeting minutes and agendas, and nominations for the Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks Program.