Warner & Swasey Company Records
name: label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanisms
label: Engineer
content: Curtis, Myron S. , 1886-1966
topic: label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Lathes
label: Topic
content: Machine-tools
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Acquired from Myron S. Curtis prior to November 1975.
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content: Warner & Swasey Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the activities of Warner & Swasey Company, machine tool manufacturers.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Myron S. Curtis (1866-1966) was born in Holbrook, Massachusetts and graduated from Brown University with Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 1907. Curtis worked for Potter & Johnston Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Isalnd as a chief engineer, works manager and vice president and director.  Curtis joined the National Machine Tool Builders' Association and Ordnance Department in 1939 and Warner & Swasey in 1940.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1887-1963
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1566
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Catalogs
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Speeches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Speeches
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of records of the Warner & Swasey Company, machine tool manufacturers and includes machine tool catalogs for iron and brass works, circa 1887-1901; turret lathe tools, circa 1901-1926; and automatic lathes and milling machines, 1920, 1925 and 1944. Also included are the papers of Myron S. Curtis (1886-1966), vice president of engineering for Warner & Swasey, including personal data, a list of patented inventions, and talks on the machine tool industry and economics, circa 1945-1963.