M. Francis Misklea Carousel Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Spillman Engineering Corporation
label: Creator
content: Misklea, M. Francis
label: Creator
content: Allan Herschell Co.
label: Creator
content: Hershell-Spillman Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
topic: label: Topic
content: Merry-go-round art
label: Topic
content: Amusement rides
label: Topic
content: Amusement ride equipment industry
label: Topic
content: Merry-go-round
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Francis Misklea in 1974.
creator: label: Creator
content: Spillman Engineering Corporation
label: Creator
content: Misklea, M. Francis
label: Creator
content: Allan Herschell Co.
label: Creator
content: Hershell-Spillman Company
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content: M. Francis Misklea Carousel Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Employee of the Allan Herschell Company, which manufactured amusement park rides.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879-1956
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Cultural History (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) in 1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0665
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Design drawings
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Stereographs
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Design drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Miscellaneous documents, catalogs, scrapbooks, photographs and printed material relating to the carousels and other amusement park rides of the Allan Herschell Company (which earlier in its existence was called the Herschell-Spillman Company and the Spillman Engineerng Corporation).