Nicholai H. Hiller Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Carbondale Machine Company.
label: Creator
content: Hendricks Manufacturing Company.
label: Creator
content: Hiller, Nicholai H., 1868-1963
label: Creator
content: Hiller, Paul W.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
topic: label: Topic
content: Machinery
label: Topic
content: Machinery industry
label: Topic
content: Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Paul W. Hiller
creator: label: Creator
content: Carbondale Machine Company.
label: Creator
content: Hendricks Manufacturing Company.
label: Creator
content: Hiller, Nicholai H., 1868-1963
label: Creator
content: Hiller, Paul W.
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content: Nicholai H. Hiller Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nicholai Henry Hiller (1868-1963) was born in Siberia on July 15, 1868. Hiller graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1889 as a mechanical engineer who specialized in refrigeration.  Hiller founded the Carbondale Machine Company, based in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, which was one of the first companies to manufacture refrigeration machinery. Carbondale was sold to the Worthington Corporation in 1934.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (9 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1937
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred to the Archives Center by the DIvision of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1105
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Lecture notes
label: Type
content: Design drawings
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Letterpress copybooks
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Minutes
label: Type
content: Technical drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into seven series. 

Series 1: Nicholai H. Hiller, 1891-1937

Series 2: Paul W. Hiller, 1921-1932

Series 3: Carbondale Machine Company, 1904-1937

Series 4: Hendrick Manufacturing Company, 1890-1902

Series 5: VitterManufacturing Company, 1927-1928

Series 6: Worthington-Carbonadale (subsidiary of Worthing Pump and Machinery Corpoartion), undated

Series 7: York Manufacturing Company, 1908
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2016.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1880-1910
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Lecture notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Design drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterpress copybooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Minutes
label: Genre/Form
content: Technical drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents Nicholai H. Hiller's career as a mechanical engineer for Carbondale Machine Company and Hendricks Manufctauring Company. 

The materials include patents, lecture notes, design drawings, instruction manuals, trade literature, notebooks and card files on various refrigeration subjects. Additionally, there are eleven bound volumes of records, two of which are the minute books of the Carbondale Machine Company of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. They contain the minutes from the meetings of the Directors and Board of Trustees. 

The other volumes are letterpress books of Hiller's personal and business correspondence. Most are from his time with the Carbondale Machine Company, though some are from his employment with Hendricks Manufacturing Company.

Also included are materials related to Hiller's son, Paul W. Hiller and his work on fish boat refrigeration.