Peter Paul Haring Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Haring, Peter Paul, -1935
label: Names
content: Haring Cotton Machine Company.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanisms
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Donor
content: Haring, Grace
topic: label: Topic
content: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Cotton picking
label: Topic
content: Cotton picking machinery
label: Topic
content: Inventors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Grace Haring in 1973.
creator: label: Creator
content: Haring, Peter Paul, -1935
setName: label: See more items in
content: Peter Paul Haring Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers relating to Haring's development of cotton picking machines, 1894-1930.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Peter Paul Haring (-1935) was an inventor, based in Texas, who created, improved, and patented several cotton picking machines between 1897-1935. He was head of Haring Cotton Machine Company.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1977
custodhist: label: Immediate Source of Acquisiton
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from 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.1014
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Financial records
label: Type
content: Legal records
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series. 

Series 1: Haring Cotton Machine Company, 1897-1935

Series 2: Patents, 1897-1930

Series 3: Publications, 1929-1932
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed Alison Oswald, archivist, 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Articles
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Financial records
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal records
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Papers relating to Haring's development of cotton picking machines, and to the cotton industry overall: correspondence, photographs, patents, legal records, financial records, articles and printed material, and trade literature.