Elihu Thomson Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937 ((electrical engineer) )
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
label: Names
content: Thomson Electric Welding Company
label: Names
content: Thomson Spot Welder Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Electric welding
label: Topic
content: welding
label: Topic
content: Electrical manufacturing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Collector
content: Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937 ((electrical engineer) )
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), scientist, inventor, and electrical manufacturer, did important work in arc lighting, electric welding, and electrical manufacturing.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1932.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now Division of Work and Industry), March 30, 1984.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0103
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Notes
label: Type
content: Patents
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1985
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material documenting the activities of the Thomson Electric Welding Company and the Thomson Spot Welder Company. Includes copies of patents issued to Thomson or his employees, bulletins on electric resistance welding published by the companies, photographs of electric welding equipment, sales literature, historical notes on Elihu Thomson, and a ledger containing a record of the Factory Committee, presumably for one of Thomson's plants, 1911-1913.