General Electric Numerical Control Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Thomas, Richard A.
label: Creator
content: General Electric Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Machine-tool industry
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content: Machinery industry
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content: Periodicals
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content: Numerical control
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Richard A. Thomas.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thomas, Richard A.
label: Creator
content: General Electric Company
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content: General Electric Numerical Control Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: General Electric was an early pioneer in the use of numerical control, and strongly influenced the machine tool industry.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952-2005
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2007 by Richard A. Thomas.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0937
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Audiovisual materials
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content: Manuals
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content: Advertising
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content: Articles
label: Type
content: Specifications
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 4 series. Series 1: Trade literature; Series 2: Instruction books, specifications and technical information; Series 3: Articles and printed materials on numerical control; and Series 4: Audiovisual materials.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection unprocessed.
label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiovisual materials
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Papers and audiovisual materials compiled by Richard A. Thomas, mostly printed materials, documenting the General Electric Company's role in the development of numerical control.