Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works Records
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Kingsford Foundry and Machine Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
topic: label: Topic
content: Airbrush art
label: Topic
content: Boilers
label: Topic
content: Electric generators
label: Topic
content: Governors (Machinery)
label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Industrial Precision Products, through William J. Gallagher, plant manager, 1972.
creator: label: Manufacturer
content: Kingsford Foundry and Machine Company
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content: Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the activities of the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Company.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.1 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 14 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1955
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1545
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Specifications
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged into five series.

Series 1: Catalogs and Cost Materials, undated, 1907-1926			

Series 2: Photographs (Air Brushed), 1920s	

Series 3: Patents Patents, 1895-1919

Series 4: Unfalow Engine Materials, 1919-1925	

Series 5: Drawings, 1898-1955
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Records chiefly concern the work of the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Company, Stumpf Unaflow steam engines, Kingsford steam boilers, stationary and marine crossheads, flywheels, and steam turbines. Included are catalogs, sales information, drawings, patents, sketches, air brush drawings, mounted photographs of Kingsford-Webster boilers, blueprints, designs, and specifications.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

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