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Guide to the Records of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh, PA) 1865-2000(bulk 1920-1985)
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Metadata Details
- Title
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation Records 1865-2000 1945-1985
- Subject
- Westinghouse, George, 1864-1914, Westinghouse Electric Corporation., Electric circuits--Alternating current, Electric household appliance industry, Electric machinery--Alternating current, Engineering--Research, Radio broadcasting, Radio--Apparatus and supplies, World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies, Nuclear energy--Research, Electric machinery industry--History
- Description
- The Westinghouse Electric Corporation Records have been arranged in 15 series. The majority of the records relate to the Corporation's activities and products in the Western Pennsylvania region. The largest series are Administrative, Products, Publications, and Research and Development Center. Although the records cover the dates 1865-2000, the bulk of the material dates from c1945-c1985., Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission through the Archives and Records Management program., The Westinghouse Electric Company was started in 1886 in Pittsburgh, P.A. The name was changed to Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in 1889 and to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1946. The Company was founded to build commercial and industrial electrical equipment for the generation, transmission, and application of electricity. Their early equipment included the first transformer in the U.S., generating stations, meters, motors, and transmission lines. The Company expanded to include household appliances, radio and television broadcasting, nuclear power generation, national defense contracts, and transportation equipment. In 1997 its name was changed to CBS and its headquarters were moved to New York., These records were taken from the Westinghouse headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and the Research and Development Center in Churchill, PA. Other materials were collected by Charles Ruch, volunteer corporate historian., Inventory available MSS #424 6/9/2006 Cassandra Pyle, Inventory available.
- Contributor
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1865-2000
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 100.5 linear feet
- Identifier
- pitt:US-QQS-mss424
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS424
- Coverage
- Turtle Creek Valley (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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