Guide to the George Westinghouse Museum Collection c.1864-2007
1864-2007
Metadata Details
- Title
- George Westinghouse Museum c. 1864-2007
- Creator
- Subject
- Westinghouse, George , 1846-1914, Tesla, Nikola , 1856-1943, Stanley, William, 1858-1916, Ruch, Charles, George Westinghouse Museum., Westinghouse Air Brake Company., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company., Westinghouse Electric Corporation., George Westinghouse Memorial Association., Westinghouse air-brake, Nuclear energy--Research--Pennsylvania, World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies--Pennsylvania, Electrical engineering--Pennsylvania, Electrical engineers--Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Patents, World's Fair (1939: New York, N.Y.), World's Fair (1964-1965: New York, N.Y.)
- Description
- The George Westinghouse Museum Collection contains the archival collection of the former George Westinghouse Museum in Wilmerding, Pa. The materials were used to create exhibit displays, supplement educational initiatives, provide research opportunities, and maintain the operations of the museum. The collection contains biographical materials about George Westinghouse and his family, contextual materials documenting WABCO and WEC, and administrative and operational museum materials. The collection includes correspondence, blueprints and drawings, publications, ledgers, parts catalogs, advertisement materials, patent documents, research and development materials, and audiovisual materials such as photographs, films, audio reels and phonograph records. A large portion of the collection (particularly the records in Series V and VI from WABCO and WEC, respectively) is comprised of assorted materials donated from retired Westinghouse employees and their families. Other materials were collected by the museum from a variety of Westinghouse divisions in Wilmerding and East Pittsburgh (including WEC's Research and Development Department and its Central Library Division). Particular strengths of the collection include biographical materials on George Westinghouse; assorted materials concerning engineers employed by Westinghouse (particularly William Stanley Jr.) and their patents; a collection of blueprints and drawings from WABCO's Construction and Maintenance Department in Wilmerding; and videotapes and film reels that highlight Westinghouse research and development. Also of note are materials pertaining to the Westinghouse Time Capsules at the New York World's Fairs in 1939 and 1964, which include administrative records, meeting minutes, news releases and photographs that cover the planning, production and burial ceremonies of both time capsules., George Westinghouse Museum, c. 1864-2007, MSS 920, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, George Westinghouse Museum Transfer 2009 and 2010 2009.0182 and 2010.0153, The George Westinghouse Museum opened in November, 1987 in the former general offices of Westinghouse's airbrake works in Wilmerding, Pa. The Museum documented the life and times of George Westinghouse Jr., and the companies he started, primarily the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), established in 1869 and 1886, respectively. Known as "The Castle," the museum was established by volunteers and former Westinghouse employees, and had no official affiliation with the airbrake or electric company. Its records, archival materials, and museum artifacts were acquired by the Heinz History Center in 2007., Transfer from the George Westinghouse Museum., Processed 920 A. Toner N. Hartley L. Geibel K. Madison, Ralph E. Kruck Drawings, c.1927-1935, MSS 530, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Turtle Creek Valley Oral History Project Records and Sound Recordings, 1904-1996, MSS 525, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, William E. Young Papers, 1947-1974, MSS 1127, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Westinghouse Electric Corporation Records, 1865-2000 (bulk dates c1945-c1985), MSS 424, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Westinghouse Electric Corporation Photographs, 1886-1996 (bulk dates c1920-c1985), MSP 424, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, George and Marguerite Westinghouse Records, 1898-1914, MSS 432, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, George and Marguerite Westinghouse Photographs, 1898-1914, MSP 432, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Edward Reis Papers and Photographs, 1886-1953, 2008.0179 (and additional accessions), Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Edward Reis Oral History, 2015, 2015.0124, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Inventory available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- George Westinghouse Museum, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1864-2007
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- pitt:US-QQS-mss920
- Source
- 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-mss920, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Wilmerding (Pa.), Turtle Creek (Pa.), East Pittsburgh (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/