Guide to the Miller Printing Machinery Company Records 1920-1955

Repository
Heinz History Center
Title
Miller Printing Machinery Company Records
Creator
Miller Printing Machinery Company
Collection Number
MSS 926
Extent
1 linear feet (1 box)
Date
1920-1955
Abstract
The Miller Printing Machinery Company, which started operation in 1903, manufactured letterpresses, cutter and creaser machines, and lithographic printing machines. The Miller Printing Machinery Company Records contain booklets, brochures and operating manuals for the various machines the company manufactured. There are also photographs of the employees and the machines as well as advertisements.
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Author
The guide to this collection was written by Gloria Hendrickson.
Sponsor
This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher
Heinz History Center
Address
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

History

The Miller Printing Machinery Company started operation in 1903 in Allegheny City (today known as Pittsburgh's Northside neighborhood). It manufactured five different automatic cylinder letterpresses beginning in 1926, and also built cutter and creaser machines, lithographic printing machines, and the Miller Saw Trimmer. The company acquired the Printing Machinery Division of the Electric Boat Company in the 1950s. The company also offered Miller Pressmen's Training School at their Pittsburgh factory, which allowed pressmen from companies purchasing Miller machines to work on the machines before they were shipped to their new locations.

Scope and Content Notes

The Miller Printing Machinery Company Records contain booklets, advertisements, brochures and operating manuals for the various machines the company manufactured. The documents are mostly from the 1950s and pertain to the letterpresses and offset presses the company made, as well as photographs of the machines and the employees who built them. In addition, there are two photograph albums and a notebook from the company's president, R.B. Tullis.

Conditions Governing Access

None

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from William Steidle in 1996.

Archives accession # 1996.0368

Preferred Citation

Miller Printing Machinery Company Records, 1920-1955, MSS 926, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

Preliminary processing by Gloria Hendrickson on 03/01/13.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Miller Printing Machinery Company

    Geographic Names

    • North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

    Other Subjects

    • Printing industry--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

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