Collection Records, 1888-1942

Summary

This accession consists of records that document the work of John Elfreth Watkins, Curator of the Section of Steam Transportation; George Colton Maynard, Assistant Curator, 1901-1912, Curator, 1912-1918; Carl Weaver Mitman, Aide, 1914-1915, Assistant Curator, 1915-1919, Curator, 1919-1938; Frank A. Taylor, Assistant Curator, 1928-1931, Curator, 1932-1948; and Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum; regarding the Stourbridge Lion train, the first steam locomotive to operate in the United States, and its remaining pieces that were collected for the museum. The majority of the correspondence is with the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company which brought the Stourbridge Lion from England to the United States. Some records date to when the division was known as the Section of Steam Transportation, the Section of Transportation and Engineering, the Section of Technological Collections, Division of Technology, and the Division of Mechanical Technology. There is a small amount of material from Assistant Secretary in Charge of the United States National Museum. Materials include correspondence, notes, transcriptions, and clippings.

Subject

• Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918
• Maynard, George Colton 1839-1918
• Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth) 1852-1903
• Mitman, Carl Weaver 1889-
• Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007
• Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
• United States National Museum Division of Mechanical Technology
• United States National Museum Division of Technology
• United States National Museum Section of Transportation and Engineering
• United States National Museum Section of Steam Transportation
• Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
• United States National Museum Section of Technological Collections

Notes

• Electronic List in accession file.
• Folder List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1888
• 1888-1942

Topic

• Acquisitions
• Steam locomotives
• Stourbridge Lion (Steam locomotive)
• Museums
• Museums--Acquisitions
• Museum curators
• Museums--Collection management

Place

United States

Form/Genre

• Transcripts
• Collection descriptions
• Clippings
• Manuscripts

Local number

SIA Acc. 23-186

Physical description

0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)

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