Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Johnson, Victor S., Sr., 1882-1943
- Johnson, Victor, Jr., 1906-
- Aladdin Industries, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
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- Aladdin Industries, Inc. Records
- Date
- 1910-1976
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0844, Series 5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Aladdin Industries, Inc. Records, 1889-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Research and Development Records are divided into four subseries: notebooks, meeting minutes, drawings for thermoses, and new product suggestions. The notebooks, 1927-1937, contain detailed notes, drawings, diagrams, tests, formulas, and calculations for a variety of research projects. The notebook from 1930-1931, deals with research on insulating substances; the Crossley notebook, 1935-1937, documents auto receivers and antennas. The notebooks appear to have been used in a laboratory setting and are dated. The meeting minutes, 1966-1969, are interoffice memos notifying members of the Research and Development Department of meetings and agenda items. The drawings of thermoses, 1939-1951, are approximately 11" x 17" or smaller and depict the small and wide mouth plastic insulated bottle. There is a drawing for a plastic insulated flask, and one for an electrical adapter for a kerosene lamp. Some drawings are in color and are annotated. The new product suggestion files, 1950-1959, consist of correspondence from individuals offering new inventions or improvements for Aladdin products. Some of the correspondence contains drawings and full disclosure statements for the invention. Suggestions for vacuum bottles (#150001-#850045) include photographs. Responses from Aladdin are attached and stamped with a number from #01001 to #910010. The correspondence was given to the Sales and Production group to evaluate for manufacture and distribution worthiness.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but the oversize map folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510448300-1503510448398-7
