RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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General Machinery Corporation Collection (1976.01)

Steamship Historical Society of America

Steamship Historical Society of America
2500 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
Tel: 401-463-3570
E-mail: info@sshsa.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Henry Rentschler, President of the Baldwin-Hamilton Company (formerly General Machinery Corporation), donated this collection to the SSHSA in 1976. The SSHSA retains the original Deed of Gift, appraisal, and inventory of the collection. The General Machinery Corporation Collection was retroactively accessioned by Archivist Astrid Drew in 2015 and later processed and cataloged by Assistant Archivist Tessa Mediano in June 2023.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Tessa Mediano.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Tessa Mediano 2023 July 14
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)