Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nicholai H. Hiller Collection
Carbondale Machine Company.
Hendricks Manufacturing Company.
Hiller, Nicholai H., 1868-1963
Hiller, Paul W.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
NMAH.AC.1105
Archival Resource Key
3 Cubic feet
9 boxes; 1 oversize folder
1890-1937
English
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Scope and Contents
The collection documents Nicholai H. Hiller's career as a mechanical engineer for Carbondale Machine Company and Hendricks Manufctauring Company.
The materials include patents, lecture notes, design drawings, instruction manuals, trade literature, notebooks and card files on various refrigeration subjects. Additionally, there are eleven bound volumes of records, two of which are the minute books of the Carbondale Machine Company of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. They contain the minutes from the meetings of the Directors and Board of Trustees.
The other volumes are letterpress books of Hiller's personal and business correspondence. Most are from his time with the Carbondale Machine Company, though some are from his employment with Hendricks Manufacturing Company.
Also included are materials related to Hiller's son, Paul W. Hiller and his work on fish boat refrigeration.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into seven series.
Series 1: Nicholai H. Hiller, 1891-1937
Series 2: Paul W. Hiller, 1921-1932
Series 3: Carbondale Machine Company, 1904-1937
Series 4: Hendrick Manufacturing Company, 1890-1902
Series 5: VitterManufacturing Company, 1927-1928
Series 6: Worthington-Carbonadale (subsidiary of Worthing Pump and Machinery Corpoartion), undated
Series 7: York Manufacturing Company, 1908
Biographical / Historical
Nicholai Henry Hiller (1868-1963) was born in Siberia on July 15, 1868. Hiller graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1889 as a mechanical engineer who specialized in refrigeration. Hiller founded the Carbondale Machine Company, based in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, which was one of the first companies to manufacture refrigeration machinery. Carbondale was sold to the Worthington Corporation in 1934.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Paul W. Hiller
Custodial History
The collection was transferred to the Archives Center by the DIvision of Work and Industry in 2007.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Preferred Citation
Nicholai H. Hiller Papers, 1891-1937, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2016.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is 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.
Notebooks
Correspondence -- 1880-1910
Blueprints
Lecture notes
Design drawings
Patents
Machinery
Letterpress copybooks
Manuals
Machinery industry
Minutes
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
Technical drawings
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Nicholai H. Hiller
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1891 - 1937
Lectures and notes
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
1
Notes on refrigeration
Archival Resource Key
1896
1
2
Personal data cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1926
1
3-4
Notes of N. H. Hiller
Archival Resource Key
1899 - 1900
1
5
Notes of N. H. Hiller
Archival Resource Key
1900 - 1901
1
6
Hourly log of refrigeraing machines
Archival Resource Key
1891
1
7
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1900 - 1905
1
8
Ice Builders Association meeting
Archival Resource Key
1 Photograph
circa 1905
Congress Internationale du Froid (International Congress of Refrigeration)
Archival Resource Key
1 Photograph
1911
1
9
United States patents
Archival Resource Key
1901 - 1911
1
10
United States patents
Archival Resource Key
1912 - 1916
2
1
United States patents
Archival Resource Key
1920 - 1937
2
2
Personal letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 1
Archival Resource Key
1912 - 1913
7
1
Personal letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 2
Archival Resource Key
1913 September-1915 August
7
2
Personal letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 3
Archival Resource Key
1915 September-1917 December
8
1
Personal letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 4
Archival Resource Key
1917 - 1918
8
2
Personal letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 5
Archival Resource Key
1918 July-1919 July
9
1
Personal letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 6
Archival Resource Key
1919 August-1920 December
9
2
Paul W. Hiller
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1921 - 1932
Data sheets about refrigeration
Archival Resource Key
1921 - 1925
2
3
Data sheets about refrigeration
Archival Resource Key
1922 - 1926
2
4
Fish boat refrigeration
Archival Resource Key
1931 - 1932
2
5
Refrigerating piping for bait wells, F/B San Salvador
Archival Resource Key
1 Drawings (visual works)
1930 November 10
1
Carbondale Machine Company
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1904 - 1937
Minute Book
Archival Resource Key
1913 - 1913
5
Minute Book
Archival Resource Key
1927 - 1937
3
Bulletins for mechanical refrigeration
Archival Resource Key
1904 - 1910
4
1
Advertising information
Archival Resource Key
1925 - 1928
4
2
Publicity Department Costs
Archival Resource Key
1926 - 1926
1
Sales Convention
Archival Resource Key
1923
4
3
[List of companies with refrigeration?]
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
4
Trade literature and instruction pamphlets
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
5
Hendrick Manufacturing Company
Archival Resource Key
1890 - 1902
Shop orders
Archival Resource Key
1 Volume
1890 - 1891
4
6
Letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 1
Archival Resource Key
1891 June-1893 April
6
1
Letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 2
Archival Resource Key
1893 May-1893 August
6
2
Letterbook of Nicholai H. Hiller, Volume 3
Archival Resource Key
1893 September-1902 June
6
3
Vitter Manufacturing Company
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1927 - 1928
Scope and Contents
Documentation is associated with Nicholai H. Hiller, Jr., son of Nicholai H. Hiller, Sr.
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1927 - 1928
4
7
Mollier diagram for carbon dioxide
Archival Resource Key
3 Blueprints
1927 - 1927
1
Worthington-Carbondale
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
undated
Scope and Contents
Subsidairy of Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation
Trade literature
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
8
York Manufacturing Company
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1908 - 1908
Bulletins
Archival Resource Key
1908 - 1908
4
9