Technical Files
Electronic Manuals
Westinghouse
Publications
John Bryant Radar Collection
Fifty Years of Radar History
Henry Hilton
Pearl Harbor Collection
Photographs
General Collection
Technical
Publications Collection
Westinghouse Special
Products Division Photographic Collection
Artwork
Alvin H. Schwartz
Collection
Ephemera
Self Stick Decals
Collection
Descriptions:
Technical Files
(c 1950-present; approx. 52 L.F.)
These files include
articles, publications, brochures, documents and
specifications covering all aspects of radio, radar,
airborne and ship borne fire control, space borne
imaging systems, as well as historic information on the
development of radio and radar.
Arranged by subject. Finding Aids: An index and
electronic database to this collection is available.
Electronic Manuals
(c. 1940-present; approx.100L.F.)
The bulk of the collection contains operator's manuals,
maintenance manuals, and instruction manuals for various
military electronic systems.
Many of the manuals are from systems designed and
built by Westinghouse.
Approximately 80 percent of the collection has
been catalogued. Finding Aids: An index and electronic
database to this collection is available.
Westinghouse
Publications
(c. 1920-1995, approx. 10 L.F.)
Publications, brochures, some specifications, and a few
historical documents produced by various Westinghouse
divisions. The
bulk of the collection came from divisions in the
Baltimore
area.
Segregated by division and arranged alphabetically.
Finding Aids: An index and electronic database to this
collection is available.
John Bryant Radar Collection
(c. 1930-1990; approx. 12 L.F.)
This includes copies of
articles, notes, and references referring to the history
and development of radar accumulated by a former museum
board member.
Arranged and indexed by subject.
An index of the collection is available.
Fifty Years of
Radar History
(c. 1935-1985, 1 box.)
Documents, photographs, notes and miscellaneous
materials relating to Westinghouse's exhibit on radar
history produced in 1985.
Henry Hilton
Pearl Harbor Collection
(c. 1941; 1 box)
Maps, correspondence, drawings, ephemera, and archival
material related to the placement of radar on Oahu
Island, Hawaii, at the time of the Japanese attack on
December 7, 1941 as well as the establishment of the
Army's Air Warning System at Fort Schafter just prior to
that date.
There is also information on the 17 Pursuit Wing
stationed in
Hawaii
at that time.
Arranged by subject.
General Collection of
Photographs
(c. 1900-present; 8,000+)
This partially catalogued collection contains B&W and
color images documenting electronic devices and
electronic systems produced by the Westinghouse
Baltimore division and its successor, the
Northrop-Grumman Corp, from the mid 1930's to the
present time.
Many of the images came from the Westinghouse
publications department.
The collection includes photographs of many of
the company's pioneers in electronic devices.
It also includes numerous photographs of
aircraft, as well as photographs of the facilities and
some of historic nature. The collection is arranged
numerically by serial number.
More than half of the collection has been
catalogued and the data has been recorded in an
electronic database.
A subject index will be compiled at a future date.
Technical Publications
Photographic Collection
(c. 1960-2008; 3,000+ images)
The collection consists of 8x10 color photographs of a
wide array of subject matter covering all aspects of the
products and systems manufactured by Westinghouse
Electronic Systems and its successor, Northrop-Grumman.
The bulk of this collection consists of
Westinghouse photographs (identified by a 5-6 digit
number beginning with the letters CP) that were acquired
by Northrop-Grumman when they purchased the Westinghouse
Electronic Systems defense business in 1995. The
photographs document the products and activities engaged
in by the various units of the Westinghouse Electronic
Systems defense business and the Northrop-Grumman Corp.
The collection is arranged by serial number. A
subject index is in the process of being compiled.
Westinghouse Special
Products Division Photographic Collection
(c. 1947 - 1953; 2 boxes)
Contains 8x10 B&W photographs of the following projects:
50-cal Ballistic Computer, B-29 Sighting Station, B-36
Wing Vibrator, Navy Searchlight, A-26 Sighting System.
Alvin H. Schwartz
Collection
(c. 1958-1987; 100+ items)
The collection contains over 100 paintings, sketches and
drawings created by Alvin H. Schwartz, an illustrator
and presentation artist who worked for the Electronics
Division of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation from
1958-1982.
The bulk of the collection consists of oversized
illustrations of various pieces of electronic equipment
produced or proposed by the Electronics Divisions.
These illustrations were painted on 30"x 40" mat
board using the quash color medium. The collection also
includes a number of sketches and color transparencies
that were produced for the company's brochures and
advertisements.
Self Stick Decals
Collection
(c. 1970-1995; 1 box)
These decals relate to the various defense projects
conducted by Westinghouse and were used as promotional
and moral builders.
