Summary Information
Waterman International Harvester Collection
1905-1913
- Waterman, Henry A.
- International Harvester Company
Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 34
0.5 cubic ft. (1 box)
Milwaukee Public Library (Map)
Album of images and ephemera from H.A. Waterman,
superintendent of the International Harvester Company's Milwaukee plant. Includes
photos of tractors, the Harvester Milwaukee Band, and Waterman's colleagues at
Harvester and the Western Electric Company.
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Biography/History
Henry A. Waterman (1872-1955) was born in Canada and came to the United States in
1882. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1896 and began
work at the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company as an engineer. In 1900 he became
the plant manager for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Chicago but left
two years later for the Western Electric Company, also in Chicago. Waterman came to
Milwaukee in 1905 to become the superintendent of the International Harvester
Company plant there. He left in 1913 when he got a new job as manager of design and
manufacture at the M. Rumely Company in La Porte, Indiana.
The International Harvester Company began in the 1830s when Cyrus Hall McCormick
produced a horse-drawn reaper. He later moved to Chicago, and with his brother
formed the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in 1847. A merger with the Deering
Harvester Company, Milwaukee Harvesting Machine Company and several other smaller
companies in 1902 created the International Harvester Company. The company was now
producing motorized tractors and plows, and later produced trucks, mowers, and other
equipment. After several years of decline, the company reorganized as the Navistar
International Corporation in 1986 and is still active today.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a photograph album from H.A. Waterman when he was
superintendent of the International Harvester Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The
album contains photographs of the International Harvester plant in Milwaukee, as
well as employees and the Harvester Band. There are also photos of a tractor in
Nebraska, photos of a trip to Montreal, and various ephemera. There are also loose
photos of tractors, the Harvester Milwaukee Band, various Harvester employees,
Western Electric Company employees, and some newspaper clippings.
Arrangement of the Materials
The collection is in no discernible order. The clippings and loose photos are
foldered individually. The identified photos are listed first, followed by the
unidentified photos, and then the photograph album.
Preferred Citation
Waterman International Harvester Collection, 1905-1913, Collection 34. Milwaukee
Historic Photo Archives, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Related Material in the Milwaukee Public Library
Archival Collections
Publications and Other Items
The International Harvester Co. March 8, 1913
The International Trail
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all
in accordance with state law. The public may view collections from the Milwaukee
Historic Photo Archives by appointment at the Central Library. To request an
in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please
contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection
(Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
Donation information is currently unavailable. Materials accessioned as a
Historic Photo Collection.
Initial processing by unknown. Final processing by Bob Jaeger, 2020.
Contents List
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Clippings, 1913
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Photographs
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Box
1
Folder
2-5
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Waterman, Henry A., 1911,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Wiedermann, George, 1910
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Adams, Charles, 1909
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Tractor, International Harvester,
1911
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Memorial Cup, presented to H.A. Waterman,
1913
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Harvester Band, Milwaukee, 1912
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Frank Barkovac Band, undated
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Factory Engineers, Western Electric Co.,
1905
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Box
1
Folder
13-20
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Group Portraits, unidentified,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Tintype, unidentified, undated
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Box
1
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Album, 1910-1913
1 volume
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