AV 198 R.H. Hughes Profire Collection

              AV 198
R.H. Hughes Profire Collection
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Manuscripts/Audiovisual Collections
AV 198
R.H. Hughes Profire Collection
1956-1957
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number:
AV 198
Title:
R.H. Hughes Profire Collection
Creator:
Robert Haynes Hughes
Dates:
1956-1957
Media:
Technical drawings, advertising materials, photographs, instruction manual
Quantity:
0.25 cubic feet
Location:
Ohio Historical Center
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
The collection is comprised of 35 items including photographs, advertising materials, technical drawings and an instruction manual documenting the Hughes Profire Automatic Controller. There is one small photograph, one enlarged photograph of the Profire and two photographs of a clay products manufacturing company where the Profire was used. This factory is possibly the W.S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company of Kansas City, Missouri. The Profire was invented by Robert Haynes Hughes (1907-1986) of the R.H. Hughes Company in Columbus, Ohio. This machine was the first automated system for regulating the temperature of periodic kilns that fire clay products.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION
Materials have been arranged by format.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access:
This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society.
Preferred Citation:
Researchers are requested to cite the R.H. Hughes Profire Collection, AV 198 and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnote and bibliographic references