National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (National Watch and Clock Museum)

The National Watch and Clock Museum will use funds to digitize and provide in-person and online access to a collection from the Hamilton Watch Company archives. The 344 microfilm reels and approximately 15,000 pages of paper documents consist of extensive technical, administrative, and marketing materials of Hamilton’s products, which were influential to maintaining accurate schedules for a burgeoning railroad industry and for their durability for the military during World War II. The project includes: a comprehensive survey of the Hamilton archives; packaging of microfilm for third-party digitization; acquisition and set-up of equipment for paper archive digitization; training of museum staff; paper digitization; and uploading of digitized microfilm reels to an online server. As a result of the project, this unique archive will be accessible to horologists and scholars around the world as well as to the public.