New Holland Hit and Miss Engines
Suggested readings for further information on A.M. Zimmerman, New Holland Machine Company, Ed Nolt and his baler and other interesting information.
Books:
- “A Century of Ford and New Holland Farm Equipment” by Norm Swinford, 2000, total pages: 280
- “Ed Nolt’s New Holland Baler: Everything Just Went Right” by Allan W. Shirk, 2015, total pages: 131
- “Mr. Fisher’s Company: History of New Holland, 1940-1985” by Ivan Glick, 2007, total pages: 99
- “The Innovators The New Holland Story” by Homer K Luttringer, 1990, total pages: 432
Glossy pamphlets which the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) museum has/had in its posession:
- “New Holland – Our First 100 Years 1895-1995” by “Communication and Sales Promotion Department – New Holland North America, 1995, pages 38
- “The Reporter” Vol. 28 No. 1 Published For Employees & Families Of New Holland 1996, by New Holland North America, 1996, pages: 32
- “New Holland news – April 2001”, The New Holland Engine 100 Years Old, page 4.
- “New Holland news – Jan/Feb 2007, Engine Forever, page 10
The New Holland Clarion newspaper served the New Holland area as the local newspaper. The Power Library Pennsylvania's Electronic Library contains thousands of digitized documents and photographs from unique collections in libraries across Pennsylvania. This can be used for family genealogy research as well other topics such as locations and businesses.
Using the below link, one can enter "New Holland Machine Co" or other search criteria and then one can drill down to see images of the Clarion newspaper:
https://powerlibrary.org/collections/
Findagrave.com is a website to help the genealogist researching family history. This site has cemetery images of headstones and family information provided by users. Once you locate a person of interest, you can navigate to other family members as well as documentation, if someone has added the information. This link will take you to the Abraham Zimmerman information in Findagrave.com:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128621190/abraham-martin-zimmerman
Research Information
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1913 February "Sanborn Map Company" maps show industrial buildings which were used by the Insurance companies to determine liability based on construction. The maps were created for most of the larger cities in the United States during the 1913 time frame. These maps can now be used to located buildings used by companies from 1913, how the buildings were constructed and other physical items like heating, lighting, fire suppression systems.
New Holland, Pa, map images are found in the PennState University Libraries in the Digital Collections. These maps can be found at:
https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/maps1/id/16234/
Iowa State University - University Library Digital Collections. They have several collections of digitized items, worth your time looking for any engine or related company:
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/islandora/search/mountville?page=2&type=edismax&cp=isu%3AAgLit
The New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) museum is located on the second floor of the historic Kauffman's Hardware building located at 207 East Main Street in New Holland, PA. It contains a lot of New Holland historical information including the New Holland Machine Company. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2005 whose purpose is to gather, organize, and preserve information and historical items that provide an insight to understanding the life and times of the New Holland area and sharing this information with others.
The NHAHS museum provides space to store and display artifacts, historic data, photos, literature, and other memorabilia, and make it available to others for educational and research opportunities.
https://nhhistorical.com/