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Shubrooks, George E.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1900-05-09 - 1986

George E. Shubrooks was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1900. He was the only child of his father George, a coffee merchant, and his mother, Alice, a housekeeper. At 18 years old, Shubrooks was employed by Lancaster Steel Products Company, where he began what would become a lifelong career in lab work. Shubrooks spent approximately 35 years at Hamilton before his retirement in 1961-1962 amid changes in the company and its broader focus. He started as a foreman in 1926, progressed to Chief Chemist and Metallurgist,then later became Manager of Research. He was married to Stella Shenk, a clerk at the County Treasurer’s Office. They did not have children. Shubrooks died in Lancaster during September of 1986.

Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:

Engineering Salary Survey, 1957

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 57, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Series contains various administrative records about personnel and different aspects of employment at Hamilton. Included are performance evaluations, job descriptions, salary schedules, payroll information, job applications, promotion policies, and stock shareholder information.

Exempt Employees - Wage - Hour Law, 1956 - 1960

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 56, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Series contains various administrative records about personnel and different aspects of employment at Hamilton. Included are performance evaluations, job descriptions, salary schedules, payroll information, job applications, promotion policies, and stock shareholder information.

Factory Assignments, 1960 - 1962

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 57, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Series contains various administrative records about personnel and different aspects of employment at Hamilton. Included are performance evaluations, job descriptions, salary schedules, payroll information, job applications, promotion policies, and stock shareholder information.

Factory, Research, Snapshots, 1939 - 1959

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 68, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents The photographs in this series mostly depict the factory, products, personnel, events, and manufacturing operations of Hamilton. The majority of photographs are black and white silver gelatin prints made between 1930-1970. Remainder of series is comprised of negatives, transparencies, and reproductions. Subseries G.E. Shubrooks is comprised of photographs from two of his personal scrapbooks. The images document many intersections of his personal and professional life. While...

Ferrous Analysis Methods, 1923 - 1926

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 25, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents This series contains research, reports, analysis, specifications, and lab procedures. The materials specify chemical composition of various metals, how they were used, and anlyzed in Hamilton’s research and manufacturing.

Film Script - "Patterns of Progress", 1953

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 52, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Series contains personal papers, articles, publications, reports, data, correspondence, specifications, procedures, and photographs. These materials reflect the social structures of personnel, as well as research and development activities at Hamilton. Nearly a quarter of the entire collection comes from Shubrooks files. As evidenced by notes on many documents, he intentionally obtained and organized records on specific topics, most of which pertained to his fields of expertise: metallurgical...

Fuses and Escapement Springs , 1936 - 1953

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 16, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents Series contains articles (mostly copies), research reports, data, correspondence, and photographs that discuss and dipict types, development, and application of fuzes (e.g., proximity and timing fuses used in rocket and canister bombs.) Of note is correspondence with Eastman-Kodak's Navy Ordnance Division, which includes fuse and escapement spring samples with test data. Photographs document a Military Product Conference at Hamilton. Report by ...

Fuses and Escapement Springs - Salt Spray Tests, 1942

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 16, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Series contains articles (mostly copies), research reports, data, correspondence, and photographs that discuss and dipict types, development, and application of fuzes (e.g., proximity and timing fuses used in rocket and canister bombs.) Of note is correspondence with Eastman-Kodak's Navy Ordnance Division, which includes fuse and escapement spring samples with test data. Photographs document a Military Product Conference at Hamilton. Report by ...

General, 1960

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 55, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Series contains various administrative records about personnel and different aspects of employment at Hamilton. Included are performance evaluations, job descriptions, salary schedules, payroll information, job applications, promotion policies, and stock shareholder information.

General, 1960

 File — Box: Letter, Box: 55, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Series contains various administrative records about personnel and different aspects of employment at Hamilton. Included are performance evaluations, job descriptions, salary schedules, payroll information, job applications, promotion policies, and stock shareholder information.