T-Net Records
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- Creators:
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Fanning, Michael
- Dates:
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1983-2003
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1255
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents through correspondence, marketing materials, patent materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings, the development of T-Net, a sport that combines electronic game technology with a diamond-shaped court the length of a tennis court and "invisible" nets created by inventor Michael Fanning.
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Frank Hubbard
- Dates:
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1930-2003
bulk 1949-2003
- Size:
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30 Cubic feet (76 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1256
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents approximately fifty years of the Hubbard Harpsichord business. The records include correspondence, financial and accounting materials, sales and promotional materials, records, newsletters, dealer files, project files, photographs, research files on European instruments, kit manuals, and design drawings.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- Dates:
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1880-1993
bulk 1947-1980
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19 Cubic feet (66 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1242
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately 28,000 photographic negatives, slides, prints and other materials documenting Bethlehem Steel Corporation's iron ore mining operations. The photographs were taken by Richard "Jay" Angelo, a Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographer. The majority of the photographs depict Bethlehem's mining operations at its Cornwall and Morgantown, Pennsylvania mines. A smaller number of negatives document operations in western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Michigan and Ontario. The negatives depict aerial views, blasting operations, tunneling, equipment and infrastructure, machinery, employees working, company personnel, and company-built community facilities. The collection documents the complete operations of a major, historic mining operation over four decades.
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Ledley, Robert S.
National Biomedical Research Foundation. Georgetown University
- Dates:
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1972-1990
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1135
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Robert Ledley Papers document the development of the first whole-body diagnostic imaging system, the Automatic Computerized Transverse Axial (ACTA) X-ray Scanner by Ledley in 1973. Also included is material relating to Ledley's company, Digital Science Information Corporation (DISCO), as well as the public and medical communities' reactions to the scanner.
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Shriners Hospital for Children (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Hitzler, Ron
Maley, Matthew
- Dates:
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1956-1981
bulk 1969-1972
- Size:
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0.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1142
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development, study, and evaluation of gnotobiotic or germ-free patient isolation. During the 1960s, Shriners Burn Unit in Cincinnati, Ohio modified a previously existing unit, the Life Island (Mark V) and subsequently developed their own germ free unit, the Snyder Unit. One of the main developers of the Snyder Unit was Dr. Matthew Maley of Shriners Hospital. Collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, drawings, photographs, journal articles and trade literature.
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Christian Heurich Brewing Company (Washington, D.C.)
- Dates:
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1883 - 1913
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1104
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of three unbound volumes of invoices, orders, and receipts from manufacturers and importers of beer-related supplies purchased by Christian Heurich Brewing Company of Washington, D.C., 1883-1913.
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Jones, Ernie
- Dates:
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1980
1977
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1118
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection contains product literature, newsletters, and other hand-outs collected from exhibitors by Ernie Jones, a faire attendee. The First West Coast Computer Faire was held in San Francisco, California on April 15-17, 1977, and the Fifth West Coast Computer Faire was held on March 14-16, 1980.
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Crane, H. Irving
- Dates:
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1927-1950
bulk 1935-1945
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5.5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1119
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
H. Irving Crane worked as a chemist for Atlantic Research Associates, Inc. (a division of National Dairy Corporation) from 1933-1940s on the production of several products utilizing casein, a protein found in milk. These products include Aralac (a synthetic fiber), Aracide (a fungicide and moth repellent), spray-dried milk, casein paints, and synthetic rubbers. The H. Irving Crane papers document Crane's work as a chemist at Atlantic Research Associates, Inc. and the development of Aralac and Aracide.
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Baugh Fertilizer Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Dates:
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1903-1914
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1098
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of glass plate negatives and advertising ephemera created by the Baugh & Sons Company, also known as the Baugh Chemical Company, manufacturers of a variety of agricultural fertilizers from 1855-1963.
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Alexander, Clinton B.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Clinton B. Alexander Binder Company (Washington, D.C.)
- Dates:
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1903-1965
bulk 1921-1955
- Size:
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6 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1100
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the business records of the Alexander Binder Company, as well as the inventions and creations of Clinton B. Alexander. The collection includes business receipts and forms, pamphlets, drawings, trade literature, notes, patents, correspondence, and material samples.