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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Nickerson and Collins Co.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1888-1928
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1044
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs of refrigeration equipment manufactured by Nickerson and Collins. Companies represented include: American Butt Copany, Hygiene Ice Company, Hygenic Ice and Cold Storage Company, Boston Terminal Refrigerating Company, Dixie Ice and Cold Storage Company, National Poultry and Egg Company, Alpine Ice Company, Standard Ice Manufctauring Comp...
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Hunt, Mary Alice Minear
Hunt, George Laird
Fishbaugh, William Arthur
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1905-1908.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1021
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photograph album of commercially-produced photographs of Panama Canal construction.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Consolidation Coal Company
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1885-1940s
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23 Cubic feet (99 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1007
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the building, operation and daily life of coal mining communities in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio between 1911 and 1946. The collection is a valuable for the study of mining technology and the social conditions of the time period and regions.
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Nordberg Manufacturing Company
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1891-1947
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45 Cubic feet (189 boxes, 110 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0975
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of the company's photo and negative archives; miscellaneous trade publications; G. Turnwald notebooks; technical memoranda; trade literature; operating manuals; parts books; Nordberg company history; machinery proposals; order books; time records; Chain Belt Company catalogs; and blueprints used in the shops.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Modjeski and Masters
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1870-1979
bulk 1900-1940
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60 Cubic feet (139 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0976
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the work of consulting engineers and bridge builders, Ralph Modjeski (1861-1940) and Frank Masters (1883-1974) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879
Francis, Joseph Sidney
Schultze, Bernhard
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1806-1879
bulk 1830-1879
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21 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0982
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879), a Boston civil and mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Boyden turbine. Materials include correspondence, notes, calculations, articles, notebooks, legal documents, financial documents, patents and patent assignments, design drawings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, business cards, and a print of a daguerreotype.
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Robinson, Holton Duncan, 1863-1945
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1889 - 1938
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0963
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Business papers, patents, and photographs of bridges documenting the work of Holton Duncan Robinson, world-renowned engineer in suspension bridge cable design and construction.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Pratt, Charles Richardson, 1860-1935
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1860-1935
bulk 1910-1924
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6 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 8 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0958
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the professional career of mechanical engineer, Charles Richardson Pratt. The papers include correspondence, patents, patent application materials, agreements, photographs, publications, and blueprints for many of Pratt's inventions, especially his work on elevators.
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Page, Charles Grafton, 1812-1868
Poinier, Lois W.
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1844-1870
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0933
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relate to American inventor Charles Grafton Page, an early developer of electromagnetic machinery.
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Gerber, H. Joseph
Gerber Scientific Instrument Company (Hartford, Conn.).
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1911 - 1999
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75 Cubic feet (182 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0929
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, Hartford, Connecticut, and its four subsidiaries: Gerber Garment Technology, Inc., Gerber Scientific Products, Inc., Gerber Systems Corp., and Gerber Optical, Inc. Gerber Scientific designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services computer aided design and computer aided CAD/CAM systems. The records include correspondence, memoranda, product literature, trade literature, patent records, instruction manuals, proposals, engineering records, photographs, technical reports, drawings, press releases, and newspaper clippings.