Raymond E. Wilson Covered Bridge Collection
Millington, Ruth H.
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.
The collection documents covered bridges in America and Europe.
Lester Shanks Collection of Covered Bridge Photographs and Ephemera
bulk 1973-2008
The collection is comprised of the results of Shanks's research on covered bridges, mostly in America but also covered bridges in Canada and Switzerland. Included are albums containing color photographs of covered bridges, slides of covered bridges, postcards depicting covered bridges; maps, and guidebooks; newsletters, magazines, and newspaper clippings on the subject of covered bridges.
Switzerland
- Level:
- file
- Dates:
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1983, 1990, 1992, 1994
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1244
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Schaffhausen Bridge, Switzerland - Covered Bridges
- Level:
- file
- Dates:
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1755-1930
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1577
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection
Shayt, David H.
Worthington, Bill
The collection consists of a wide range of materials--ephemera, trade literature, correpsondence, photographs, maps, plans, schematics, pamplets, brochures, postcards, calendars--documenting the subject of bridges.
Richard H. Miller Bridge Collection of Postcards and Slides
This collection is made up of Richard H. Miller's collection of postcards and slides illustrating bridges from around the world.
Lili Réthi Papers
Papers document artist and illustrator Lili Réthi who was best known for her drawings of industrial subjects such as bridges, construction scenes and mines.
John Hiller lantern slide collection
The John Hiller Lantern Slide Collection contains 216 glass autochromes dated circa 1910-1920 documenting homes and gardens, house interiors, scenes from domestic and foreign travel, flower arrangements, and people in Europe and unidentified locations.
Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family papers
Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956
bulk 1870-1996
The Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family Papers measure 10.54 linear feet and date from 1789 through 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1996. The collection presents an overview of the personal lives and careers of painter, Oliver Ingraham Lay and his son, landscape architect, Charles Downing Lay. In addition, there are the papers of Lay family members and friends, including those of the Marian Wait Lay family (wife of Oliver Ingraham Lay) and of the Laura Gill Lay family (wife of Charles Downing Lay). Also found are the papers of the landscape and nature painter Fidelia Bridges. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, diaries, writings and notes, scrapbooks, family business records, exhibition files, printed material, as well as original artwork, sketches, a sketchbook, landscape designs, and photographs.
Rudolph Hering Collection
Collection documents, primarily through printed publications, Rudolph Hering's work on waste disposal, drainage, water flow of rivers, sanitary and hydraulic engineering, and municipal sewage systems in the United States and in other countries.
