Research and Development Department Records
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1914 - 1980
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This series is divided into seventeen subseries and documents the research and development aspects of United Shoe Machinery. One of the largest series, it spans from 1913 to 1980 and includes progress reports on various projects, correspondence, photographs, and research notebooks. There is also information on personnel, training, and the shoe mac...
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation
- Dates:
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1898 - 1987
- Size:
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145 Cubic feet (296 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.
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Anacostia Museum
James, Portia P.
Reinckens, Sharon A.
Smithsonian Institution
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circa 1990
- Level:
- item
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3 Video recordings (open reel, 1 inch)
3 Video recordings (VHS)
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-026
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The exhibition, The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, included three short documentary films: Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale, Jan E. Matzeliger, and Norbert Rillieux. Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale provides an overview of early 19th century whaling industry and tools, including the toggle head harpoon invented by blacks...
Short documentary films. Part of The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930 Audiovisual Materials. AV000926 includes all three short films, dated 19910606. AV003326 includes Norbert Rillieux only (film image direction is sideways), dated 19890505. AV003324: Jan E. Matzeliger, undated. AV003433: outtakes, edited voiceover narra...
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- Creators:
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation
- Dates:
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1919
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (Ink on paper., 9.1" x 5.9")
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Creators:
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation
- Dates:
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1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 9.4" x 9.8")
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
With typed list of subjects.
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- subseries
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Contained In:
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- Dates:
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early 1970s
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Dates:
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1911
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Dates:
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1954
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Contained In:
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- Dates:
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1954
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History