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- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Contained In:
- American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection / Slides, 1970s-1980s / Slides by Subject / (includes: asphalt, carpeting, coke, cosmetics, uses for crude oil, detergents, fertilizers, home heating fuel, jet fuel, lubricants, oil, petroleum, resins, synthetic fibers, textiles, vinyl film
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1838-1981
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4.38 Cubic feet (consisting of 9.5 boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Petroleum
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Petroleum forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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American Petroleum Institute.
- Dates:
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1860s-1980s
bulk 1955-1990
- Size:
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45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
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1958 Apil 12
- Level:
- item
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1 motion picture film
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Quest for Oil America imports a million gallons of oil daily, a complicated and costly proposition. America requires petroleum for fuel and lubricants and for by-products such as mineral oil, asphalt, paraffin, plastics, synthetic fibers, and synthetic rubber. New oil reserves sought worldwide. Filmed at: Phillips Petroleum, Pasadena, TX; Aero Serv...
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Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
- Dates:
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1884 - 1885
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0006
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This box contains material relating to Wurtz's interest in petroleum distillation, 1884-1885, and his attempt to market inventions for obtaining lubricants from petroleum distillates. Related material includes: correspondence with prospective investors, proofs and galleys for the prospectus, news clippings on petroleum, and various contracts. The...
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DuPont (E. I.) de Nemours & Company
- Dates:
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1939-1977
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0007
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Promotional booklets and pamphlets, 1940-1963, regarding nylon; catalogues on the industrial use of nylon; 25th anniversary book on nylon; photographs, and a variety of other documents. Includes memo to DuPont employees concerning the company's wartime involvement in the development of the atomic bomb.
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Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
- Dates:
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1861-1885
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0006
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Wurtz's scheme, presented in a report to the stockholders, was a new method for the dry distillation of non-caking coal to obtain liquid oils and paraffin. Included in this box are: the report to the stockholders of the Union Chemical Manufacturing Co., 1883; patent specifications, 1881; correspondence with the Patent Office, prospectus on coal distillation, 1885; a notebook of minutes from meetings of Union Chemical Manufacturing Co., 1881-1883.