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2000 - 2010
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Van Phillips Oral History and Papers
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Ossur North America
Ott, Katherine
Phillips, Van
Dennis, Maggie
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1991-2004
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1.35 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0859
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Video oral history interview of Van Phillips, inventor of the Flex-Foot and other innovative prosthetic feet, conducted by Katherine Ott and Maggie Dennis, February 27, 2004, and design drawings and printed materials regarding prosthetic feet by Van Phillips, Hilary D. Pouchak, and Slobodon Djordjevic.
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Magellan GPS
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1978-2005
bulk 1986-1998
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12 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1214
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Magellan Systems Corporation Records document various aspects of the development of several different Magellan GPS devices through engineering, research, design, manufacturing, and marketing records. Magellan Systems Corporation introduced the first hand-held differential GPS product and the conpany's focus was on research, product engineering, and design activities for GPS receivers. The collection includes correspondence and internal company reports and memoranda; design drawings; research notes; engineering notebooks, technical notes, schematics; photographs, slides and negatives; video and audiocassettes; advertisements; product literature, magazine articles and newspaper clippings; press releases; and user guides and manuals.
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Golding, Melody
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2006-2012
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3 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 5 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1166
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collections documents the work of photographer, Melody Golding and two projects: Hurrican Katrina and Panther Tract. The Hurrican Katrina photographs document some of the devastation along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the towns of Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pearlington, Mississippi. The Panther Tract material documents a 2011 book titled ...
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Livelli, VIncent
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undated
1991-2006
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0852
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ephemera collected primarily in New York City relating to Latino entertainment, especially music.
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Bird, William L.
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1877 - 2010
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6.5 Cubic feet (19 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1288
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of archival materials assembled by National Museum of American History Curator William Lawrence Bird. The materials were used as background research for the publication of his book Holidays on Display (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007), and as exhibit objects for the exhibit by the same name that opened shortly after the museum's architectural renovation (November 2009-September 2010). The materials include advertising and trade literature, especially for department stores and with emphasis on the display of toys; catalogs; photographs and slides; postcards; parade programs; design drawings; correspondence; stock certificates, and miscellaneous items relating to department stores and their displays, parades and the amusement industry.
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2000
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1222
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Lewis, Ramsey
Ramsey Lewis Trio
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1950 - 2007
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3.45 Cubic feet (9 boxes i)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1126
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes press clippings, awards, honorary degrees, and personal and professional photographs of Ramsey Lewis Jr., renowned jazz pianist. The majority of the collection is press clippings relating to Lewis's social appearances, performances, and CD releases from the early 1990s-2007.
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Webber, Austin J., II
Rogone, Philip N.
Small Beginnings, Inc.
Croteau, Winnifred D.
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1986 - 2006
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0940
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records relating to Small Beginnings, Inc., a medical supply company that designs, invents, manufactures, and distributes products for premature infants. The records include contacts with distributors, correspondence, product advertisements, patent and trademark files, photographs, a scrapbook, and oral history interviews with Kenneth S. Croteau, Mary S. "Sharon" Rogone, and Philip N. Rogone.
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Mathis, Nathaniel, 1946- (barber, motivational speaker)
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1946-2004
bulk 1970-2004
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5.5 Cubic feet (18 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0641
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nathaniel Mathis is a Washington, D.C., hairstylist, inventor, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. His papers document his business life and community involvement.