Everett H. Bickley Collection
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Bickley, Everett H., 1888-1972
- Dates:
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1919-1980
bulk 1919-1965
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5 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0683
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Everett H. Bickley Collection, 1919-1980, documents the inventions of Everett Huckel Bickley, most known for his electric sorting machine used to automate the process of sorting beans by use of a photoelectric cell. The collection consists of patents, drawings, photographs, correspondence, and artifacts designed by Bickley. The collection spans a considerable portion of the twentieth century and is of value to those researchers interested in product development, the patent application process, product marketing and promotion, World War II innovation, and the daily operation of a small, privately-owned industry.
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Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 ((inventor))
Darby, Kenneth
Darby, Naomi
- Dates:
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1944-1998
- Size:
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2.65 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0625
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents S. Newman Darby's development of the sailboard, which became known as the windsurfer through sketches, mechanical drawings, plans, patent specifications, legal documents, photographs, correspondence, notebooks, clippings, periodicals, and an 8mm film.
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1906-1983
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0844
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This series is divided into two small subseries: Burlington (Iowa) Soap Company, 1906-1908, and subject files, 1912-1983. The Iowa Soap Company materials include a notebook of accounts and commissions that Johnson maintained while working for the company. Founded in 1905, the Iowa Soap Company produced a full line of toilet and laundry soaps that ...
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Capozzi, Matthew
- Dates:
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1996-2000
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0747
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection covers the design, construction, testing and patenting of the accessible snowboard. It consists of approximately 1 cubic foot of material and contains a notebook, videos, design drawings, photographs, patent information, correspondence and printed materials. It is divided into two series: Series 1, Design Materials and Moving Images and Series 2, Audiovisual Materials, 1996-1999.
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Kearns, Robert W.
Kearns, Timothy
Brown, Brian Ivan
Quan, John
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1963 - 1999
- Size:
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8.5 Cubic feet (24 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1406
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the inventive career of physicist and engineer Robert W. Kearns. Kearns invented and patented in 1967 the windshield wiper system with intermittent operation (US 3,351,836), among other inventions. The papers include notebooks, correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, patents, drawings, and trade literature.
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Deskey, Donald, 1894-
- Dates:
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1927-1989
- Size:
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75 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1975-11-77
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
Project files containmagazine and newspaper clippings, reviews, correspondence, renderings, floor plans, perspective drawings, site plans, sketches, preliminary drawings, patents, stationery, labels, and technical reports. There is an extensive collection of photographs and slides of many of Deskey's packaging designs, interiors, furnishings, and exhibition installations. The files of Donald Deskey Associates include organizational charts, client files, proposals, and financial records. Some of Deskey's personal correspondence, speeches, articles, and family photographs are included. Materials cover the period from 1927-1975.
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Danko, Stanislaus F.
Danko, Anita
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1943-1988.
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0667
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival materials documenting Danko's career as an inventor of computer components, including writings and publications, biographical material, patent files, papers pertaining to employment, photographs, and miscellaneous.
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Cover, Jack
Meyer, Greg
- Dates:
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1946 - 2009
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1311
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the invention, development, use, and popularization of the Taser, a nonlethal weapon invented by Jack Covers.
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Hoffman, Robin
Stone, William R., 1920-2006
Raytheon Company
- Dates:
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1967-1985
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1320
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting William R. Stone's involvement in the invention and development of the microwave for industrial and home use. The collection includes biographical information; patents, and other invention related papers; photographs; design drawings; internal company papers and memoranda; Stone's research and reports, especially on the subject o...
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Adler, Solomon, 1901-1990
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (Ink on paper., 15" x 10".)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1157
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History