Western Union Telegraph Company Records
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
- Dates:
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circa 1820-1995
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.
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Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
- Dates:
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undated
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10 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0315
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Although the obvious intention of the organizers of this file was to produce a comprehensive, alphabetical file of images of important scientists, inventors, engineers, and other figures in the history of science and technology, the resulting representation of significant subjects is somewhat haphazard. Also, there are some portraits of subjects o...
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Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Land, Charles H., 1847-1922
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
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1860-1957
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0834
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents inventor and dentist Charles H. Land and consists of correspondence, financial records, patent records, articles, printed material, writings, sermons and photographs.
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Jeffers, Grace
Formica Corporation.
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1913-2003
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18 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 11 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0565
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials consists of textual files, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures, newsletters, and informational pamphlets documenting the history of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
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Edwards, Nanci
Fleckner, John A., 1941-
Green , Rayna, Curator, 1942-
Johnson, Paula, Curator
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1976-2005
bulk 1996-2001
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0817
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is divided into six series. It includes mostly printed materials and interviews, and dates from approximately 1976 to 2005. There are wine-related event materials, interview transcripts and audiotapes, printed material and histories from people and institutions representing a wide spectrum of the wine business. Wine-related objects...
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Foley, Dennis
- Dates:
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1962-2004
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14 Cubic feet (47 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0896
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Foley's career as an authority, consultant, auctioneer, writer, and educator on the subject of food and wine: newsletters and publications, catalogs and programs for auctions, menus, photographs, wine tasting notes, labels, business records, and an interview of Foley conducted by John Fleckner.
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Freeze, Gerald
Cozy Inn (Thurmont, Md.)
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1885-2015, undated
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2.75 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1345
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of the Cozy Inn and Restaurant in Thurmont, Maryland.
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Spokeswoman Magazine
Political History, Division of (NMAH)
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1972-1980
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0931
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Printed materials spanning 1972-1980, relating to second-wave feminism and women's rights, mainly newsletters and periodicals and focused on the Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX, reproductive healthcare rights, and educational equality. Well-known organizations included in the collection are NOW (National Organization for Women), Planned Parenthood, United States Department of Labor, and the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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undated
1918
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0.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Asia
- 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: Asia forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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LeGon, Jeni, 1916-
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1930-2002, undated
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, includes photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0829
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the career of Jeni LeGon as a dancer, dance instructor, and actress.