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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Merrill, Eliza W.
Merrill, Gertrude H.
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1807.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0034
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Surveying book, August 13, 1807, contains measurement tables and sample problems for surveying land.
Eric Miller Collection
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Miller, Eric
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1953-1983.
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1 Item (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0587
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Seven concert programs from performances by Ella Fitzgerald.
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McCarter, Jay
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1940s-1950s.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0541
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of 78 r.p.m. recordings of jazz artists, including many by Duke Ellington, many of them test pressings.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Yim, Ken
Rider, Doug
English, Fred
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1969-1986
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0494
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of this collection consists of materials pertaining to Queenie Pie, a comic opera in seven scenes. Also included are publicity, correspondence for the opera, Ellington's autobiography Music is My Mistress, and a script for the Ellington work, My People.
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MacPheat, Will
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1920s-1930s.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0905
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs of oil and gas extraction sites and equipment taken by field personnel of the United States Geological Survey in Montana and North Dakota
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Maevis, Alfred
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1903-1969
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1 Cubic foot (5 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0954
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Maevis' work on the New York subway system.
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Ritter, Tex
Louey, Gilbert
Autry, Gene, 1907-1998
Acuff, Roy
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1920s-1970s
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48 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0832
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films of country-western performers, including some Hollywood films and some television programs, such as "Hee Haw" and "Grand Ole Opry" .
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Poppen, Sherman, 1930-
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1966 - 2008
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1.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1159
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Sherman Poppen Papers document the snurfer, the predecessor of the snowboard that he invented in 1965. The snurfer, a sled that was ridden while standing up, originally consisted of two skis bound together. Snurfer competitions fueled the development of the snowboard as a piece of sporting equipment. This collection contains material describing the snurfer's place in snowboarding history, and the associated business and legal aspects.
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Hayes, Ed
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1918 - 1981
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1.3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1333
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection relating to the vaudeville musical group, Ed Hayes and his Banjo Girls: a photograph album, a scrapbook, route sheets, programs, Actors' Equity Association cards, clippings, and a map.
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Johnson Controls. (5757 North Green Bay Avenue, Glendale, Illinois 53209)
Kilby, Jack
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1951.
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0798
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A typescript of Kilby's 1951 paper entitled "Transistors -- Their Manufacture and Use." 14 pp. + title and bibliography pages. In a folder with an attached offprint of an article from Scientific American: Louis N. Ridenour, "A Revolution in Electronics," Aug. 1951, Vol. 185, No. 2, pp. 13-17.