National Company (NATCO) Atomic Clocks Records
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Bagnall, James
Orensberg, Arthur
NATCO, Inc. (National Company, Inc.)
Mainberger, Walter
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1955 - 1968
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5.5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0547
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the development of the first commercial atomic clocks by the National Company, Inc., (NATCO) of Malden, Massachusetts, a company known for producing specialized electronic equipment. The records include blueprints, technical drawings and schematics, technical and research reports, instruction manuals, photographs, and marketing materials.
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Nordskog, Arne, 1885-1962
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1915-1924
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0539
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the early musical history of Los Angeles, California, and Nordskog's work in promoting it. Includes letters, drawings, writings, photographs, business records, and printed material. The names listed below are represented in the collection by letters or photographs.
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Holland, Max, 1950-
- Dates:
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1941-1995
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3.7 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0537
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documents, promotional materials, correspondence, press clippings, trade journals and reports relating to the machine tool industry and one of its major components, the Houdaille Corporation.
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Tantalus Project
Rowe, Ednor "Ed"
Pruett, Charles
Olson, Cliff
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1940-1995
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3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0532
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of notebooks, manuals, and other data and operational logbooks documenting the creation, building, and maintenance of Tantalus, and the experiments performed on the machine. Tantalus was the first dedicated synchrotron radiation laboratory and source. Series 5 and Series 6 include oral and video histories with Edno...
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Manochio, Dennis
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ca. 1920s-1940s.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0533
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Fireworks packaging, labels, wrappers and boxes. Many of the labels contain illustrations and logos with ethnic imagery, often stereotypical, and a variety of other subjects.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society
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1985-1992
bulk 1987-1989
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4 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0538
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection was assembled by Museum curators and documents the efforts of persons in eight states to have the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), a particle accelerator, built in their state. Also documents efforts in each state to oppose locating the SSC in their state. The collection contains correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills, clippings, photographs, and a videotape.
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Shayt, David H.
Wedge Innovations
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1985-1996
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13 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 5 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0534
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Wedge Innovations document the invention and development of a new hand tool, the SmartLevel, an electronic builder's level; also included are company management and policies.
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Crosby, Marlene
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1979
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4 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0621
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records relating to a study done by Marlene Crosby on the health of World War II women factory workers, including approximately 600 questionnaires completed by study participants.
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Acevedo, Edwin
Acevedo, Gilbert
Von Matthiessen, Maria
- Dates:
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1990-1998
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0622
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic prints depicting Country and Western musicians. Many of the photographs are humorous, whimsical, or even surrealistic.
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Kushi, Aveline, 1923-
Kushi, Michio, 1926-
Ohsawa, George
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1960-2006, undated
bulk 1970-1989
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29 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
339 Cassette tapes
218 Video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0619
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publications, photographs, articles, audio and video recordings, and teaching materials relating to the rise of Macrobiotics in the United States, as popularized by Michio and Aveline Kushi. The bulk of the material was produced for the Kushi Foundation, Kushi Institute, and East West Foundation.
