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Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Data Processing Digest, Inc.
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Milligan, Margaret
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1955-1974
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15.6 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Magazine and newspaper clippings (1955-1974) from various sources, on the development of the computer industry; six rolls of microfilm (1955-1966); and issues of Data Processing Digest, 1970-1974.
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Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Sachs, Terry M.
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1965-1971
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0238
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes IBM operating manuals, RCA training and field engineering manuals, several printouts of data from RCA computer in COBOL; and a description of a computer programming problem (payroll calculation and reporting).
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Hoak, Bill
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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1909-1972
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0236
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents major-league baseball players, circa 1909-1912, through photographs and newspapers.
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Trobbe, Cyrus (musician)
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ca. 1900-1982.
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300 Cubic feet (322 record boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0242
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes: published music scores (1920-1980) collected by Cy Trobbe, scrapbooks documenting his music career (1919-1980), programs from musical presentations in San Francisco (1913-1980), disc recordings of Trobbe's radio broadcasts on KFRC in 1938; and a card catalog assembled by Trobbe of his collection, arranged by type of music.
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Mawhinney, Matthew (engineer)
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1917-1978
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matthew Mawhinney, an engineer specializing in industrial furnace design and operation, collected this material during his career with Salem Engineering Co. and later as a consulting engineer.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Gallagher, James (civil engineer)
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1924-1931
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0228
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials relating to bridge construction in California. Includes a set of drawings for the San Joaquin River Bridge, Mossdale, California (1924), a California Division of Highways Bridge Department Manual (1931), and booklets by the California Highway Commission containing contracts and specifications for the construction of bridges on state highw...
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Savage, John L., 1879-? (civil engineer)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1944
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0227
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials concerning dams, power plants, and materials testing in China, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It consists of a bound volume of preliminary reports, with maps, prepared for China's National Resources Commission by John L. Savage, consulting engineer. Includes a report on the Yangtze River Gorge Project (11/1944) and several other Chin...
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Dean, W.E., Mrs.
Dean, William E., Jr., -1965 (civil engineer)
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1949-1965
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0230
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dean's technical papers on pre-stressed concrete bridge construction, standard specifications on such bridges, photographs of bridges and promotional brochures on concrete use; also, biographical material, including an obituary.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Olds, Robert F., 1881- (civil engineer)
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1918-1948
- Size:
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1.2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0231
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains material from fourteen dam construction projects (1918-1946), including notes, blueprints, reports, drawings, and corres¬pondence. In addition there is cost data (1923-1943), equipment and materials testing data (1939-1945), a notebook, photoprints (1926-1938), related journal articles (1927, 1933, 1940), and miscellaneous r...
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Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Division of Medical Sciences, NMAH
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circa 1930s-1960s
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36 Cubic feet (81 Films, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0222
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films vary in subject, production source, and intended audience. Includes both silent and sound black-and-white, and color films with sound.