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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Armed Forces
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circa 1960s
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4 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0262
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 50 reels of 16mm motion picture film in various lengths, some are in cans. Includes the negative and completed film, narrated by Mendel Peterson for the Explorers' Guild film, and two short color films show Peterson and another man doing carpentry work in an outdoor setting, then straining a liquid into a bottle.
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Stutsman, James
- Dates:
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1875
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0258
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The set consists of nine books with a fragment of a tenth which seems not to be related to the other nine. Eight of the nine books, which are basically intact, offer a complete enough assortment to produce a usable performance set. The 1st althorn is missing, but the 2nd alto is present. Also, possibly missing are: 2nd Eb cornet, 2nd Bb tenor, a...
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Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
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1934 - 1988
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140 Cubic feet (433 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0266
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers of Dr. Kranzberg from his undergraduate years at Amherst College through his professional career. Collection documents his involvement with development of the new field of history of technology and his role as principal founder of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT); work as consultant and advisor to domestic and international agencies, colleges, and universities; personal affiliations, lectureships, publications; and teaching and administrative activities for more than 40 years as a college professor.
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Freedman, Margaret A.
- Dates:
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circa 1940-1961
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17 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0252
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John C. Goff worked as an inspector at the Navy Yard Optical Shop during World War II. He might provide additional information, but efforts to contact him to identify the photographs in 1987 were unsuccessful. Deborah Warner, curator, may be able to assist researchers.
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Becker, Leonard, ?-1985
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1976
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2 Cubic feet (1 box , 5 audiocassete tapes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0248
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Leonard Becker was a major participant in the development and marketing of Vinyl plastic.
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Wainwright Family
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1777-1893
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0244
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The correspondence, financial and legal materials, writing and notes, and various other materials of the Wainwright family who lived in early 1800s New York.
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ca. 1910-1920.
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0.1 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0246
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection designated for miscellaneous glass plates, unidentified and/or of unknown provenance. The plates included here are indexed, but additional items may be added to the collection. There are eight plates, both negatives and positives; subjects include a man with cog railway tracks(?), two images of an observatory and two of the moon, and fou...
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Walker, John Brown, 1815-1908
Coats, Helen Hotchkiss
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1815-1908
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0249
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John B. Walker was an itinerant artist who made paper cut-out designs that he sent to his friends as presents, decorations, and commemorations. His collection did not come to light until the early 1960s in Geauga County, Ohio.
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Rogers, John B., Producing Company
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
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1929-1934.
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0245
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John B. Rogers Producing Company was established in 1903 as a supplier of costumes, sets, lights, and scripts for amateur theater. Its main office remained in Fostoria, Ohio until 1977, when the company moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Dean, W.E., Mrs.
Dean, William E., Jr., -1965 (civil engineer)
- Dates:
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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.
