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Helfand, William
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1980-1991
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0447
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of cards advertising telephone sex purveyors in New York, New York; London, United Kingdom; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Tokyo, Japan, and other countries.
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Levine, Benjamin, 1888-1978 (promoter)
Levine, Bertram
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1902-1963
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0435
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of amateur boxing ephemera collected by Bertram Levine.
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Welsbach, Carl Auer von, Baron
Forscher, Frederick
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1890.
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0438
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One letter written by Carl Auer von Welsbach to the Austrian Gas and Electric Company. The letter is written in German.
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Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
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1899
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0460
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scrapbook compiled by unidentified persons containing materials relating to the Spanish-American War Peace Jubilee of 1899.
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Whitney, George Eli, 1862-1963 (engineer)
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1898-1957
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0463
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of inventor and engineer George Eli Whitney.
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Association for Computing Machinery. Washington, D.C. chapter.
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1958-1978
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0462
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Microfiche copies of the records of the Washington, DC chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (1958-1978).
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Carleton, Herbert W., d. 1992
Carleton, Herbert Oswald
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1912-1919
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0465
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of motion picture publicity stills collected by Herbert O. Carleton (1887-1962), cameraman during the Silent Era of filmmaking.
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Plastics Pioneers Association
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1952, 1968
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audio recordings of interviews with members of the Plastics Pioneers Association about the plastics industry, its origins, and evolution.
Computer Oral History Collection
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Blanch, Gertrude
Bloch, Richard M.
Bradburn, James
Brainerd, John G.
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1969-1973, 1977
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43.5 Cubic feet (158 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0196
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer.
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Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
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1964-1994, undated
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72 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S05
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 5 primarily consists of color negatives, but occasionally includes order forms, envelopes, and other photographic materials associated with the order. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
