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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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United States. National Bureau of Standards
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circa 1917-1933
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0217
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documents relating to early development of radio aids to aerial navigation, mostly on behalf of the U.S. military services.
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Richards, Linda, 1841-1930 (nurse)
Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1886-1890
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0221
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Linda Richards was the first woman nurse trained in the United States at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. When these letters were written, she was a missionary nurse and the head of the first training school for nurses in Japan.
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Learned, Clyde E. (civil engineer)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1949 - 1949
1913-1939
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0.4 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0226
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Clyde E. Learned (1885-?) was the senior highway engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, District Three, during the years 1919-1939. He was later a design engineer for the Public Roads Administration, Division Nine, in 1949.
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Rogers, John B., Producing Company
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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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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Worsley, Beatrice H., Dr. (associate professor)
Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1946-1959.
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0237
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Worsley's papers include handwritten notebooks, loose notes, memoranda, reprints from her articles in professional journals, and copies of her theses written in fulfillment of the master's and doctor's degree, from MIT and the University of Cambridge, respectively. All of these papers deal with technical and theoretical problems of computer des...
Interstate Commerce Commission Locomotive Inspection Reports
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Yungmeyer, Martha
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1931-1964
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8 Cubic feet (24 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0241
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders and railroads operating them.
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Valentine, P. O. (33 Homestead, Park, Newark)
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934
Belden & Company (45 Clinton Street, Newark, N.J.)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1897-1963
bulk 1897-1936
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15 Cubic feet (71 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0214
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The contents of the collection date from 1897 to 1936. The bulk of the collection consists of loose-leaf binders of photo prints of forty-one Cass Gilbert buildings under construction between 1908 and 1936. (This represents less than half of his firm's total output.) The volumes are arranged alphabetically by name of building. A few additional ph...
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Bier, Peter J.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1915-1970
bulk 1934-1959
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3.3 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0973
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Peter J. Bier, born in Hungary, immigrated to the United States in 1904. Bier worked as an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation in the Department of the Interior from 1923-1954, and continued to work as a consultant in the field after retirement. The collection includes materials related to his work with the Bureau of Reclamation, including project materials, drawings, designs, and inspection reports and data, along with materials documenting his time as an engineering consultant.
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Bathe, Greville
- Dates:
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bulk 1933-1944
1893-1985
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5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0970
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers contain archival materials comprising Bathe's research on Oliver Evans (1755-1819), an American engineer engaged in the development of steam engines. The collection includes copies of letters, design drawings, pamphlets and a book written by Evans, patents, a scrapbook, articles, genealogical information, Evans's will, and writings by Bathe ...