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Cecil, Chuck, 1922-
Chiacco, Bob
Childers, Buddy, 1926-2007
Comstock, Frank
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1995-2007
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1215
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history interviews conducted by Tumpak with Big Band figures (listed below), and a set of articles he wrote based on the interviews.
Joan E. Biren Queer Film Museum Collection
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Biren, Joan E.
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1931 - 2010
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5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1216
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains material relating to lesbian-oriented motion pictures. The bulk of the collection consists of ephemera and film posters from theatrical releases in the United States. The collection also contains catalogues from video houses, film festivals, posters, and other material collected by Biren from on-line auction sites. Some of t...
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Robrecht, Jack
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1852 - 1983
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1.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1231
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains primarily photographs and postcards relating to firefighting. Many of the photographs are of firefighting vehicles and apparatus, both horse-drawn and gasoline-powered. The cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore are especially well documented, though other cities are represented, including Hamilton, Ohio; Camden, New Jersey; D...
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Sueiro, Jose
- Dates:
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1982-1987
bulk 1985-1987
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1236
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection contains Spanish-language newspaper from Washington, D.C spanning the years 1982-1987. They cover topics concerning the D.C. Latino community.
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Brooklyn Edison Company
Hall, Gretchen T.
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1936
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0.15 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1237
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, a guidebook titled Edison Wonder House, and photographs documenting the Edison Wonder House, a demonstration home created by the Brooklyn Edison Company in 1936 to showcase the wonders of electricity.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1867-1929.
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Four scrapbooks containing items relating to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including: blueprints, photographs, examples of company letterhead and blank company forms, clippings and articles, business records such as contracts and specifications, trade literature, and miscellany.
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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Leslie Company
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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ca. 1890-1900.
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1 Cubic foot (2 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1182
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two albums of photographs depicting rotary snow plows for railroads.
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McCloskey, William B., 1928-
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1952-2005
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5.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1192
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of photographic slides taken by McCloskey while aboard commerical fishing vessels. The photographs were taken in bodies of water spanning the globe, including those off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand, Alaska, New England, Canada, Norway, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Burma, Chile, Peru, ...
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Plastics Pioneers Association
- Dates:
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1952 September 18-20
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1 Boxe
- 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.
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Hounshell, David A.
Fitzgerald, John
Brodie, Jeffrey L.
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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2009
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1188
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through audio and video footage, a symposium held Nov. 6-7, 2009, in the National Museum of American History. The theme of the symposium was the historical interplay of people, places, resources, and ideas in shaping inventors' work. CD 1=Spark!lab Drums CD 2= Flag Hall Drum Circle CD 3= Speakers and Events CD 4= Recep...