W. Oscar Sullivan Papers
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Sullivan family
Sullivan, W. Oscar, 1891-
- Dates:
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1900-1960
- Size:
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2.6 Cubic feet (8 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0072
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and photographs document the careers in show business (traveling medicine shows, vaudeville acts and acting in stage shows) of Mr. Sullivan, members of his family and associates.
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Graphic Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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circa 1889-1900
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0234
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook of comics depicting practical jokes, accidents, and a number of amusing and sometimes violent real- life situations. Inscription inside the front cover: "To Darling Effie from Does"(?). These comics probably satirize events of the time. The cartoons were produced in publications such as "Fliegende Blatter," "Puck," "Judge," "Life," "Picto...
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Hoak, Bill
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1909-1972
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0236
- Repository:
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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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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hamily, David
- Dates:
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1912-1949
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0207
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of statistics on electric train operation, drawings, blueprints, technical papers, train classifications, research and development reports, business and financial correspondence (1933, 1939-1948, 1940-1941), installation and operation instructions, locomotive system test procedures, locomotive operations data and calculatio...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
Beers, E.R.
- Dates:
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1909-1938
- Size:
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6.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0232
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents E.R. Beers's business records, his personal collection of Edison trivia, and correspondence between Beers and General Electric (1909-1922).
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United States. Works Progress Administration
- Dates:
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1936-1937.
- Size:
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18.5 Cubic feet (79 volumes, 10 rolls)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0240
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is comprised of over 18 cubic feet of material generated during the course of the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey. The bulk of the collection consists of survey books and measured drawings. Other records include administrative papers relating to the project, an index and catalogue, and a listing of the names of vessels su...
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Herder Cutlery.
- Dates:
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1836 - 1976
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0050
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents through corporate records, correspondence, financial records, news clippings, personal papers, photographs, and sales records of several Herder family cutlery businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1818-1941
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1 Cubic foot (consisting of 2 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Bridges
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Bridges forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1869-1959
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9.59 Cubic feet (consisting of 21 boxes, 2 folder, 4 oversize folder, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Hotels
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Hotels forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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- Creators:
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1807-1938
- Size:
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0.9 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Beds
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Beds and Bedding Materials forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana