Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records
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Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
- Dates:
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1886-1997
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108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0666
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines.
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Kranz, Sharlene
- Dates:
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1847-1948.
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0513
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Letterhead stationery; labels, especially cigar and hotel labels; trade catalogues; calling cards; souvenir programs; postcards; advertising cards; and other types of ephemera.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1959 - 1960
- Size:
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1.67 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0522
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documentary materials relating to the construction and operation of the 80-inch hydrogen bubble chamber at Brookhaven National Laboratory: a 16mm film of the construction of the bubble chamber; 6 reels of audiotapes from the operation of the bubble chamber, 8 rolls of 70mm film of particle tracks; 3 rolls of 35mm film of particle tracks; a log book...
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Sanger, Carolyn
Wolpe, Eleanor
Wolpe, Allan
- Dates:
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1950-1990.
- Size:
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7 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0524
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matchbooks collected with a national focus, from a variety of commercial establishments. Contain verbal and visual advertising.
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Strasser, Julie
Nike, Inc.
Strasser, Robert (marketing executive)
- Dates:
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1970-1989
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0525
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Videotapes, internal and external company publications, product catalogs and business files relating to Nike's domestic and international marketing and promotions.
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SHARE (Association)
Computers, Information and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Dietz, C. P.
- Dates:
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1964-1970
- Size:
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5 Cubic feet (14 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0498
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, abstracts and reports of computer programs, punch cards, Numerical Analysis project reviews, meeting notes, and research papers.
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Automatic Button Company.
American Pearl Button Company.
Claus Schmarje Button Company.
Barry Manufacturing Company.
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1898 - 1993
- Size:
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13 Cubic feet (55 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0504
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s.
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Aimar, George W.
Aimar, Harold
Aimar, G.W., Drug Company
Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1864-1972
- Size:
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350 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0810
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The day-to-day business records of a Charleston, South Carolina pharmacy, including day books, ledger books, cash books, prescription books, invoices, letterpress copybooks, and formula books.
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Rubin, Jamee
Little, Meg
Chase, Kevin
Smucker, Conrad
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2002
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0806
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ephemera from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, including advertising, packaging, program books, ticket stubs, maps, spectator and media guides, and other printed ephemera.
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Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Rudy, Jerome
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20th century.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0809
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
20th century advertising hand fans. Most of the fans feature a vignette on one side and an advertisement on the reverse. The fans advertise various establishments and products, including funeral parlors, patent medicines, and food products.