George H. Clark Radioana Collection
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection forms a documentary record of over half a century of the history of radio, with the greatest emphasis on the period 1900-1935. The collection includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. It is useful for those historians and other researchers interested in technological development, economic history, and the impact of applications of technology on American life.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company.
Leavitt, Erasmus D., 1836-1916
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1871-1917
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20.4 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 82 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0966
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Tracings on linen of steam engines of all types, pumping, histing, air compressing, mining, material handling, power transmission, mine structures, mining machinery, and buildings by Erasmus D. Leavitt, Jr. for Calumet Heclas, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan.
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Marutani, Victoria
Marutani, William M.
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1940-2003
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0890
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These materials are arranged chronologically and include information about Marutani's life and professional activities. The series includes information about his time in the Army, his association with Tule Lake, his work on the Loving v. Virginia case, photographs, a plaque from the Tule Lake Reunion Committee, and lecture research and notes.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Holly Manufacturing Company
Worthington Corporation
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1840-1982
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18 Cubic feet (54 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0916
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the products and business activities of the Worthington Corporation, its predecessors and its subsidiaries. The records focus on the products that the Worthington Corporation produced, including steam pumps, hydraulic pumps and gas engines.
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Hann, Catherine (Huynh bach Thuy)
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1953-2006
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0921
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Catherine Hann's life in Vietnam (1953-1981), her flight by boat to Malaysia and stay at Pulau Bidong refugee camp (February --September 1981), her immigration to the United States (September 1981), and her work in Maryland as a circuit board assembler, manicurist and esthetician.
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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
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circa 1935-1996
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50 Cubic feet (92 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0584
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of the 20th century's most important musical performers. The collection reflects her career and personal life through photographs, audio recordings, and manuscript materials.
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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
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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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1835 - 1897
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3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1386
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Cyrus W. Field's efforts to lay the transatlantic cable from Ireland to Newfoundland in 1866. The materials include photographs, correspondence, resolutions, maps, charts, and printed publications about Field and the transatlantic Cable.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1890-1915, undated.
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2.33 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1080
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The photographic images in this collection are largely of railway bridge construction and other properties owned by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company at the turn of the twentieth century. Images are of two distinct projects (mostly construction) taken in and around the St. Louis, Missouri area (1890-1900): of a bridge project (name and location unknown) spanning 1902-1903; and of the construction of the Metropolis Bridge (that crosses the Ohio River at Metropolis, Illinois, about 12 miles south of Paducah, Kentucky) between 1914-1915. For the latter project Ralph Modjeski originally served as consultant engineer and then as chief civil engineer of construction. There are also negatives of unidentified bridge construction.
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Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Blumenthal, M.L.
Blumenthal, Joseph
Blumenthal, Barbara B.
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1856-2010
bulk 1900-1969
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1344
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records from Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company, manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa products, including well-known candies such as Snocaps, Raisinets, and Goobers. They were located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was sold to Ward Foods Incorporated in 1969. This collection also includes material collected by and about the Blumenthal family and from M.L. Blumenthal, noted illustrator of the early 20th century.