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Pubols, Benjamin H., Jr.
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1950-2002
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0795
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of music memorabilia and printed ephemera. Examples of contents include concert programs and advertising. New material, much of it from the second half of the twentieth century, will be added regularly to this collection. This collection has been integrated into the Archives Center Business Americana Collection (NMAH.AC.040...
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Gensel, John
Morgen, Joe
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1950-1979
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0763
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Duke Ellington, once owned by Ellington's publicist Joe Morgen: Morgen's correspondence, much of it relating to appearances by Ellington; photographs; some financial records; some music manuscripts of Ellington's; concert and theater programs; a film of Ellington at the White House in 1969 when he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Nixon; and press releases and newspaper and magazine articles.
Stanley Home Products Collection
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Stanley Home Products
Beveridge, Frank Stanley
Perkins, Homer
O'Brien, Catherine L.
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1896 - 1999
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18 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0788
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development of the Stanley Home Products Company, Incorporated its activities and those of its employees. The materials include photographs and photograph albums, speeches and presentations, catalogs and other printed material, inspirational and motivational materials, annual reports, film and audio recordings.
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Norton, Robert H.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Kass, Marcia
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1873-2010
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0825
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of ephemera from World's Fairs, intended as a growing repository for such miscellany from multiple sources. The initial donation consists of a season ticket, a booklet of souvenir tickets, and one menu from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 2010 addendum contains eleven graphic works relating to World's Fairs. Eight of th...
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LeGon, Jeni, 1916-
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1930-2002, undated
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, includes photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0829
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the career of Jeni LeGon as a dancer, dance instructor, and actress.
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Beers, Royce. L., 1888-
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circa 1900-1969
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0880
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents stokers and fuel burners and includes patents, awards, articles, notebooks, graphs, drawings, tables, and company publications.
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Rule, Bob (Robert M.)
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ca. 1950-1999.
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1.5 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0855
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials document Bob Rule's career as a yo-yo demonstrator, expert, promoter and contest winner.
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Brosterman, Norman
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company
Muhlfeld, John E.
Nahem, Edward T.
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1900-1955
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240 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1169
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of this collection consists of approximately 26,500 original ink and pencil drawings from which blueprints were later made. The drawings depict not only the rolling stock but the components of the railroad equipment, from the largest to the smallest. The drawings are indexed, titled, numbered, dated and annotated with dimensions and other ...
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Norrell, Thomas, 1899-1985
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circa 1840-circa 1960
bulk 1870-1940
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18 Cubic feet (84 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1174
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 11,000 images collected by Thomas Norrell consisting of original photographic prints and photographic postcards, original film and glass plate negatives, and duplicate/copy photographic prints and negatives. The majority are external views of single locomotive engines of North American railroad and industrial companies. Images of international railroad company locomotives and of representative locomotives from various locomotive works and builders are also included. The collection contains a small number of subject-specific images covering such topics as train wrecks, funeral trains, experimental locomotives, miniature trains, and locomotives at the 1933 and 1939 World's Fairs.
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Ogden, Darius
Robbins, Lawrence
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1916-1917.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0995
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Black-and-white photoprints of mills, taken ca. 1916-1917, some captioned in shorthand; a notebook, also in shorthand; two postcards of mills; a typescript essay entitled "On the Hunting of Old Mills"; and maps, presumably used to find the mills. Of those captioned, most of the mills in the captioned photographs are in Maryland and Virginia.
