David Vetter Collection
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Vetter, David, 1971-1984
Texas Children's Hospital
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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1971-1986
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4.6 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1133
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document David Vetter, a Texas boy with a rare disease known as Severe Combined Immune Deficiency. His life in a special isolation unit received widespread publicity.
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Feinblum, Sandi
Fauci, Anthony S.
Fera, Joe
Feldblum, Chai R.
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1901-2016
bulk 1995-1999
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10.2 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1128
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John-Manuel Andriote interviewed numerous individuals involved in the AIDS crisis for his book, Victory Deferred: how AIDS changed gay life in America, this collection contains his interview tapes, transcripts, and materials related to the research, writing, and update of his book. It also contains interview transcripts for Andriote's later book, Stonewall Strong.
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Pennsylvania Steel Company.
- Dates:
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1905-1914
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
1 Album
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1024
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of railroad construction photographs documenting numerous unidentified, projects.
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Link Belt Company
- Dates:
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1915-1967.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0997
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The photographs relate to the Link Belt Company, a manufacturer of industrial equipment.
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Gordon, Robert B.
Starr, A.B., 1882-1962
- Dates:
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1905-1906
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1034
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Three volumes of laboratory notes compiled by Starr while a student at Sibley College, Cornell University. The tests written about in the notebooks related to engines, steam, tensile strength of cast iron, lubricants, and other subjects. The notebooks contain notes, charts and graphs, and cyanotypes.
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Lee, Edith Lavinia
Fairmont Seminary (Washington, D.C.)
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circa 1912-1927
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1415
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook compiled by Lee, documenting her time as a student at the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, D.C. in the 1910s. The scrapbook mostly documents the social lives of Lee and other students at the school, especially the dances, sporting events, graduations and other activities at the U.S. Naval Academy. The contents of the scrapbook include a h...
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Bissell, Hezekiah
- Dates:
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1920-1928
- Size:
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1445
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the reminiscences of Hezekiah Bissell, a railroad engineer who worked in the western United States with the Union Pacific Railroad, and in Peru.
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Anderson, John R.
- Dates:
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1920s-1986
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1401
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of Cadillace salemen's data books and automobile advertisements.
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Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Boston, Mass.)
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1977 - 2014
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2.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 8 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1410
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes: annual METCO Parent Handbooks which detailed the services METCO provided and provided other information for parents of children attending the METCO supported schools, 1977-2004; event programs from METCO gatherings, 2007-2014; flyers and handouts; and posters, including 7 hand-made posters created to be displayed at meeting...
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Schiff, Thomas R.
- Dates:
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2002-2010
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1338
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twenty color inkjet prints of panoramic photographs by Thomas R. Schiff, depicting American architecture, including interior and exterior views, and street scenes.
