Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated Records
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Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
- Dates:
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1856-1989, undated
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65 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0395
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Printed advertisements, scrapbooks, correspondence, marketing research, radio commercial scripts, photographs, proof sheets, reports, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, television commercial storyboards, blueprints, legal documents, and audiovisual materials primarily documenting the history, business practices, and advertising campaigns of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated. Collection documents the professional and private lives of the Hills family; insight into the cultivation, production, and selling of coffee; and construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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Northlight of Colorado, Inc.
Jacobson, Jake
- Dates:
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1996-2000
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8 Framed print
3.42 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0866
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photoprints and other materials created by Jacob Jacobson for the "Heart & Hands: Musical Instrument Makers of America" exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), from April 2000 to early 2004.
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New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad Companies
- Dates:
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1831-1978
bulk 1903-1933
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8 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 10 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1071
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the history of the demolition and construction of Grand Central Terminal with a focus on the period 1903 to 1913.
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Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
Pool, Ithiel de Sola, 1917-
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1919-1984
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0713
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of articles, publications, writings, and research notes on the topic of communication in the 20th century, especially the psychological effects of mass media. Also 4 VHS videotapes and an accordion file folder.
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Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
Claxton, William
Kenton, Stan
Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010
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1920-2002
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87 Cubic feet (188 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0845
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and audiovisual materials documenting Russo's career in music.
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Murphy, W.B.
Norris, Alice
Norris, E. E.
Prior, Joseph
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1904-2015
bulk 1904-1989
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12 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0367
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is the result of a year-long study of Campbell's "Red and White" Soups advertising and marketing, supported in part by a grant from the Campbell Soup Company. Thirty-one oral history interviews were conducted by Dr. Barbara Griffith for the project, and a variety of related materials were gathered by the Center for Advertising History staff. The objective of the project was to create a collection that provides documentation, in print and media, of the history and development of advertising for Campbell's Red and White Soups in the decades following World War II.
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Woodard, William E., 1873-1942 (inventor)
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1909 - 1949
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3.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0125
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of United States, Canadian, Mexican and other foreign patents issued to William E. Woodard from 1909 to 1949. The patents are for Woodard's developments in steam and electric locomotive design.
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North American Water and Power Alliance.
Ralph M. Parsons Corporation (Pasadena, Calif.)
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1964-1990
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1052
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains executive reports, promotional material, correspondence, articles and publications documenting the North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA), which was a large-scale, transcontinental water transfer plan designed by the Ralph M. Parsons Corporation in 1964.
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Shriners Hospital for Children (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Hitzler, Ron
Maley, Matthew
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1956-1981
bulk 1969-1972
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0.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1142
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development, study, and evaluation of gnotobiotic or germ-free patient isolation. During the 1960s, Shriners Burn Unit in Cincinnati, Ohio modified a previously existing unit, the Life Island (Mark V) and subsequently developed their own germ free unit, the Snyder Unit. One of the main developers of the Snyder Unit was Dr. Matthew Maley of Shriners Hospital. Collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, drawings, photographs, journal articles and trade literature.
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Andriote, John-Manuel
- Dates:
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1976-2001
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1184
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John-Manuel Andriote interviewed several individuals and entertainers involved with the disco era for his book, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco. This collection contains his interview tapes, transcripts, and materials related to the research and writing of his book.