John Stevens Collection
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Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
Stevens, John, 1749-1838
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1808-1881
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0333
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The main component of this collection is a double-spaced typewritten document of 858 pages transcribed (apparently in 1903) from original records and consisting of correspondence, newspaper articles, technical descriptions, legal documents, and other material relating to John Stevens, his professional work and career. Some of the correspondence is...
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Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Orr, Craig
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1900-1985
bulk 1920-1950
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18 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0329
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Norwich Eaton Pharmaceutical, Inc., Collection includes advertisements, company histories, equipment purchasing proposals, batch orders, finishing production orders, packaging orders and records documenting the creation and advertising of several products, including Furacin, Asogen, Paracin, Unguentine, Necta Sweet, and Chloraseptic Pepto Bismo, a popular liquid still used to relieve various digestive ailments. Founded in 1885, Norwich Eaton was acquired in 1982 by Proctor and Gamble.
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Frick Company, George (Waynesboro, Pa.)
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1852-1961
bulk 1860-1920
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26 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0293
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents, in correspondence, publications, forms, paperwork, drawings, newspaper clippings, diplomas and photographs, the operations and products of the Frick Company of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam-powered engines (portable, stationary, and traction), sawmills, threshing machines, grain separators and other mechanized agricultural harvesting implements, refrigeration, mechanical cooling systems, and ice making plants, from its founding in 1852 through 1961.
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
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undated
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57 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2473
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Amos, Christine
Amos, Wally
Famous Amos Cookie Company
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1975-1996
- Size:
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7 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0112
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Famous Amos Collection consists primarily of business records, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the career and life of Wally Famous Amos and the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie company he created.
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Anglo-American Telegraph Company, Ltd.
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1862-1947
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14 Cubic feet (51 volumes in 44 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0073
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records relating to the organization of the company, corporate and financial records. Corporate records include two volumes of the company's acts, charters, contracts and agreements, 1862-1883; minutes of board meetings relating to varied subjects, such as agreements between the company and other telegraph companies such as Western Union Telegraph concerning sales of property, details of trnsactions or purchases undertaken by the company. Financial records consist of nine volumes of "journals" showing monthly records of receipts, 1866-1912; nineteen volumes of ledgers reveal a detailed financial status of the company, 1866-1912; and nine volumes of cash books consist of the financial transactions of the company, 1904-early 1941. See also 1 folder of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company telegrams in the Warshaw Collection under the heading "Telegraphs".
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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
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1866-1890
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0068
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of five children's books about the circus, a brochure announcing the show in London, an 1873 advertisement for the Great Traveling World's Fair of Barnum's, and two scrapbooks.
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Herder Cutlery.
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1836 - 1976
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3 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0050
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents through corporate records, correspondence, financial records, news clippings, personal papers, photographs, and sales records of several Herder family cutlery businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Stong, C.L., 1902-1975 (electrical engineer)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1952-1976
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12.6 Cubic feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0012
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers are the files of the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" section of the Scientific American from 1952 to 1976. They are arranged chronologically by date of article. The feature was started in 1952 as an expansion of "The Amateur Astronomer" section of the periodical. The papers include files of Stong's predecessor and files for arti...
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Burgess, Dana Tai Soon
- Dates:
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1904 - 2018
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1397
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life of Dana Tai Soon Burgess, and that of his Korean American family, dating back to 1904. Included are photographs of his family before and after they immigrated to the United States; some photographs taken during a time when they lived and worked at Kunia Camp, Hawaii; and of Burgess throughout his life. Also include...