Peery Typesetting Records
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Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
Peery, Walter E.
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1937-1959.
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0550
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the invention and patenting of the Peery Typesetter.
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Hammond Coal Company.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1937-1954.
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1003
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the business activities of the Hammond Coal Company. It includes correspondence, "bootleg" registrations, reports on mine inspections, equipment inventories, grievances, financial records, production reports, contracts, employee information, accident and injury reports, and payroll ledgers. Also included are papers relating...
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman, George M., 1831-1897
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1867-1982
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), the collection includes background materials, correspondence, financial, personnel and operating records, drawings and photographs.
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Silliman, Elton Ross, 1902-
- Dates:
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1930-1982
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1.35 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0050
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Elton Silliman's personal and business papers. The material consists of correspondence, photographs, and documents pertaining to airline operations during the period 1930-1960, as well as airport and hotel financial records. The material also includes club and society reports and membership lists.
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Foster, Robert L, 1922-1994
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bulk 1930-1974
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0.75 Cubic Feet ((2 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0062
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of .75 linear ft of Robert L. Foster's professional papers, including the following types of material: reports, correspondence, photographs, invitations, McDonnell newsletters, interoffice memorandums, and newspaper articles. The papers relate to his long association with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and his roles in ...
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Lifwynn Foundation
- Dates:
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1938 - 1954
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0020
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Included are file memoranda on meetings and correspondence, sent and received, 1938-1954, between the Lifwynn Foundation for Laboratory Research in Analytic and Social Psychiatry Incorporated, and in particular, Hans Syz, M.D., Secretary, and various doctors, psychologists, other professionals in the subject field, and various U.S. Military Departm...
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Cummings, Willard Warren, 1915-1975
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1911-1997
bulk 1930-1975
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19.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cummwill
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and co-founder of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Willard Warren Cummings measure 19.3 linear feet and date from 1911 to 1997 with the bulk of the papers dating from 1930 to 1975. The collection documents Cummings's career as an artist through biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed materials, scrapbooks, artwork, and photographic material.
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Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964
Edel, Abraham, 1908-2007
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1928-1996
bulk 1928-1964
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4.58 Linear feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2005-27
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National Anthropological Archives
May Mandelbaum Edel (1909-1964) taught anthropology at Brooklyn College and the New School for Social Research, and founded the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University in 1960. She conducted fieldwork in Washington; Oregon; Uganda; and Brownsville, New York. The collection consists of field notes, lecture notes, language notes, manuscripts, books, correspondence, teaching materials, conference files, and personal papers. Included are lecture notes taken from courses with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, and extensive field notes for her work with the Okanagan Indians in Washington, the Bachiga (Bakiga) in Uganda, and Jewish families in Brownsville, New York.
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International Longshoremen's Association, Local 791
- Dates:
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1938-1986
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0440
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is composed of a variety of records left behind when Local 791 vacated an apartment it had leased in New York City. As such, the collection does not offer a complete record of the union or its activities. Included are five volumes of official records: a minute book, 1938-1949; three dues ledger books, 1944-1947; and a cash book, ...
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Takaki, Michiko, 1930-2014
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1921-2011
bulk 1960s
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134.16 Linear feet (167 boxes, 7 rolls, and 7 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2016-23
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National Anthropological Archives
The papers of Michiko Takaki, 1921-2011 (bulk 1960s), document her field work among the Kalinga people of the northern Philippines and her professional contributions as a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The papers consist primarily of economic and linguistic field data gathered between 1964 and 1968, used in the production of her doctoral dissertation ("Aspects of Exchange in a Kalinga Society, Northern Luzon," 1977) and throughout her anthropological career. The collection consists of field notes, maps, photographic prints, negatives, slides, sound recordings, recorded film, data and analysis, correspondence, working files and drafts, and publications.