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Windecker, Leo J., 1921-
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1917-1966
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2.18 Cubic Feet ((2 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0176
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains research data from Windecker's experiments with composites. The material includes market evaluations of the light aircraft manufacturing industry, and reports from the 1940s concerning the use of wood in aircraft production. The collection also includes correspondence between Dr. Windecker and Dow as well as project records...
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Windecker, Leo J., 1921-
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bulk 1961-1963
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0.18 Cubic Feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0763
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 63 8 x 10 black and white photographs depicting the construction process of a composite aircraft. Preceding each photograph is a detailed caption. Thirty five of these photographs were taken by Jack Greenberg on September 25, 1963 and October 8, 1963.
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Plastics Pioneers Association
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1952 September 18-20
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1 Boxe
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audio recordings of interviews with members of the Plastics Pioneers Association about the plastics industry, its origins, and evolution.
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J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics
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Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
DuBois, J. Harry, 1903-1986
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circa 1900-circa 1975
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2.66 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0008
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
J. Harry DuBois (1903-1986) was an industrial consultant in the field of petrochemicals and plastics. In 1927 at General Electric his studies resulted in extending the use of laminated plastics.
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Bull, Harry W., 1909-1971
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1925-1935 and undated
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0.15 Cubic feet (3 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1207
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 0.15 cubic feet of material relating to Harry W. Bull and his work with rockets.
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National Museum of History and Technology ., Division of Physical Sciences
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1955-1966 and undated
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1.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 579
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the research files of Robert P. Multhauf, Curator in the Division of Physical Sciences. The records contain scripts for Hall of Chemistry exhibitions; historical information and illustrations pertaining to chemistry, chemical apparatus, and industrial laboratories; biographies of distinguished chemists; and se...
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Northern States Power Company
Hooks, Benjamin, Dr.
Xcel Energy
Reddy Communications, Inc.
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1926-1999
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30 Cubic feet (119 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0913
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the development and use of Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon figure trademark created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. More than 150 investor-owned electric utilities in the United States and at least twelve foreign countries licensed the use of the Reddy Kilowatt trademark. The records include a wide range of textual and visual materials and sound and moving image recordings.
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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879
Francis, Joseph Sidney
Schultze, Bernhard
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1806-1879
bulk 1830-1879
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21 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0982
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879), a Boston civil and mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Boyden turbine. Materials include correspondence, notes, calculations, articles, notebooks, legal documents, financial documents, patents and patent assignments, design drawings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, business cards, and a print of a daguerreotype.
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Wells, Ellen B.
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1874-2009
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18 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0396
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of cookbooks, but many would accurately be described as pamphlets. Also included are some labels from products that contain recipes. The cookbooks were produced by manufacturers of the ingredients of foods; by beverage producers; by the manufacturers of appliances for which certain recipes or ways of cooking were particularly appropriate; by trade associations; and by electric and power companies who produced cookbooks for their customers.
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Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Parke, Davis Company
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1867 - 1971
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179 Cubic feet (177 boxes, 21 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes engineer's files of equipment used in the Detroit plant; blueprints and linen drawings of the Detroit plant, including building floor layouts, equipment & placement, and computer readouts of the linen drawings; plant operating manuals from the Detroit factory; incomplete sets of the "Parke-Davis Review" and "Parke-Davis Notes"; photographs...