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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
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1881-1950
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99.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0977
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contain photographs of gas engines, steam turbines, machine tools, foundry and manufacturing methods, and automobile engines, 1896-1921; instruction books, bulletins, and catalogs, 1889-1950; engine lists for compound, junior compound, and standar...
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General Electric NELA Park Collection
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General Electric Company
Gotti, Mary Beth
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
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circa 1890s-1969
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5 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0789
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the technology of lighting and various business aspects of the General Electric Lighting Division throughout the 20th century and consists of correspondence, bulletins, price lists, business record books, stock certificates, sales and advertising materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and lantern slides.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
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1890 - 1930
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6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0715
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.
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Espenschied, Lloyd, 1889-? (electrical engineer)
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1907-1969
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11.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0013
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous information on the history of telephonic and wireless communication; considerable personal correspondence about men and events in the field, especially disputed claims of inventions, development, and the like.
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection forms a documentary record of over half a century of the history of radio, with the greatest emphasis on the period 1900-1935. The collection includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. It is useful for those historians and other researchers interested in technological development, economic history, and the impact of applications of technology on American life.
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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
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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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Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (124 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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Cummings, Robert A., 1866-1962
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1884-1952 and undated
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20 Cubic feet (25 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0218
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records consists primarily of correspondence and business records documenting Robert A. Cummings' firm, consulting work, and participation in professional associations, especially the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1892-1893, circa 1900-1939; technical data and publications on soils testing, 1900-1939;...
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Tainter, Charles Sumner, 1854-1940
Hartsook Studio (San Diego, Calif.)
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1878-1937
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0124
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Charles Sumner Tainter has been recognized as the father of the talking machine, and much of the material in this collection represents his experimental work on the graphophone. Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Tainter established the Volta Laboratory Association in 1881. This collection presents a comprehensive picture of the early development of the phonograph and Tainter's substantial contributions to the project.
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Swezey, Kenneth M., 1905-1972 (journalist)
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
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1891 - 1988
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8.6 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0047
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence (both of Nicola Tesla and Kenneth Swezey), copies of patents, articles, pamphlets, brochures, stamps, newsletters, and manuscripts, from 1890-1972 collected and assembled by Swezey.
