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National Museum of American History. Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
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circa 1981-1982
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 376
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Materials include correspondence and memoranda between Molella and historical societies, museums, and NMAH departments and divisions pertaining to the development of the exhibition. Also included are exhibition scripts documenting the early political years of Roosevelt and his presidency, especially emphasizing his skillful use of radio a...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1967-2008
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-227
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History, Division of Information Technology and Society. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Electricity and Modern P...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1949-2009
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-216
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, and Elliot N. Sivowitch, Museum Specialist, which document their curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Information Technology and Society, and during the years when the division was known as the Division of Electricity ...
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American Public Power Association
- Dates:
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1950 - 1982
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1337
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Persuasive printed materials offered by the Association to member utilities, to use as ads in local newspapers or as bill stuffers, on public interest subjects such as holiday safety, energy saving, the conveniences of electric appliances, and other topics; persuasive printed materials, mostly offered by investor-owned utilities, in opposition to p...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
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1925-2010
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-217
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Information Technology and Society; the Division of Electricity and Mode...
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Science Service
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circa 1920s-1970s
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19 cu. ft. (38 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-094
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Science Service was established in 1920 through the efforts of the E. W. Scripps Company in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the National Research Council (NRC). In 1919 Scripps had established the American Society for the Dissemination of Science. ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1954-2004
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-226
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, which document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Information Technology and Society, and during the years when the division was known as the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, the Division of Electricity ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
- Dates:
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1886-1978
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 250
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records of the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics relating to electricity consist of some early general correspondence, primarily of George C. Maynard, but also including that of J. Elfreth Watkins and Carl W. Mitman, concerning the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, Alfred Vail, and inventors of dynamos ...
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Brown, William W. (electrical engineer)
- Dates:
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1920-1950
- Size:
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2.66 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0102
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
35 binders of engineering drawings, correspondence, and charts concerning high frequency alternators, low and high frequency antenna systems, insulators, conductors, power transformers, cables, and vacum tubes.
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Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937 ((electrical engineer) )
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1900-1932.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0103
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Material documenting the activities of the Thomson Electric Welding Company and the Thomson Spot Welder Company. Includes copies of patents issued to Thomson or his employees, bulletins on electric resistance welding published by the companies, photographs of electric welding equipment, sales literature, historical notes on Elihu Thomson, and a led...
