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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Bay State Gas Company.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1858-1929
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0.75 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1049
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document an investigation by M.L. Webb, an attorney from Massachusetts, into possible trust violations by the coal and gas industry of New England, New Jersey, and Delaware in the late nineteenth century. Documents assembled by Webb include patents, stock records, photographs, correspondence, hand written notes, published materials, and investigation notebooks.
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American Petroleum Institute.
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1860s-1980s
bulk 1955-1990
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45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1838-1981
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4.38 Cubic feet (consisting of 9.5 boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Petroleum
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Petroleum forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Hallett, William E., 1864-1932
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1900-1925.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1112
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Hallett's career as an engineer and his work with engines. The collection includes correspondence, engineering notebooks, writings, photographs, patent materials, clippings, and publications,.
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Cunningham-Hall Aircraft Corp
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1917-1940
bulk 1928-1930
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2.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes) (1 drawer))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0447
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains drawings and preliminary analysis studies of the PT-6, PT-4, GA-21, PT-6F, GA-60, GA-36, GA-50, and an Experimental Observation and Training Airplane.
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Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
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1886-1997
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108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0666
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Koppers Company.
Bartlett-Hayward Company.
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1882-1950
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6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0993
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; no...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1881-1950
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99.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0977
- Repository:
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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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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company.
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1917-1968
bulk 1925-1954
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3.2 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0996
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company started in 1903 by John F. Lorimer. The company produced diesel engines for a variety of machines, including marine vessels, locomotives, and farm equipment. The collection includes background and historical information on the company, instruction manuals, marketing literature, corporate records, and drawings and photographs.
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Aronson, David, 1923-2015
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1955-1970
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3.3 Cubic feet (10 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0947
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the correspondence and technical documents related to David Aronson's work as an engineer with the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation. The correspondence files relate to acceptance or rejection of products and procedures used in the development and production of the company's products, responses to submissions to...