Query: Inventors -- 1900-1950
Wade Corset Collection
Creators:
Wade , Alzira Hewitt Cowardin , 1839-1929
Dates:
1894-1906
bulk 1900-1906
Size:
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1580
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents the Wade Corset Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded by inventor, Alzira Hewitt Cowardin Wade.

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in NMAH.AC.1580 for Inventors -- 1900-1950
George Eli Whitney Papers
Creators:
Whitney, George Eli, 1862-1963 (engineer)
Dates:
1898-1957
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0463
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The papers of inventor and engineer George Eli Whitney.

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in NMAH.AC.0463 for Inventors -- 1900-1950
Elisha Gray Collection
Creators:
Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901 (inventor)
Dates:
1871-1938
Size:
3.6 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0014
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Legal documents, photographs, articles, copies of correspondence, three folders of original Gray correspondence on the Gray-Bell controversy; most of the collection consists of copies of material, or printed matter, collected by Lloyd W. Taylor of the museum staff.

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in NMAH.AC.0014 for Inventors -- 1900-1950
Marion O'Brien Donovan Papers
Creators:
Dodd, Sharon Donovan
Donovan, Christine
Donovan, James F. Jr., Dr.
Donovan, Marion (Marion O'Brien), 1917-1998 (inventor)
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Dates:
1949-1999
Size:
7 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 2 map folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0721
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Correspondence, patents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and subject files about various inventors and ideas. Collection documents women inventors, American culture, 1950s-1970s, and products designed for women and the home. Donovan's papers offer a near complete invention record, including both successes and failures, as well as patent and trademark correspondence.

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in NMAH.AC.0721 for Inventors -- 1900-1950
Elihu Thomson Collection
Creators:
Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937 ((electrical engineer) )
Dates:
1900-1932.
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0103
Repository:
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 ledger …

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in NMAH.AC.0103 for Inventors -- 1900-1950
Kleinschmidt Teletype Records
Creators:
Morton, Sterling, 1885-1961
Goodspeed, Charles B.
Teletype Corporation
Kleinschmidt, Edward E., 1876-1977
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Dates:
1915-1930
Size:
0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1259
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection largely contains correspondence regarding the Kleinschmidt Teletype, as well as financial records and newspaper clippings regarding the Teletype Company.

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Peter Paul Haring Papers
Creators:
Haring, Peter Paul, -1935
Dates:
1895-1977
Size:
1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1014
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Papers relating to Haring's development of cotton picking machines, 1894-1930.

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Harris Automatic Press Company Records
Creators:
GSS Printing Equipment Company.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information Technology and Communications
Harris Automatic Press Company, Dayton, Ohio
Dates:
2003 - 2003
1889 - 1995
Size:
6.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0928
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents the Harris Automatic Press Company, manufacturers of a printing press with an automatic feed primarily through drawings and photographs.

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in NMAH.AC.0928 for Inventors -- 1900-1950
Thomas Alva Edison Photoprints
Creators:
ETL Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Keystone View Company
Shinn, Walter Scott
Underwood & Underwood, Inc.
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Dates:
1890s-1933
Size:
0.67 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0299
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection is divided into two series: (a) Silver gelatin prints; and (b) xerographic copy prints made in the museum. The collection consists of approximately 340 photoprints (count to be verified) documenting the life of Thomas Alva Edison, especially the later period, beginning in his early fifties, continuing until his death …

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Russell H. Varian Papers
Creators:
Varian, Russell H., 1898-1959 (electrical engineer)
Dates:
1937.
Size:
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0110
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Two notebooks, April 12-July 14 and July 14-September 8, 1937, documenting development of the klystron tube at Stanford University.

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