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Blake, Beverly B.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Weide, Robert Lee
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1910-1933.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1012
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs and photograph albums documenting engineering projects with which Robert Weide was involved. They include the Potomac Electric Power Company plant in Washington, D.C.; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in Washington, D.C.;. a hydroelectric plant on the James River for Bedford City, Virginia; a power plant in Salem, Ohio; a p...
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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
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1833-1889
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39.3 cu. ft. (74 document boxes) (3 half document boxes) (5 3x5 boxes) (oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7002
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Spencer F. Baird Papers are the combination of several different deposits. One group was originally labeled "Private" by the Smithsonian Institution Archives at the time they were received. Another group came to the Smithsonian from Lucy Hunter Baird (Baird's daughter), or from her estate after her death.
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William Jones Rhees Collection
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Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907
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circa 1878-1907
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25.72 cu. ft. (50 document boxes) (2 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7081
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The William J. Rhees Collection consists of the remains of his Manuscript and Newspaper Scrap portfolio files. The dates of the material indicate that Rhees was collecting these papers from the beginning of his tenure at the Smithsonian, but the files were not organized until 1891 when he was appointed keeper of the Archives. The collection ...
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Smithson, James,1765-1829
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1764-1983
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0.9 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7000
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The James Smithson Collection lacks a great deal of his original papers. Richard Rush brought Smithson's personal effects to the United States in 1838, along with the proceeds from his estate. A fire in the Smithsonian building in 1865 destroyed many of the manuscripts originally acquired by the Institution. Correspondence a...
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Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
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circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
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32.36 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (51 document boxes) (1 half document box) (4 5x8 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7073
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.
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circa 1873-1946 and undated
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5.6 linear meters.
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- Record Unit 7364
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of papers documenting the professional career and personal life of Edward William Nelson. A smaller amount of material was created by Edward Alphonso Goldman and relates to both professional and private matters. Apparently, Goldman assumed control of Nelson's papers after the latter's death, probably for...
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Merrill, George P. (Georger Perkins), 1854-1929
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circa 1800-1930 and undated
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11.79 cu. ft. (21 document boxes) (3 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7177
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Series 1 includes photographs, portraits, and correspondence collected by Merrill for the above publications. Series 2 through 5 include photographs of groups, particularly of the United States Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Territories (Hayden Surveys); and photographs of geological formations and of buildings in the Washington, ...
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Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
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circa 1814-1897 and undated, with related materials to 1925
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15.43 cu. ft. (30 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7050
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The bulk of the George Brown Goode Collection (Record Unit 7050) predates the establishment of the present-day Smithsonian Institution Archives. A small addition of autograph letters was received from the Division of Political History, National Museum of American History in 1983 under accession number 83-081.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
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1860-1908
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19.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 189
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Most of the correspondence is directed to Goode, with lesser amounts to True, Walcott, and Rathbun. Also, a small amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, (Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906) but is generally referred to the Assistant Secretary for response. Much of the material is routine cor...
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
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circa 1820-1995
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452 Cubic feet (869 boxes and 21 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.