Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1927-1980
- Size:
-
1.75 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1450
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers relate to Johnson's work as an engineer with the National Sales Engineering Corporation Records, and its machine tool products.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Mahaffey, James A.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medicine and Science
Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Dates:
-
1989 - 1992
- Size:
-
1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1393
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains archival materials relating to the subject of cold fusion, and experiments conducted to corroborate the supposed discovery of the phenomenon. The collection includes Mahaffey's heavily illustrated laboratory notebook, dating from the beginning of the experiment on April 8, 1989 through April 20, 1989, documenting the experim...
Found In
George Carruthers Innovative Lives Presentation
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Carruthers, George R.
- Dates:
-
1996-02-22
- Size:
-
0.25 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0597
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This video history consists of original, master and reference videos documenting a children's lecture program by George R. Carruthers, a physicist and inventor. Carruthers invented the Far Ultra-Violet Camera (FUVCAM).
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
SpectraMetrics (Burlington, Massachusetts)
Elliott Laboratories (Andover, Massachusetts)
Elliott, William G., 1932-2014
Elliott, Mark
More … - Dates:
-
circa 1958-1988
- Size:
-
6.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1361
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Elliott's work in developing the SpectraSpan Spectrometer and related technologies including the use of echelle gratings and argon plasmas with the spectrometer. It also documents his companies, SpectraMetrics, and Elliott Laboratories. The collection contains correspondence; photographs, including lantern slides; business ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Cary Instruments.
Hawes, Roland C., 1908-1999
Applied Physics Corporation.
- Dates:
-
1908-1997
- Size:
-
14.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0617
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, handwritten notes and sketches, memorandum reports, catalogs, printed material, patent documents, drawings, blueprints (original and diazo copies), and photographs document Hawes's work in the field of immunnassay, spectrophotometry, scientific apparatus and instruments industry, and administrative duties at Applied Physics Corporat...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Nye, Bill
- Dates:
-
1970 - 2014
- Size:
-
12 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1383
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Bill Nye's early life, his Science Guy persona and its development for his television program Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Parke, Davis Company
- Dates:
-
1866-1992
- Size:
-
365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Eney, William J.
- Dates:
-
1929-1977
- Size:
-
2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1062
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents William J. Eney, a civil engineer whose research primarily focused on model analysis of bridges, stress test and concrete.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Wolver, Anita Tuohy
Tuohy, Kevin M., 1921-1968 (optometrist, inventor)
- Dates:
-
1897-1959
- Size:
-
1.2 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0317
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Kevin M. Tuohy (1921-1986) containing technical information on contact lenses designed to correct vision problems.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Johnson, Victor S., Sr., 1882-1943
Johnson, Victor, Jr., 1906-
Aladdin Industries, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
- Dates:
-
1889-2003
- Size:
-
50 Cubic feet (120 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0844
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately 50 cubic feet of material documenting Aladdin Industries Inc., manufacturers of vacuum ware and lunch boxes. The majority of the material dates from 1947 to the 1970s. The strength of the collection is with the lunch box documentation and product development, marketing, and sales records. There is some int...
