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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
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1975-2009, undated
bulk 1993-2008
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7.5 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1282
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains records and research material produced and collected by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a lobbying and legal assistance organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender servicepersons. They were instrumental in overturning the United States Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Horwitt, (George) Nathan, 1889-1990.
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[193-]-[196-]
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4 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1991-127-1
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection documents Horwitt's major projects from the 1930s to the 1960s.Project files include drawings, sketches, blueprints, correspondence, patents, legal correspondence, clippings, financial reports, and advertisements for Horwitt's projects. Samples of logos and letterheads he designed are included as well. The most thorough documentation pertains to the Braquette, the Cyclometer, the Museum Watch, and the Beta Chair. Drawings, sketches, blueprints, and plans are boxed separately, mostly flat. Interviews with individuals who worked with and knew Horwitt are on audio cassettes, "Recollections of Nathan Horwitt." Two short videos, "The Legend behind the Museum Watch" and "Movado Worldwide Museum" are stored on 3/4 in. video cassettes.
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Design Research, Inc.
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1953-1979
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6.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1997-123-2
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection consists ofcorrespondence, scrapbooks, catalogs, brochures, original drawings, photographs, financial records, resumes, legal documents, magazine articles, business records, press releases, artwork, and samples of boxes, bags, and buttons. Files documenting the company's history include a statement of the company's philosophy and records pertaining to the establishment of new stores in various cities. Project files document the furniture, fabrics, rugs, and accessories imported and design by Design Research, Inc. Bound reprints of articles that appeared in Interiors and International Design magazines are included. Clippings and other records documenting the design and construction of D/R stores are provided in the files pertaining to Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Inc. Also found in these files is a printed and bound presentation copy of Thompson's address, "The Craft of Design and the Art of Building", along with other articles by and about Thompson. Additional information pertaining to D/R's association with Marimekko can be found in the Cooper- Hewitt Design Archive's Marimekko Collection.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1724-1975
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13.66 Cubic feet (consisting of 30 boxes, 2 folders, 6 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Banking
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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: Banking and Banks 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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Souther, John
Globe Iron Works (Boston, Massachusetts)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1867-1918
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0953
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents entrepreneur and inventor John Souther and his manufacturing companies Globe Works and American Steam Locomotive. Much of the collection consists of documentation and correspondence related to Globe Works' legal affairs.
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Wilcox, Nathaniel Greene, Colonel
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ca. 1843-1892; 1921.
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0.1 Cubic feet (2 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0030
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence with Nathaniel Greene Wilcox family; legal documents; newspaper clippings, including the July 3, 1860 issue of THE RUSHVILLE TIMES, illustrated with articles and editorials about the 1860 presidential candidates.
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Wainwright Family
Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1777-1893
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0244
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The correspondence, financial and legal materials, writing and notes, and various other materials of the Wainwright family who lived in early 1800s New York.
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Strobell, Charles William
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1930-1933
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
0.05 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0599
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes: 1) Legal documents; 2) Papers related with patents; 3) Descriptions of his idea; 4) Handwritten notes; 5) Correspondences; 6) and Drawings.
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Gitt, Michael.
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bulk 1930s-1970s
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3.56 Cubic Feet ((4 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0033
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately three cubic feet of the papers of Captain Michael Gitt. Included in the collection are the following types of material: flight logs and licenses; applications for employment; aerial negatives and photographs of the New York City area; correspondence, mostly to colleagues at Colonial Airways and ALPA: severa...
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Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889
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1840-1872
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1447
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents civil engineer Horatio Allen's work with the Croton Aqueduct Board in New York, and with the New York Bridge Company.