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Holland, Max, 1950-
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1941-1995
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3.7 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0537
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documents, promotional materials, correspondence, press clippings, trade journals and reports relating to the machine tool industry and one of its major components, the Houdaille Corporation.
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1927-1980
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1.75 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1450
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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.
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Chamberlain, Robert G.
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1954-1984
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3.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
2 Motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0527
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Chamberlain's review of his work in the field of numerical control is detailed in his personal "Recollections of a Pioneer Numerical Control Programmer," which comprises Series 1. This is a roughly chronological summary of his career, presenting his major work experiences and accomplishments at Gidding & Lewis from his initial employment there in ...
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Pratt & Whitney Company
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1897-1906.
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0.6 Cubic feet (1,box.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0093
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook kept by the Pratt & Whitney Company, Hartford, Connecticut, manufacturers of general purpose machine tools; contains correspondence, price lists and quotes, and sales literature from U.S. and foreign companies to Pratt and Whitney in reply to requests for information and prices of machinery and tools; copies of business cards from U.S. an...
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Thomas, Richard A.
General Electric Company
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1952-2005
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4.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0937
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and audiovisual materials compiled by Richard A. Thomas, mostly printed materials, documenting the General Electric Company's role in the development of numerical control.
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Caruthers, Felix P.
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1952-1984
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0812
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers, mostly technical, relating to Caruthers' development of automated machine tools. The papers include technical reports and notes; schematics for specific inventions including diagrams, graphs, photographs and plans bound together; patents and related correspondence; operators' manuals; copies of papers delivered by Caruthers at engineering events; and assorted trade literature.
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Dodge Manufacturing Co.
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.
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1886-1931.
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18 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1013
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of 19th and early 20th century lantern slides collected by the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
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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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Fellows Gear Shaper Company Records
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Fellows Gear Shaper Co., Springfield, Vermont
Regency Savings Bank (Houston, Texas)
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1896-1999
bulk 1915-1970
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31 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0856
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document primarily the financial aspects of the Fellows Gear Shaper Company and consist of meticulously maintained journals and ledger books. Fellows Gear Shaper Company was a leader and dominant figure in the manufacturing of precision gear production, gear cutting tools, and optical inspection machines in the first half of the 20th century. The company's contribution to the industry enabled the manufacture of gears for textile, automobiles, factory machinery, and other industries.
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General Machinery Corporation
Niles-Bement-Pond Co.
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ca. 1899-1969.
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24 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1115
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over 2,000 photographic negatives of machinery produced by General Machinery Corporation and its predecessors; also three cubic feet of prints from the negatives.
