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Steel, R. Wallace
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1864-1903
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2 Cubic Feet (1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1449
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents railroad engineer R. Wallace Steel and his work with railroads, primarily in Pennsylvania and Missouri.
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Alexander Van Valen Papers
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Van Valen, Alexander
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1849-1850
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0935
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers of Alexander Van Valen documenting his participation in the California Gold Rush, 1849-1850.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Woodard, Silas H., 1870-1961
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1899-1932
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1038
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of Silas H. Woodard include the Isthmian Canal Commission Report containing text, maps, profiles, and plates, 1899-1901; photograph albums on the East River Tunnel, 1904-1908; reports on the regulation of the levels of the Great Lakes, 1910-1914; and reports dealing with the development of hydroelectric power on the St. Lawrence River, 1...
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Coxe Brothers and Company, Inc. (Drifton, Pennsylvania)
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Extractive Industries, Division of.
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1886-1935
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100 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1002
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains drawings of mine machinery and buildings, including buildings within the company town such as worker housing and churches; photographs, including glass plate negatives, of mining machinery, operations, and employees; papers relating to Eckley B. Coxe's patents; legal papers; maps, including real estate maps, contour and topo...
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Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961
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early 19th century
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8 Maps
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4350B
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National Anthropological Archives
These maps accompanied the Barry letters in Manuscript 4350-a.Some are Indian maps, or copies of Indian maps. Some of them are connected with Lewis and Clark is a map by William Clark of "tracks across the western portion of the United States."
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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
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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.
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Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI (National Museum of American History)
Maryland. Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State
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ca. 1740-1965.
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0.33 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0114
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
18th, 19th, and 20th century material deposited with the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, chiefly relating to the practice of medicine in the state. Includes correspondence, papers, certificates, diplomas, patents, maps, notebooks, clippings, prescriptions, pamphlets, photocopies of documents, scrapbooks, photographs, and p...
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Olympic Games (19th : 1968) (Mexico City, Mexico)
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1968
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4 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1402
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection was created by the Archives Center to bring together materials relating to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Items relate to team members and include postcards, event programs, press guides, magazines, articles, and dining hall tickets.
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Shanks, Lester
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1876-2010
bulk 1973-2008
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3 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1244
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is comprised of the results of Shanks's research on covered bridges, mostly in America but also covered bridges in Canada and Switzerland. Included are albums containing color photographs of covered bridges, slides of covered bridges, postcards depicting covered bridges; maps, and guidebooks; newsletters, magazines, and newspaper clippings on the subject of covered bridges.
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Vogel, Robert M.
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Bollman, Wendell, 1814-1884
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1852-1986
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3 Cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1064
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design.