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Condon, Robert B.
Condon, Robert Scofield, 1896-1973 (engineer)
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circa 1924-1973
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0428
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of correspondence, photographs, and copies of patents issued to inventor Robert Scofield Condon.
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Rader, Lloyd Forrest, 1902-1979
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1925 - 1980
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0952
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Lloyd F. Rader was born in 1902 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, earning his bachelor, masters, and Ph. D in civil engineering. Rader taught at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York and he served as a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison for 33 years. The collection includes material about Rader's professional career, honors and awards he received, and articles and textbooks authored or co-authored by Rader about asphalt, concrete, and urban planning.
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McIntosh, Seymour and Company
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circa 1886-1939
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93.6 Cubic feet (174 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0985
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the design, manufacture, and operation of steam and diesel engines by McIntosh, Seymour and Company of Auburn, New York.
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Washington Society of Engineers
Remington, Charles E.
Ellenberger, William J.
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1905-1985
bulk 1930-1979
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13.1 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0972
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Washington Society of Engineers was founded in 1905 with the objective to advance engineering knowledge and maintain a high professional standard among members. Membership was open to all individuals who were actively engaged in any branch of the engineering profession. The records contain membership records, meeting minutes and reports, financial records, correspondence, projects and events details, as well as research documents.
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Eisler Engineering Company records
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Eisler Engineering Company.
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1885 - 1988
bulk 1920-1950s
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30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
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Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878
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1827-1987
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33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1086
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.
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Bathe, Greville
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bulk 1933-1944
1893-1985
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5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0970
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers contain archival materials comprising Bathe's research on Oliver Evans (1755-1819), an American engineer engaged in the development of steam engines. The collection includes copies of letters, design drawings, pamphlets and a book written by Evans, patents, a scrapbook, articles, genealogical information, Evans's will, and writings by Bathe ...
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Nutt, Arthur, 1895-1983
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1915-1981
bulk 1915-1945
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5.57 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0115
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Arthur Nutt was an aeronautical engineer specializing in engine design.
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Perkins, James Secor
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972
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1907-2000
bulk 1911-1924
1907-2000
bulk 1911-1924
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5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0803
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.
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Adler, Solomon, 1901-1989
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1916-1980
bulk 1950-1966
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4.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1157
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document independent inventor Solomon Adler's work with sewing machine technology through correspondence, photographs, notes, drawings, sketches, patents, litigation records, and printed materials. The collection provides insight into both an independent inventor's process of invention and Japanese work culture during the post-World War II period.
