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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Alabama Mining Institute
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undated.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1004
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two volumes of photographs, plus negatives, of mining villages in Alabama, featuring company commissaries, hospitals, dining halls, boarding houses, schools, and recreational facilities. The photographs are captioned as to which facilities were for white employees and which for "colored" employees. Companies documented include the Woodward Iron Com...
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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records
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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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1815-1966
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72 Cubic feet (245 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0071
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of records primarily of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Additionally, there are records of the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company and subsidiary companies including the Alliance Coal Mining Company. These records mostly describe anthracite mining in the vicinity of Mauch Chuck and Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. Also include...
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Museum of History and Technology. Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries
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1878-1961
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-295
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the exhibitions, collections, and research of curators in the Division of Manufacturers and Heavy Industries. People represented include Edward C. Kendall, Curator and Frank A. Taylor, Curator. Some materials date from when the Division of Manufacturers and Heavy Industries was known at th...
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Agriculture and Mining
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circa 1923-1973
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1.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 240
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Braden Copper Company
Noerager, A. J.
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1914-1940.
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3.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0017
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs of Chilean power stations and equipment; and engineering drawings and blueprints of the Braden Copper Company, Rancaqua, Chile.
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3M Company (St. Paul, Minn.)
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1941-1984
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3 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1322
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of the company's monthly employee newsletter, 3M Megaphone.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Consolidation Coal Company
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1885-1940s
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23 Cubic feet (99 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1007
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the building, operation and daily life of coal mining communities in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio between 1911 and 1946. The collection is a valuable for the study of mining technology and the social conditions of the time period and regions.
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International Salt Company
Costain, Harold Haliday
Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
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1881-1993
bulk 1920-1929
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3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1158
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains business records and photographic materials documenting the International Salt Company. The business records include correspondence, account and ledger books, a payroll book, patent and trademark information, print advertising and marketing materials, and a salesman salt display kit. The photographic materials include a series of photographs by William M. Rittase, a series of photographs by Harold Haliday Costain, a small photograph album, snapshots, and slides. The images cover all facets of the salt manufacturing and packaging operations, and include photographs taken in New York State, Michigan, and Louisiana.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company.
Leavitt, Erasmus D., 1836-1916
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1871-1917
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20.4 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 82 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0966
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Tracings on linen of steam engines of all types, pumping, histing, air compressing, mining, material handling, power transmission, mine structures, mining machinery, and buildings by Erasmus D. Leavitt, Jr. for Calumet Heclas, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan.
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Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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1921-1981, 1996
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1.88 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 16x20 box) (0.19 non- standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-126
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of papers of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. Joseph Hirshhorn was born in Latvia in 1899 and immigrated to the United States in 1905 with his mother and siblings. At twelve, Mr. Hirshhorn left school to sell newspapers and by fourteen he was working in the firm that would later become the American Stock Exchange. At seventeen, ...