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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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1915 - 1980s.
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2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1089
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs documenting civil and mechanical engineering activities, equipment, facilities, and projects. Some of the subjects are boilers, engines, turbines, lighthouses, aqueducts, bridges, factories, roads, hydroelectric stations, kilns and mills. Few of the images are identified.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Hartung, Marion John, 1886-1978
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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1906-1907
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1033
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of two bound volumes of mechanical engineering laboratory reports written by Hartung while he was a student at Cornell University.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Vogel, Robert M.
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ca. 1867-ca. 1926.
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2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1090
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 350 stereo cards of engineering subjects, such as bridges, tunnels, lighthouses, canals, quarries, etc., including both U.S. and foreign subjects.
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Savage, John L., 1879-? (civil engineer)
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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1944
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0227
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials concerning dams, power plants, and materials testing in China, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It consists of a bound volume of preliminary reports, with maps, prepared for China's National Resources Commission by John L. Savage, consulting engineer. Includes a report on the Yangtze River Gorge Project (11/1944) and several other Chin...
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Burmister, Donald, 1895-
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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1927-1974.
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3 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1068
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Reports, studies, diagrams, and articles relating to consulting projects undertaken by Burmister concerning beach erosion, building and bridge foundations, airports, highways, docks, piers, bulkheads, and land development.
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Learned, Clyde E. (civil engineer)
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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1949 - 1949
1913-1939
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0.4 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0226
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Clyde E. Learned (1885-?) was the senior highway engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, District Three, during the years 1919-1939. He was later a design engineer for the Public Roads Administration, Division Nine, in 1949.
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Olds, Robert F., 1881- (civil engineer)
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1918-1948
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1.2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0231
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains material from fourteen dam construction projects (1918-1946), including notes, blueprints, reports, drawings, and corres¬pondence. In addition there is cost data (1923-1943), equipment and materials testing data (1939-1945), a notebook, photoprints (1926-1938), related journal articles (1927, 1933, 1940), and miscellaneous r...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Beemer , John A., 1879-
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1907-1956
bulk 1919-1931
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3 Cubic feet (4 boxes; 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0957
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Beemer's engineering activities as a civil engineer who worked on irrigation and dam related projects.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Schlefer, Marion King
King, Howard L.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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1928-1949.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0990
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One cubic foot of reports on tunnels, including several in the New York subway system.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Skinner Engine Company
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1880-1960.
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29 Cubic feet (81 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1087
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Skinner Engine Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of Universal Unaflow engines, include correspondence and orders, 1905-1939, 1948-1951; drawings, blueprints, tracings, photographs, and files on Corliss engines, diesels, steam turbines, variable steam controls, and Kingsford and Stumpf stationary and marine unaflow engines, 1...