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Sutton, John G.
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ca. 1903-1961.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0994
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers contain a scrapbook, 1903-1912; publications of C. G. Elliot, head of the USDA's drainage work; papers and reports on drainage pumping plants, tile, and ditches, 1916-1920, 1926, 1931; and historical studies of drainage work, 1937-1938, 1947,1957,1961.
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1968-1979 and undated, some from 1954, 1961-1964
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 331
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Department of Cultural History contain a variety of document types. These range from correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, minutes of meetings, and manuscripts of papers and lectures, to photographs and printed documents such as brochures or journal articles. The records relate to administrative topics such as perso...
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Aronson, David, 1923-2015
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1955-1970
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3.3 Cubic feet (10 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0947
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the correspondence and technical documents related to David Aronson's work as an engineer with the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation. The correspondence files relate to acceptance or rejection of products and procedures used in the development and production of the company's products, responses to submissions to...
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Maevis, Alfred
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1903-1969
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1 Cubic foot (5 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0954
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Maevis' work on the New York subway system.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Department of History of Technology
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1932-1980
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5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90006
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence and memoranda concerning the administration and activities of the Department. Also included are invoices, curatorial papers, and administrative records. Some materials date to when the museum was known as the Museum of History and Technology and from before the creation of the museum when it was p...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation
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circa 1927-1973 and undated
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23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 239
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly document the operations of the Division of Transportation from its creation in 1957, and the operations of the Section of Land Transportation, 1946-1957. Lesser amounts of records relate to the administration of the land transportation collections prior to 1946 and to the marine transportation collections before 1957...
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Tyrrell, Henry Grattan, 1867-1948
Tyrrell, Mary Maude Knox
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1886-1941
- Size:
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2.3 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0948
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Manuscripts, correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting the career of Henry Grattan Tyrrell, an early-twentieth-century civil engineer and bridge builder who was also a prolific self-published author of hundreds of journal articles and several books. Subjects include aesthetic bridge design, history of bridges, design of movable bridges, and the economical design of factories, shops, and mill buildings.
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Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas
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1906-2003
bulk 1906-1918
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5 Film reels
5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0969
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the engineering firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas through reports prepared for a variety of clients.
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Pratt, Charles Richardson, 1860-1935
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1860-1935
bulk 1910-1924
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6 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 8 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0958
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the professional career of mechanical engineer, Charles Richardson Pratt. The papers include correspondence, patents, patent application materials, agreements, photographs, publications, and blueprints for many of Pratt's inventions, especially his work on elevators.
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Eney, William J.
- Dates:
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1929-1977
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1062
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents William J. Eney, a civil engineer whose research primarily focused on model analysis of bridges, stress test and concrete.
