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GSS Printing Equipment Company.
Graphic Arts Collection (NMAH, SI)
Information Technology and Communications, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
Harris Automatic Press Company, Dayton, Ohio
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2003 - 2003
1889 - 1995
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6.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0928
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the Harris Automatic Press Company, manufacturers of a printing press with an automatic feed primarily through drawings and photographs.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Department of Cultural History
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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
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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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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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1921-1922, 1947, 1956-1986
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-299
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of exhibits by the Department of the History of Science and Technology. Exhibits include the Hall of Petroleum, the Hall of Iron and Steel, and Inventing Standard Time. Some of the materials date to when the department was known as the Division of Indus...
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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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circa 1979-1990, and undated
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23.69 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and installation of Information Age: People, Information, and Technology, a major exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), which traces the evolution of information-processing and communications technologies from the 1830s to the present. The ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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circa 1912-1965, 1990 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-097
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that primarily document Naval Division, Department of Armed Forces History, planning for the Hall of Naval History in the Museum of History and Technology; Division of History exhibition plans for naval artifacts in the Arts and Industries Building and the United States National Museum; and one file of r...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1942-2001
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-276
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the planning, development, and installation of Science in American Life, a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). This exhibition demonstrates how science has changed the way Americans have lived over the past 125 years. Opening on April 27, 1994, Sci...
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Information, Technology and Society, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1942-1978
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39 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0684
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thirty-nine 16mm films on various subjects relating to telephone systems and communications, such as pole worker safety; party line etiquette; the transition from silent film to sound film; and the application of satellites, lasers and transistors to sound communication.
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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
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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. Office of the Director
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1920s-1970s
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17.37 cu. ft. (33 document boxes) (1 3x5 box) (2 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 285
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Offices of the Director and Deputy Director, National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) maintained these photographs as a reference file. The majority of the photographs document the history of NMHT and its predecessors; included are views of exhibits, buildings, events, and some specimens. Some materials date to when the museum ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
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1957-1973
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 621
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the involvement of the Office of the Director in exhibition planning at the Museum of History and Technology (MHT) from its creation in 1957 through its development into the National Museum of History in Technology. The Directors for this period were Frank A. Taylor, 1957-1965; John C. Ewers, 1965-1966; Robert P. Mu...