Nordberg Manufacturing Company Collection
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Nordberg Manufacturing Company
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1891-1947
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45 Cubic feet (189 boxes, 110 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0975
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of the company's photo and negative archives; miscellaneous trade publications; G. Turnwald notebooks; technical memoranda; trade literature; operating manuals; parts books; Nordberg company history; machinery proposals; order books; time records; Chain Belt Company catalogs; and blueprints used in the shops.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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...
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1861-1994
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76 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1136
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents various aspects of railroad companies through pamphlets; trade catalogs; operating and service manuals, especially for railroad equipment; specifications; magazines and reprints; bulletins, and articles.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
- Dates:
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circa 1948-1988
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18.81 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 film box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 397
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to horology, exhibit proposals, manufacturers of engineering equipment, models, collections management, minutes of meetings, acquisitions, and installation of exhibits. Also included are blueprints for the Hall of Heavy Machinery; exhibit scripts from Power and the Early Ste...
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Society for the History of Technology
Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
- Dates:
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1956-2017
- Size:
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353 Cubic feet (378 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0400
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Society for the History of Technology Records (SHOT) consists of documents relating to SHOT from its inception in 1958- [0ngoing]. The collection is divided into two subgroups: Subgroup I, General Records, 1956-2009 which consist of papers generated and received by Melvin Kranzberg in his various roles as an officer of SHOT, as well as papers of other SHOT officers. Subgroup II,Technology and Culture Records, 1958-2009, consists of documents relating to the Society's journal, Technology and Culture. T & C is a quarterly publication containing articles of interest to and written by historians and students of technology. The records consist of material generated by Melvin Kranzberg in his role as editor-in-chief, 1959-1981 and by succeeding T&C editors.