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Freedman, Margaret A.
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circa 1940-1961
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17 Items (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0252
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John C. Goff worked as an inspector at the Navy Yard Optical Shop during World War II. He might provide additional information, but efforts to contact him to identify the photographs in 1987 were unsuccessful. Deborah Warner, curator, may be able to assist researchers.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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undated
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1.39 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder, 1 map case folder. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Optics
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Optics forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Optical and Infrared Astronomy Division
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1957-1979 and undated
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 85-215
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, memoranda, budget records, manuscripts, and publications documenting the operations and programs of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Optical and Infrared Astronomy Division.
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Marton, Ladislaus Laszlo, 1901-1979 (physicist)
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1932 - 1970
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4.66 Cubic feet (14 boxes, one (1) 16 mm film)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0100
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials documenting the history of electron optics, especially electron microscopes. Included are engineering drawings of Marton's devices, designed in Belgium, Stanford and RCA in the 1930s and 1940s; notebooks concerning extensive investigations in electron microscopy; photographs and micrographs concerning developm...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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[ca. 1990s]
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2.18 Cubic feet ((3 legal document boxes) (1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0040
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following types of documentation relating to SAMS: test plans and reports; drawings; maintenance logs; and memorandums and correspondence. This collection also contains optical discs from the SAMS/MIR project, which contain the raw data.
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Tousey, Richard, 1908-1997
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[ca. 1940s-1980s]
bulk [ca. 1960s]
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14.13 Cubic Feet ((7 records center boxes) (17 other boxes) (1 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0004
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Tousey's professional papers, including the following types of material: notebooks, correspondence, speeches, minutes and proceedings, photographs and prints, coronagraphs, film, oral interview transcripts, lantern slides and glass plates.
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Richards, Oscar W., Dr.
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1848-1989
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6 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0343
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is made up of materials collected by Dr. Oscar W. Richards on various topics related to microscopes.
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NAMSB Foundation, Inc.
Klein, Joseph S.
National Association of Men's Sportswear Buyers
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1986-2005.
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1.6 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0901
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
NAMSB publicity materials, including printed newsletters, and DVDs of NAMSB activities such as fashion shows, video news releases, and trade show directories.
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Mieczkowski, Ed, 1929-
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circa 1980-2010
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6.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.miecedwi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, correspondence, diaries and other writings, photographs, sketchbooks and loose artwork, and printed material regarding artist Ed Mieczkowski.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Central Engineering Department
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1978-1996
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73 cu. ft. (73 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-063
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contract files dealing with the research, development, and construction of the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), now known as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory; and its components; the High Resolution Camera (HRC); the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS); and its two transmission grating spectrometers, ...