Wurlitzer Company Records
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Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
- Dates:
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1860-1984
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56 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0469
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings.
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Philadelphia Typewriter Company
Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
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1886-1902
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0123
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Chiefly correspondence of John E. Watkins, a key organizer and officer of the Philadelphia Typewriter Company.
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Everett Piano Company
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Company
Chickering & Sons Piano Company
Pratt, Read and Company
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ca. 1903-1955.
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0511
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertisements, catalogs, repair manuals, union materials, and technical drawings related to pianos and piano tuning (companies and organizations listed below). While providing a window into a profession that spans both science and music, this collection contains information concerning economic changes, advertising, trade associations, and technical advances.
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Nickse, Hugo
Johnson, Hanford
Comstock, Cheney and Co.
Pratt, Read and Company
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1839-1990
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84 Cubic feet (106 boxes, 28 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0320
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records documenting Pratt, Read and Company; its early competitor and later partner, Comstock, Cheney and Company; and a number of predecessor, subsidiary and related companies. Other topics include the late 19th century African ivory trade and Pratt, Read's production of troop-carrying gliders during World War II.
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Lodge, Arthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Arthur Lodge Productions.
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1950 - 1959
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42.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Industry on Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.
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Zuck, Victor I. , 1908-2004
Zuck, Nathalie A. Peterson, d. 2013
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1935-1964
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1.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1489
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Victor Zuck's work on developing and selling electronic organs, first with the Everett Piano Company of South Haven, Michigan, and then with the Wurlitzer Organ Company of North Tonawanda, New York.
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Smithsonian Institution
Computerworld Magazine.
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1989-2000
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145 Cubic feet (341 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0425
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents an awards program established in 1989 as a partnership between Computerworld Magazine and the Smithsonian Institution. The Computer World Smithsonian Awards (CWSA) brought together the Chairmen of Chief Executive Officers of the world's foremost information technology companies with the world's leading universities, libraries and research institutions to document a revolution in progress—the global information technology revolution. The program identified men, women, organizations and institutions leading the technology revolution and asked them to contribute case studies. Collection consists of case studies which include questionnaires, essays, oral histories, conference proceedings, publications, video tapes, photographs, slides, software, and product samples about each project.
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1904-2005
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-134
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document collections management, research, and professional activities of curators in the Division of the History of Technology, with earlier records dating back to when the division was known as the Division of Extractive Industries, the Division of Manufacturing, the Division of Agriculture and Mining,...
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McFadden, Mattie F.
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1946-1988
bulk 1946-1951
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0.55 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox) (1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1998.0041
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook, compiled by McFadden, relating to the founding and history of the WFA, as well as with McFadden's role with the WFA. The scrapbook includes WFA convention programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, patches, and 'The Women Flyer - Official Bulletin of the Women Flyers of America, Inc.' This d...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1822-circa 1961
undated
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2.99 Cubic feet (consisting of 5 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Manufacturing
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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: Manufacturing 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
