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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Automatic Telephone Company, Ltd.
Corrigan, Reseda
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1895-1930
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0.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0581
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Press clippings, 1895-1897, from British publications (some unidentified) and one French journal describing the invention and the organization of the Automatic Telephone Company, Ltd. A note on the life of Max Margowski, one of the company's organizers is included, with statements of the company accounts (one a 1901 balance sheet). A record of liti...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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1959-1970
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5.45 Cubic feet ((5 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0199
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains documents pertaining to the Tiros/TOS/ESSA program. The material consists primarily of mission plans, engineering reports, and field operation procedures.
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Information, Technology and Society, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1890 - 1930
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6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0715
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.
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Pickerill, Elmo Neale, 1885-1968
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1907-1968
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2.55 Cubic feet ((4 legal document boxes) (3 shoeboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0023
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains photographs (some with captions) with corresponding negatives, publications, periodicals, Early Bird newsletters and stationary, biographical material, and correspondence from friends and contemporaries.
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Laport, Edmund A.
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1923 - 1949
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0016
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Edmund A. Laport, a former director of broadcast engineering for the Radio Corporation of America.
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Vassos, John, 1898-1985
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1915-1989
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18.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vassjohn
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Archives of American Art
The papers of designer, illustrator, and muralist John Vassos measure 18.7 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1989. The papers include biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, writings and writing project files, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) files, Radio Corporation of American (RCA) files, Silvermine Guild of Artists files, general professional and committee files, printed materials, four scrapbooks, photographic materials, and artwork.
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Howard, William A.
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April 15, 1946-January 1, 1979.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0738
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of one pictorial album of 180 pages of black and white photographs and text documenting the National Broadcasting Company's (NBC) Engineering Department. The album was created by William A. Howard, a retired senior staff engineer at NBC. Mr. Howard collected original photographs from the NBC files in New York and Hollywood and...
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection forms a documentary record of over half a century of the history of radio, with the greatest emphasis on the period 1900-1935. The collection includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. It is useful for those historians and other researchers interested in technological development, economic history, and the impact of applications of technology on American life.
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Pickard, Greenleaf Whittier, 1877-1956
Cardwell Condenser Corporation (Lindenhurst, New York)
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1898-1941
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1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0915
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, an engineer, and his experiments in wireless technology. Materials include Greenleaf Pickard notebooks and patents issued to Nikola Tesla.
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Cochran, Doris M., (Doris Mabel), 1898-1968
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circa 1891-1968
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6.94 cu. ft. (12 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7151
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Doris Mable Cochran include manuscripts, notes and data on herpetology; material concerning specimens received by the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians; photographs of reptiles and amphibians; personal material including clippings, photographs and material related to her education and Smithsonian career; personal correspondence...