Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers
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- Creators:
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Mamer, Stuart M.
Mamer, Louisan E., 1910-2005
- Dates:
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1927-2002
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10.1 Cubic feet (31 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0862
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Mamer collection includes a wide range of materials used to teach concepts and the usage of electricity to predominately rural audiences. Mamer kept many of her materials in labeled notebooks; other papers were filed loosely with no apparent order. The collection materials date pre-dominantly from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. There are some materials from the late 1930s. There is only one item from 1927 and one from 1999.
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Arveson, Clarence H., 1901-1978
- Dates:
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1920-1922
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0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0013
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This scrapbook consists of photographs and loose newspaper clippings collected by Clarence Arveson. The photographs include the following: Bolling Field; aircraft located at Bolling Field, including crashed aircraft; and aviation personalities who spent time at Bolling, including Lester Maitland and Major General Courtney Whitney. There is also a p...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Green, Mary E.
Extractive Industries, Division of.
- Dates:
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1883-1980
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize folder
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1061
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over a period of approximately 25 years, Dr. Mary Eloise Green of Ohio State University collected a wide variety of materials pertaining to food preservation and home canning techniques. She acquired associated pamphlets, manuals, and recipe booklets from companies as well as governmental agencies.
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Brooklyn Edison Company
Hall, Gretchen T.
- Dates:
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1936
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1237
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, a guidebook titled Edison Wonder House, and photographs documenting the Edison Wonder House, a demonstration home created by the Brooklyn Edison Company in 1936 to showcase the wonders of electricity.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
- Dates:
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1984-2005
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-059
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Pete Daniel, Curator, and document exhibition planning, development and production in the Division of Work and Industry, and when that Division was known as the Division of the History of Technology and the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, respectively. The records document the following ...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1958-1997
- Size:
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28.5 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-152
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administrative activities of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Office of the Director, concerning NMAH departments, divisions, exhibitions, and special events, primarily during fiscal years 1993-1994, although some records date back to when the museum was named the National Museum of History and Technol...
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Northern States Power Company
Hooks, Benjamin, Dr.
Xcel Energy
Reddy Communications, Inc.
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1926-1999
- Size:
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30 Cubic feet (119 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0913
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the development and use of Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon figure trademark created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. More than 150 investor-owned electric utilities in the United States and at least twelve foreign countries licensed the use of the Reddy Kilowatt trademark. The records include a wide range of textual and visual materials and sound and moving image recordings.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1981-1989
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-114
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and execution of television productions for the "Here at the Smithsonian" (HATS) series. Also included are developmental materials for ideas that were not carried through to a full production, as well as material relating to singular projects unrelated to HATS. Su...