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1924-1948
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 611
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collections consists of records relating to the publication and distribution of the Smithsonian Scientific Series. Materials include correspondence, subscription information, news clippings, photographs, and samples of publishing materials.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1925-1949
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78.75 cu. ft.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 46
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit traces the operation of the Smithsonian from 1925 to 1949. It contains records from the last years of Secretary Charles D. Walcott's administration, perhaps most notably the ambitious but abortive fund raising campaign to add $10,000,000.00 to the Smithsonian's endowment. The Depression and consequent cut-backs in government ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1949-1964
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42.9 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 50
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much more effort ...
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DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
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circa 1930s-1960s
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1.35 Cubic Feet (3 legal document boxes)
1.26 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the photographs used in Race to the Stratosphere: Manned Scientific Ballooning in America and collected by David DeVorkin for research. It also includes a few engineering drawings of balloon gondolas.
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Giacconi, Riccardo
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1955-2002
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82.13 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 blueprint storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7416
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document Riccardo Giacconi's professional career, and consist of papers illustrating his scientific work and administrative records relating to the institutions at which he worked. There is extensive documentation of Giacconi's professional activities, including meetings attended, papers presented (and published), his services a...
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Gerber, H. Joseph
Gerber Scientific Instrument Company (Hartford, Conn.).
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1911 - 1999
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75 Cubic feet (182 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0929
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, Hartford, Connecticut, and its four subsidiaries: Gerber Garment Technology, Inc., Gerber Scientific Products, Inc., Gerber Systems Corp., and Gerber Optical, Inc. Gerber Scientific designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services computer aided design and computer aided CAD/CAM systems. The records include correspondence, memoranda, product literature, trade literature, patent records, instruction manuals, proposals, engineering records, photographs, technical reports, drawings, press releases, and newspaper clippings.
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Gidley, James Williams, 1866-1931
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1903-1931 and undated
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7324
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the general correspondence, notes, manuscripts, photographs, and illustrations of James W. Gidley.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1890-1929
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14.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
- Dates:
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circa 1886
- Size:
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7350
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Leeds and Northrup Company
Gray Instrument Company
Queen, James W., & Company
Queen Gray Company
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1850-1952
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0015
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents James W. Queen & Company and its successors Leeds and Northrup Company, Queen-Gray Company, and Gray Instrument Company, manufacturers of instruments for laboratory and industrial use. The collection contains catalogs, circulars, photographs, and miscellaneous publications and documents.