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T.B. Cryer Company
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1890 - 1950
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2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1085
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records contain plans and specifications for plumbing and heating systems installed in a residence, schools, and public buildings in Newark, Orange, West Orange, Rahway, and Montclair, New Jersey.
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Women's Auxiliary, National Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors
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1919 - 2015
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14 Cubic feet (36 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1304
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the activities of the Women's Auxiliary, National Association of Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Contractors through financial materials, photographs, convention and scrapbook materials.
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Hoffman, Robin
Stone, William R., 1920-2006
Raytheon Company
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1967-1985
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1320
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting William R. Stone's involvement in the invention and development of the microwave for industrial and home use. The collection includes biographical information; patents, and other invention related papers; photographs; design drawings; internal company papers and memoranda; Stone's research and reports, especially on the subject o...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1814-1958
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12.16 Cubic feet (consisting of 25 boxes, 13 folders, 10 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 2 flat boxes (partial).)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Stoves
- Repository:
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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: Stoves and Heating Industry 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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Freer Gallery of Art. Superintendent of Construction
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1913-1918
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-028
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by John Bundy documenting the technical specifications of the Freer Gallery of Art. Materials include specifications, sketches, agreements, and an abstract of Charles Lang Freer's will.
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Leonard, Ronald J.
Leonard, Leona
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1966-2000
- Size:
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5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1109
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Ronald J. Leonard's work at Travenol Laboratories and Sarns/3M, developing pumps and oxygenators used in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
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John Bucheimer Papers
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Bucheimer, John
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1954 - 1977
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4 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 5 map folders)
21 Film reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0889
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relate to John Bucheimer's work as manager of new product manufacturing in the Engineering Department at Head Ski Company.
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American Petroleum Institute.
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1860s-1980s
bulk 1955-1990
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45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879
Francis, Joseph Sidney
Schultze, Bernhard
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1806-1879
bulk 1830-1879
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21 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0982
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879), a Boston civil and mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Boyden turbine. Materials include correspondence, notes, calculations, articles, notebooks, legal documents, financial documents, patents and patent assignments, design drawings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, business cards, and a print of a daguerreotype.
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Rice, Robert B., 1900-1976
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1915 - 1954
- Size:
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30.1 Cubic feet (81 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0322
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers and correspondence (ca. 1946-1953) of Rice; publications, mostly on Diesel engines, their components and technical problems; material from Rice's academic career; directories of Diesel engine manufacturers and brochures describing their products; technical manuals and reprints of technical articles.