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Pickard, Greenleaf Whittier, 1877-1956
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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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Kenneth M. Swezey Papers
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Swezey, Kenneth M., 1905-1972 (journalist)
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
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1891 - 1988
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8.6 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0047
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence (both of Nicola Tesla and Kenneth Swezey), copies of patents, articles, pamphlets, brochures, stamps, newsletters, and manuscripts, from 1890-1972 collected and assembled by Swezey.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
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1890 - 1930
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6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0715
- Repository:
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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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Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (124 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
- Repository:
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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.
