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National Museum of American History. Division of Transportation
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1946-1985
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15.51 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 528
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of curator's day journals, 1946-1956; a manuscript copy, Wheels and Wheeling: The Smithsonian Cycle Collection, 1974; and administrative files of the Division of Transportation concerning such matters as gifts and grants, annual budgets, minutes of meetings, publications, and historical inquiries regarding objects. A...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation
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circa 1927-1973 and undated
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23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 239
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly document the operations of the Division of Transportation from its creation in 1957, and the operations of the Section of Land Transportation, 1946-1957. Lesser amounts of records relate to the administration of the land transportation collections prior to 1946 and to the marine transportation collections before 1957...
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Waring, Frank H., 1925-
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1912-1997
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4 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0895
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents transportation analyst, consultant and planner Frank H. Waring and his consulting firm The Waring Group, Inc.
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United States. Department of Transportation Act, 1966.
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
United States. Congress (89th, 2nd session : 1966)
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Library
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1966
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4 Volumes ((approx. 2900 p. in various pagings), 29 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-RR.XXXX-0002
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Smithsonian Libraries
A collection of official U.S. government documents relating to the legislative history of the 1966 Department of Transportation Act, prepared by the Civil Aeronautics Board for the use of its own staff.Types of materials in the collection include: presidential messages; bills of the 89th Congress (House and Senate) in various stages of the legislative process; amendments; committee prints and hearings; a copy of Public Law 89-670; excerpts from the Congressional record; typed and signed Civil Aeronautics Board inter- and intra-office correspondence; memoranda and other miscellaneous documents.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1777-1965
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10.22 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 2 folders, 9 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (2 full, 1 partial.))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steamboats
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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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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circa 1800-1980
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32 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S01
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 1: Transportation contains circa 3,900 pieces of sheet music documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards transportation technology in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
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1875-1911.
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2.6 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0158
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of construction by plant. Includes orders, dates of construction, customers and costs for passenger, dining and freight cars.
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United Transportation Union
Nelsen, Malcolm H.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Briers, Kenneth A.
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1950s-1960s
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4.6 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1173
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Nelson's work with railroad labor unions, including the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The collection includes grievance files, bylaws of committees of the unions, meeting minutes and reports of those committees, company newsletters, and internal memoranda.
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Finney, Bill
White, Roger
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1925-1930.
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0790
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nitrate negatives depicting street views with automobiles and railroad cars, in several areas of the country. Many are numbered and dated in ink on the negative. The groups are: views of Newark, Ohio, by Bill Finney, March 19, 1926; Huntington, West Virginia, 1927; Cumberland, Md., by Bill Finney, Oct. 28, 1925; and "Baltimore, Md.--Sharp St. Looking South from Camden St. / for Police Dept. / Oct. 21, 1930.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Yungmeyer, Martha
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1931-1964
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8 Cubic feet (24 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0241
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders and railroads operating them.
