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Washburn, Wilcomb E.
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1962-1990
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9.85 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (2 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-125
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the personal papers of Wilcomb E. Washburn, director of the Office of American Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, and document his scholarly interests in American political and cultural history, as well as his professional activities over the years in furtherance of those interests. Materials include corresponde...
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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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Learned, Clyde E. (civil engineer)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1949 - 1949
1913-1939
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0.4 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0226
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Clyde E. Learned (1885-?) was the senior highway engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, District Three, during the years 1919-1939. He was later a design engineer for the Public Roads Administration, Division Nine, in 1949.
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Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1855-1862
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0.3 Cubic feet ( 1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1010
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 146 salt-paper prints (structural and decorative details) of the United States Capitol Dome, between 1855 and 1862. Dimensions range from 6 ¾" x 9 ½" to 17 1/8" x 10".
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National Museum of History and Technology. Department of Cultural History
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1957, 1964-1975
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4 cu. ft. (8 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 251
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records of the Department of Cultural History and its predecessor, the Department of Civil History, consist of administrative files including memoranda and correspondence concerning exhibits, general museum and departmental policies, the acquisition of objects, and the search for a curator; general correspondence with donors, researchers...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Political History
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circa 1950-1969
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3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 252
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of general correspondence, primarily public inquiries, particularly concerning the First Ladies' Hall and objects associated with presidents and other prominent figures; administrative files pertaining to exhibits and the operation of the Department of Civil History and MHT; annual reports of the Divisions of Civil H...
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Sutton, John G.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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ca. 1903-1961.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0994
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers contain a scrapbook, 1903-1912; publications of C. G. Elliot, head of the USDA's drainage work; papers and reports on drainage pumping plants, tile, and ditches, 1916-1920, 1926, 1931; and historical studies of drainage work, 1937-1938, 1947,1957,1961.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Dale, C. O.
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1908-1920
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1.16 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0951
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection contains correspondence, specifications, contsruction estimates, proposals, photographs and blue prints of plans, sections, elevations, charts and diagrams for United States Department of the Interior, Reclamation Service Projects, 1908-1918. Rancagua, Chile where they built a Rio Pangal Hydroelectric Power Plant and and extension of t...
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Civil War Propaganda Scrapbooks
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Campbell, Jean H.
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1861 - 1861
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1372
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains three scrapbooks filled with Civil War propaganda primarily from the North's perspective. The scrapbooks include illustrated envelopes as well as clippings from envelopes, magazines, and almanacs.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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1952-1987
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-146
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Robert M. Vogel, Curator, documenting his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Engineering and Industry. Earlier records date back to when the division was known as the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and when the ...