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Coanda, Henri-Marie, 1885-1972
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1920-1961
bulk 1950s
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
1.04 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0170
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The collection primarily refers to Coanda's water conversion project. The material includes correspondence, reports, the articles of SFERI-Coanda and AQUA, as well as experimental photographs. The collection also includes Societe Multicellulaire pamphlets from the 1920s and personal photographs of Coanda's farm in Auxances.
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Waterworks
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1832-1959
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1.83 Cubic feet (consisting of 3.5 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Waterworks
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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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North American Water and Power Alliance.
Ralph M. Parsons Corporation (Pasadena, Calif.)
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1964-1990
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1052
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains executive reports, promotional material, correspondence, articles and publications documenting the North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA), which was a large-scale, transcontinental water transfer plan designed by the Ralph M. Parsons Corporation in 1964.
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Moynihan, Elizabeth B.
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undated
- Size:
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16 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2013.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Elizabeth Moynihan is an architectural historian and author, specializing in the study of Mughal gardens in India. This collection measures 7.13 linear feet and documents Elizabeth Moynihan's research of the Lotus Garden of Dholpur, the Jai Mahal Garden in Jaipur, Mehtab Bagh, and many other Mughal Gardens in India. It includes correspondence; fiel...
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DeWitt, John, 1910-1984
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1962-1979
- Size:
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1.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dewijohn
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Archives of American Art
The scattered papers of federal arts administrator John DeWitt date from 1962-1979, and measure 1.4 linear feet. The collection primarily documents 1970s arts programs sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior. Found within the papers are correspondence concerning the department's art projects and exhibition files for The American Artist and Water Reclamation, 1972, and America 1976.
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National Conservation Advisory Council
- Dates:
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1973-1979
- Size:
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 81-033
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of reports and correspondence in connection with the various study committees of the National Conservation Advisory Council (NCAC); and financial, chronologic, correspondence, and meeting files. These materials were created and maintained by David A. Shute, Executive Director of NCAC.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Activities
- Dates:
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1963-1969
- Size:
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5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 91
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include correspondence, memoranda, and other information about the activities of the Office of International Activities, which establishes cooperative research programs with institutions of higher learning in other countries and fosters programs for the international exchange of persons in those fields of science and humanities ...
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Vogel, Robert M.
Boston Water Works.
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1895-1932
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (5 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1117
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of cyanotype and silver gelatin photographs, print negatives, publications, stamps, and a glass plate negative, documenting the Metropolitan Water Works during its construction.
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Washington Conservation Guild
- Dates:
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1967-2006
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7477
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Washington Conservation Guild (WGC) is a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals, based in Washington, D.C. While serving primarily as a forum for exchange of information among its members, the Guild also seeks to help non-conservators learn more about caring for their own art and artifacts. This collection includes newslette...
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Smithsonian Institution. Conservation Analytical Laboratory
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1962-1975
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T89051
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence created and maintained by the Chief, Robert M. Organ. Correspondence concerns Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL) relations with universities, historical societies and organizations, conservators, and other institutions and individuals pertaining to conservation issues a...