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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1881-1950
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99.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0977
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contain photographs of gas engines, steam turbines, machine tools, foundry and manufacturing methods, and automobile engines, 1896-1921; instruction books, bulletins, and catalogs, 1889-1950; engine lists for compound, junior compound, and standar...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Quick, Ray
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Quick, Glorene
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1947
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1035
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs that document Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing employee Ray Quick's travels to the Philippines and Guam to explore the power potential of the islands.
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Roess, Harold R.D. (radio engineer)
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circa 1920-1964
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0048
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers document the career and interests of Roess, especially radio rebroadcasting stations, radio navigation, radar, antennas, Naval Research Laboratory projects, and radio broadcasting. Includes blueprints, schematics, technical literature, reprints, manuals, photographs, correspondence, and notes.
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1957-1959
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1.09 Cubic Feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0207
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of technical manuals for the Nike-Ajax missile system. Most of the manuals cover the electronic, electrical, and guidance equipment for system testing and operation.
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Aircraft Propulsion Collection [Mikel]
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bulk 1917-1985
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0.41 Cubic feet ((2 boxes and 2)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0018
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of manuals, reports, photographs, drawings, brochures, and other material relating to aircraft propulsion. The following companies are represented: Pratt & Whitney, Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol, Napier, Westinghouse, and Rolls Royce Engines. Besides material on engines and propellers, the collection also contains U.S. Navy D...
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1980-1999
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10.67 Cubic Feet (12 containers)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0048
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to the United States Navy YEZ-2A Airship Program.
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Eisler Engineering Company.
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(bulk 1920-1950s)
1885 - 1988
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30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (700 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
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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.
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Swezey, Kenneth M., 1905-1972 ((journalist))
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
Tesla, Nikola, 1857-1943
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1891 - 1988
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8.6 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0047
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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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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1884-1965
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46 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...