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Providence Engineering Works
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1881-1923, 1933
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11 Volumes
2.5 Cubic Feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1076
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes order books, 1883-1898, 1898-1918, 1894-1923; shipping book, 1883-1892; detailed cost record, 1892-1896; parts listing; pattern list, 1890-1907; miscellaneous order book, 1916-1920; book of standard and special engine details, 1881-1889; and drawing list, 1881-1908; also photographs, glass negatives, drawings, publications, and ...
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Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation
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[ca. 1910s-1920s]
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0.45 cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0579
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the following: documentation pertaining to the production and endurance test results of the J-1 Engine; engineering data for the Model Z-5 and the Model B engine; five engineering drawings for various parts; photographs;correspondence; price listings; lists of engines by serial number; service notes; calculations; and an ob...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Hartung, Marion John, 1886-1978
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1906-1907
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0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1033
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of two bound volumes of mechanical engineering laboratory reports written by Hartung while he was a student at Cornell University.
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Engineering Notebook Collection
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1835-1930
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0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0225
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection of personal notebooks of civil engineers.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1848-1963
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0.82 Cubic Feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 5 folders, 2 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Engineering
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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: Engineering 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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American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
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1988-2005.
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10.3 Cubic Feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0591
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Contains entries by engineering firms and U.S. and local government entities in the AAEE annual competition, "Excellence in Environmental Engineering". The competitions are divided into categories: research, planning, design, operations/management, small projects, and university research. Each entry includes technical descriptions of the project, t...
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National Museum of American History ., Division of Engineering and Industry
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circa 1948-1988
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7.99 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 397
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to horology, exhibit proposals, manufacturers of engineering equipment, models, collections management, minutes of meetings, acquisitions, and installation of exhibits. Also included are blueprints for the Hall of Heavy Machinery; exhibit scripts from Power and the Early Ste...
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Savage, John L., 1879-? (civil engineer)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1944
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0.15 Cubic Feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0227
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials concerning dams, power plants, and materials testing in China, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It consists of a bound volume of preliminary reports, with maps, prepared for China's National Resources Commission by John L. Savage, consulting engineer. Includes a report on the Yangtze River Gorge Project (11/1944) and several other Chin...
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Mawhinney, Matthew (engineer)
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1917-1978
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1 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matthew Mawhinney, an engineer specializing in industrial furnace design and operation, collected this material during his career with Salem Engineering Co. and later as a consulting engineer.
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Rice, Robert B., 1900-1976
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1915 - 1954
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30.1 Cubic Feet (81 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0322
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers and correspondence (ca. 1946-1953) of Rice; publications, mostly on Diesel engines, their components and technical problems; material from Rice's academic career; directories of Diesel engine manufacturers and brochures describing their products; technical manuals and reprints of technical articles.