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Applebaugh, William K.
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1857-1926
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0638
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the life and career of William K. Applebaugh, and his activities as a telegrapher during the U.S. Civil War.
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Telegraph
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1863-1903
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3.48 Cubic feet (consisting of 7.5 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 object, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Telegraph
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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: Telegraph 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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Busignies, Henri Gaston, 1905-1981 (electronic/communications engineer)
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1905-1981
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0098
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documentation of Gaston's role in the development of radio direction finders during World War II.
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
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circa 1820-1995
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.
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Moseley, Francis L.
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1930-1981
bulk [ca. 1930s-1950s]
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3.27 Cubic feet ((3 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0148
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes technical development reports, booklets, periodicals, lab books, and reports dealing with radar. Included is material from Aeronautical Radio, Inc., American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Bell Telephone System, Commonwealth and Empire Conference on Radio for Civil Aviation (CERCA), Collins Radio Company, General Electric...
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Rogers, William Richard, 1892-1972
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Circa 1913
- Size:
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0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0055
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one 5.5 by 3.5 inch black and white photograph, printed as a post card, of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft sitting in a hangar at Fort William McKinley, Philippines.
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
- Repository:
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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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Nesbitt, Saul, 1920-1993
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1951-1984
- Size:
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3.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1275
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Background and biographical information consists of Nesbitt's resume, an artist/designer statement, list of clients and accomplishments of Nesbitt Associates, Ltd., press releases, articles, and photographs of the designer.,The materials in this collection document Nesbitt's work from 1951 through 1984.
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Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Greely, Adolphus Washington
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
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1855-1909
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4 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0427
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document General William Babcock Hazen's military career, primarily through correspondence, photographs, and publications.
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Smithsonian Institution. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board
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circa 1960-1975
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13.58 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 581
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities of NAFMAB, including collecting and accessioning, planning for a site, exhibits design, and carrying out various projects. Also included is a multi-volume chronology of events, 1946-1973, in addition to copies of files of NMHT curator Mendel L. Peterson, who represented the Smithsonian on a preliminary ...
