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Snow, J. Parker
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1882-1933
bulk 1930-1933
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1000
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The J. P. Snow Papers document Snow's history of wooden bridges and his work as a civil engineer. The history was written in the 1930s with Robert Fletcher, Director Emeritus of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering at Dartmouth College.
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James A. Millholland Collection
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Millholland, James A., Jr. , 1824-1893
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1866-1899
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0163
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into five series. The first series consists of biographical material, including notebooks 1866; 1873; 1882; 1886; correspondence, 1867‑1899, both from and to James A. Millholland regarding a trip to England and purchase and shipment of railroad rails; the photographic series contains portraits of both Millhollands and ca...
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Schmidling, David, Dr.
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892
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1846-1884
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0364
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Lewis M. Rutherfurd's work related to astronomy.
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Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
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1861-1885
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0006
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Wurtz's scheme, presented in a report to the stockholders, was a new method for the dry distillation of non-caking coal to obtain liquid oils and paraffin. Included in this box are: the report to the stockholders of the Union Chemical Manufacturing Co., 1883; patent specifications, 1881; correspondence with the Patent Office, prospectus on coal distillation, 1885; a notebook of minutes from meetings of Union Chemical Manufacturing Co., 1881-1883.
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Leeds and Northrup Company
Gray Instrument Company
Queen, James W., & Company
Queen-Gray Company
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1850-1952
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0015
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents James W. Queen & Company and its successors Leeds and Northrup Company, Queen-Gray Company, and Gray Instrument Company, manufacturers of instruments for laboratory and industrial use. The collection contains catalogs, circulars, photographs, and miscellaneous publications and documents.
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New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad Companies
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1831-1978
bulk 1903-1933
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8 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 10 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1071
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the history of the demolition and construction of Grand Central Terminal with a focus on the period 1903 to 1913.
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Omata, Hiroko
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ca. 1900-2006.
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0924
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents family history in Japan and in America and consists of photographs, documents and genealogical charts. There are also original audio recordings of Japanese poetry recitations and a transcript of an oral history interview relating to the internment of Japanese Americans.
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Field, Cyrus
Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871
Franklin, John, 1786-1847
Royal Geographic Society.
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1858-1871
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3.5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0702
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Hall's Arctic exploration.
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Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
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1873-1927
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13 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4408
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection consists principally of Fewkes's archeological and ethnological field notebooks, 1890-1927. It also includes correspondence, 1873-1927; lectures, circa 1907-1926; and unpublished manuscripts by Fewkes and others, circa 1893-1923.
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Mosler, Henry, 1841-1920
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1856-1929
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4.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.moslhenr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter Henry Mosler (1841-1920), who began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio, lived in Germany and Paris for at least 2 decades, and finally settled in New York, measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1856-1929. The collection documents Mosler's life and career through biographical material, personal and professional letters from members of the military, museums, family, friends and colleagues, writings including an 1862 Civil War diary, personal business records, printed material, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of Mosler, his family, colleagues and artwork.
