Ryder Mobile Homes Park Collection
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Ryder Mobile Homes, Inc.
- Dates:
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circa 1920s-2001
- Size:
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15 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0777
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents trailer park life, particularly the Ryder Mobile Homes Park founded by Ralph Ryder in New Haven, Connecticut in 1930.
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Monnett Experimental Aircraft Inc
- Dates:
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1981
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0059
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following: drawings; service bulletins; Installation Operation and Maintenance Manual for the Moni engine, 'KIM 107'; issues of the MONI Newsletters, 1988 - 1991, the Moni: The Newsletter of Monnett Experimental Aircraft, Inc.; HAPI Times: Newsletter for Sonerai, Monerai and Moni Builders; Monitor: Moni Technical and...
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[ca. 1920s-1930s]
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0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0025
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes 40 Ryan photographs with captions. Photos include: various stages of production, interiors of personal planes, aircraft flying and on the ground, and the aircraft being used as a recreational vehicle.
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1914-1992
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1441
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 150 photographic negatives, 54 photographic prints, and two rolls of film negatives documenting the history of the Black and Decker Corporation, from a few years after its founding in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1910, through the 1990s.
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Kapp, Michael
- Dates:
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1939-1977 and undated
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30.01 Cubic feet (44 legal document boxes; 9 letter document boxes; 8 audio boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0138
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of reel to reel audio tapes relating to the United States space program. The material includes recordings of events, missions, press conferences, and other happenings from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
- Dates:
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1960-2008
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10.30 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-267
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the relocation and restoration of three Saturn V rockets the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) acquired from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the early 1970s, when the Apollo Space Program concluded. One rocket, consisting entirely of stages and spacecraft intended to be lau...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Norris, Elwood
Rosenthal, Paul R.
- Dates:
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March 10, 2007
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1108
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Presentation of Elwood ("Woody") Norris, the inventor of HyperSonic Sound (HSS) at the Arlington Public Library in Arlington, Virginia; and oral history interview with Lemelson Center staff member Paul Rosenthal. Norris discusses his life and inventions.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Dates:
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1972-1982
- Size:
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26 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 394
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the creation and work of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, the Secretary's chief deputy and operations officer of the Institution. Some records from the Office's administrative predecessor, the Office of the Under Secretary, are included as well. Researchers should note that the Assistant Sec...
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Stumpf, David
- Dates:
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1970s - 2010s
- Size:
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256 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2020.0028
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of digital documents on one 256 GB SunDisk drive gathered by David Stumpf for his book, Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, a detailed history of the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile program.
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
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14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 Slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
