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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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1921-1922, 1947, 1956-1986
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-299
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of exhibits by the Department of the History of Science and Technology. Exhibits include the Hall of Petroleum, the Hall of Iron and Steel, and Inventing Standard Time. Some of the materials date to when the department was known as the Division of Indus...
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circa 1915-1986
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10 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0543
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains primarily black-and-white silver gelatin photographic prints, produced by film studios and distributors for advertising and theater lobby display purposes. The films are mostly American, although the collection includes some European and Japanese films. Some films are accompanied by small booklets in Danish.
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Bobcat Company Records
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
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1940s-2009
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24 Film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 Electronic discs (CD)
5 Electronic discs (DVD)
14 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
38 Videocassettes (U-matic)
9 Videocassettes (VHS)
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Focus Gallery
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1963-1987
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11.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.focugall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of San Francisco Focus Gallery measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1963-1987. The bulk of the collection consists of exhibition files. There are also artists files, sales information, correspondence, and scattered records of the gallery's companion bookshop.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1828-1957
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0.94 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes, 2 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Building
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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: Building and Construction 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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Wheatland, Richard, II, 1923-2009
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1929-1971
bulk 1952-1969
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7.63 Cubic feet (7 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0052
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Collection consists of materials created by and collected by Richard Wheatland II during the period when he served as a Vice President of New York Airways (1953-1968), a helicopter airline operating in the New York City metropolitan area from 1952-1977.
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Fine Arts Federation of New York
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1895-2005
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15.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fineafny
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Fine Arts Federation of New York, a consortium of New York City arts and architecture organizations, measure 15.2 linear feet and date from 1895-2005, bulk 1935-2002. The Federation's activities on behalf of the interests of the constituent organizations and the greater community are documented through officers' files, correspondence, administrative records, scattered printed materials, and scrapbooks.
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1969-1992
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; ...
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American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
- Dates:
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1988-2006
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10.3 Cubic feet (37 Boxes)
- 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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Custom Auto and Equipment Sales
Parlett, John K., 1937-2005
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1859-2011, undated
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20 Cubic feet (60 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1225
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John K. Parlett Collection of Agricultural Ephemera, 1859-2011, undated, is a collection of operator's instruction manuals, parts illustrations manuals, dealership materials, farming, farm life, and agriculture-related ephemera. The material is from national companies as well as local manufacturers and businesses.
