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Emmons, Richard H., 1919-2005
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circa 1954-1998
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-154
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Richard H. Emmons (1919-2005), astronomer, engineer, and proponent of astronomy education, taught astronomy and physics at Kent State University and later worked as an engineer for Goodyear Aerospace Corporation. He was well-known for the planetariums he established, over 23 in all. Emmons was also the team leader for the North Canton Moo...
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Japan Ueda Performing Arts Company
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1920s
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1 Sheet (79 cm x 108 cm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7166
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Shows sketches of a variety of circus acts and includes a photomechanical portrait of Ueda, perhaps the head of the circus company.
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Miner, Harry
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[ca. 1967]
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0.2 Linear feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mineharr
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Archives of American Art
Unpublished biography of Vinnie Ream (Hoxie). Included are 42 photographs of Ream, her bust of Abraham Lincoln and other sculpture, and her Washington, D.C. house.
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Hough, Walter, 1859-1935
United States National Museum. Museum-Gates Expedition (1905)
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undated
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3 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7209
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes lab number, name, size, notes, and quantity. The Department of Anthropology catalog number has been added. The first page is missing.
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O'Hara, Frederick, 1904-1980
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1956-1981
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.oharfred
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Archives of American Art
Biographical accounts, letters, 2 work journals (1956-1960), essays, photographs, and printed material document Frederick O'Hara's printmaking techniques and career.
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
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1,900 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works Drawings
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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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1870-1890
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9 Cubic feet (4 drawers)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0353
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of 202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the locomotive and retained for engineering reference.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Langley Research Center
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1964-1972
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5.85 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0104
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The supercritical wing concept was developed by Dr. Richard T. Whitcomb of the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Whitcomb's airfoil was designed to delay formation of shock waves at high speeds.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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1868-1972
bulk 1925-1949
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146 Cubic feet (228 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0067
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the corporate records of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Included in the collection are technical and engineering reports of Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division's operations in St. Louis (Robertson), MO (1935-1945) and Buffalo, NY, (1932-1945), as well as AAS Material Division and AAF Air Technical Services Command memorandum reports collected by Curtiss-Wright's St. Louis and Buffalo technical reference libraries. The collection also contains the files of Curtiss-Wright's Patent Department, which hold records of patents filed by Curtiss-Wright and patent-infringement cases involving Curtiss-Wright. Also included in the collection are specifications issued by and photos commissioned by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation (Huff-Daland Airplanes, Inc. until March 1927), which had been acquired by Wright in 1928 along with Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp., and formed the Keystone Division of Curtiss-Wright until 1932 when Keystone's Bristol, PA factory closed its doors. The collection also contains financial records of the Curtiss-Wright Airports Corporation, which was liquidated in 1936, as well as an extensive negative collection featuring Curtiss-Wright aircraft from the 1930s and 1940s, concentrated especially on the war years.
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Marcou, David Joseph, 1950-
- Dates:
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2008
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32 Photographs ((digital photographs))
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.107
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 32 digital photographs shot by David J. Marcou and depict The Last Stand symphony dress rehearsal on April 24, 2008 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The photographs depict the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra; co-composers Bill Miller (Mohican/Stockbridge-Munsee), Joshua Yudkin, and Kristin Wilkinson; conductor Amy Mills; La Crosse...