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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Smith, Lawrence Talma, 1899-
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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circa 1927-1966
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0988
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes engineering reports, contract specifications, construction photographs, and drawings for South Park Commissioners and Chicago Park District projects, 1927, 1931, 1935-1940; Ohio Turnpike projects, 1951; railway bridges, 1953-1954; and Northern Illinois Toll Highway projects, 1954-1956. Also included are a copy of Smith's the...
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1943-1945
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0089
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of engineering drawings for the V-2. The material consists of a complete set of production blueprints for the V-2 rocket powerplant and directly related accessories. The drawings are identified as 'Engineering Records File Copy' (in English).
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Espenschied, Lloyd, 1889-? ((electrical engineer) )
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1907-1969.
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11.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0013
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous information on the history of telephonic and wireless communication; considerable personal correspondence about men and events in the field, especially disputed claims of inventions, development, and the like.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
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1973-1980, with records dating from 1890
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 562
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of documents deemed to be of historical value by the Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services along with photographs, reports correspondence, contracts and blueprints documenting Smithsonian buildings and construction projects. The buildings documented include the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Arts a...
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Gross, Gerald Connop (radio engineer)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1900-1946.
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0095
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the history of the development of international communications. Includes official correspondence, 1926-1945, while Gross was at the F.C.C.; clippings; photographs; publications; legal documents; radio licenses; reports from international conferences; and F.C.C. reports and circulars.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Butler, William H.
Edison General Electric Works. (Schenectady (N.Y.)
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1892
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1077
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album entitled "With Edison in Schenectady". It contains captioned photographs of subjects such as building exteriors and interiors, staff members, the power station, generators, close-ups of machines, and scenes of the factory floor. It was compiled and published by William H. Butler.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Reed, Samuel E., 1872-1964
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1947-1964.
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1001
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbooks kept by Reedand by his wife, Grace Fillmore Reed, after his death) on the subject of bridges. Contents of the scrapbooks vary, and include postcards, photographs with detailed captions, stickers, articles, and clippings. One set of scrapbooks relates to covered bridges, another set relates to all other types of bridges. The scrapbooks ar...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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1926-1938
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0034
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains bibliographies, correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets and drafts of papers on aerial mapping and photography (one authored by Maj. James Bagley). It also contains a dictionary of photographic terms (in German) and material on various cameras and other equipment including Adam Hilger Ltd.'s Survey Stereoscope; Fairchi...
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Eisler Engineering Company.
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(bulk 1920-1950s)
1885 - 1988
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30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Modjeski and Masters
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1870-1979
bulk 1900-1940
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60 Cubic feet (139 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0976
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the work of consulting engineers and bridge builders, Ralph Modjeski (1861-1940) and Frank Masters (1883-1974) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.