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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1819-1985
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5.11 Cubic feet (consisting of 11 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial.))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steel
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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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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Hood, Richard, 1910-
- Dates:
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1930-1983
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4.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hoodrich
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Material primarily relating to Hood's work on the Federal Art Project, the Philadelphia College of Art, and the American Color Print Society. Hood's earlier work as a printmaker is not well represented. Included are correspondence, notes, writings, sketches, scrapbooks, printed material and photographs.
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Joel Dorn Papers
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Dorn, Joel, 1942-2007
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1966-1987
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8 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0536
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recording session logs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and accounting sheets and ledger documenting Dorn's career as a producer for Atlantic Records.
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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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Zane, Michael Stuart, III
Kryptonite Lock Company (Canton, Massachusetts)
Zane, Elizabeth
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1972 - 2003
- Size:
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5.6 Cubic feet (; 15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0840
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Massachusetts entrepreneur Michael Zane purchased a bicycle lock design and its trade name, 'Kryptonite lock," in 1972. Working with members of his family, Zane developed the Kryptonite Corporation. The records consist of audio-visual materials, correspondence, design drawings, photographs, testing records, patent information, sales reports, product information, advertisements, clippings, periodicals, legal documents, and research files.
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Kendall, Evelyn Way
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1783-1969
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4.41 Cubic feet (8 boxes; 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0053
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Evelyn Way Kendall Early Aviation and Balloon Collection documents early aeronautical history from the 18th century to the 1960s in art, prints, photographs, posters, manuscripts, and ephemera.
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North American Water and Power Alliance.
Ralph M. Parsons Corporation (Pasadena, Calif.)
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1964-1990
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1052
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains executive reports, promotional material, correspondence, articles and publications documenting the North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA), which was a large-scale, transcontinental water transfer plan designed by the Ralph M. Parsons Corporation in 1964.
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
- Size:
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Freeze, Gerald
Cozy Inn (Thurmont, Md.)
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1885-2015, undated
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2.75 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1345
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of the Cozy Inn and Restaurant in Thurmont, Maryland.
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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.