Charles Sumner Tainter Papers
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Tainter, Charles Sumner, 1854-1940
Hartsook Studio (San Diego, Calif.)
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1878-1937
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0124
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Charles Sumner Tainter has been recognized as the father of the talking machine, and much of the material in this collection represents his experimental work on the graphophone. Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Tainter established the Volta Laboratory Association in 1881. This collection presents a comprehensive picture of the early development of the phonograph and Tainter's substantial contributions to the project.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1949-2009
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-216
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, and Elliot N. Sivowitch, Museum Specialist, which document their curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Information Technology and Society, and during the years when the division was known as the Division of Electricity ...
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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
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1884-1965
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46 Cubic feet (150 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1954-2004
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-226
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, which document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Information Technology and Society, and during the years when the division was known as the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, the Division of Electricity ...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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1950-1985.
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0697
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Reference materials, including photographs, internal memoranda, newsletters and other printed material, relating to various Texas Instruments' products.
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Science Service
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circa 1920s-1970s
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19 cu. ft. (38 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-094
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Science Service was established in 1920 through the efforts of the E. W. Scripps Company in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the National Research Council (NRC). In 1919 Scripps had established the American Society for the Dissemination of Science. ...
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DuBois, J. Harry, 1903-1986
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circa 1900-circa 1975
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2.66 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0008
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
J. Harry DuBois (1903-1986) was an industrial consultant in the field of petrochemicals and plastics. In 1927 at General Electric his studies resulted in extending the use of laminated plastics.
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Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (124 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Dates:
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1956-1988 and undated
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12 cu. ft. (24 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 332
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...
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Instrument Society of America
- Dates:
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1911-1972
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36 Cubic feet (98 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0215
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of instrumentation through catalogs, bulletins, specification sheets, price lists, and other publications of companies that produce instrumentation.
