Ralph Burns Papers
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Burns, Ralph, 1922-2001
- Dates:
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circa 1940-1994
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0736
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains sheet music and presentation scores of songs written and arranged by composer Ralph Burns.
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King, D. Ward
- Dates:
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1902-2005
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0.75 Cubic feet ( 2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1332
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs, publications and correspondence related to D. Ward King's invention the King Road Drag, or the Split-Oak drag, which improved rural travel in the early 20th century by introducing a simple design and low-effort system for grading poor-quality roads. The King Road Drag was promoted heavily across the United States and Canada via the "Good Roads Campaign" originally sponsored by the railroad companies in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Blumenthal, M.L.
Blumenthal, Joseph
Blumenthal, Barbara B.
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1856-2010
bulk 1900-1969
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1344
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records from Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company, manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa products, including well-known candies such as Snocaps, Raisinets, and Goobers. They were located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was sold to Ward Foods Incorporated in 1969. This collection also includes material collected by and about the Blumenthal family and from M.L. Blumenthal, noted illustrator of the early 20th century.
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Bird, William L.
- Dates:
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1900-1990
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6 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1465
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of postcards on numerous subjects.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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circa 1880-circa 1960
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13 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0468
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera. Included are: (1) trade cards for thread, tobacco, barbers, sewing machines, toiletries and shaving products, tobacco, undertakers and patent medicine; (2) images of women, children, pets, and flowers; (3) ...
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American Public Works Association.
Stine, Jeffrey K.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1999-2000
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0983
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nominations for awards in the "Top Ten Public Works Projects of the Twentieth Century, 1900-2000" competition. The nominations included such things as project brochures, photographs, video cassettes, articles, written histories, and other miscellaneous items submitted to support the individual cases.
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Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
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1971-1986.
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0328
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of twenty-five (25) 7-inch reel-to-reel audiotapes of nine (9) radio interviews documenting the career of Duke Ellington as composer and musician.
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Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
Rattenbury, Ken, 1920-
Anderson, William "Cat", 1916-1981 ((musician))
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1967-1991
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0.16 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0432
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Five cassette audiotapes, master's degree thesis, and Billy Strayhorn music transcription to Duke Ellington's "Lotus Blossom.",Material documents the career and compositional techniques of Duke Ellington, and interviews with Duke Ellington and Cat Anderson.
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MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
Pease, L.F.
Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
Sandford Greeting Card Company
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1831-2004
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8 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1252
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the business activities of the Sandford Card Company and include the papers of Mary Elizabeth Sandford, founder of the company, and her immediate family.
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Bertness, Darrell
- Dates:
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mid-20th century
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 371 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1190
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This is a small group of picture postcards.