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Warashina, Patti, 1940-
Jeck, Doug, 1963-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2005 September 8
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42 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.warash05
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Patti Warashina conducted 2005 September 8, by Doug Jeck, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home and studio, in Seattle, Washington.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Stine, W.P.
LaBrose, Susan Stine
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1904-1911.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1039
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
W. P. Stine was an engineer involved in the building of the Panama Canal. He also worked on road building projects in Panama. The collection consists of blueprints, letters, and a letterpress book pertaining to the Panama Canal.
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Vogel, Robert M.
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Bollman, Wendell, 1814-1884
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1852-1986
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3 Cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1064
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design.
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George Carruthers Innovative Lives Presentation
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Carruthers, George R.
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1996-02-22
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0.25 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0597
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This video history consists of original, master and reference videos documenting a children's lecture program by George R. Carruthers, a physicist and inventor. Carruthers invented the Far Ultra-Violet Camera (FUVCAM).
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Gellatly, John, 1853-1931
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1887-1931
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gelljohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The John Gellatly letters received from artists measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1887 to 1931. Found within the collection are 120 letters to Gellatly from Emma and Abbott H. Thayer, Frederick S. Church, Irving Wiles, Albert Pinkham Ryder, C. E. S. Wood, and George Grey Barnard. Some of the letters contain sketches, particularly those from Church. Topics include the price and progress of artworks, requests for commissions, mutual friendships, and daily events. There are also two copies of the poem "The Flying Dutchman" by Albert P. Ryder.
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Sanford, Robert S., 1897-1981
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bulk 1917-1970
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0.55 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 folder in oversized box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0063
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to both Robert S. Sanford's World War I service and his work in Alaska with the US Bureau of Mines. The material relating to his service with the 139th Aero Squadron includes the following: a series of over 100 letters from Sanford to his family from 1917-1919, chronicling his entry into the military, training stateside, his overseas deployment and service in the Toul sector; nine photographs of Sanford in uniform or of aircraft in France; a May 4, 1918 copy of "Plane News"; and a small brown diary with entries written by Sanford from 1917 to 1918.
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McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981
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1935-1980
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcmaaudr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The scattered papers of Audrey McMahon measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1935 through 1980. Found are correspondence, writings, notes and research files, and printed material assembled mainly during the late 1960s while assisting Francis V. O'Connor complete Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now (1969) and The New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs (1970) and, to a lesser degree, miscellaneous files relating to McMahon's activities as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey . Included are photocopies of original correspondence (1935-41) between McMahon and Holger Cahill and Brehon Somervell, held by the National Archives.
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Humphrey, Joseph
Humphrey, Marion
Humphrey Family
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ca. 1905-1906.
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1196
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of postcards dating from 1903 to 1907, including some that are unsent and undated. Many are addressed to members of the Humphrey family, but the individual who created the album is unknown.
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Hunt, Mary Alice Minear
Hunt, George Laird
Fishbaugh, William Arthur
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1905-1908.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1021
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photograph album of commercially-produced photographs of Panama Canal construction.
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
New York Department of Public Works
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1933-1935
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1027
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs that document the construction of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in New York during various stages of construction, construction crews, and pier interiors.