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Liebhold, Peter
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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December 1996.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
27 video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0605
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Inventor Tadeusz Sendzimir, a Polish immigrant, designed and installed the first "Z" Mill for cold rolling stainless steel in the United States. The videohistory documents the story of a new approach to the rolling process of steel technology transfer and consumer demand for a new product;video documents the mill in operation and interviews with ac...
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Saint, Lawrence B., 1885-1961
Washington Cathedral
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1926-1936
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9.3 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0090
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of chemical formulae developed by Lawrence Saint for use in his stained glass work at the Washington National Cathedral. There are supporting samples, records, and notes.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Rader, Lloyd Forrest, 1902-1979
Rader, Helen
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1925 - 1980
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0952
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Lloyd F. Rader was born in 1902 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, earning his bachelor, masters, and Ph. D in civil engineering. Rader taught at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York and he served as a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison for 33 years. The collection includes material about Rader's professional career, honors and awards he received, and articles and textbooks authored or co-authored by Rader about asphalt, concrete, and urban planning.
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Kloeris, Vickie
MacIntyre, Daril
Koff, Ashley
Craig, Steven
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2010.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1228
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through audio and video, a symposium held November 5-6, 2010, in the National Museum of American History. The theme of the symposium was the role invention and innovation play in what we eat and how we eat. Panelists discussed the history and future of food and related technologies.
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Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1947-1990
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5.5 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0403
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents three major areas of Jacob Rabinow's work in improvement of electronic and other devices: phonograph record players, optical character recognition (reading machines) and automatic self regulation of watches and clocks.
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Kost, William Elvidge
Kost, William Cassell, (farmer), 1917-1989
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1939-1989
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17.66 Cubic feet (53 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0481
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of the Kost family farm, Vermont, Illinois. The farm consisted of 120 acres where small grains, hay, and cattle were raised.
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Kubach, Richard
Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Melrose Diner, owners and employees
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1938-1988
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0489
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, advertisements, accounting records, and 19 audio tape interviews documenting the history and operation of Melrose Diner in Philadelphia, Pa.; interviews conducted by oral historian Scott Ellsworth, 1987; and notes written by him.
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Black, Tom, 1924-
Wiener, Tom
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1993
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1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0505
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history interview, transcripts, and background material documenting Tom Black's career as director of advertising for Smithsonian Magazine from its founding in 1969 until his retirement in 1994.
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Stephen A. Douglas World War Two Envelopes
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Douglas, Stephen A., 1912- ((World War II soldier))
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1942-1945
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0755
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into two series. Series 1: Illustrated Envelopes contains envelopes drawn by Stephen Douglas and mounted on mat boards. This type of painted envelope is also called "patriotic." See Lawrence Sherman, United States Patriotic Envelopes of World War II, 2006. Series 2: Unit History, documents the engineers in the South We...
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Kathleen Ewing Gallery
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1946-2009
bulk 1975-2009
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3.8 Linear feet
0.475 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kathewig
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Archives of American Art
The records of Kathleen Ewing Gallery, a Washington, DC, gallery that specialized in the work of photographers, measure 3.8 linear feet and 0.475 GB and date from 1946 to 2009, with the bulk of the papers dating from 1975 to 2009. Artists' files make up the bulk of the collection and include exhibition planning documents, correspondence, price lists, publicity, artist statements, and photographs of artwork. Also found are one file of gallery history, two letters, and printed material. Printed material consists of press clippings and a complete set of gallery exhibition announcements. Some of the materials are in digital format.