Samuel P. Langley Collection
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- Creators:
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Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
- Dates:
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1891-1914
bulk 1891-1900
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24.28 Cubic feet (64 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0494
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes information about Samuel P. Langley and his colleagues, as well as documentation of Langley's work. The collection includes biographies of Langley and his assistant Charles Manly, newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts regarding Langley's aircraft, photographs and drawings, work requisitions for the Aerodromes, a sketchbook, specifications and measurements for Langley's experiments, the Langley Memoirs on Mechanical Flight and the Langley "Waste Books."
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Beach, Chester, 1881-1956
- Dates:
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1846-1999
bulk 1895-1999
- Size:
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7.32 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.beacches
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Chester Beach papers measure 7.32 linear feet and date from 1846 to 1999, with the bulk ot the material dating from circa 1900 to 1999. The work and professional activities of Beaux Arts sculptor Chester Beach (1881-1956) and his family's efforts to exhibit and sell work from the estate are documented by project files, business records, correspondence, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The papers also include many artist-designed Christmas cards sent and received by the Beach family, and artwork by Chester Beach and others.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Plant Services
- Dates:
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1973-1979
- Size:
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 81-034
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the concerns of the Director of the Office of Plant Services (OPlantS). Records pertain to a variety of topics including repairs, renovations, restorations, safety, and general staffing issues. Materials include memoranda, reports, floor plans, clippings, black and white photographs, and related ...
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1835-1930
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0225
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection of personal notebooks of civil engineers.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Financial and Management Analysis
- Dates:
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1961-1991
- Size:
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-050
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of forms used by bureaus throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI) that have been registered with the Office of Financial and Management Analysis. The records contain the most recent versions of the forms, along with prior versions and rough drafts. Some files contain correspondence regarding the history and compositi...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
- Dates:
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1899-1913, 1949, 1960-1978
- Size:
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (13 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 637
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain project files, blueprints, contract and work files, photographs, and correspondence related to several renovation projects. Included are renovation and restoration plans for the Arts and Industries Building, the Patent Office Building (home to the National Collection of Fine Arts and National Portrait Gallery), and the ...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Foundation Company (The).
- Dates:
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1887-1969
- Size:
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9 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 28 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0974
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records include sketches, drawings, blueprints, contracts, and reports relating to highway and railroad bridges, tunnels, subways, mine shafts, canals and waterways, dams, concrete buildings, concrete construction, derricks and derrick barges, cranes, caissons and caisson construction, air locks, pumps, jacks, engines, and turbines; also phot...
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National Air and Space Museum. Assistant Director for Exhibits
- Dates:
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circa 1963-1986
- Size:
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17.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 tube box) (15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 352
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records provide documentation of the creation and preparation of exhibits for the most important period in the history of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) - the planning, fabrication, and installation of two dozen major galleries for the new museum building, which opened in 1976. Also included is material on exhibits in the ...
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United States National Museum. Superintendent of Construction for the United States National Museum Building
- Dates:
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1903-1911
- Size:
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24.02 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box) (5 tall document boxes) (11 folders oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 81
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The National Museum Building Construction Records, 1894 - 1919 (bulk 1903 - 1911), document the process and methods used to construct the National Museum Building that is now known as the National Museum of Natural History. These records primarily refer to the management of the construction aspects of the project, documenting specifications ...
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- Dates:
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1830-1898, 1912-1917
- Size:
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2.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7055
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.