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Washington Conservation Guild
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1978, 1989-2014
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-194
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administration and activities of the Washington Conservation Guild, a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals dedicated to preserving art and historic materials. Materials include correspondence, newsletters, meeting announcements, photographs, grant records, membership directorie...
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Perkins, James Secor
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972
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1907-2000
bulk 1911-1924
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5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0803
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
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1964-1985
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 640
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were maintained by James M. Murphy. He served as Chief Engineer, Engineering and Construction Branch, BMD, 1964-1974; Chief, Engineering and Design Branch, OFPES, 1974-1977; Chief, Facilities Data Branch, OFPES, 1978-1980; Supervisory Engineer, ODC, 1981; and Quality Control Senior Engineer, ODC, 1982- . This record unit primar...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1976
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11.14 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (3 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-056
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of film and sound used to create the film "Celebrating a Century: The 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition." This film accompanied the exhibition "1876: A Centennial Exhibition," which opened in the Arts and Industries Building in 1976, and documents the history of the Philadelphia Exhibition. It was narrated by James Whitmore....
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Charles Sumner Tainter Papers
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Mechanisms, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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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Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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undated
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10 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0315
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Although the obvious intention of the organizers of this file was to produce a comprehensive, alphabetical file of images of important scientists, inventors, engineers, and other figures in the history of science and technology, the resulting representation of significant subjects is somewhat haphazard. Also, there are some portraits of subjects o...
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Gay Life Magazine
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1961-2004, undated
bulk 1995-2000
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1353
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of promotional photographs and press kits used to promote motion pictures and made for television motion pictures and other entertainment.
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Pickard, Greenleaf Whittier, 1877-1956
Cardwell Condenser Corporation (Lindenhurst, New York)
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1898-1941
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1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0915
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, an engineer, and his experiments in wireless technology. Materials include Greenleaf Pickard notebooks and patents issued to Nikola Tesla.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1845-1928
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0.45 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Florists
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Florists forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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White, John H., 1933-
White, Charles Baldwin
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1920-1940
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0182
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of several thousand clippings of trade marks, labels, etc., taken from magazines and newspapers, and labels. Many of them are quite small and a very few have dates and sources noted on the reverse side. Most of them appear to have been clipped in the 1920 1940 period. They were classified by the collector on the basis of...