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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
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33 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.Y
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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1905-1973
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-135
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs, captions, and press releases related to engineering and engineering research. The files were originally compiled by and for the journalists who worked for the organization Science Service (see Record Unit 7091) from the 1920s through the 1960s. These informational "morgue" files were organized in th...
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Bartley Crucible and Refractories Co.
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1909-1972
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1.8 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 12 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0348
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is arranged into three series. Series 1: Series 2: Series 3:
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United States. Army. Ordnance Department. Ordnance Research and Development Translation Center
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bulk 1938-1945
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3.4 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0468
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of microfilm copies of documents relating to research and development work conducted by the Ordnance Office of the German Army at the research station at Peenemünde, as well as document listings and indexes of those documents prepared by United States Army's Ordnance Research and Development Translation Center at Fort Eustis, VA.
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Nordberg Manufacturing Company
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1891-1947
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45 Cubic feet (58 boxes, 110 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0975
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of the company's photo and negative archives; miscellaneous trade publications; G. Turnwald notebooks; technical memoranda; trade literature; operating manuals; parts books; Nordberg company history; machinery proposals; order books; time records; Chain Belt Company catalogs; and blueprints used in the shops.
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Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company.
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1917-1968
bulk 1925-1954
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3.2 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0996
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company started in 1903 by John F. Lorimer. The company produced diesel engines for a variety of machines, including marine vessels, locomotives, and farm equipment. The collection includes background and historical information on the company, instruction manuals, marketing literature, corporate records, and drawings and photographs.
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Condon, Robert B.
Condon, Robert Scofield, 1896-1973 (engineer)
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circa 1924-1973
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0428
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of correspondence, photographs, and copies of patents issued to inventor Robert Scofield Condon.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1848-1963
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0.82 Cubic feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 5 folders, 2 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Engineering
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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: Engineering 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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1861-1994
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76 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1136
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents various aspects of railroad companies through pamphlets; trade catalogs; operating and service manuals, especially for railroad equipment; specifications; magazines and reprints; bulletins, and articles.
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1902-1965
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268.55 cu. ft. (79 record storage boxes) (372 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (3 3x5 boxes) (3 5x8 boxes) (2 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7091
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The bulk of this collection was processed by Jane Livermore, a devoted and tireless volunteer in the Smithsonian Institution Archives between 1995 and 2004. Livermore is a former Science Service employee. She worked in the organization's library, oversaw the educational project "THINGS of Science," and served as Assistant to the Director. ...
