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Robert, C. Truax, 1917-2010
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1929-2005
bulk 1980-2000
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11.99 Cubic Feet
12.95 Linear Feet (21 Legal Size Boxes, 1 Slim Legal Size, 3 Shoe Boxes, 1 Flat Box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Robert Truax was one of the great originals of American rocketry and a major proponent and inventor of ultra-low-cost rocket engine and vehicle concepts.
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Warren Buxton photograph collection
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Buxton, Warren F., 1929-
- Dates:
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1949-1981
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69 Photographic Prints
24 slides (photographs) (glass)
32 slides (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.104
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Warren Buxton photograph collection includes photographic prints and slides made by Buxton in three different Native Communities. Series 1: Bruce Wynne (Spokane) and Family, 1965-1981, includes photographic prints of Spokane Artist and Leader Bruce Wynne and his family in Wellpinit, Washington. Series 2: U.S. Air Force Weather Station, Padlopin...
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Frank Hubbard
- Dates:
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1930-2003
bulk 1949-2003
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30 Cubic feet (76 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1256
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents approximately fifty years of the Hubbard Harpsichord business. The records include correspondence, financial and accounting materials, sales and promotional materials, records, newsletters, dealer files, project files, photographs, research files on European instruments, kit manuals, and design drawings.
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New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad Companies
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1831-1978
bulk 1903-1933
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8 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 10 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1071
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the history of the demolition and construction of Grand Central Terminal with a focus on the period 1903 to 1913.
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Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1874-1910
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0164
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of business correspondence 1895-1901 of the company, including correspondence of the General Manager, D.A. Wightman; personal papers of Mr. Daniel A. Wightman including a sketch book, 1874-76; Specifications for locomotives and tenders; price lists; locomotive cost estimates; tests; hauling capacities of locomotives; and co...
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Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
Stevens, John, 1749-1838
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1808-1881
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0333
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The main component of this collection is a double-spaced typewritten document of 858 pages transcribed (apparently in 1903) from original records and consisting of correspondence, newspaper articles, technical descriptions, legal documents, and other material relating to John Stevens, his professional work and career. Some of the correspondence is...
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Underwood & Underwood
Keystone View Company
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Owen, Mary June
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circa 1910
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24 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0495
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection established to consolidate miscellaneous stereographs transferred from other Smithsonian units and other sources. Currently the group contains 25 cards.
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Keightley, George M., 1889-1967
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undated
- Size:
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0.1 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0686
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes his pilot's log book, old passports, newspaper articles, Early Bird decals, correspondence, and original photographs and postcards. The photographs/postcards include shots of the following aircraft: Stearman (1927) C-3MB mailplane; de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou; Curtiss JN-4Can; Curtiss Condor; Sikorsky S-38BH Amphibian; Deper...
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Morison, George S., 1842-1903
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1846-1903
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30 Cubic feet (61 boxes and 152 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0978
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the career of George S. Morison, a prominent civil engineer, specializing in railroad bridge design. The materials consist primarily of drawings and maps (linen tracings, blueprints, sketches); final bridge reports; photographs; glass plate negatives; daily diaries; correspondence; and published material documenting George S. Morison's participation on the Isthmian Canal Commission, 1898-1903.
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of Special Events
- Dates:
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circa 1960-1969
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-099
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting special events at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM).