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Mahaffey, James A.
Medicine and Science, Division of, (NMAH, SI)
Georgia Tech Research Institute
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1989 - 1992
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1393
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains archival materials relating to the subject of cold fusion, and experiments conducted to corroborate the supposed discovery of the phenomenon. The collection includes Mahaffey's heavily illustrated laboratory notebook, dating from the beginning of the experiment on April 8, 1989 through April 20, 1989, documenting the experim...
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Jeni LeGon Papers
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LeGon, Jeni, 1916-
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1930-2002, undated
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, includes photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0829
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the career of Jeni LeGon as a dancer, dance instructor, and actress.
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Nye, Bill
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1970 - 2014
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12 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1383
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Bill Nye's early life, his Science Guy persona and its development for his television program Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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Austin, Terry
Siegel, Jerry (cartoonist)
Shuster, Joseph (cartoonist)
Salkind, Alexander
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ca. 1930s-1985.
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0274
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes numerous newspaper clippings of the Superman comic strip, 1940-1950, promotional material using the Superman character, Superman comic books, 1944-1978 and illustrations of Superman drawn by Terry Austin in 1984. Dramatic scripts for TV and movie portrayals of Superman in 1977 and 1982 as well as a novel by George Lowther ab...
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Beveridge, Frank Stanley
Encyclopedia Britannica
O'Brien, Catherine L.
Squires, Daniel T.
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1936-2006.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0927
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Norman Squires's career as a salesperson for the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company of America, Stanley Home Products, and Encyclopedia Britannica. Norman Squires conceptualized and implemented the party plan method of direct selling.
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Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Camuzzi, M.
Harris & Ewing
Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956
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circa 1850-1997
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25.54 Linear feet (46 boxes; 3 cabinet drawers)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-016
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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Basile, Mark
Coca, Imogene
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1879-2008
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7.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 4 framed items, 12 accordion folders, two loose stacks)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1479
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of comedian Imogene Coca.
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bulk 1894-1980
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0477
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 100 historic letters. Correspondents include: Neil Armstrong, Alexander Graham Bell, Richard Byrd, George Clemenceau, Jacqueline Cochran, Glenn H. Curtiss, Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Edison, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Augustus Herring, Harry Houdini, Otto Lilienthal, Henry...
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Chase, Ernest Dudley, fl. 1920s
Holland, Frances
Holland, Frederic
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1924-1966
bulk 1930-1940
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0886
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of greeting cards, pictorial maps, and travel diaries by artist Ernest Dudley Chase. Chase created greeting cards for Clara Holland during their courtship and later marriage. The cards were hand painted by Chase in water color with cut- paper details. Many of the cards include romantic letters or poems composed by Chase.
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Lanza, Kenneth
Lanza, Anthony, 1925-1995
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1925-1946
undated
bulk 1940-1946
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1.33 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0910
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
World War II personal papers, photographs, and printed material of Anthony R. Lanza, who served in the U.S. Army in Japan between 1944 and 1946.