Elaine M. Kilbourne Scrapbooks
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Kilbourne, Elaine Margretta, 1923-2014
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1924-2014
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0.06 Linear feet (1 box, scrapbooks, certificates, photographs, )
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-105
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from 1924-1992, documents the career of high school chemistry teacher, Elaine Margretta Kilbourne (1923-2014). Materials include three scrapbooks compiled by Ms. Kilbourne and two folders, which contain aspects of her personal life, photographs, awards, correspondence, and a 2014 tribute booklet created by her former student, Ysabel L. Lightner to commemorate her passing.
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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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Durrie, Paul, -1985
Dibner, Bern, Dr.
Gordon, Gertrude Durrie
Pettit, William (civil servant)
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1864-1865
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0177
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of thirty-eight letters which William Pettit wrote to his wife from Washington, D.C.; a letter written soon after Lincoln's assassination by Pettit's wife; a letter from Lucy Pettit (Pettit's daughter) to her grandparents describing her birth on February 2, 1843; and a first draft of "my family reminiscences" - consisting of...
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King, D. Ward
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1902-2005
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0.75 Cubic feet ( 2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1332
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs, publications and correspondence related to D. Ward King's invention the King Road Drag, or the Split-Oak drag, which improved rural travel in the early 20th century by introducing a simple design and low-effort system for grading poor-quality roads. The King Road Drag was promoted heavily across the United States and Canada via the "Good Roads Campaign" originally sponsored by the railroad companies in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Ferguson, John Calvin, 1866-1945
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circa 1850s-1988
bulk 1900-1945
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6.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1999.33
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The John Calvin Ferguson Family papers measure 6.4 linear feet, and date from circa 1850s to 1988, with the bulk dating from 1900 to 1945. The bulk of the papers consists of John Calvin Ferguson's personal, professional, and family correspondence, and correspondence between other members of the Ferguson family. The papers also include biographical materials; sermons, speeches, and writings by Ferguson and others; printed materials, both collected and given to Ferguson; and photographs, including five photograph albums.
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Bruhl, Joseph R., 1909-
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1925-1938
- Size:
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1.33 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0869
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting Joseph Bruhl's experiences playing with territory bands from the early 1920s through the late 1930s. There are also some materials that relate to his personal life.
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Dickerman, Nelson, 1881-1952
Urbanski, Pauline
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1880-1965.
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3.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0542
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the career and life of mining engineer Nelson Dickerman: letters, photographs, clippings and diaries kept during his mining career. Much of the material is personal, rather than professional, relating to Dickerman's family and children. Family photographs include baby books.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Sharpe, Weiss and Company
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1856-1889
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4.75 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0399
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Invoices and letters from merchants and manufacturers with whom Sharpe, Weiss and Company, and their successors, did business; and two reels of microfilm of Sharpe and Weiss's account books.
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Card, Solomon A., Jr., 1921-1975
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undated
1938 - 1975
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1260
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the career of Chaplain Solomon A. Card, Jr, a United States Army chaplain,who served tours of duty in Korea and in Vietnam. He remained in the Army for 20 years and died just three months after retiring at Fort Hood, Texas.
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MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
Pease, L.F.
Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
Sandford Greeting Card Company
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1831-2004
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8 Cubic Feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1252
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the business activities of the Sandford Card Company and include the papers of Mary Elizabeth Sandford, founder of the company, and her immediate family.