Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1835-1992
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 23 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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circa 1800-1980
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32 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S01
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 1: Transportation contains circa 3,900 pieces of sheet music documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards transportation technology in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
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1914-[ca. 1980s]
bulk 1914-1918
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2.7 Cubic feet ((6 legal document boxes) (1 oversized box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0063
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection is a product of the material gathered for the exhibit, book, brochure and poster. It includes a large amount of additional information gathered for research but not used. The Collection is divided into six series: I. Exhibit Catalog Images; II. Exhibit Only Images; III. Brochure Images; IV. Poster Images; V. Original Photography; VI. Research Collection. Different sized black and white and color photographs, mostly 8 x 10s, are included in most of the series, although captions are not always provided. Other types of materials are corresponding negatives, photocopies, glass plate negatives and color transparencies.
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Oakes, Claudia M.
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circa 1909-1978
bulk 1904-1920
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0.74 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0424
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of research material used by National Air and Space Curator Claudia Oakes to prepare the publication United States Women in Aviation through World War I (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978).
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Gorrell, Edgar S. (Edgar Staley), 1891-1945
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1893-1943
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3.95 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0057
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains documents relating mainly to Gorrell's activities as president of the Air Transportation Association of America. The materials include copies of Gorrell's addresses and Congressional testimony, as well as press clippings concerning Gorrell's activities. The collection also includes albums of World War I vintage photographs collected by or presented to Gorrell.
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Joseph, Katherine
Hertzberg, Suzanne
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1938-1944, 1962
bulk 1941
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1 Sound disc (33 1/3 RPM)
1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0944
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Katherine Joseph's career as staff photographer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The papers contain negatives and prints taken in Mexico, and some photographs of a White House event in 1938, featuring Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; and images of American workers on the home front during World War II.
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Smithsonian Channel
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2015, 2017-2018
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-197
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian Networks is a joint venture between Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution. It was formed to create channels featuring programs largely inspired by the assets of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. Smithsonian Channel features award-winning original documentaries, series and ...
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United States. Navy
Germany
- Dates:
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1941-1946
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2 microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0409
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of microfilmed translations of documents which were captured in Germany and compiled and microfilmed by the US Navy. The documents cover a variety of topics including long-range bombers, aircraft propulsion, infrared research, optics, turbomachines, flutter research, torpedoes, radar, as well as other technical topics.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Langley Research Center
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1964-1972
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5.85 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0104
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The supercritical wing concept was developed by Dr. Richard T. Whitcomb of the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Whitcomb's airfoil was designed to delay formation of shock waves at high speeds.
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Jones, Ernest La Rue, 1883-1955
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1906-1960
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17.38 Cubic feet (41 letter document boxes; 1 slim legal document box; 2 flatboxes; 2 microfilm cases)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0096
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Ernest Jones Aeronautical Collection (NASM.XXXX.0096) contains approximately 17 cubic feet of material comprised of the works of this early aviation historian and materials relating to his career and personal life. The collection includes original correspondence, photographs, published material, and various other media.