Leo H. Baekeland Papers
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944
- Dates:
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1976
1863 - 1968
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15 Cubic feet (49 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0005
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document Leo H. Baekeland, a Belgian born chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile plastic. The papers include student notebooks; private laboratory notebooks and journals; commercial laboratory notes; diaries; patents; technical papers; biographies; newspaper clippings; maps; graphs; blueprints; account books; batch books; formula books; order books; photographs; and correspondence regarding Baekeland, 1887-1943.
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Fernandez, Castor
Castor Advertising Corporation
- Dates:
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1960-2007, 2018
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1461
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials documenting the Castor Advertising Corporation, Castor SG&B, and Castor Spanish International, which specialized in reaching Hispanic audiences.
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Chillson, Charles W., 1910-
- Dates:
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1950-1956
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3.12 Linear Feet
3.5 Cubic Feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection largely documents Chillson's affiliation with the ARS, particularly his presidency in the early 1950s, and includes correspondence with ARS members, aerospace companies, and organizations such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the British Interplanetary Society, the International Astronautical Federation, and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences. There is also correspondence with Wernher von Braun and Esther C. Goddard. The collection also includes papers presented to or published by the ARS, some diagrams and photographs highlighting rocket plans or capabilities, and some pamphlets and articles on rockets.
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Kallmann-Bijl, Hildegard Korf, Dr., 1908-1968.
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1949-1980
bulk 1949-1968
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2.8 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0042
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Kallmann-Bijl's professional files, The material consists of correspondence, photographs, and newspaper and magazine articles, as well as research files covering her professional career (1949-68). The collection also includes copies of a number of Kallmann-Bijl's publications.
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Bush, Laura
Pepin, Jacques
Obama, Michelle
Obama, Barack
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circa 1952-2015
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1371
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of French chef, author, and television personality Jacques Pepin primarily through correspondence, menus, and photographs.
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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879
Francis, Joseph Sidney
Schultze, Bernhard
- Dates:
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1806-1879
bulk 1830-1879
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21 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0982
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879), a Boston civil and mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Boyden turbine. Materials include correspondence, notes, calculations, articles, notebooks, legal documents, financial documents, patents and patent assignments, design drawings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, business cards, and a print of a daguerreotype.
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Bodansky, Lony Gottlieb
Gottlieb, Camilla Klaber, 1884-1964
Bodansky, Harry
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1901-1981, undated
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1245
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Gottlieb and Bodansky family papers are a collection of correspondence, immigration material, photographs, and ephemera related to the family of Hermann and Camilla Gottlieb and their daughter Lony Gottlieb Bodansky. Hermann and Camilla were interred at Theresienstadt concentration camp by the Nazi government during World War II.
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Garland, Ed
Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941
Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007
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1880 - 2010
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42.5 Cubic feet (110 boxes, 12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1222
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Floyd Levin was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. The collection consists of research materials including biographical files. In addition, there are numerous photographs that were taken and collected by Levin.
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Gates, Elmer, 1859-1923
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1894-1988
bulk 1894-1910
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1123
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document the life of Elmer Gates (1859-1923), an independent American inventor and psychologist. Gates developed ideas related to experimental psychology and inventions in fields such as metallurgy, electricity, microscopy, X-rays, and pedagogy. Papers include correspondence, photographs, patents, articles and clippings, writings, and estate documents.
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Duncan, Donald F., Jr.
Duncan Yo-Yo Company.
- Dates:
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1928-2002
- Size:
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0807
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Duncan Family Yo-Yo Collection consists of papers, photographs, advertising materials, scrapbooks, clippings and audio-visual materials. These materials trace the rise and fall of the companies owned by the Duncan family as well as the world of yo-yo's. The materials date from 1929 to 2002, with the bulk of the material focused on the Donald F....