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8447 records — Page 670 of 845
Lima Locomotive Works, Inc., Service Department Records
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Creators:
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima Railroad, Inc.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Dates:
1919-1949
Size:
3 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1180
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The Service Department Records document the activity of the service and sales department of Lima Locomotive Works. Lima Locomotive Works manufactured Shay Locomotives in Lima, Ohio, from 1879 to 1980 when production ended. This collection contains cards describing the purchasing and selling of Shay Locomotives, maintenance of the locomotives, and sales calls made by the company.

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Delaware and Hudson Railroad Engineering Drawings
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Creators:
Brosterman, Norman
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company
Muhlfeld, John E.
Nahem, Edward T.
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Dates:
1900-1955
Size:
240 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1169
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The bulk of this collection consists of approximately 26,500 original ink and pencil drawings from which blueprints were later made. The drawings depict not only the rolling stock but the components of the railroad equipment, from the largest to the smallest. The drawings are indexed, titled, numbered, dated and annotated with dimensions and other ...

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Nelson Dickerman Papers
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Creators:
Dickerman, Nelson, 1881-1952
Urbanski, Pauline
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Dates:
1880-1965.
Size:
3.5 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0542
Repository:
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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Digitized Content The Shamrock Bar: Photographs and Interviews by Carol Burch-Brown
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Creators:
Burch-Brown, Carol
Dates:
1997-2003
Size:
1 Cubic foot (2 boxes )
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0857
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents a working class "gay" bar, the Shamrock Bar, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1997-2000, through photographs and oral history interviews.

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Digitized Content Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 17: The Human Condition, Physical, Mental, Behavioral
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Creators:
DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
Dates:
circa 1833-1987, undated
Size:
9 Boxes
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0300.S17
Repository:
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 17, The Human Condition--Physical, Mental, Behavioral contains approximately 1,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards the human condition 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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Womanspace Gallery records
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Creators:
Womanspace Gallery (Los Angeles, California)
Dates:
1970-1974
Size:
1.7 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.womagall
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of Womanspace Gallery, a cooperative gallery for feminist activities in Los Angeles, California, measure 1.7 linear feet and date from 1970 to 1974. The bulk of the collection consists of exhibition files. Also found are administrative files, correspondence, publishing files, financial records, printed material, and photographic material.

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Solomon McCombs Papers
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Creators:
McCombs, Solomon, 1913-1980 (Creek)
Dates:
1941-1974
Size:
2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NAA.1974.0401
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Reflecting the professional activity of Solomon McCombs, Creek Indian artist, and promoter of his people's culture, these papers include correspondence, lectures, unpublished writings, photographs, and various other items collected by the artist. The bulk of the correspondence consists of two categories of incoming letters pertaining to McCombs' ...

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Digitized Content Jerry W. Leach Trobriand papers and sound recordings
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Creators:
Leach, Jerry W. (Jerry Wayne)
Dates:
1969-1978
Size:
1.9 Linear feet (5 document boxes)
42 sound recordings
Collection ID:
NAA.1988-38
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Jerry Leach was one of the founding faculty members of the University of Papua New Guinea, serving as lecturer at the university from 1969 to 1973. During this period he studied folklore and culture change in the Trobriand Islands, which he described in his thesis "The Kabisawali Movement in the Trobriand Islands" (1978) and in his documentary film, "Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism." This collection consists of audio recordings and transcripts of Trobriand Folklore recorded by Jerry Leach between 1969 and 1974 as well as audio recordings of the Kula Conference held at King's College, Cambridge, England, in July 1978.

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Copies of Herbert W. Dick photographs of excavations at Bat Cave
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Creators:
Dick, Herbert W. (photographer or collector)
Dates:
1948-1950
Size:
83 copy prints
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.R86-67
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Copies of photographs probably made or collected by Herbert W. Dick for his 1965 book, Bat Cave. Included are images of excavations and sediment, field camp and crew, a nearby quarry site, a building in Horse Springs, and projectile points and baskets found at Bat Cave in New Mexico. Depicted individuals include Jeffery V. Morris, Hugo G. Rodeck,...

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Digitized Content Nafisi Family Photograph Albums of Qajar Iran
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Creators:
Abdullah Mirza Qajar, 1850-1909
Dates:
undated
Size:
2 photograph albums (black and white photographic prints)
Collection ID:
FSA.A2010.05
Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Two albums: Album No. 1 contains 65 nineteenth century albumen photographs of medium size, the largest measuring 16.4 x 23.5 cm. Album No. 2 contains 44 albumen photographs of larger size, the largest measuring 20.9 x 26.6 cm. The photographs appear to be largely of the same vintage, possibly as early as the 1860s, although some may date ten years ...

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