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Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation.
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1932 - 2009
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16.5 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 2 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0594
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, administrative records, operational records, company newsletters, news clippings, photographs, photograph albums, and audio-visual materials.
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Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department
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1899-1958
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 565
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence, reports, proposals, estimates, and drawings concerning various aspects of the Smithsonian physical plant, with emphasis on early electrical, heating, and ventilating systems in the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Arts and Industries Building (A&I), the Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian As...
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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hyde Windlass Company
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circa 1895-1950
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2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0239
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Hyde Windlass Company was founded in 1895 for the manufacture of deck machinery. Growing interest in marine transportation and the necessity for it because of wars increased the company's size enabling it to design and manufacture a larger variety of products from propellers and marine fittings to other heavy machine assemblies.
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Coburn, Ralph, 1923-
Brown, Robert F.
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1995 May 25-June 23
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48 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.coburn95
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Ralph Coburn conducted 1995 May 25 and 1995 June 23, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art, in Coburn's home, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Detroit Edison Company.
Bak, Anders K., 1892-
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1923-1970
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1065
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains papers assembled by Anders K. Bak, a Danish mechanical engineer and employee of the Detroit Edison Power Company. The papers include personal correspondence concerning the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; papers on the Parsons Steam Turbine; papers and blueprints on work done at the Barton Power Station in Manchester, England; and Detroit Edison Company background material, blueprints, articles, power plant test reports, information and data.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Wood, Charles Edwards, 1876-1954
Wood, Charles E., Jr.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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undated
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1114
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of photographs taken during the construction of the Panama Canal. Subjects of the photographs include the earliest digging, tree removal, mosquito control, locks, equipment, Wood's family, a fire in Colon that occurred during the building of the Canal, and the first boats to use the Canal. Photographs include images of the Gatun Dam and lo...
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Hanson, Jon
Hamilton Watch Company.
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1931-1954
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11.7 Cubic feet (8 boxes including photographs and negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1122
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic prints and negatives documenting the interior operations of the Hamilton Watch Company primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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circa 1948-1988
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18.81 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 film box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 397
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to horology, exhibit proposals, manufacturers of engineering equipment, models, collections management, minutes of meetings, acquisitions, and installation of exhibits. Also included are blueprints for the Hall of Heavy Machinery; exhibit scripts from Power and the Early Ste...
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Leeds and Northrup Company
Gray Instrument Company
Queen, James W., & Company
Queen Gray Company
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1850-1952
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0015
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents James W. Queen & Company and its successors Leeds and Northrup Company, Queen-Gray Company, and Gray Instrument Company, manufacturers of instruments for laboratory and industrial use. The collection contains catalogs, circulars, photographs, and miscellaneous publications and documents.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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ca. 1890-1920.
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0.2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0686
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 200 lantern slides, of various scenes in America and Canada, many of them published by railroad lines, presumably to arouse tourist interest in travel by rail. New York State and California are especially emphasized. Some images depict the railroads, railroad stations and railroad equipment. One group of images is from the Nabisco factory.