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United States National Museum. Department of Arts and Industries
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circa 1887
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 219
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of descriptive labels prepared for the collection by Edwin H. Hawley, preparator in the Department of Arts and Industries.
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Charles Richardson Pratt Papers
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Pratt, Charles Richardson, 1860-1935
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1860-1935
bulk 1910-1924
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6 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 8 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0958
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the professional career of mechanical engineer, Charles Richardson Pratt. The papers include correspondence, patents, patent application materials, agreements, photographs, publications, and blueprints for many of Pratt's inventions, especially his work on elevators.
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
General Machinery Corporation
Bement Company
Niles Tool Works
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ca. 1899-1969.
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24 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1115
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over 2,000 photographic negatives of machinery produced by General Machinery Corporation and its predecessors; also three cubic feet of prints from the negatives.
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1927-1980
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1.75 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1450
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers relate to Johnson's work as an engineer with the National Sales Engineering Corporation Records, and its machine tool products.
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Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1947-1990
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5.5 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0403
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents three major areas of Jacob Rabinow's work in improvement of electronic and other devices: phonograph record players, optical character recognition (reading machines) and automatic self regulation of watches and clocks.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Rader, Lloyd Forrest, 1902-1979
Rader, Helen
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1925 - 1980
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0952
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Lloyd F. Rader was born in 1902 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, earning his bachelor, masters, and Ph. D in civil engineering. Rader taught at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York and he served as a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison for 33 years. The collection includes material about Rader's professional career, honors and awards he received, and articles and textbooks authored or co-authored by Rader about asphalt, concrete, and urban planning.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Woodard, Silas H., 1870-1961
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1899-1932
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1038
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of Silas H. Woodard include the Isthmian Canal Commission Report containing text, maps, profiles, and plates, 1899-1901; photograph albums on the East River Tunnel, 1904-1908; reports on the regulation of the levels of the Great Lakes, 1910-1914; and reports dealing with the development of hydroelectric power on the St. Lawrence River, 1...
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Perkins, James Secor
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972
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1907-2000
bulk 1911-1924
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5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0803
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.
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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1881-1949
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0.16 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1067
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photoprints documenting the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Plowden, David
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1981
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1020
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs documenting the steel industry. Subjects include blast furnaces, steel mills, ore barges, and other related subjects.