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National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Drake, Beata
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1954-1981.
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0998
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is comprised of materials assembled by Ms. Drake on the subject of covered bridges. It includes photographic prints and negatives she took, most of which are captioned with information about location and date of the photograph; postcards, some of them used; newsletters, guidebooks, and publications by various local and national group...
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Carbondale Machine Company.
Hendricks Manufacturing Company.
Hiller, Nicholai H., 1868-1963
Hiller, Paul W.
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1890-1937
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1105
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Nicholai H. Hiller's career as a mechanical engineer for Carbondale Machine Company and Hendricks Manufctauring Company. The materials include patents, lecture notes, design drawings, instruction manuals, trade literature, notebooks and card files on various refrigeration subjects. Additionally, there are eleven bound vol...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1914 - 1923
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12 Cubic feet (36 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1072
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railroad dating from 1914 to 1923.
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Julian Hinds Collection
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
Hinds, Julian, 1881-1975 (civil engineer)
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1881-1975
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14.2 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0287
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A letter dated August 4, 1971 from the Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, to Julian Hinds stated: "This is addressed to you as an Honorary Member of the Society at the request of the ASCE Committee on the History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering to bring attention to the possibility that you may wish to...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Darnell, Victor C.
Berlin Iron Bridge Company (East Berlin, Conn.).
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1890-1953
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2 Cubic feet (1 box, 5 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1032
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Blueprints and plans for facilities built by the company, including coal-handling bridges, coal unloading towers, dock trestles, and coal-handling plants and two photograph albums from the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, East Berlin, Connecticut. The images in one of the albums are mostly of factory scenes. The other album contains mostly images of bri...
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Bier, Peter J.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1915-1970
bulk 1934-1959
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3.3 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0973
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Peter J. Bier, born in Hungary, immigrated to the United States in 1904. Bier worked as an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation in the Department of the Interior from 1923-1954, and continued to work as a consultant in the field after retirement. The collection includes materials related to his work with the Bureau of Reclamation, including project materials, drawings, designs, and inspection reports and data, along with materials documenting his time as an engineering consultant.
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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1959-1974
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7 oversize folders.
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-111
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document exhibition and building planning of the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering for the Hall of Tools, the Hall of Heavy Machinery, the Hall of Power Machinery, offices, and work space in the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History). Also included are several archi...
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Nagle Engine and Boiler Works
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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circa 1890-1939
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11.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 40 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1083
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains documents related to Nagle Engine and Boiler Works, including photographs, drawings, correspondence, and catalogues.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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1962-1965, 1975-1976
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
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- Accession 18-147
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Robert M. Vogel, Curator, which document planning, development and production activities for "1876: A Centennial Exhibition" at the Arts and Industries Building, particularly in regard to the Ingersoll-Rand Company rock drill and Cameron steam pump platforms, and for the refrigeration section of t...
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Erie Railroad Company
ConRail
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Olevsky, Walter
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circa 1880-1980
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57 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 97 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1082
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of six hundred sixty-eight (668) glass negatives relating to the Erie Railroad. Subjects include stations, train cars, railroad employees, employees' recreational activities, ferries, construction, street scenes, and resort hotels; drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constitu...