Sohmer & Co. Records
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Falcone Custom Grand Pianos
Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Pratt, Read and Company
Sohmer & Company
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1872-1989
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43 Cubic feet (74 boxes and 11 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0349
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Sohmer & Co., date from 1872 through 1989. They fall into fourteen series based primarily on function. Legal, financial, inventory & appraisal, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales are the major series. Photographs, awards, family papers, publications about Sohmer, general publications, "miscellaneous" and corresponden...
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Begun, S. Joseph (Semi Joseph), 1905-1995
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1888-2000
bulk 1927-1995
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21 Cubic feet (46 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0535
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Semi Joseph Begun was a pioneer in magnetic recording. The papers document Begun's professional career in the field of magnetic recording.
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Segre, Rosa, Estate of
Segre, Emilio
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1942-1997
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0691
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the career of the nuclear physicist Emilio Segre, including a set of previously classified, now unclassified government documents including correspondence, laboratory reports and memoranda, relating to Segre's research; several diplomas and honorary awards and the programs from the ceremonies at which they were conferred.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1866-1965
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3.2 Cubic feet (consisting of 5 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 2 flat boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Air
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Air-Conditioning forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1750-1970
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6.02 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 3 half boxes, 1 folder, 8 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial). )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Aviation
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Aviation forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
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1910-1928
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205 acetate negatives
25 albumen prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.012
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National Museum of the American Indian
Includes images from the excavations at Hawikku near Zuni Pueblo and Basketmaker's Cave in Kane County, Utah, as well as objects found at Cave Lakes, also in Kane County, Utah. Also included are views of Zuni Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Jemez Pueblo, Puye cliff dwellings, Pecos Mission and other views of Arizona and New Mexico.
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Bertelsen, William
- Dates:
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1957-1994
bulk 1960-1980
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4.68 Cubic feet (13 letter-size document boxes, 1 VHS tape)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0013
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Air Cushion Vehicles Collection consists of materials gathered by William R. Bertelsen and it highlights his interest in, and contributions to, the development of Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs). The bulk of the collection covers the span between 1960 and 1980, but materials before and after those dates are also present. The collection includes photographs, brochures, reports and proceedings, and a videotape on the topic of ACVs. Bertelsen's notebooks, documenting his research and development of air cushion technologies, constitute the majority of the collection.
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Smith, Richard K.
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circa 1918-1969
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1.9 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0418
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The 50th Anniversary of the NC-4 Transatlantic Flight Collection [Smith] Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, published materials, maps, and photographs. The collection also includes photocopies of aircraft logs, naval ship logs, weather reports, progress reports, biographies of the participants, information on the construction of the NC Aircraft and the general planning for the flight, and original material on the thirtieth and fiftieth anniversaries of the flight.
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Schweickart, Russell L. "Rusty", b. 1935
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1983-2008
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1.77 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0023
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 1.77 cubic feet of materials relating to the creation of the Association of Space Explorers, their activities, and some additional material about various projects Russell L. "Rusty" Schweickart was involved in.
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1909-1945
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0376
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists mostly of correspondence between the Wright brothers and the following people: J.W. See; Ralph H. Upson; Henry Ford; Ernest Jones; Frank Coffyn; O.G. Simmons; C.R. Peterkin; Otto Mallery; Maynard; and Lester Gardner. Also included are sketches, an NAA letter signed by witnesses: Etheridge, Dough and Moore attesting to the 1903 flight, and the Wright Brothers' original bid for the military contract.