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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
21.6 Cubic feet (consisting of 17 cartons, 2 oversized boxes.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Transcripts
Color slides
Exhibition records
Exhibit scripts
Contact sheets
Photographic prints
Correspondence
Place:
Washington Metropolitan Area
Date:
1942-1998
Summary:
These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of an exhibition exploring the immigration of people of African descent from Central and South America and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area. The show was organized and hosted by the Anacostia Museum from August 21, 1994 through August 7, 1995. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
Scope and Contents:
The records of the Black Mosaic exhibition presented by the Anacostia Community Museum measure 21.6 cubic feet and date from 1942 to 1998, with the bulk of material dating from 1990 to 1995. The records include administrative records, publications, research files, floor plans, exhibit text drafts, oral history transcripts, and project files for programs coordinated for or tangentially with the Black Mosaic Exhibit.

Administrative records include advisory board member lists, meeting minutes, agendas, grant proposals, project reports and assessments, correspondence, training material for museum volunteers and docents, and assorted notes. Publications within the series directly relate to the Black Mosaic Exhibit and the Anacostia Community Museum. Correspondence includes both internal correspondence and those with local community members.

Writings and notes were previously scattered throughout the collection have been collocated within the Administrative Records series, and a majority are undated. The notes cover topics ranging from administrative activities to exhibit and research planning. Included are printed documents, scrap paper, and spiral-bound notebooks.

The research files contain background information about numerous immigrant communities within Washington D.C. The community research files were originally organized by country, continent, or region of origin, and then later by subjects that coordinated with the exhibit's designated themes. This organization method has largely been maintained. Research files include scholarly articles, news clippings, event programs, compiled bibliographies, and material related to the study of museology.

The exhibit files include floor plan layouts, photocopies of images, interview transcripts, exhibit literature, and extensive exhibit text drafts. Drafts of the exhibit's text include notes throughout multiple editing stages. Additionally, copies of flip books for different thematic sections of the Black Mosaic exhibit are included and are organized alphabetically by title. Other exhibit literature present is primarily in English with one French copy present.

The project files include training material for collecting oral histories and documenting community folklife, conference records, event records, and records pertaining to related projects at the Anacostia Community Museum. Concurrent projects supporting the exhibit include the Black Mosaic community newsletter and an educational curriculum project. Additional project records that thematically overlap with the Black Mosaic exhibit but extend beyond the timeframe of the formal exhibit are present also.
Arrangement:
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C. exhibition records are arranged in four series:

Series 1: Administrative Records

Series 2: Research Files

Series 3: Exhibit Files

Series 4: Project Files
Historical Note:
The exhibit Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C. was curated by the Anacostia Community Museum's supervisory curator Portia James, and was open at the Anacostia Community Museum from August 1994 to August 1995. The exhibition explored the immigration of people of African descent from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Topics addressed in the exhibition include migration, situations faced by Black immigrants, the maintenance of relationships with places of origin, community events and cultural performances, public and private expressions of culture, commodification of culture for economic support, and the expression of multiple identities. Some intentions of the exhibit were to provide forums for discussing culture and identity, provide resources for people learning about communities in the Washington Metro area, and to be a model to other museums and cultural institutions for understanding and interpreting similar immigration and settlement patterns.

The exhibit was designed to be experienced with broader cultural concepts being introduced towards the external part of the exhibit, while personal stories could be experienced further in. Over 100 oral history interviews featured prominently in the exhibit where interviewed individuals explained their immigration experience and how they've adapted to life in the area. The exhibit also included mounted photographs, artifacts, music, and conversations. Artifacts included passport photos, tickets, family photographs, and letters. The exhibit's text displayed in three languages: English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. There were additional exhibition guides provided in Brazilian Portuguese, French, and the Ghanaian languages of Ga, Twi, Akan, and Ewe.

Coupled with the exhibit, the museum coordinated an extensive series of programs to engage various communities in the exploration of issues and traditions. These programs included creating newsletters and a photograph exhibit to keep the community up to date about the progression of the exhibit, working with performance groups, creating multi-institutional partnerships in order to develop more effective methods of collecting oral histories, and collaborating and modeling for the CFPCS African Immigrant Communities project.
Provenance:
Records of Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity Among Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C. Exhibition were created by the Anacostia Community Museum.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Immigrants -- United States -- Exhibitions  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Transcripts
Color slides
Exhibition records -- 1990-2004
Exhibit scripts
Contact sheets
Photographic prints
Correspondence
Citation:
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-027
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Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa769b48dcf-5b93-4db2-b89e-3e4819fb8f55
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-03-027
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Ethel Fisher papers

Creator:
Fisher, Ethel, 1923-  Search this
Names:
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Brentwood Art Center  Search this
Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this
Boxer, Stanley  Search this
Coleborn, Keith  Search this
Ehrenkranz, Elaine  Search this
Fernandez, Rafael  Search this
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962  Search this
Getz, Ilse, 1917-  Search this
Jones, Keri  Search this
Kitaj, Sandra Fisher  Search this
Kott, Seymour  Search this
Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this
Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006  Search this
Thek, Paul  Search this
Extent:
12.5 Linear feet
0.558 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Travel diaries
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Watercolors
Transcripts
Interviews
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Date:
1930-2017
Summary:
The papers of California and New York painter Ethel Fisher measure 12.5 linear feet and 0.558 GB and date from 1930 to 2017. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, project files, exhibition files, artists' files, personal business records, printed and digital material, artwork and several sketchbooks, a few sound and video recordings, and photographic material.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of California and New York painter Ethel Fisher measure 12.5 linear feet and 0.558 GB and date from 1930 to 2017. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, project files, exhibition files, artists' files, personal business records, printed and digital material, artwork and several sketchbooks, a few sound and video recordings, and photographic material.

Biographical material includes Art Students League records, address books and business cards, artist statements and resumes, an interview transcript and sound cassette, and other miscellaneous documents.

Correspondence is with family, friends, colleagues, artists, galleries, and museums. The bulk of the correspondence is with daughter Sandra Fisher and husband Seymour Kott. Notable correspondents include Will Barnet, Keith Coleborn, Elaine Ehrenkranz, Rafael Fernandez, Henry Pearson, and others. There are also greeting cards and postcards, inluding numerous illustrated cards from Fisher to her husband Seymour.

Writings mostly consist of annotated appointment calendars and travel diaries along with some writings by others, such as a travel diary by Keith Coleborn and a graduate thesis by Keri Jones.

Project files include correspondence, grant applications, printed and digital material, and publication agreements for art projects, commissions, studio tours, auctions, and speaking engagements. Notable projects include material on the NBC-TV film Family Ties, art loans for the Showtime movie Town of the Eighties, and teaching material from Brentwood Art Center.

Exhibition files contain exhibition announcements, catalogs, publicity, reviews, correspondence, exhibition lists, price lists of artwork, and other material for Ethel Fisher's group and solo shows.

Artists' files include printed material about and limited correspondence with various artists in which Fisher was interested or with whom she was friends, including Stanley Boxer, Irving Fine, Ilse Getz, Ibram Lassaw, and Paul Thek.

Personal business records include consignments, price lists, loan agreements, receipts, donations, and sales documentation.

Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, announcements, magazines, and clippings about Ethel Fisher and other artists. There are also books inscribed to Fisher.

The artwork series includes sketchbooks, drawings, watercolors, and loose sketches.

Photographic material consists of photographs, digital photographs, slides, and negatives of Ethel Fisher, her artwork, exhibitions, events, family, friends, artists, studios, and travel. There are also "reference photos" of people, places, and objects which Fisher used for her portraits and paintings.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 10 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1939-2014 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 1, 13)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1930-2017 (5.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-6, 13, 15)

Series 3: Writings, 1965-2014 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, 13)

Series 4: Project Files, 1954-2011 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 7, 12, 0.128 GB; ER01)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1945-2006 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Series 6: Artists' Files, 1952-2010 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 8, 12)

Series 7: Personal Business Records, 1959-2017 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 8, 13)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1940-2016 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 8-9, 12-13)

Series 9: Artwork and Sketchbooks, 1944-2014 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 9, 12-15, OV16)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1942-2014 (2.2 linear feet;Boxes 9-11, 14, 0.430 GB; ER02)
Biographical / Historical:
Ethel Fisher (1923-2017) was a painter who lived in Pacific Palisades, California.

Ethel Fisher was born in Galveston, Texas in 1923. She studied art at the University of Houston, University of Texas, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After college, she moved to New York City and attended The Art Students League on scholarship from 1943-1946. In New York, she studied with painter Will Barnet, Morris Kantor, and Robert Beverly Hale, and befriended many people in the art world. She married Gene Fisher and their first daughter Sandra was born. Sandra also became a painter and later married artist R. B. Kitaj.

Fisher and her family moved to Miami in 1948 where her daughter Margaret was born. Upon her divorce, Fisher travelled in Europe for about a year before returning to New York City in the early 1960s, where she continued to paint and maintained 2 studios for her artwork. She married art historian Seymour Kott in 1963.

In 1970, Fisher and her husband moved to Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her career as a painter, Ethel Fisher has had solo and group exhibitions at galleries in Havana, Cuba; West Palm Beach, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; New York City, New York; and San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and continues to paint. In 2003, Fisher had solo exhibit of portraits at Platt Gallery in Los Angeles.
Provenance:
The Ethel Fisher papers were donated by Ethel Fisher in two installments in 1997 and 2015.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Genre/Form:
Travel diaries
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Watercolors
Transcripts
Interviews
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Citation:
Ethel Fisher papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.fishethe
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d7e887a2-bffd-4c8e-ad17-16d3139bc61f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-fishethe
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Burt, Hildreth & Company Records

Manufacturer:
Burt, Hildreth & Company  Search this
Extent:
.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Date:
circa 1873-1880, undated
Summary:
Collection documents the work of the Burt, Hildreth & Company of Massachusetts, manufacturers of agricultural machinery.
Content Description:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence, leaflets, and catalogs documenting the work of Burt, Hildreth & Company of Massachusetts, a firm which specialized in the manufacture of agricultural machinery.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in three series.

Series 1, Business Correspondence, 1873-1880, undated

Subseries 1.1, Incoming, 1873-1880, undated

Subseries 1.2, Outgoing, 1876-1879

Series 2, Family Correspondence, 1877-1880, undated

Subseries 2.1, Abijah Edwin Hildreth and Sons, 1877-1879, undated

Subseries 2.2, Edward Alonzo and Stanley Barbour Hildreth, 1877-1880

Series 3, Other Materials, undated
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subject Agriculture, NMAH.AC.0060

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143

Carterpillar Tractor Company Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0146

Frick Company Records, NMAH.AC.0243

John Stevens Collection, NMAH.AC.0333

Robinson and Via Family Papers, NMAH.AC.0475

Industry on Parade, NMAH.AC.0507

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, NMAH.AC.0519

American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0711

Paul Duncan Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0827

Cooper-Bessemer Corporation Records, NMAH.AC.0961

Coxe Brothers and Company Collection, NMAH.AC.1002

Bernis B. Brown Collection, NMAH.AC.1047

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

John K. Parlett Collection of Agricultural Ephemera, NMAH.AC.1225

Hiram Moore Collection, NMAH.AC.1429

Other Repositories

Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC)

Shaker Museum
Provenance:
Purchased from Branford Rare Books, Branford, CT, in April 1993.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Threshing  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence -- 19th century
Citation:
Burt, Hildreth & Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1570
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Burt, Hildreth & Company Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8bae798df-3bed-4ca5-b299-ca667850d1f0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1570

Warner & Swasey Company Records

Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanisms  Search this
Engineer:
Curtis, Myron S. , 1886-1966  Search this
Extent:
1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Catalogs
Patents
Speeches
Date:
circa 1887-1963
Summary:
Collection documents the activities of Warner & Swasey Company, machine tool manufacturers.
Content Description:
Collection consists of records of the Warner & Swasey Company, machine tool manufacturers and includes machine tool catalogs for iron and brass works, circa 1887-1901; turret lathe tools, circa 1901-1926; and automatic lathes and milling machines, 1920, 1925 and 1944. Also included are the papers of Myron S. Curtis (1886-1966), vice president of engineering for Warner & Swasey, including personal data, a list of patented inventions, and talks on the machine tool industry and economics, circa 1945-1963.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Biographical / Historical:
Myron S. Curtis (1866-1966) was born in Holbrook, Massachusetts and graduated from Brown University with Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 1907. Curtis worked for Potter & Johnston Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Isalnd as a chief engineer, works manager and vice president and director. Curtis joined the National Machine Tool Builders' Association and Ordnance Department in 1939 and Warner & Swasey in 1940.
Provenance:
Acquired from Myron S. Curtis prior to November 1975.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Inventors -- 20th century  Search this
Lathes  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Genre/Form:
Catalogs
Patents
Speeches
Citation:
Warner & Swasey Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1566
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Warner & Swasey Company Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8572c9c79-4522-4cb3-9a15-7514a9c649e9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1566

David Taylor Model Basin Collection

Creator:
David W. Taylor Model Basin  Search this
Extent:
2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Diagrams
Field notes
Patents
Photographs
Publications
Date:
1856, 1878, 1925-1971
bulk 1940s
Summary:
Collection documents the activities of the David Taylor Model Basin.
Content Description:
Collection consists of a report by Mills Dean III, titled "Frontier Days of Electronic Measurements of the Taylor Model Basin." The report contains photographs of the model basin and diagrams of its construction. The photographs document equipment, facilities staff, and testing activities of the David Taylor Model Basin in the 1940s. Photographs are of cathode ray tubes recording channels; circuits; diagrams; a dynamometer; sections of ships at sea; and a static and dynamic ship analog computer. Also included are photographs of the David Taylor Model Basin (exterior and interior shots); electronics laboratory; Model Basin staff; and the 24th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into 5 series.

Series 1: Vernon E. Benjamin Materials, 1946-1947

Series 2: George W. Cook Materials, 1945-1973

Series 3: Mills Dean III Materials, 1946-1969

Series 4: Papers, Reports and Writings, 1856, 1878, 1925-1971

Series 5: Photographs, 1943-1952
Historical:
The David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB) was conceived, designed, and built from 1937-1939 by the United States Navy for building and testing ship models in accordance with the most modern and accurate methods.

The facility was named after David Watson Taylor (1864-1940), a naval architect, rear admiral and the chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair for the Navy. Taylor oversaw the design and construction of naval aircraft and ships. Taylor conceived of and designed the Washington Navy Yard's Experimental Model Basin (EMB) in 1896. By the 1930s, the EMB had become inadequate for research, and a new research facility--David Taylor Model Basin--was built in West Bethesda, Maryland. It is now known as the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)

Source

Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, David Taylor Model Basin, 1939, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Maryland, January 30, 1998
Provenance:
Acquired circa 1979; immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Ships  Search this
Testing  Search this
United States--Navy  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diagrams
Field notes
Patents
Photographs
Publications
Citation:
David Taylor Model Basin Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1563
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David Taylor Model Basin Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85234707a-d062-4bfd-b07a-eecfd24f43ef
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1563

Railroad Station Historical Society Collection

Creator:
Railroad Station Historical Society (Crete, Neb.)  Search this
Extent:
2.25 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Black-and-white negatives
Correspondence
Newsletters
Photographs
Photonegatives
Picture postcards
Slides
Date:
1856-2004
Summary:
Collection documents railroad stations primarily in the United States but also includes stations in other countries.
Content Description:
Collection consists of archives photographs, photonegatives, photoprints and slides of railroad stations primarily in the United States but also in other countries such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, and England.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: The Bulletin, 1968-2004

Series 2: Railroad Station Monographs,1970-2000

Series 3: Article, Publications and Writings, 1910-1996

Series 4: Photographs, 1856-1988
Provenance:
Collected and donated by the Railroad Station Historical Society from 1972-1979.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs and negatives must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Railroads  Search this
Railroad stations  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white negatives
Correspondence
Newsletters
Photographs
Photonegatives
Picture postcards
Slides
Citation:
Railroad Station Historical Society Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1558
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Railroad Station Historical Society Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88d4f1411-199a-4897-b9de-98321cfc045a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1558
Online Media:

William F. Rapp Photographs

Donor:
Rapp, William F.  Search this
Extent:
.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographs
Picture postcards
Date:
1907-1998
Summary:
Collection documents industrial archeology subjects.
Content Description:
Collection consists of photographs documenting industrial archeology subjects including breweries, bridges, marine-related, structures and wineries.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into one series, then by topic.

Series 1: Photographs, 1907-1998
Provenance:
Collection donated by William F. Rapp, 1999.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Breweries  Search this
Industrial archaeology  Search this
Public utilities  Search this
Genre/Form:
Negatives
Photographs
Picture postcards
Citation:
William F. Rapp Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1559
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William F. Rapp Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8371fa869-bf13-4125-954e-42b9ea42f80f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1559

Paul Steam-Heating System Company Records

Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
.75 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Blueprints
Correspondence
Patents
Date:
1894-1911
Summary:
Collection documents the Paul Steam-Heating System.
Content Description:
These records contain material concerning the Paul Steam-Heating System developed by Andrew G. Paul of New York City. Materials include drawings, blueprints, account information, contract information, patents and licenses, a list of installations; and testimonial letters.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Provenance:
Collection donated by T.B. Cryer in 1957.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Heating  Search this
Steam  Search this
Genre/Form:
Blueprints -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century
Patents
Citation:
Paul Steam-Heating System Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1554
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Paul Steam-Heating System Company Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d23c786a-251d-4b3e-8072-33be3861e89a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1554

Phelps-Dodge Collection

Manufacturer:
Phelps, Dodge & Co  Search this
Extent:
.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1914-1916
Summary:
Collection documents machinery made by Phelps-Dodge Company.
Content Description:
Collection contains printed photographs of machines and employees for hydraulic bomb lathes, negatives of drawings and diagrams of machinery for the Phelps-Dodge Company.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Provenance:
Acquired prior to 1989; immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Bombs  Search this
World War, 1914-1918 -- Artillery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 20th century -- Photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Citation:
Phelps-Dodge Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1555
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Phelps-Dodge Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b77aca23-76f7-45f7-b909-69dd2a646c18
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1555

Norton Grinding Machine Company Photograph Collection

Manufacturer:
Norton Grinding Company  Search this
Extent:
.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Exhibition catalogs
Photographs
Place:
Massachusetts -- Worcester
Date:
1985, undated
Summary:
Collection documents the operations, tools, machinery, products, and employees of the Norton Grinding Machine Company located in Wocester, Massachusetts.
Content Description:
Collection consists of silver gelatin photographic prints documenting the operations, equipment, machinery, products, and employees of the Norton Grinding Company located in Worcester, Massachusetts. These photographs include images of grinding machines, grinding shops, grindstones, ground work pieces, lab experiments, plant interiors, and portable grinders. In addition there are images of grinding machinery in automobile, sewing, and pearl button manufacturing plants. Most of the photographs have descriptions of the prints but are not dated. The collection is arranged in two series. Series one is photographs and series two is an exhbition catalogue published by the Worcester Historical Museum in 1985 celebrating the centennial of the Norton Grinding Machine Company.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in two series.

Series 1; Photographs, undated

Series 2: Other Materials, 1985
Biographical / Historical:
Norton Grinding Manufacturing Company is the forerunner of what is now Norton Abrasives. It was founded by Frank B. Norton and Frederick Hancock, two cousins from Vermont, who opened a pottery shop in Worcester in 1858. F. B. Norton & Company sold redware and stoneware pottery until one of their employees, Sven Pulson, invented a grinding wheel. Frank Norton would patent the invention and the company began manufacturing grinding wheels. Eventually, Norton would become a major manufacturer of abrasives along with other products for industry and home use.

Sources:

Norton Company at 100 Years: A Celebration of People and Technology, 1885-1985, Worcester Historical Museum, 1985

Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subject Categories: Abrasive Industry, NMAH.AC.0060

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143

Singer Industrial Design Collection, NMAH.AC.0169

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records, NMAH.AC.0277

Pratt, Read Corporation Records, NMAH.AC.0320

Iowa Button Industry Collection, NMAH.AC.0504

Industry on Parade Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0507

Max Holland Numerical Control Collection, NMAH.AC.0537

Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records, NMAH.AC.0977

Lockwood Greene Records, NMAH.AC.1113

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

ILC Dover Apollo Reports and Aperture Card Drawings Collection, Accession 2016-0032
Provenance:
Assembled by the Norton Grinding Company; acquired prior to 1988.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Blue collar workers  Search this
Automobile industry and trade  Search this
Grindstones  Search this
Grinding  Search this
Shop interiors  Search this
Genre/Form:
Exhibition catalogs -- 1970-2000
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century
Citation:
Norton Grinding Machine Company Photograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1551
See more items in:
Norton Grinding Machine Company Photograph Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e22e8aba-31b8-4e9d-a75d-15593e7543e3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1551

Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides

Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry  Search this
Donor:
Norwood, Helen Wilkes  Search this
Engineer:
Nrwood, Kenneth T. , d. 1991  Search this
Extent:
.50 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Date:
1948-1965
Summary:
Collection documents dam construction in California, Colorado, and Nebraska.
Content Description:
Collection contains color slides documenting construction of the Brite Valley Dam, Mancos Dam, Sulphur Creek Dam, and Trenton Dam, in California, Colorado and Nebraska.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into one series, alphabetical by name of dam.
Biographical / Historical:
Born in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, Norwood grew up in Everett, Idaho, and attended The College of Idaho for three years, and The University of Washington for one year. He had extensive work in advanced mathematics, hydraulics, civil engineering, surveying, and geodesics.

In the 1930's Norwood was employed by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, the Idaho State Highway Department, the W.P.A. of Idaho City and The Bureau of Reclamation. In 1941 he worked for the U.S, Engineers Dept, in Portland, Oregon for airport layouts, then transferred to the L.A. District to enter foreign service in Central America.He was with the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the Managua, Nicaragua area, in the vicinity of San Marcos de Colon working on the Pan American Highway.

In 1942 he married Helen L. Kubli. There were no children. In 1944, Norwood returned to the United States and worked for Associated Shipbuilders in Seattle, Washington as liaison engineer. He sought a commission in both the Marine Corps and the Navy, but was physically disqualified as 2-A. In 1944 and 1945 he was engineer with Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge at Harbor Island, Washington, and with the Corps of Engineers, L.A. district for the Whittier Narrows Dam. In 1945 he returned to Central America with Tucker McClure Co. and in Guayaquil, Ecuador again working on the Pan American Highway. In 1950 he returned to the United States and was employed by Vinnell Construction Co in Alhambra, California.

Norwood worked on canal projects, highways, dams, flood control, and bridges. He traveled to many underdeveloped countries on government assignments to develop highways, airports, bridges, and did estimating, negotiating and bidding.

In 1963 he left Vinnell Co. and he and Ross Griggs formed Griggs-Norwood Inc. and their work encompassed engineering of all kinds. They were based first in Pasadena, California and then in Long Beach, California. Mr. Griggs soon retired. After Mrs. Norwood's death in 1974 he moved his base to Duarte, California. In 1978 he married Mrs. Helen Wilkes. He retired in 1980 and died May 1, 1991.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Helen Wilkes Norwood, wife of Kenneth T. Norwood, 1992.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dams  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Citation:
Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1552
See more items in:
Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep891ef9025-750d-432a-9d26-2e8838729a27
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1552

F.R. Patch Manufacturing Company Records

Creator:
F. R. Patch Manufacturing Company  Search this
Extent:
.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Catalogs
Photographs
Date:
circa 1890-1900
Summary:
Collection documents F.R. Patch Manufacturing, a stone-cutting company in Rutland, Vermont.
Content Description:
Collection contains photographs, including albumen photoprints, silver gelatin dry plate photonegatives and silver gelatin photoprints, product information, and catalogs.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Provenance:
Acquired prior to 1989; immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Marble  Search this
Stone-cutting  Search this
Genre/Form:
Catalogs -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century -- Photoprints
Citation:
F.R. Patch Manufacturing Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1553
See more items in:
F.R. Patch Manufacturing Company Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep843f260b0-e086-4695-850a-47172152dbe3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1553

Miami Conservancy Dam Project

Creator:
Tennessee Valley Authority  Search this
Extent:
.15 Cubic feet (1 box )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio)
Date:
1918-1926
Summary:
Collection documents the construction of the Miami Conservancy Dam in Ohio.
Content Description:
Collection consists of black and white photographic prints documenting the construction of the dam, and surrounding buildings, housing, machinery, and employees. Most of the photographs have hand written notes documenting the date. The materials are arranged in chronological order.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in one series.
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

John L. Savage Papers, NMAH.AC.0227

Robert F. Olds Collection, NMAH.AC.0231

Julian Hinds Collection, NMAH.AC.0287

Industry on Parade Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0507

John A. Beemer Papers, NMAH.AC.0957

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Records Collection, NMAH.AC.0969

Narrows Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1041

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

S. Morgan Smith Company Records, NMAH.AC.1099

Granite Shoals Dam Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1539

Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides, NMAH.AC.1552

Whitney Dam (Yadkin River, North Carolina) Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.1568

Wright State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Miami Conservancy District Records, MS-128
Provenance:
Acquired from Tennessee Valley Authority, through Donald W. Newton, Flood Hydrology Section, between October 1966 and July 1968.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dams  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Miami Conservancy Dam Project, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1547
See more items in:
Miami Conservancy Dam Project
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a194ee43-6cc2-45f9-9c19-0d02c80d71f9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1547

Missouri River Improvement Project Collection

Creator:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Missouri River Division  Search this
Extent:
.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Cyanotypes
Photographs
Reports
Date:
1895-1901
Summary:
Collection documents the construction of dikes and piers along the Missouri River.
Content Description:
Collection consists of photographs and progress reports, documenting the construction of dikes and piers along the Missouri River. Locations documented include: Chamois Reach; Glasgow Reach; Howard's Reach; Huntsdale Reach; Jefferson City Reach; Little Blue Reach; Nebraska City Reach; Osage Point; Pelican Bend Reach; Portland Island; Randolf Bend; Rocheport Reach; Rulo Reach and St. Joseph Reach.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Provenance:
Acquired from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Division, through Doran Topolosky, between October 1966 and July 1968.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dikes  Search this
Piers  Search this
Rivers -- Missouri  Search this
Genre/Form:
Cyanotypes
Photographs
Reports
Citation:
Missouri River Improvement Project Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1548
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86d514f52-27a6-466c-bf0f-ec77a517bb38
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1548

Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works Records

Manufacturer:
Kingsford Foundry and Machine Company  Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
9.1 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 14 map folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Blueprints
Patents
Sketches
Specifications
Date:
1898-1926
Summary:
Collection documents the activities of the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Company.
Content Description:
Records chiefly concern the work of the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Company, Stumpf Unaflow steam engines, Kingsford steam boilers, stationary and marine crossheads, flywheels, and steam turbines. Included are catalogs, sales information, drawings, patents, sketches, air brush drawings, mounted photographs of Kingsford-Webster boilers, blueprints, designs, and specifications.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Industrial Precision Products, through William J. Gallagher, plant manager, 1972.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Topic:
Boilers  Search this
Governors (Machinery)  Search this
Steam-engines  Search this
Electric generators  Search this
Genre/Form:
Blueprints
Patents
Sketches
Specifications
Citation:
Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1545
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84785608b-f34d-427b-b6b9-d4377cdb1588
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1545

Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles

Compiler:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Profiles
Place:
Honesdale (Pa.)
Kingston (N.Y.)
Date:
1882-1889, 1986
Summary:
Collection primarily consists of survey profiles for the Lackawaxen canal area in Pennsylvania and New York during the 1880s.
Content Description:
Collection contains six (6) rolled drawings with continuous profile of the Lackawaxen Canal from New York to Pennsylvania. Among these materials is also an estimate for lines run at Lackawaxen and Delaware River dating from the 1880s and prepared by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, Railroad Department. In addition, a newsletter for the Society for Industrial Archeology for spring 1986 is included in the colletion. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in one series.
Related Materials:
Materials at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

William R. Hutton Papers, NMAH.AC.0987

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577
Provenance:
Acquired prior to 1976; immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Canals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings -- 1890-1900
Profiles
Citation:
Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1546
See more items in:
Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ed2d55eb-c0f2-4fbe-b08a-1a150e65e708
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1546

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records

Creator:
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company  Search this
Extent:
.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Photographs
Publications
Reports
Date:
1935-1947
Summary:
Records document the activities of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
Content Description:
Records document through photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and insurance claims, steam boiler failures, such as burned boilers, explosions, furnace collapses and ruptures. Also included are two Accident Prevention Bulletins for the Mutual Boiler Insurance Company of Boston, from February 1946 and November 1946.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged numerically by accident report number.
Provenance:
Collection assembled by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company; donated prior to 1976.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Accidents  Search this
Boilers  Search this
Steam-boilers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence -- 20th century
Newspaper clippings
Photographs -- 20th century
Publications
Reports
Citation:
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1541
See more items in:
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82baa2401-8ff9-4941-b118-ba431f1f4227
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1541

Hollingsworth & Whitney Company Collection

Manufacturer:
Hollingsworth & Whitney Company  Search this
Extent:
.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Photographs
Place:
Saint Croix (Me.)
Date:
1922-1923
Summary:
Collection documents proposed development of hydroelectric power on the St. Croix River in Maine by the Hollingsworth & Whitney Paper Company of Boston, Massachusetts.
Content Description:
Collection consists of silver gelatin photoprints mounted in an album. Other materials include correspondence and newspaper clippings, tables, and notes relating to proposed development of hydroelectric power on the St. Croix River in Maine by the Hollingsworth & Whitney Paper Company of Boston, Massachusetts.
Arrangement:
Collection arranged into one folder.
Provenance:
Donated prior to July 1971; immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Dams  Search this
Hydroelectric power plants  Search this
Mills  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Photographs
Citation:
Hollingsworth & Whitney Company Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1543
See more items in:
Hollingsworth & Whitney Company Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ba094a23-969f-4a62-b850-9e50bff87ef5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1543

New York State Barge Canal Photographs

Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Picture postcards
Photographs
Place:
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Date:
1907-1913
Summary:
Collection documents the construction of the Erie Canal in New York at the turn of the twentieth century.
Content Description:
Collection consists of photographs documenting the construction of the Erie Canal which was later renamed the New York State Barge Canal. Many of the images include workers on the job site. In addition, there are photographs of unidentified construction sites along the canal system which includes 525 miles of waterways from Lake Erie to the Hudson River with extensions to Cayuga Lake, Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, and Seneca lake.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in one series.
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

For related materials on the Erie Canal, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, NMAH.AC.0060

Cummings Structural Concrete Company Reocrds, NMAH.AC.0218

John Stevens Collection, NMAH.AC.0333

American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0711

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs, NMAH.AC.0945

James Forgie Papers, NMAH.AC.0986

William R. Hutton Papers, NMAH.AC.0987

Rudolph Hering Collection, NMAH.AC.0989

Lehigh Valley Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1046

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1074

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs, NMAH.AC.1075

Erie Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1082

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

New York State Barge Canal Photographs, NMAH.AC.1536
Provenance:
Photographs donated by Richard W. Sickler, May 13, 1969. Postcards acquired from unknown source.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Barges  Search this
Canals  Search this
New York State Canal System (N.Y.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Photographs
Citation:
New York State Barge Canal Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1536
See more items in:
New York State Barge Canal Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83d46ff79-5d8a-4b5b-949a-ae997c191153
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1536

Fritz P. Grutzner Papers

Collector:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
.50 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Trade catalogs
Place:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
Tucson (Ariz.)
Date:
1911-2000
bulk 1950s
Summary:
Collection documents solar energy, particularly for use in residential homes.
Content Description:
Papers document the activities of Fritz P. Grutzner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and his interest to build a home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida "energized" by the sun. Included is correspondence with various manufacturers of materials and power companies concerning solar energy, copies of articles on solar heating, trade literature, notes and calculations, and mimeographed proceedings of the Conference on Solar Energy held in Tucson, Arizona in 1955.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Provenance:
Collection assembled by Fritz P. Grutzner; donated to National Museum of History and Technology prior to 1976.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Calculators  Search this
Solar energy  Search this
Solar heating  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Trade catalogs
Citation:
Fritz P. Grutzner Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1540
See more items in:
Fritz P. Grutzner Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep866840a3b-49f6-4713-a9ae-6721bd0f33ae
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1540

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