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Creator:

International Salt Company  Search this

Costain, Harold Haliday  Search this

Rittase, William M., 1894-1968  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photograph albums

Slides (photographs)

Photographs

Transparencies

Time books

Scrapbooks

Cashbooks

Annual reports

Ledgers (account books)

Financial records

Patents

Letters

Newsletters

Date:

1881-1993

bulk 1920-1929

Summary:

The collection contains business records and photographic materials documenting the International Salt Company. The business records include correspondence, account and ledger books, a payroll book, patent and trademark information, print advertising and marketing materials, and a salesman salt display kit. The photographic materials include a series of photographs by William M. Rittase, a series of photographs by Harold Haliday Costain, a small photograph album, snapshots, and slides. The images cover all facets of the salt manufacturing and packaging operations, and include photographs taken in New York State, Michigan, and Louisiana.

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains business records and photographic materials documenting the International Salt Company. The business records include correspondence, account and ledger books, a payroll book, patent and trademark information, print advertising and marketing materials, and a salesman salt display kit. The photographic materials include a series of photographs by William M. Rittase, a series of photographs by Harold Haliday Costain, a small photograph album, snapshots, and slides. The images cover all facets of the salt manufacturing and packaging operations, and include photographs taken in New York State, Michigan, and Louisiana.

The scrapbooks contain advertisements for the International Salt Company's Sterling Salt label and other leading salt companies, especially Morton's. Much of the ephemera consists of labels, but there are also small pamphlet cookbooks. The cookbooks, prepared and marketed by various salt companies, tout recipes for tasty dishes using specific salts and expound upon the merits of salt in general, especially the medical benefits. Other clever salt-related advertising appears in conjunction with maps, buttons, song books, calendars, and health exercises.

Series 1, Business Records, 1894-1937, consists primarily of financial materials--ledgers, cash books, monthly statements, timekeeping and payroll information--for the Avery Rock Salt Mining Company (A.R.S.M.Co.), Detroit Rock Salt Company, Detroit Salt Company, International Salt Company, and the Restof Mining Company. Additionally, there is one annual report for the International Salt Company (1957) and the newsletter Saltmaker, 1964.

There are two A.R.S.M.Co. ledgers, 1898-1907 and 1907-1922. The first ledger, 1898-1907, predates the founding of the International Salt Company, and it is likely that A.R.S.M.Co was absorbed by International Salt during a merger. Documentation recorded including inventories, merchandise, labor, surplus, insurance, office expenses, legal expenses, taxes, bills receivable, directors' committee fees, fuel, candles, oil, waste and packing, rental, repairs and maintenance, interest, labor, feed, outside salary account, Cuban consignment account, and loan account. Specific persons, such as superintendents F. Rundio and Sidney Bradford, are mentioned and specific companies including Restof Mining, Joy Morton Company, Havana Mill, G. Lawton Childs & Company, International Salt of New York and various others (pages 193-212), are listed with expenses.

The Detroit Salt Company (general ledger), 1911-1913, consists of one bound volume documenting the company's assets, liabilities, expenses, earnings, advance accounts, and old accounts.

Detroit Rock Salt Company (cash record), 1912 October-1913 January, consists of one bound volume documenting cash received and cash disbursed.

International Salt Company, Inc., Independent Salt Company Division (monthly statements), 1933 October-1937 December, consists of one bound volume of general ledger trial balance sheets organized chronologically. Detailed documentation includes general expenses, assets, capital assets, liabilities, special reserves, net worth, profit and loss statements, warehousing costs and tonnage purchased.

Restof Mining Company (time and payroll), 1894 July 1-1895 March 31, consists of one bound volume of 400 pages, documenting the time and payroll for employees. The volume contains the name of the employee, the number of days worked, hourly wage earned per day, the amount earned, advances, board due, store (supplies due), rent, and any balances due. A portion of the volume is severely water-damaged.

Series 2, Trademarks, 1881-1935, consists of copies of issued trademark declarations from the United States Patent Office. The trademarks are for company names, logos, salt containers and packages, and various salt products. The trademarks are arranged alphabetically by the name of the trademark. For example, Amaessa, a trademark for baking powder and salt is filed with other trademarks beginning with the letter "A." Additional materials consist of one file folder of correspondence and printed materials about patents, trademarks and copyright laws. The correspondence relates specifically to the ownership of certain trademarks by International Salt Company, and there is correspondence from John L. Ryon, assistant sales manager and W.T. Chisolm, vice-president of International Salt Company. There are compiled lists of brand names, trademarks, and package designs for which International Salt registered at the United States Patent Office, 1926-1927. There are two examples of small cloth bags branded with "Ideal Salt" and some packaging, such as "White Lily High Grade Salt" and labels such as "Purex Free Running Table Salt." The Peter J.L. Searing trademark for salt (No. 52,963) and Chicago Sawed Salt-Block Company (No. 15,174) provide examples of ethnic imagery. A trademark is a brand name. A trademark or service mark includes any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination used or intended to be used to identify and distinguish the goods/services of one seller or provider from those of others, and to indicate the source of the goods/services. Although federal registration of a mark is not mandatory, it has several advantages, including notice to the public of the registrant's claim of ownership of the mark, legal presumption of ownership nationwide, and exclusive right to use the mark on or in connection with the goods/services listed in the registration.

Series 3, Photographs, 1934-1993, is divided into five subseries: Subseries 1, Harold Haliday Costain, 1934; Subseries 2, William Ritasse, circa 1934; Subseries 3, Loose Photographs, 1969-1993; Subseries 4, Slides, circa 1970s; and Subseries 5, Album (unidentified), undated.

Subseries 1, Harold Haliday Costain, circa 1934, consists of three photographs (approximately 10 1/2" x 13") black-and-white prints mounted to 16" x 20" boards. The prints are numbered #6, #42, and #44 and depict a salt mine and equipment used in salt manufacturing located in Avery Island, Louisiana.

Subseries 2, William Ritasse, circa 1934, consists of black-and-white prints (10" x 14") signed by Ritasse which are mounted on 18 1/2" x 20" boards. The photographs are arranged numerically from #350 to #480. Many of the photographs are captioned. American photographer William Rittase (1887-1968), active in the 1920s-1930s, is known for his industrial photography. Rittase's images provide insight into International Salt Company activities such as salt manufacturing, packaging operations, general factory processes, printing salt bags, can labeling, brine storage, exteriors of buildings, crushing salt, men in the salt mines, machine shop views, and equipment.

Subseries 3, Loose Photographs, 1969-1993, consists of black-and-white and color prints, as well as transparencies depicting salt mines and related activities. Some of the photographs document a visit by International Salt Company executives to the Jefferson Island, Louisiana salt plant.

Subseries 4, Slides, circa 1970s, consists of seventeen color slides documenting salt plants, equipment and salt miners.

Subseries 5, Album (damaged mine), undated, consists of twenty-two 4" x 6 1/2" black-and-white photographs documenting the damage to a salt manufacturing plant. The photographs are captioned, but there is no indication of the geographic location of the salt plant.

Series 4, Advertising and Marketing Materials, 1920-1948, consists of two scrapbooks (14" x 17" and 11" x 16") that contain primarily tear sheets, unbound periodical pages showing an advertisement as printed, or as a proof, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, price lists, recipes, labels, periodicals, and other ephemera.

The scrapbook, 1920-1931, consists primarily of advertisements and newspaper clippings related to advertising salt products, especially for Morton's Salt and Diamond Crystal Salt. Other companies represented include Colonial Salt Company, Carey Salt Company, Jefferson Island Salt Company, Kerr Salt Company, Mulkey Salt Company, Myles Salt Company, Ohio Salt Company, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Remington Salt Company, Star Salt Corporation, Union Salt Company, Worcester Salt Company, and Watkins Salt Company.

The scrapbook from 1945-1948 is devoted to advertisements for the International Salt Company and Sterling Salt, which promoted salt uses for the home (table salt, curing meats, and brines), industry (rock salt for winter weather) and agriculture (killing weeds). Many of the advertisements were part of the "Pass the Salt" campaign and were featured in publications such as Woman's Day, National Provisioner, Food Industries, Hide, Leather and Shoes, Chemical Previews, and Public Works. The scrapbook is divided into three sections: institutional, weed prevention, and Lixate, a process developed by the International Salt Research Laboratory for making brine. Many of the advertisements were prepared by J.M. Mathes Incorporated.

Also included is a traveling salt kit for Sterling Salt Company salesmen, undated, featuring small glass vials of sterling salt from mines in Detroit, Avery Island, Louisiana, and Restof, New York. Each vial notes the types of salts--purified, softener, iodized, medium flake, coarse flake, granular flour, and meat.

Series 5, Posters, circa 1920s, consists of oversize advertising posters for Worcester Salt Company. There is one set of labels from an exhibit titled "I Eat Rocks! Salt of the Earth."

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into five series.

Series 1, Business Records, 1894-1937

Series 2, Trademarks, 1881-1935

Series 3, Photographs, 1934-1993

Subseries 1, Harold Haliday Costain, circa 1934

Subseries 2, William Ritasse, circa 1934

Subseries 3, Loose Photographs, 1969-1993

Subseries 4, Slides, circa 1970s

Subseries 5, Album (damaged mine), undated

Series 4, Advertising and Marketing Materials, 1920-1948

Series 5, Posters, circa 1920s

Biographical / Historical:

The International Salt Company incorporated on August 22, 1901, and in 1902, the company purchased the stock and assets of the National Salt Company, which had failed. By 1934, International Salt was a holding company for six subsidiaries: Avery Salt Company (West Virginia), Detroit Rock Salt Company (Michigan), Eastern Salt Company (Massachusetts), Independent Salt Company (New York), International Salt Company, Inc. (New York), and Retsof Mining Company (New York). All of the subsidiaries operated rock salt mines and evaporated salt plants and distributed salt. In 1940, the International Salt Company decided to sell four of its subsidiaries--Avery Salt Company, Detroit Rock Salt Company, International Salt Company, Inc., and Retsof Mining Company.

John M. Avery discovered rock salt at Petite Anse, Louisiana in 1862. Petite Anse Island was renamed Avery Island in the late 19th century. Ownership and mining of salt at Petite Anse involved numerous parties until 1886, when New Iberia Salt Company took over operations. In 1896, the Avery family began operating the mine, and they founded the Avery Rock Salt Mining Company. In 1899, the International Salt Company leased the mine.

The Detroit Salt and Manufacturing Company was founded in 1906. The company quickly went bankrupt during construction of a shaft and was acquired in 1910 by the Watkins Salt Company, which incorporated the new organization under the name Detroit Rock Salt Company. The company experienced success and the International Salt Company purchased the mine circa 1914. In 1983, International Salt closed the mine's operations and in 1985, Crystal Mines, Inc., purchased the mine as a potential storage site.

In 1885 the Empire Salt Company of New York was renamed the Retsof Mine Company, and the Village of Retsof was founded near the mine shaft. During the next 110 years, the mine grew to become the largest salt-producing mine in the United States and the second largest in the world. Before the initial collapse in March 1994, the mine encompassed an underground area of more than 6,000 acres, and the mine footprint (outer edge of mined area) extended over an area of nearly ten square miles. At the time of the collapse, the Retsof Mine was owned by Akzo-Nobel Salt Incorporated (ANSI) and, during the winter of 1993--994 operated at full capacity to meet demands for road salt throughout the northeastern United States. The Retsof Mine ceased operations on September 2, 1995, and by December, twenty-one months after the initial collapse, the mine was completely flooded.

Related Materials:

Materials held at the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of American History

Trade catalogs from International Salt Company Inc., 1900s

Materials held at Other Organizations

Harvard University Archives

Ritasse, William M., 1894-1968. Photographs of Hardvard University campus and environs taken by William M. Ritasse, circa 1930.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs

Avery Rock Salt Mining Company, Plan. June 16, 1924 (AKZO No. 7-77-02) - Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Salt Mine Village, Salt Workers' Houses No. 6, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Avery Island Sugarhouse, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

State Library of Louisiana

Historic Photograph Collection contains images of salt mining at Avery Island, Louisiana.

University of North Carolina, Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Library

Papers for the Avery Family of Louisiana, 1796-1951

Provenance:

Tom Maeder donated the collection on June 13, 2009.

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:

Salt  Search this

Salt workers  Search this

Salt mines and mining -- Michigan  Search this

Salt mines and mining -- New York  Search this

Salt industry and trade  Search this

Salt mines and mining -- Louisiana  Search this

advertising  Search this

Industrial photography -- 1990-2000 -- Texas  Search this

Mines and mineral resources -- Louisiana  Search this

Mines and mineral resources -- New York  Search this

Mines and mineral resources -- Michigan  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums

Slides (photographs) -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Transparencies

Time books

Scrapbooks

Cashbooks

Annual reports

Ledgers (account books)

Financial records

Patents

Letters

Newsletters

Citation:

International Salt Company Records, 1881-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1158

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International Salt Company Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fb5589f8-c9ba-4e1d-ac7d-1ce2b4585c34

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1158

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

William R. Maxon  Search this

Place:

Near Oneida Castle, Border of swamp, New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

22 Jul 1902

Taxonomy:

Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Dryopteridaceae

Published Name:

Dryopteris x dowellii (Farw.) Wherry

Barcode:

01550570

USNM Number:

592184

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/310655329-911b-4cee-844b-2c1efba2070d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12491137

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Felice Ferrero  Search this

Place:

West New Brighton, S.I., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

May 1911

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Oleaceae

Published Name:

Fraxinus americana L.

Barcode:

03138292

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/312f99d59-480b-4a20-af1c-099f6f4d02f6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14547205

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Armando López Miranda  Search this

Type Citation:

Barneby, R. C. 1977. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 361.

Type Status:

Holotype

Place:

Agallpampa., La Libertad, Peru, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

22 May 1952

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Dalea cylindrica var. haenkeana Barneby

Barcode:

00003702

Other Numbers:

fiche number : 0401/C04

USNM Number:

2100206

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Type Register

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b7e37edf-e21f-4fd0-a645-72c4da5cdeec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2128327

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

William R. Maxon  Search this

Place:

Central New York. Near Sysaeuse: on moist shaded talus of limestone cliff at "Rock Cut"., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

22 Oct 1898

Taxonomy:

Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Aspleniaceae

Published Name:

Asplenium scolopendrium J.E. Smith

Barcode:

01504667

USNM Number:

692359

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31f978322-d70c-4ce0-9345-8f13e6e46de1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12343703

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

M. P. Stufano  Search this

Place:

At the New York Botanical Garden, New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

22 Dec 1965

Taxonomy:

Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Pteridaceae

Published Name:

Pteris cretica L.

Barcode:

01476937

USNM Number:

2611296

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b5a0f25d-5211-4bac-98b5-394873056e96

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12356466

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

William R. Maxon  Search this

Place:

Sylvan Beach, New York, near Lake shore, New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

22 Aug 1897

Taxonomy:

Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Blechnaceae

Published Name:

Woodwardia virginica (L.) R.M. Sm.

Barcode:

01521982

USNM Number:

692303

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/356f8f837-230d-4094-b15e-4ba968d4d748

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12377507

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Joseph V. Haberer  Search this

Place:

Central New York. Lewis Point, Oneida Lake., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

31 Jul 1900

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Juncaceae

Published Name:

Juncus tenuis Willd.

Barcode:

03857508

USNM Number:

645083

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/340c69b8a-1e52-4546-93fc-f8780a95c35c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15617822

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Joseph V. Haberer  Search this

Place:

Central New York. In Stony field. East of Trenton Falls. Russia, Herkimer Co., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

13 Jun 1904

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Juncaceae

Published Name:

Juncus dudleyi Wiegand

Barcode:

03852813

USNM Number:

690876

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31012cdc4-3983-4f32-b688-53a9c821a722

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15620257

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Joseph V. Haberer  Search this

Place:

Central New York. Verona Beach., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

18 Aug 1900

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Juncaceae

Published Name:

Juncus tenuis Willd.

Barcode:

03857505

USNM Number:

645105

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3de258012-0a7d-4fd8-a98b-6a2ef0e7c610

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15634737

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Mrs. T. F. Cole  Search this

Place:

Sheldrake Point, Cayuga Lake, town of Ovid, Seneca County., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

Jul 1831

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Plantaginaceae

Published Name:

Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort.

Barcode:

03862577

USNM Number:

1802469

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fae4e704-7665-4265-9b11-14e43939543c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15639609

Creator:

Morison, George S., 1842-1903  Search this

Names:

Baring Brothers Company  Search this

Isthmian Canal Commission.  Search this

Extent:

30 Cubic feet (63 boxes and 152 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Tracings

Place:

Peterborough (NH)

Panama

Date:

1846-1903

Summary:

The collection documents the career of George S. Morison, a prominent civil engineer, specializing in railroad bridge design. The materials consist primarily of drawings and maps (linen tracings, blueprints, sketches); final bridge reports; photographs; glass plate negatives; daily diaries; correspondence; and published material documenting George S. Morison's participation on the Isthmian Canal Commission, 1898-1903.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1: Diaries, 1863-1903

Subseries 1.1: Biographical Materials, 1863-1903

Subseries 1.2: Diaries, 1863-1903

Subseries 1.3: Newspaper Clippings, 1880-1898

Series 2: Correspondence, 1870-1903

Series 3: Reports/Printed Materials, 1846-1903

Series 4: Photographs, 1888, 1892-1893

Series 5: Glass Plate Negatives, 1886-1889

Subseries 5.1: Bellefontaine Bridge, undated

Subseries 5.2: Blair Crossing, 1893

Subseries 5.3: Cairo Bridge, 1888-1889

Subseries 5.4: Kansas City Bridge, 1886

Subseries 5.5: Memphis Bridge, circa 1893

Subseries 5.6: Memphis Bridge, 1891-1893

Subseries 5.7: Nebraska City Bridge, 1887-1888

Subseries 5.8: Omaha Bridge, undated

Subseries 5.9: Panama Canal, undated

Subseries 5.10: Rulo Bridge, 1886-1889

Subseries 5.11: Sioux City, circa 1881

Series 6: Lantern Slides, 1878-1894

Subseries 6.1: Isthmian Canal, undated

Subseries 6.2: General, 1878-1894

Series 7: Drawings, circa 1881-1900

Biographical / Historical:

Morison (1842-1903) of Peterborough, New Hampshire, was a prominent civil engineer specializing in railroad bridge design. He built ten bridges over the Missouri River, five over the Mississippi River and one over the Ohio River. Morison designed bridges in New York, and worked on the New York waterfront. He also helped to locate a deep water harbor in southern California and designed and built several viaducts.

Morison served on numerous engineering boards and acted as a consulting expert for Baring Brothers Company. Morison was a member of several important engineering committees, the most important of which was the Isthmus Canal (Panama Canal) Commission, 1899-1903. He was instrumental in changing its recommended location from Nicaragua to Panama.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

George W. Sims Papers, 1896-1981. (AC0127)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, 1895-1921 (AC0143)

Silas H. Woodard Papers, ca. 1899-1932 (AC1038)

Make the Dirt Fly!

Materials in Other Organizations

Minnesota Historical Society

Engineering Dept. records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1867-1970.

Subject files (1867-1970); accounting records (1879-1921); standard plans for buildings, bridges, and other structures ([188-]-[196-]); track profile maps (1890-1927); and bridge records (1892-1960) created or compiled by the Northern Pacific administrative unit responsible for locating, surveying, constructing, and maintaining roadways and structures. Contains letter press books for George S. Morison.

Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

Includes photographs and drawings for some of Morison's bridges.

Separated Materials:

Artifacts related to this collection are in the Division of Work & Industry (See accessions #1984.1093 and #1993.0113) and includes camera equipment, drafting curves, and an omnimeter transit with tripod.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Robert S. Morison, Elting Morison, and John H. Morison on June 17, 1985.

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:

Bridges -- Design and construction  Search this

Railroad bridges  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Tracings

Citation:

George Morison Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0978

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George S. Morison Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep847ba2160-f43c-47ce-a3ba-973eeb23f8de

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0978

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

O. E. Pearce  Search this

Place:

The Northern United States. Mill Creek. N. Hannibal., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

22 Jun 1883

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae

Published Name:

Glyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.

Barcode:

03984164

USNM Number:

153400

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31e0f86a7-7fa0-43b9-aae2-7cd08ab7e8b2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15745122

Biogeographical Region:

75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. H. Burnham  Search this

Place:

Vaughus. Washington Co., New York, United States, North America

Collection Date:

13 May 1897 to 22 Jul 1899

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fagales Fagaceae Quercoideae

Published Name:

Quercus borealis F. Michx.

Barcode:

03403667

USNM Number:

959372

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347902ae5-bf8f-4ee6-9049-b1c9f3836647

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14955331

Curator:

Liberty, Megan N  Search this

Subject:

Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

San Francisco Center for the Book  Search this

Minnesota Center for Book Arts  Search this

Physical description:

117 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 31 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

History

Date:

2023

Topic:

Artists' books  Search this

Artists' books--History  Search this

Book design  Search this

Book designers  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1159288

Author:

Zorach, William 1889-1966  Search this

Author:

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this

Physical description:

1 folded sheet ([6] pages) 2 illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Artist files

Date:

1955

Call number:

AAF--Zorach, William

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_710865

Artist:

Knowlton, Win 1953-  Search this

Writer of added commentary:

Gizzi, Michael  Search this

Host institution:

Paul Rodgers/9W (Gallery)  Search this

Author:

Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this

Physical description:

15 unnumbered pages illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Artist files

Date:

2002

Call number:

AAF--Knowlton, Win

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_712867

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 32.3 x 21.4 cm (12 11/16 x 8 7/16 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

Afghanistan

Date:

11th-12th century

Topic:

Islam  Search this

Qur'an  Search this

eastern kufic script  Search this

Afghanistan  Search this

Iran  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

sura 5  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1939.56

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b6974195-8c84-4109-bf12-0676e97b2dfa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1939.56

Artist:

Attributed to Madhava  Search this

Medium:

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 12.9 x 12 cm (5 1/16 x 4 3/4 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

India

Date:

ca. 1596-1600

Period:

Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar

Topic:

child  Search this

Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)  Search this

Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)  Search this

Akbarnama  Search this

India  Search this

prince  Search this

South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1939.57

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye345eec0a5-a3b4-4cda-ad1c-a5bf6e024c2b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1939.57

Medium:

Porcelain with enamels over clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 40.4 x 31 cm (15 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)

Style:

Arita ware, Kakiemon type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1670-1680

Period:

Edo period

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

flower  Search this

Arita ware, Kakiemon type  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Japan  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1956.13

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37cde7c76-c0a4-4177-babb-84f082d473e2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1956.13