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University of Pennsylvania Dental Collection, 1885-1935
- Notes
- Dr. William Ziesel, who developed a surgical technique to eliminate pyorrhea, practiced dentistry in Philadelphia
- Dr. Darby was one of the founders of the dental school at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a professor of operative dentistry, 1878-1926, then Emeritus Professor for five years. An attempt was made to set up a Chair of Operative Dentistry in his name. Ziesel referred to Darby as a supporter of his methods to eliminate pyorrhea
- Summary
- Papers of two dentists: Ziesel, who developed a technique and instruments for treating pyorrhea, and Darby, a founder of the University of Pennsylvania dental school. The papers are largely mementoes of several occasions on which Dr. Darby was honored. They also include a record of the practice of an unnamed dentist that began in May 1885
- Articles, speeches, lectures, correspondence, unidentified photographs; autograph book of attendees at testimonial dinner for Darby, dinner menus and programs; copies of journal entitled The Dental Cosmos, with articles by Ziesel; notebook of an unidentified dentist with names of patients, including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams; notebook presumably belonging to Lt. Cmdr. G. R. Bevan
- Collection contains speeches and articles in which Ziesel describes his surgical techniques and instruments used in pyorrhea treatment. The series begins in 1919 when he asked the National Dental Association to allow him to speak at its annual convention, but his proposal was late and he was refused. It encompasses his disagreements with entrenched traditionalists, correspondence with many dentists interested in copying technique, work with patients referred for surgery, and his attempts to have this surgery made part of dental school curriculum
- Cite as
- University of Pennsylvania Dental Collection, 1885-1935, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1885
- 1885-1935
- 1880-1940
- 1930-1950
- collector
- University of Pennsylvania
- author
- Ziesel, William Dr
- Darby, Edwin Tyler Dr
- collector
- Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Adams, Henry 1838-1918
- University of Pennsylvania
- National Dental Association
- Local number
- 218383 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Pennsylvania State Anthracite Mine Cave Commission Report, 1911-1913
- Summary
- This report portrays the creation of the Pennsylvania State Anthracite Mine Cave Commission, the history of mine cave investigation, field investigations of mine caves, tests, investigations of other mining states, description of Pennsylvania anthracite coal region, coal statistics, chronology of anthracite mining industry, and a bibliography. In addition there are accompanying maps and blueprints
- Cite as
- Pennsylvania State Anthracite Mine Cave Commission Report, 180, AC NMAH
- Date
- 1911
- 1911-1913
- author
- Pennsylvania State Anthracite Mine Cave Commission
- collector
- Agriculture and Mining, Division of
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania General Store Daybook, 1863-64
- Summary
- Includes entries of items sold (including groceries, small household items, and general hardware)
- Cite as
- Mount Joy, Pennsylvania General Store Day Book, 1863-1864, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1863
- 1863-1864
- 1863-64
- 1860-1870
- creator
- Mount Joy, Pennsylvania General Store
- collector
- Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 285427 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records, 1820-1965
- Notes
- The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (LCNC) was formed in 1820 by a merger of the Lehigh Coal Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company. Both had been founded in 1818 by Josiah White, Erskine Hazard, and George F. Hauto. Operations of the company included navigation improvememnts on the Lehigh River and railway and canal construction, as well as exploitation of the Lehigh anthracite fields. The Lehigh Navigation Coal Company was formed in 1930, essentially as a holding company for the LCNC and other companies. The company went out of business in 1965
- Summary
- Records of The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh Coal Navigation Company, the Alliance Coal Mining Company, and other subsidiary companies relate mostly to anthracite mining in the Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill, Pennsylvania area and, to a lesser extent, the railroad, canal, and river navigation work of the companies
- Cite as
- The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1820-1965
- author
- Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
- Subject
- Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
- Alliance Coal Mining Company
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Records, 1863-1936
- Notes
- This railroad was chartered in 1833 to provide low-cost transportation from the Schuylkill and Mahanoy anthracite coal fields in eastern Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. Main line from Philadelphia to Pottsville opened 1842. Reading expanded by acquiring other railroads, and by 1869 had monopoly of coal traffic from Schuylkill anthracite region
- Expansion accelerated when Franklin B. Gowen became president (1869) and attempted to dominate entire anthracite trade. Purchased Schuylkill Canal (1870) to eliminate competition for coal trade; then organized the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company in 1871 to purchase and operate coal mines; secured over 40 percent of U.S. anthracite reserves, but debt incurred led railroad to bankruptcy and receivership (1880). Gowen's reckless style drove the Reading into second receivership (1886), and he was forced to resign
- Gowen's Successor, Archibald A. McLeod, tried to increase company control over anthracite trade (1892-1893), then control of several New England railroads. The Reading went bankrupt again and McLeod was ousted. In a reorganization (1896), the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and the Coal & Iron Company became properties of the Reading Company, a holding company. Later additions to system were infrequent and largely confined to short branches and improvements inalignment. Due to anti-trust proceedings, company divested mining subsidiary (1923) and merged wholly owned railroad companies into an operating company. Acquired Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad 1963, went bankrupt in early 1970s, and conveyed portions of its lines to Conrail (1976). The reorganized Reading Company retains real estate and other non-rail holdings
- Summary
- Primarily outgoing correspondence from the Engineering Department of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, the remainder being engineering reports and other miscellaneous papers
- SERIES 1: 219 letterpress copybook volumes from various engineers, each with own index (1865-1892): were generated by Chief Engineer, Assistant Chief Engineer, various resident engineers, other lower-level engineers, and the Chief Road-Master. Bulk of copybooks created by William H. Bines and Henry K. Nichols during long careers with the Philadelphia & Reading. Other volumes contain letters and reports by Charles W. Buckholz, Charles E. Byers, William Lorenz, and others. Correspondence covers all aspects of the engineering operations of the railroad, much of it at highest levels, being addressed to the Presidents of the Reading. Also includes one letterbook from John E. Wooten (1865), Superintendent
- SERIES 2: Reports of Chief Engineer to Auditor, 1908-1910; structural design calculation notebooks, 1901-1935; right of way deeds, 1903; and tracings of assorted machine parts
- Cite as
- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1863
- 1863-1936
- 1930-1950
- creator
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co
- collector
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Bines, William H
- Boggs, George B
- Buckholz, Charles W
- Byers, Charles E
- Chamberlain, E.C
- Davis, N.M
- Gowen, Franklin B
- Jamison, Robert
- Keim, George DeB
- Lorenz, William
- Manning, Charles P
- Nichols, Henry K
- Rice, George
- Royers, John H
- Steele, J. Dutton
- Thompson, J.W
- Richardson, F.E
- Whitney, E.S
- Wilson, H.T
- Wootten, John E
- Yarington, T.O
- Zacharias, H.C
- Atlantic City Railroad
- Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad
- Reading Belt Railroad
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Roy C. Kulp Collection of Account Books, 1755-1904
- Summary
- Thirty-nine account books of farmers, store owners, and artisans living in Pennsylvania, 1755-1904. The books mainly record daily transactions with customers or suppliers and are handwritten in varying conditions of legibility and preservation
- Cite as
- Roy C. Kulp Collection of Account Books, 1755-1904, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1755
- 1755-1904
- 18th century
- 19th century
- donor
- Kulp, Roy C
- collector
- Division of Cultural History (NMAH, SI)
- Dibner Library (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 292868 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Registers and Order Books, 1822-1956
- Notes
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works was started as a sole proprietorship by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831. The company was the largest plant of its kind in the world. It is now out of business
- Summary
- Records of engine orders, specifications, prices and delivery (some duplicating), purchaser (usually a railroad), date of trial, engine name, construction number, class, track gauge, number of wheels, size of cylinders, number of valves, and fuel type are given. For later years, prices are given
- Cite as
- Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Registers and Order Books, 1822-1956, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1822
- 1822-1956
- Creator
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- collector
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Baldwin, Matthias W. industrialist
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Milford and Owego Turnpike Road Co. Treasurer's Account Book, 1817-1824
- Notes
- Accounts kept by Putnam Catlin, treasurer of Milford & Owego Turnpike Road Co. of Pennsylvania, a privately owned highway
- Summary
- Includes detailed financial records, receipts from individual gate-keepers, payments to them and other employees, receipts of capital subscription from company stockholders
- Cite as
- Milford and Owego Turnpike road Co. Treasurer's Account Book, 153, AC NMAH
- Date
- 1817
- 1817-1824
- 1810-1830
- 19th century
- author
- Catlin, Putman (treasurer of Milford & Owego Turnpike)
- collector
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Milford & Owego Turnpike Road Co
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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James Rumsey Promissory Note, 01/28/1788
- Notes
- See Rumsey's article, "A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam, whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments, that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity. The same Principles are also introduced with Effect, by a Machine of a simple and cheap Construction, for the Purpose of rasing Water sufficient for the working of Grist-mills, Saw-mills, &c. and for watering meadows and other purposes of agriculture" (Philadelphia, 1888), 26 pp., in Dibner Library, NMAH (copies in Archives Center collection control file)
- American machinist and inventor who developed an early steamboat which he successfully demonstrated on the Potomac (1788) and on the Thames (1792) before his death in England on December 23, 1792
- Summary
- A promissory note of January 28, 1788 to Robert Stubbe for the sum of eighteen shillings and six pence, Pennsylvania currency
- Cite as
- James Rumsey Promissory Note, 1788, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1788
- 01/28/1788
- 18th century
- author
- Rumsey, James 1743-1792 (machinist, inventor)
- collector
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Stubbe, Robert
- Rumseyan Society
- Local number
- Research pending (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Samuel Morse Felton Family Papers, 1841-1930
- Notes
- Felton (1), civil engineer, is best known as the president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore RR (PWBRR,) which he rebuilt and restored; president of the Pennsylvania Steel Company; and in 1869 as a commissioner appointed by President Grant to inspect the Pacific railroads. In April 1857, Felton placed the engine "Daniel Webster" in service on the PWBRR--probably the first successful coal-burning passenger engine in regular service on any American railroad. He was born in Philadelphia, 1853; graduated from M.I.T. 1873. 1889: became president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, later assumed the presidency of the Mexican Central Railroad, and became president of the Chicago Great Western Railroad in 1909. During World War I he was appointed Director General of Military Railways and had charge of the organization and dispatch to France of all American railway forces and supplies. As of 1928 he was Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Great Western Railroad; president, Western Railroad Association; and chairman, Western Association of Railway Executives, to name only a few of his positions. At his death he was an advisor and associate of the Central Trust Company of Illinois
- Summary
- Biographical material on both Feltons; correspondence, 1861-1927 to and from both Feltons; a report by Felton on the construction of the Norfolk Co. railroad, 1847-49; reports, 1917-19; and news clippings and articles, 185?-1930. The correspondence includes a 1926 letter regarding Conray Felton's article about an attempt to asssassinate Abraham Lincoln
- Cite as
- Samuel Morse Felton Family Papers, 1841-1930, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1841
- 1841-1930
- 1840-1930
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 1840-1940
- author
- Felton, Samuel Morse (son) 1853-1930
- Felton, Samuel Morse (civil engineer) 1809-1889
- collector
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Fletcher, Andrew
- Atterbury, W.W
- Davis, Robert C
- McAdoo, W.G
- Ames, Oliver
- Smith, M.H
- Milliken, J
- Lomonossoff, G
- Cooke, Jay
- Scott, Thomas A
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
- Philadelphia RR
- Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore RR
- Louisville Southern Railway Co
- Southern Railway and Steamship Association
- American Locomotive Sales Corporation
- United States. War Department
- United States Army
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH