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Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, 1902-1950
- Notes
- Company founded by Dr. Samuel P. Duffield, physician and pharmacist. Partnership of Duffield and Harvey C. Parke formed 1866. George S. Davis third partner, 1867. Duffield withdrew 1869. Name Parke, Davis & Company adopted 1871; incorporated 1875. Company first showed profit 1876, first dividend paid to shareholders 1878; dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity. Due to weakening financial position, company susceptible to take-over, purchased by Warner-Lambert early 1970s
- Summary
- Includes engineer's files of equipment used in the Detroit plant; blueprints and linen drawings of the Detroit plant, including building floor layouts, equipment & placement, and computer readouts of the linen drawings; plant operating manuals from the Detroit factory; incomplete sets of the "Parke-Davis Review" and "Parke-Davis Notes"; photographs of the Detroit plant, laboratory, and manufacturing equipment; lantern slides of the Parke-Davis biological laboratory; trademark file, listing product name, registration numbers and dates; product catalogues; the book, Scientific Contributions from the Laboratories, 1866-1966; pocket lab book used by Parke-Davis researchers in their experiments as presented in the research files listed next;
- Bound drug research files (1902-1940s) at Parke-Davis in their Detroit labs, including external and internal correspondence; reprints in loose-leaf binders of articles based on this research; and a card file of these researchers by name and dates
- Cite as
- Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1902
- 1902-1950
- 1900-1950
- 20th century
- author
- Parke, Davis Company
- collector
- Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI
- contractor
- National Underground Storage
- founder of the Parke-Davis Company
- Duffield, Samuel P. Dr (physician pharmacist)
- partner in the Parke, Davis Company
- Parke, Harvey
- Davis, George S
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Julian Black Scrapbooks of Joe Louis, 1935-1944
- Notes
- Joe Louis's manager, Julian Black, assembled these scrapbooks. Louis was heavyweight boxing champion of the world, 1937-1949. John Roxborough had encouraged Louis all along his career and became his manager when Joe turned pro. Roxborough hired Jack Blackburn, a boxer himself, to coach and train the young Louis, and teamed up with Julian Black of Chicago in a business venture which carried over into the management of Joe Louis. In his thirty-sixth professional fight, June 22, 1937, Louis won the heavyweight crown at 23 by defeating James J. Braddock in Chicago in eight rounds. He defended his title twenty times before World War II interrupted his career. He defended his title more times than any man in history
- Summary
- Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings from all over America, 1935-1941, and articles from "Ring" magazine. Collection documents most Joe Louis fights of the period. Clippings identified by source, date, and author, artist, or photographer; include full-length articles and brief sketches, cartoons, photographs, and records and statistics on boxers. While the scrapbooks are about the Louis fights, there is much material on others connected with boxing in this period--including all of Louis's opponents, trainer, managers, promoter, Mike Jacobs; and most of the sports reporters and writers of the time. Many important figures in boxing of this period are represented in these volumes
- Two sets of scrapbooks with different numbering systems: Series 1, Vols. 1-92; and Series 2, Vols. 17-20, 52-58, 61-63, and 71 & 72. Some volumes from the two sets contain the same information. For example, Louis Vol. 17 is similar to Black Vol. 27
- Cite as
- Julian Black Scrapbooks of Joe Louis, 1935-1944. Gift of Mrs. Julian Black
- Date
- 1935
- 1935-1944
- 1930-1950
- 20th century
- collector
- Black, Julian (boxing manager)
- donor
- Black, Julian Mrs
- publisher
- Chadwyck-Healey
- collector
- Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Roxborough, John
- Louis, Joe 1914-1981
- Jacobs, Mike
- Local number
- 1980.0683 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Howe Scale Company Records, 1868-1963
- Notes
- Frank M. Strong, Vergennes, Vermont, invented the Howe Scale. In 1856, with Thomas Ross, Strong obtained his first patent, which became the first outstanding scale improvement in America, and the foundation of the present business. The first scale with the improved ball bearing was installed at Vernon Village Mills, Oenida County, N.Y., 1856. In 1858 Howe began to win awards consistently at fairs and exhibitions, and by 1859 had no competition. At the Paris Exposition, 1867, Howe took first prizes
- Summary
- Records of various companies, some of which eventually merged into the Howe Scale Company: corporate records, minutes, charters, legal documents, stock certificate books, and correspondence; sales records, newsletters, inter-branch correspondence, catalogs and price lists; financial records, ledgers, journals; cash books, inventories, reports, trial balances with recapitulations; photographs; specifications; and news clippings
- Date
- 1868
- 1868-1963
- 20th century
- 1930-1950
- creator
- Howe Scale Co
- inventor
- Strong, Frank M
- Ross, Thomas
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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American Scale and Service Company Records, 1912-1956
- Summary
- These records of this company, located in Kansas City, Missouri, include invoices; bills of material (quantity surveys); sales records with model name, number, date, customer; and promotional literature and specifications
- Cite as
- American Scale and Service Company Records, 1912-1956, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1912
- 1912-1956
- 1910-1960
- 20th century
- author
- American Scale and Service Company
- Creator
- Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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C.L. Stong Papers, 1952-1976
- Notes
- Stong, an electrical engineer with the Western Electric Company (1926-1962), became the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" feature of the Scientific American in 1957, and held that position until his death
- Summary
- These papers are the files of the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" section of the Scientific American, 1952-1976. The feature was started in 1952 as an expansion of "The Amateur Astronomer" section of the periodical. The papers include files of Stong's predecessor and files for articles prepared but not published before his death. The files contain correspondence with authors and readers, original illustrations and photographs, and reprints of articles
- Cite as
- C. L. Stong Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1952
- 1952-1976
- 1950-1980
- 1950-2000
- author
- Stong, C.L. 1902-1975 (electrical engineer)
- collector
- Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1884-1965
- Notes
- Du Mont was an engineer for Westinghouse Lamp Company. From 1928 to 1931 he was chief engineer for the DeForest Radio Company. At that time he established his own firm, Du Mont Laboratories Inc., and directed its work until 1960, when the laboratory was acquired by Fairchild Instrument and Camera Corporation
- Summary
- Materials dealing with the products of the Du Mont firm; also a substantial block of information on the struggles over regulation of the television industry; much publicity and advertising copy related to Du Mont Products; and a few personal items
- Cite as
- Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1929-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1884
- 1884-1965
- 20th century
- collector
- Du Mont, Allen B (Allen Balcom) 1901-1965
- Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Du Mont Laboratories, Inc
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Dr. R. C. Bratten Dental Collection, 1930-1967
- Notes
- Collection represents Dr. R. C. Bratten, dentist from Galion, Ohio, and his practice of over fifty years
- Summary
- Includes patient records; catalogues; correspondence; bills; ledgers; and x-ray records
- Cite as
- Dr. R. C. Bratten Dental Collection, 1930-1967, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1930
- 1930-1967
- 1930-1970
- 20th century
- collector
- Bratten, R. C. Dr (dentist)
- Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Local number
- 312608 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Marconi Family Portraits, 1930s
- Notes
- Copies of other Marconi family photographs: OPPS Negs. 88-16398, 85-10239; 85-10237; 85-10238
- Guglielmo Marconi spent his entire life developing wireless communication into a practical reality
- Summary
- A photomechanical photograph (with plate marks, bearning Marconi's signature) of the Marchese Marconi and two photographic copy prints of the Marchese, the Marchesa, and their daughter Elettra Marconi. Also three copy photographs (in control file) made by OPPS, apparently from a loan
- Cite as
- Marconi Family Portraits, 1930s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Maria and Elletra Marconi
- Date
- 1930
- 1940
- 1930s
- 1930-1940
- 20th century
- collector
- Marconi, Guglielmo marchese 1874-1937
- subject
- Marconi, Elletra Princess
- Marconi, Maria Marchesa
- Subject
- Marconi family
- Local number
- 88-16398 (OPPS Neg., copy of collection photo.)
- 1986.3031 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Harold R. D. Roess Papers, ca. 1920-1964
- Notes
- Radio engineer for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; later worked for the Naval Research Laboratory
- Summary
- These papers document the career and interests of Roess, especially radio rebroadcasting stations, radio navigation, radar, antennas, Naval Research Laboratory projects, and radio broadcasting. Includes blueprints, schematics, technical literature, reprints, manuals, photographs, correspondence, and notes
- Cite as
- Harold R. D. Roess Papers, ca. 1920-1964, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1964
- ca 1920-1964
- 20th century
- author
- Roess, Harold R.D (radio engineer)
- collector
- Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
- Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Charles Cohill Harris Collection, ca. 1906-1976
- Notes
- Harris, radio engineer and executive, served in various capacities in the Tropical Radio Telegraph Company, a subsidiary of the United Fruit Company, 1916-1963
- Summary
- Correspondence, notes, articles, and photographs assembled by Harris on the history of the United Fruit Company and Tropical Radio Telegraph Company (TRT), 1904-1961. Also includes manuscript histories of companies; material on the application of teletypewriters to radio circuits; blueprints, schematics, reports, and manuals concerning the technical work on TRT; and a scrapbook of William Edgar Beakes, president of TRT, 1939-1943
- Cite as
- Charles Cohill Harris Collection, ca. 1906-1976, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1906
- 1976
- ca 1906-1976
- 20th century
- collector
- Harris, Charles Cohill 1898- (radio engineer)
- Beakes, William Edgar
- Subject
- Fessenden, R.A
- Tropical Radio Telegraph Company
- United Fruit Company
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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