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Windsor & Ford Business Records, 1859-1906
- Notes
- Windsor & Ford, a brick manufacturing company in Washington, D. C., was operated by Charles and Samuel Ford and David A. Windsor. It supplied bricks for several federal and district buildings in the city. In addition, the Fords operated a brick manufacturing company and real estate business as Ford and Brother
- Summary
- Invoices and receipts documenting the sale of bricks, purchase of supplies, and expenses for the real estate business; account books, ledgers, and a business diary showing employment records and the shipment of bricks by land and water. Records of Ford and Brother are primarily represented by Charles Ford, and later accounts are with his estate. Also, correspondence concerning financial transactions of the several companies and business cards of other local brick manufacturers
- Cite as
- Windsor & Ford Business Records, 1859-1906, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1859
- 1859-1906
- 1850-1910
- 1850-1900
- 1930-1950
- creator
- Windsor & Ford (Brick Manufacturing Company)
- Charles Ford (company)
- Ford & Brother
- Subject
- Ford, Charles
- Ford, Samuel
- Windsor, David A
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Emiliano Martinez Collection, 1984
- Notes
- The story of Emiliano Martinez, a Cuban refugee, was publicized as an example of the ingenuity and survival skills of recent immigrants to this nation. Martinez fled Cuba in one of the freedom flotillas of 1980. After a year in a refugee camp at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, he arrived in Washington, D.C. in April 1981. He shared apartments with other Cuban refugees until Oct. 1982. Using his carpentry skills, he constructed a hut on undeveloped land at the National Zoo, where he lived from Dec. 1982 until March 1984. He then moved into a boarding house in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood. He made his livelihood by selling aluminum cans to a Safeway grocery store for an average of sixty-five dollars a month
- Summary
- Papers and photographs related to the immigration experience of Cuban refugee Martinez: a story from the Washington Post, March 12, 1984; a 45-minute cassette recording of an interview (in Spanish) by Richard E. Ahlborn with Martinez; a transcription in Spanish of the interview; six photographs of the hut taken by a zoo photographer; a covering memorandum from Ahlborn; a copy of Martinez's earnings from the sale of cans; and a diagram of his hut. Ahlborn, a curator in NMAH Division of Community Life, was assisted by Juana Martin, a social worker
- Cite as
- Emiliano Martinez Collection, 1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1984
- 1950-2000
- 1940-1990
- 1980-2000
- interviewee
- Martinez, Emiliano
- interviewer
- Ahlborn, Richard E
- Martin, Juana
- collector
- Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Local number
- 1986.3064 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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William Pettit Correspondence, 1864-1865
- Notes
- Pettit came to Washington, D.C. from Elkhorn, Wisconsin in summer 1863 to work as a clerk in the War Department, leaving his wife Hannah and daughters Mary, Agnes, and Lucy at home. His main duties as a clerk were to answer letters received by the Department. He wrote many letters to his wife describing his activities and his thoughts related to wartime Washington
- He took advantage of many opportunities available to a civil servant of the period in the nation's capital. He occasionally attended fortnightly openhouse at the White House, lectures at the Smithsonian Institution, and sessions of Congress and the Supreme Court. Since the letters in this collection are from Jan. 2-Mar. 30 and Oct. 5- Dec. 30, 1865, the six summer months' activities are unknown. Pettit was killed while riding horseback in Washington the day after the last letter was written
- Summary
- 38 letters by Pettit to his wife; a letter from Pettit's wife soon after Lincoln's assassination; a letter from Lucy, Pettit's daughter, to her grandparents describing her birth (?) on February 2, 1843; and a first draft of "my family reminiscences"--seventeen manuscript pages describing the family's genealogy from the mid-1600s when they first arrived in this country
- Pettit's letters describe Washington concerts and performances, visits to and observations about White House open houses, well known-personages, church leaders, his co-workers, and opinions on the United States and war, bureaucracy, politics, and slavery. Pettit's anti-slavery sentiments are expressed. Other topics in the letters include Lee's surrender, the 1864 election, etc
- Cite as
- William Pettit Correspondence, 1864-1865, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1864
- 1864-1865
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 1860-1920
- 1860-1870
- 1840-1930
- author
- Pettit, William (civil servant)
- collector
- Gordon, Gertrude Durrie
- Durrie, Paul -1985
- donor
- Dibner, Bern Dr.
- Subject
- Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
- Pettit, Hannah
- Pettit, Mary
- Pettit, Agnes
- Pettit, Lucy
- Lincoln, Mary Todd
- United States Congress
- Smithsonian Institution
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Washington National Cathedral Stained Glass Formulae Collection, 1926-1936
- Notes
- Saint was a designer and maker of stained glass, known for his work at Washington Cathedral in the first half of the 20th century. The cathedral, built in 14th century Gothic style, has windows patterned after medieval French masterpieces such as those of Chartres, Le Mans, Bourges, and Saint-Chappelle, and of Leon in northern Spain. The Washington Cathedral operated its own stained glass studio under the Pennsylvania artist Lawrence Saint. He designed and executed the north rose window, the nine choir aisle windows, and four others in the north transept aisles and made stained glass for his own work. He experimented with recapturing ruby reds, celestial blues and other vibrant colors achieved by medieval glass makers. His formulas (based on spectroscopic analyses of 13th-century glass) are preserved in this collection
- Summary
- This collection consists of chemical formulae developed by Lawrence Saint for use in his stained glass work at the Washington National Cathedral. There are supporting samples, records and notes
- Cite as
- Washington National Cathedral Stained Glass Formulae Collection, 1926-1936, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1926
- 1926-1936
- creator
- Saint, Lawrence B. 1885-1961
- donor
- Washington Cathedral
- collector
- Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 322722 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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W. L. Armstrong Washingtoniana Glass Negative Collection, 1865-1885
- Notes
- Photographer(s) and circumstances of creation unknown
- Summary
- 11 8" x 10" and 10 4" x 5" glass photonegatives, some marked "1885", one marked "1865" and "Libby Prison"), but most seem from ca. 1885; silver gelatin except two silver collodion plates, one of which bears the "1865." The large plates were stored in a nineteenth-century wooden, grooved plate box (now stored separately). Images depict buildings and sites in Washington, D.C., including: aerial or bird's-eye views possibly taken from the (unfinished?) Washington Monument; the Manassas Panorama building with the completed (capped) Monument visible in the background; Washington street scenes, especially Pennsylvania Avenue; the Smithsonian castle; the U.S. Capitol; the White House; and dredging operations to create Hains Point
- Cite as
- W. L. Armstrong Washingtoniana Glass Negative Collection, 1865-1885, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1865
- 1865-1885
- 1880-1890
- 1860-1890
- 1880-1980
- 19th century
- collector
- Armstrong, W. L. Mrs
- Minor, Frank (photographer)
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution
- Local number
- 86-335 to 86-354 (OPPS NEgs.)
- 1985.3163 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Lynn Turner Family Photographs, ca. 1865-1918
- Notes
- These photographs are from the family of Ms. Evelyn (Lynn) Turner
- Summary
- These family photographs include some nineteenth-century material (tintypes and cabinet prints, all portraits), but most items are from about 1900-1918. Studio portraits and amateur snapshots are included. Most of the snapshots mounted in two albums seem to have been taken in and around Washington, D.C., and include familiar buildings and scenery
- Photographers represented include (?) Applegate, J. B. Bairstow, and Filson & Son
- Cite as
- Lynn Turner Family Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1865
- ca 1865-1918
- 19th century
- 1860-1920
- 1850-1900
- 1900-1950
- 1900-1920
- donor
- Turner, Lynn
- photographer
- Applegate
- Bairstow, J. B
- photographers
- Filson & Son
- Subject
- Library of Congress
- Smithsonian Institution
- Local number
- 1986.3063 (NMAH Acc. )
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Dorothy H. Christian Collection, 1881; 1913-1934
- Notes
- Dorothy Christian's father was secretary to President Warren G. Harding. The three books illustrate, to a small extent, events of interest to a woman in the social world of Washington, D.C. in the 1920s
- Summary
- 3 books and 2 photographs
- Book: "The Kitchen Diary: Your Daily Friend" (Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co., 1913) contains birth dates, addresses and appointments--sporadic entries, 1921-1934
- Book: "The Shakespeare Birthday Book" (Mary F. P. Dunbar, ed., London, 1881) has a quotation from Shakespeare for every day in the year; scattered throughout the book are names of relatives and friends
- Book: "Some One Like You" by James W. Foley: five pages of poetry and five illustrations, copyrighted 1916, with a box
- Photographs: Two small portrait photographs, one dated 1923, found in "The Kitchen Diary," are stored separately
- Cite as
- Dorothy H. Christian Collection, ca. 1881-1934, Archives Center,National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1881
- 1881-1934
- 1881 1913-1934
- 1920-1930
- 1900-1950
- 20th century
- collector
- Christian, Dorothy H
- author
- Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
- Foley, James W
- collector
- Political History, Division of (NMAH)
- Subject
- Harding, Warren G (Warren Gamaliel) 1865-1923
- Local number
- 1986.3145 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Joseph J. Hittinger Letters, 1921-1923
- Summary
- 5 letters from Joseph J. Hittinger of Eugene, Oregon to a friend named Belote, who was a staff member of the National Museum, Washington, D.C. The letters (no replies available) include professional gossip, references to fishing, the Four Powers Conference in Washington, a possible Oregon exposition in Portland, Oregon and a theater disaster in Washington
- Cite as
- Joseph J. Hittinger Letters, 1921-1923, Archives Center, NMAH
- Date
- 1921
- 1921-1923
- 1920-1930
- author
- Hittinger, Joseph J
- collector
- Armed Forces History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Subject
- Belote
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Domestic Life Glass Photograph Collection, ca. 1900
- Summary
- Miscellaneous glass photonegatives and lantern slides, originally housed in cardboard plate boxes, some containing newspaper clipping separators with dates as late as 1961. Subjects include a flood in 1911, family photographs and portraits, and buildings, with labels indicating locations such as Chicago, St.Paul, etc. The lantern slides depict art historical subjects and may be academic lecture materials
- Cite as
- Domestic Life Glass Photograph Collection, ca. 1900, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1900
- ca 1900
- 1910-1920
- 1900-1920
- collector
- Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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S. Topalian Photoprints, ca. 1920's-1940's
- Notes
- No information available. Purposes of photographs unknown
- Summary
- 40 photoprints of Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon, Va., Boston, Mass., West Point Military Academy, buildings, ponds, gardens, sheep, and a painting of Abraham Lincoln
- Cite as
- S. Topalian Photoprints, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1940
- ca 1920s-1940s
- 1930-1950
- 1930-1940
- 19th-20th century
- photographer
- Topalian, S WaWa Studio, Ogunquit, Maine
- photographers
- WaWa Studio Ogunquit, Maine
- collector
- Brick Store Museum
- Subject
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
- West Point Military Academy
- United States Military Academy
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH