National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry Search this
Extent:
44 Cubic feet (132 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Blueprints
Drawings
Lantern slides
Photographs
Sketches
Date:
1758-1945, undated
Summary:
A collection primarily of 19th and early 20th century lantern slides relating mostly to engineering, agriculture, railroads, mining, and extractive industries collected by the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents:
A collection of 19th and early 20th century silver gelatin dry plate lantern slides acquired by the staff of the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. These materials were collected for research purposes and relate to various subjects.
Condition of the material varies widely with some fragile or broken slides. Poor quality images also exist probably due to unstable storage environments or the processing of the slides. All slides have been digitized and moved to off-site storage to minimize handling and at the same time increase accessibility.
The collection is arranged in nine series: series 1, engineering; series 2, extractive industries; series 3, chemical; series 4, manufacturing companies; series 5, machinery; series 6, railroads; series 7, agriculture; series 8, travel photography; and 9, miscellaneous materials.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in nine series.
Series 1: Engineering, undated
Subseries 1.1: Architecture and Structures, undated
Subseries 1.2: Bridges, Cantilever, undated
Subseries 1.3: Bridges, Concrete Arch and Beam, undated
Subseries 1.4: Bridges, Masonry Aqueducts, undated
Subseries 1.5: Bridges, Metal Arc, undated
Subseries 1.6: Bridges, Metal Truss, undated
Subseries 1.7: Bridges, Movable, undated
Subseries 1.8: Bridges, Suspension, undated
Subseries 1.9: Canals, undated
Subseries 1.10: Hydraulic Engineering, undated
Subseries 1.11: Machine Tools, undated
Subseries 1.12: Materials Handling, undated
Subseries 1.13: Power, undated
Subseries 1.14: Railroad Mileage Maps, undated
Subseries 1.15: Steam Boilers, undated
Subseries 1.16: Steam Turbines, undated
Subseries 1.17: Tunneling Machine Tools, undated
Series 2: Extractive Industries, undated
Subseries 2.1: Coal, undated
Subseries 2.1.1: Coke, undated
Subseries 2.1.2: Diagrams and Maps, undated
Subseries 2.1.3: General, undated
Subseries 2.1.4: General, undated
Subseries 2.1.5: Infrastructure and Laborers, undated
Subseries 2.1.6: Internation, undated
Subseries 2.1.7: International Product and Labor Statistics, undated
Subseries 2.1.8: Jack Leg Drilling, undated
Subseries 2.1.9: Lansford Breaker Fire Coal Facilities, undated
Subseries 2.1.10: Loading Machinery, undated
Subseries 2.1.11: Longhole Drilling Method, undated
Subseries 2.1.12: Machinery, undated
Subseries 2.1.13: Mines, undated
Subseries 2.1.14: Mining Communities, undated
Subseries 2.1.15: Subsidence, undated
Subseries 2.1.16: Forepoling Warden Mine, undated
Subseries 2.1.17: Montour Number 10 Mine, undated
Subseries 2.1.18: Conveyors, undated
Subseries 2.1.19: Coal Land Valuation, undated
Subseries 2.2: Iron, undated
Subseries 2.2.1: General, undated
Subseries 2.2.2: Pig Iron, undated
Subseries 2.3: Gemstones, undated
Subseries 2.3.1: Gemstones, undated
Subseries 2.4: Mining, undated
Subseries 2.4.1: Diagrams, undated
Subseries 2.4.2: Hydraulic, undated
Subseries 2.4.3: General, undated
Subseries 2.4.4: Ores and Mines, undated
Subseries 2.4.5: Processing Equipment and Infrastructure, undated
Subseries 2.4.6: Shafts, Drilling, and Loading, undated
Subseries 2.4.7: United States Bureau of Mines, undated
Subseries 2.4.8: L. E. Young, Box C, undated
Subseries 2.4.9: L. E. Young, Box D, undated
Subseries 2.4.10: L. E. Young, Box E, undated
Subseries 2.4.11: L. E. Young, Box F, undated
Subseries 2.4.12: L. E. Young, Box G, undated
Subseries 2.4.13: L. E. Young, Box I, undated
Subseries 2.5: Oil, undated
Subseries 2.5.1: Oil, undated
Subseries 2.6: Rubber, undated
Subseries 2.6.1: Coke Rubber Rails, undated
Subseries 2.6.2: General, undated
Subseries 2.6.3: General, undated
Subseries 2.6.4: General, undated
Subseries 2.7: Steel, undated
Subseries 2.7.1: Newcastle Steel Work, undated
Subseries 2.7.2: General, undated
Subseries 2.8: Timber, undated
Subseries 2.8.1: General, undated
Subseries 2.8.2: Lifts, undated
Series 3: Chemical Processing, undated
Subseries 3.1: Chemical Processes, undated
Subseries 3.2: Laboratory and Studies, undated
Subseries 3.3: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 37A: 1-48, undated
Subseries 3.4: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 47: 1-68, undated
Subseries 3.5: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 52: 1-20, undated
Subseries 3.6: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undated
Subseries 3.7: Radiation Studies, undated
Subseries 3.8: Visual Aids in Chemical Education, The Museum, undated
Series 4: Manufacturing Companies, undated
Subseries 4.1: American Bosch Company, Fuel Injection Equipment, undated
Subseries 4.2: American Locomotive Company, undated
Subseries 4.3: American Locomotive Company, undated
Subseries 4.4: Atlas Imperial Marine Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.5: Baldwin Locomotive Works, undated
Subseries 4.6: Buda, undated
Subseries 4.7: Buda Marine, undated
Subseries 4.8: Cooper-Bessenger, undated
Subseries 4.9: Cooper-Bessenger, undated
Subseries 4.10: Fairbanks Morse Marine Diesel General Set, undated
Subseries 4.11: Fairbanks Morse Marine Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.12: Fairbanks Morse Marine Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.13: Fairbanks Morse Marine Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.14: Fairbanks Morse Marine Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.15: Fairbanks Morse Marine Diesel General Set, undated
Subseries 4.16: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.17: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.18: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.19: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.20: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.21: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.22: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.23: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.24: General Motors Company, undated
Subseries 4.25: General Motors Company Miscelleaneous, undated
Subseries 4.26: Hamilton Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.27: Hamilton Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.28: Hamilton Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.29: Hamilton Diesel, undated
Subseries 4.30: Ingersoll - Rand, undated
Subseries 4.31: International Harvester Fuel Singler Plunger, undated
Subseries 4.32: Long and Alstatler Company, undated
Subseries 4.33: Miscelleaneous Manufacturing Companies, undated
Subseries 4.34: Nordberg Marine Diesel, undated
Series 5: Machinery, undated
Subseries 5.1: Blast Furnances, undated
Subseries 5.2: Construction, undated
Subseries 5.3: Construction - Brick, undated
Subseries 5.4: Construction - Cement, undated
Subseries 5.5: Diagram Miscelleaneous, undated
Subseries 5.6: Diesel Engines, undated
Subseries 5.7: Diesel Engines, General, undated
Subseries 5.8: Diesel Engines, Superior Types KNB, undated
Subseries 5.9: Diesel Installation USS Maumee, undated
Subseries 5.10: Drills, Jumbos, undated
Subseries 5.11: Engine Model D, undated
Subseries 5.12: Factories and Warehouses, undated
Subseries 5.13: Factory Machines, undated
Subseries 5.14: Flywheel Governors, undated
Subseries 5.15: Furnances General, undated
Subseries 5.16: Gas, undated
Subseries 5.17: General Engines, undated
Subseries 5.18: Governors, undated
Subseries 5.19: History of Pumps, undated
Subseries 5.20: Hoisers, undated
Subseries 5.21: Industrial Furnances, undated
Subseries 5.22: Industrial Scenes, undated
Subseries 5.23: Machines Diagrams and Sketches, undated
Subseries 5.24: Machinery Miscelleaneous, undated
Subseries 5.25: Refrigeration, undated
Subseries 5.26: Safety, undated
Subseries 5.27: Steam Engines General Information, undated
Subseries 5.28: Vacuum, undated
Series 6: Railroads and Locomotions, undated
Subseries 6.1: Charts and Graphs, undated
Subseries 6.2: Company Photographs, undated
Subseries 6.3: Drawings, undated
Subseries 6.4: Toppling Over, undated
Subseries 6.5: Interior of Train Cars, undated
Subseries 6.6: Locomotion, undated
Subseries 6.7: Locomotion Miscelleaneous, undated
Subseries 6.8: Repair Report Forms, undated
Subseries 6.9: Shop Scenes, undated
Subseries 6.10: Track Debris, undated
Subseries 6.11: Train Car Component Details, undated
Subseries 6.12: Train Yards, undated
Subseries 6.13: Underside of Locomotives, undated
Subseries 6.14: Yard Scenes, undated
Series 7: Agriculture, undated
Subseries 7.1: Bananas, undated
Subseries 7.2: Butter, undated
Subseries 7.3: Coffee, undated
Subseries 7.4: Corn, undated
Subseries 7.5: Cotton, undated
Subseries 7.6: Machinery, undated
Subseries 7.7: Onions, undated
Subseries 7.8: Potatoes, undated
Subseries 7.9: Poultry, undated
Subseries 7.10: Sugar, undated
Subseries 7.11: Tea, undated
Subseries 7.12: Tobacco, undated
Subseries 7.13: Turpentine, undated
Series 8: Travel Photography, undated
Subseries 8.1: California, undated
Subseries 8.2: Canada, undated
Subseries 8.3: Colorado, undated
Subseries 8.4: General Landscapes, undated
Subseries 8.5: General Locations, undated
Subseries 8.6: Landscapes and Locations General, 186-2-36, undated
Subseries 8.7: Landscapes and Locations General, 187-18-48, undated
Subseries 8.8: New York, undated
Subseries 8.9: United States National Parks, undated
Subseries 8.10: Washington, DC, undated
Series 9: Miscellaneous Materials, undated
Subseries 9.1: Duplicates of Navy Slides, undated
Subseries 9.2: Miscelleaneous
Subseries 9.3: Reliefs, Cravings, and Architecture, undated
Subseries 9.4: Wood Products, undated
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
For related material on Canals, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Canals, NMAH.AC.0060
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143
Roland A. McCrady Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0710
Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs, NMAH.AC.0945
Niagara Falls Power Company Records, NMAH.AC.0949
Modjeski and Masters Company Records, NMAH.AC.0976
George Morison Collection, NMAH.AC.0978
Uriah A. Boyden Papers, NMAH.AC.0982
James Forgie Papers, NMAH.AC.0986
William R. Hutton Papers, NMAH.AC.0987
Snake River Irrigation Project Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1031
Silas H. Woodard Papers, NMAH.AC.1038
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1074
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090
New York State Barge Canal Photographs, NMAH.AC.1536
Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles, NMAH.AC.1546
Nicaragua Canal Collection, NMAH.AC.1550
For related material on Cantilever Bridges, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143
Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965
George Morison Collection, NMAH.AC.0978
John A. Roebling Collection, NMAH.AC.0981
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090
Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577
For related material on Concrete Arch and Beam Bridges, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060
For related material on Corliss Steam Engine Company, see the following collections:
Frick Company Collection, NMAH.AC.0293
Cooper-Bessemer Corporation Records, NMAH.AC.0961
Robert Wetherill Company Records, NMAH.AC.0992
Evolution of the Corliss Steam Engine Scrapbook, NMAH.AC1016
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAh.AC.1089
For related material on Hydraulic Engineering, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Engineering, NMAH.AC0060
Charles Richardson Pratt Papers, NMAH.AC.0958
Rudolph Hering Collection, NMAH.AC.0989
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090
For related material on Machine Tools, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tools, NMAH.AC.0060
Pratt & Whitney Company Scrapbook, NMAH.AC.0093
Max Holland Numerical Control Collection, NMAH.AC.0537
Southwark Foundry and Machine Company Records, NMAH.AC.1107
For related material on Materials Handling, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Materials Handling, NMAH.AC.0060
James J. Childs Numerical Control Collection, NMAH.AC.0420
World War Two Bomb Damage Photographs, NMAH.AC.1535
Norton Grinding Machine Company Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.1551
Paul Steam-Heating System Company Records, NMAH.AC.1554
For related material on Metal Arch Bridges, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.A.C0060
Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090
For related material on Movable Bridges, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060
Henry Grattan Tyrrell and Mary Maude Knox Tyrrell Papers, NMAH.AC.0948
Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965
Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577
For related material on Panama Canal, see the following collections:
John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook, NMAH.AC.0708
A.R. Van Tassell Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1015
W. A. Fishbaugh Panama Canal Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1021
W. P. Stine Panama Canal Papers, NMAH.AC.1039
Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1040
Richard Fisher Collection of Panama Canal Materials, NMAH.AC.1045
Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Glass Negatives, NMAH.AC.1111
Charles Edwards Wood Panama Canal Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1114
Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives, 1903-circa 1939, NMAH.AC.1116
Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Panama Canal Collection, NMAH.AC.1569
For related material on railroads, see the following collections:
Archives Center Lantern Slide Collection, NMAH.AC.0686
Railroad Bridge Construction Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1024
Northern Pacific Railroad Bridge Construction Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1031
Penn Station, New York, Photographs, NMAH.AC.1048
Northern Pacific Railway Photographs, NMAH.AC.1067
New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, NMAH.AC.1072
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Photographs (PCC and St. Louis), NMAH.AC.1079
Niagara Railroad Negatives, NMAH.AC.1081
Charles B. Chaney Jr. Railroad Photographic Collection, NMAH.AC.1167
Clayton M. Hall Collection of Railroad Photographs, NMAH.AC.1168
Harry A. McBride Railroad Photographs, NMAH.AC.1171
Thomas Norrell Railroad Photographs Collection, NMAH.AC.1174
Pullman Palace Car Company Photographs, NMAH.AC.1175
Haskell and Barker Car Company Photographic Negatives, NMAH.AC.1183
For related material on Steam Boilers, see the following collections:
Frick Company Collection, NMAH.AC.293
Erasmus D. Leavitt Collection, NMAH.AC.0966
Edwin Rust Papers, NMAH.AC.1070
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records, NMAH.AC.1541
For related material on steam engines, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Engines, NMAH.AC.0060
Frick Company Collection, NMAH.AC.0293
Borsig Steam Engine Records, NMAH.AC.0956
Cooper-Bessemer Corporation Records, NMAH.AC0961
Greville I. Bathe Papers, NMAH.AC.0970
McIntosh, Seymour, and Company Records, NMAH.AC0985
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC1089
For related material on Steam Turbines, see the following collections:
Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, NMAH.AC.0001
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records, NMAH.AC.0977
Skinner Engine Company Records, NMAH.AC.1087
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089
For related material on Suspension Bridges, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143
Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965
Modjeski and Masters Company Records, NMAH.AC.0976
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Records, NMAH.AC.1060
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090
Robinson & Steinman Collection, NMAH.AC.1562
Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. 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.
