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Manufacturer:

Bell Helicopter Corporation  Search this

Dimensions:

Rotor Diameter: 11.3 m (37 ft 2 in)

Length: 9.9 m (32 ft 5 in)

Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 4 in)

Weights: Empty, 862 kg (1,900 lb)

Gross, 1,293 kg (2,850 lb)

Type:

CRAFT-Rotary Wing

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the United States Air Force, Headquarters

Inventory Number:

A19690013000

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96c156473-c5a6-4ada-9a27-995810de1a8c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19690013000

Manufacturer:

RCA Astro Electronics  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum

Magnesium

HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating

Mixed Metals

Electronics

Solar Panels

Dimensions:

Overall: 23 in. tall x 41 in. wide (58.4 x 104.1cm)

Other (Satellite Bus): 41 in. diameter (104.1cm)

Type:

SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

1966-1976

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Inventory Number:

A19751344000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f230d28f-4673-4b43-bc1b-ae0eca612fb9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19751344000

Manufacturer:

Chance Vought Aircraft  Search this

Materials:

All metal structure in three main assemblies. Magnesium alloy and titanium are used in construction.

Dimensions:

Overall: 15ft 9in., 33999.7lb. (4.801m, 15422.2kg)

Other: 15ft 9in. x 54ft 6in. x 35ft 2in. (4.801m x 16.611m x 10.719m)

Type:

CRAFT-Aircraft

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

1955

Credit Line:

Transferred from the United States Navy

Inventory Number:

A19870074000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location:

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA

Exhibit Station:

Korea and Vietnam Aviation

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e1f7086c-fb9b-42db-9fbf-a6ff20183daf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19870074000

Manufacturer:

Pratt & Whitney  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum, Magnesium, Steel, Rubber, Plastic, Copper, Stainless Steel, Paint, Textile

Dimensions:

Diameter 139.7 cm (55 in.), Length 245.1 cm (96.5 in.)

Type:

PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

Circa 1949

Credit Line:

Gift of June Freemanzon

Inventory Number:

A19910072000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f4a2bd53-6d75-4d55-b7f7-1a05b26c3ecc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19910072000

Company Name:

General Electric Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Canadian General Electric Co., Ltd. (Toronto, Canada) ; Carboloy Co. (Detroit, MI) ; Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co. (Hoboken, NJ) ; Fort Wayne Electric Works (Fort Wayne, IN) ; General Electric Co., Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; Ivanhoe-Regent Works (Cleveland, OH) ; Samson Tractor Co. (Janesville, WI) ; Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor Co. (Stockton, CA) ; Victor X-Ray Co. (Chicago, IL) ; Hotpoint Electric Heating Co. (Ontario, CA) ; GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc. ; M-O Valve Co., Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; General Electric Vapor Lamp Co. ; Cunningham Tubes ; Chemical Dept. (Pittsfield, MA) ; Metallurgy Div. ; Clock & Timer Dept. (Ashland, MA) ; General Electric X-Ray Corp. (Chicago, IL)  Search this

Notes content:

Eight containers OVERSIZE. Boxes, books, and envelopes organized as follows: air conditioning and refrigeration ; appliances ; automobiles and buses ; aviation ; boats and ships ; "GE Bulletin" ; cables, wires and wiring ; capacitors ; catalogs ; circuit breakers ; control ; "Electrical Developments"; electronics ; general-business ; general-science ; general product information ; generators ; furnaces ; heating ; indexed publications ; instruction books ; instruments ; lighting ; lightning protection ; metallurgy ; meters ; misc. equipment ; motors ; parts bulletins ; photographic equipment ; plastics and chemicals ; power equipment ; radio and television ; railroads ; station equipment ; switches ; switch gears ; technical papers ; transformers ; turbines ; welding ; x-ray ; "Fort Wayne Electric Works Bulletins". GE all purpose mixer appliance catalog is found in: TX715. R43 NMAH Culinary History collection. 1989 GE Capacitor handbook ; dry type transformer ; panel meters ; electronic controls ; form G motors ; fan-cooled motors ; AC / DC motors ; LEDs ; solid state relays ; glow lamps ; indicator and circuit components ; sub-miniature lamps ; solid state lamps ; silicone lubricants ; silicone greases ; silicone rubber ; " LEXAN " plastic ; "Optoelectronics Manual" ; employee benefits plan document ; "One Hundred Publications of the General Electric Company 1878-1978" ; "General Electric Goes to War" (WWII war production)...this comprises the uncataloged portion

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists, manual, samples, photographs and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Types of samples:

Plastic ; silicone rubber

Physical description:

9915 pieces; 275 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Schenectady, New York, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Appliances (household)  Search this

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Fairs and exhibitions  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Plastics and rubber  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Radios and radio equipment  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Refinery equipment  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this

Television  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Air conditioning  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Audio equipment industry  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Candles  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Clocks and watches  Search this

Computers  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Fairs  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Garden ornaments and furniture  Search this

Garden tools  Search this

Glass  Search this

Heating  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_11789

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_11789

Company Name:

Fairchild Semiconductor  Search this

Related companies:

Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp. (Woodside, NY) ; Fairchild Aircraft Corp. (Hagerstown, MD) ; Fairchild Aviation Corp. (Jamaica, NY) ; Sound Equipment Div. ; Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. (Jamaica, NY) ; Fairchild Caminez Engine Corp. (Farmingdale, NY) ; Fairchild Controls Corp. (Hicksville, NY) ; Fairchild Dumont Laboratories (Clifton, NJ) ; Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. (Farmingdale, NY) ; Fairchild Graphic Equipment (Plainview, NY) ; Fairchild Industrial Products (Plainview, NY) ; Al-Fin Div. ; DuMont Laboratories ; Fairchild Semiconductor Components Group, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation  Search this

Notes content:

one container OVERSIZE. Aerial cameras, military, commercial ; camera machine guns ; portable roll fill dryer ; feedback amplifier. Airplanes: personal, cargo, military. Pressure transducer. Teletypsetter, technical specifications and manuals ; perforator, operator's manual. Photographic flight analyzer ; high speed motion picture cameras ; table-top film processor ; high speed motion analysis cameras ; identification camera ; oscilloscope camera ; automatic film processor ; roll film drier ; roll film developing outfit. Lunar mapping camera. Lithotype ; photo-electric engraver ; portable recorder ; transcription table ; lateral dynamic pickup recorder ; design aids. Diffused silicon transistors ; high current switch/diffused silicon planar epitaxial transistor ; micromatrix arrays ; microprocessors ; integrated circuits ; diodes. High, low frequency oscilloscopes ; digital, large screen instruments ; signal generators ; oscilloscope cameras and accessories. Aluminum alloys ; molded structures. "History of the Company" ; 1974 data sheet for CMOS logic data sheet...This comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and photographs

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

146 pieces; 7 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Portland, Maine, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Brass; bronze and specialty metals  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Audio equipment industry  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Brass  Search this

Bronze  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Computers  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Metals  Search this

Military supplies  Search this

Military uniforms  Search this

Motors  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Optical instruments  Search this

Phonograph  Search this

Photographic industry  Search this

Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this

Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this

Sound recording industry  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_14229

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14229

Variant company name:

Since 1994  Search this

Company Name:

Simulab Corp.  Search this

Notes content:

medical simulators and task trainers ; device demonstration models ; implant replicas ; "TraumaMan" System surgical simulator ; "TraumaChild" System soft tissue simulator ; "Nerve Block Training System" "Interscalene/Supraclavicular Block Trainer" ; "SmartTissue" software ; "CentraLineMan" System for central vascular catheterization training ; "FemoraLineMan" System for central venous or arterial access training ; "VascularAccessChild" System for central venous access training ; "SonoMom" System ultrasound trainer ; "SonoMan" System ultrasound trainer ; FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) module diagnostic ultrasound training system for "TraumaMan" ; simulated IV bag ; venipuncture pads ; venipuncture pads with nerves ; Lumbar Puncture/Epidural Trainer ; "LumbarPunctureBaby" infant lumbar puncture trainer ; Ultrasound Thoracentesis Model ; Ultrasound Paracentesis Model ; Arthrocentesis Model ; Foreign Body Ultrasound Trainer ; Perineal Repair Trainer ; Laparotomy Model ; "BOSS Starter Package" suturing training kit ; student suturing kit ; student tissue pack ; suturing instrument kit ; Subcuticular Suturing Model ; adjustable tissue tray ; Tissue Models ; tissue suture pad ; simulated single-layered intestines ; simulated double-layered intestine ; sebaceous cyst pad ; lipoma pad ; subcutaneous injection pad ; injectable tissue pad ; Hernia Model ; Torso Trainer ; "EDGE" (Electronic Data Generation for Evaluation) reality-based laparoscopic training system ; "LapTrainer with SimuVision" portable laparoscopic video trainer ; "LapTrainer" Skills Set ; Key Trainer platform to practice hand-eye coordination ; Knot Tying Board multipurpose platform for skill development ; Pop-up Trainers portable lightweight box trainers with soft covers ; Folding Suture Trainer ; Cholecystectomy Model ; Common Bile Duct Exploration Model ; Cholecystenterostomy Model ; Nissen Fundoplication Model

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Color images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Seattle, Washington, United States

Date:

2000s

Topic (Romaine term):

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Computers  Search this

Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Optical equipment  Search this

Playgrounds  Search this

Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_45626

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45626

Variant company name:

Company founder Thomas Pangborn developed the process known as sandblasting which combines compressed air and sand to clean metal by particle impact.(see http://www.pangborn.com/about.asp).  Search this

Company Name:

Pangborn Corp.  Search this

Notes content:

One container OVERSIZE. Circa 1918-1954 materials from the Pangborn Corp., which manufacturs surface preparation systems, equipment and services for industrial purposes. File contains trade catalogs on blast cleaning and dust collecting equipment : Rotoblasts and equipment, blast machines, blast cleaning nozzles, blast cleaning cabinets, blast gun, blast cleaning tanks, hand cabinets, barrels, rotative tables and blast cleaning rooms. One brochure is in Spanish. Also contains a Golden Anniversary commemorative booklet (1904-1954). File contains hard copies of two company histories...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

22 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Cleaning compounds  Search this

Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_28564

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_28564

Creator:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company  Search this

Author:

Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884  Search this

Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

Extent:

33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Annual reports

Correspondence

Drawings

Glass plate negatives

Negatives (photographic)

Photographs

Tracings

Date:

1827-1987

Summary:

The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of correspondence, engineering drawings, notes, photographs, transparencies, negatives, glass plate negatives, printed materials, and newspaper clippings documenting the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio in the 1960s.

Arrangement:

The records are arranged into ten series.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1827-1987

Series 2, Bridge Histories, 1867-1966

Series 3, President's Office, 1826-1880

Series 4, Correspondence, 1826-1859

Series 5, Business Records, 1894-1914, and undated

Series 6, Agreement, 1870

Series 7, Drawings, 1858-1957, and undated

Subseries 7.1, Indices and Lists, 1924-1943, undated

Subseries 7.2, Bailey's Station, 1887; 1899; 1901

Subseries 7.3, Baltimore Belt Railroad, 1895, undated

Subseries 7.4, Bay View and Canton Bridges, 1884-1885

Subseries 7.5, Big Seneca Creek Viaduct, 1905

Subseries 7.6, Bollman Bridges, undated

Subseries 7.7, Boyds, Maryland Station, 1886; 1927

Subseries 7.8, Bridewell Station, undated

Subseries 7.9, Bridges (general), 1893-1917

Subseries 7.10, Brunswick, Maryland, 1890-1907

Subseries 7.11, Building Materials List, undated

Subseries 7.12, Building Signs, 1911-1912

Subseries 7.13, Camden Station, 1881-1942 (not inclusive)

Subseries 7.14, Camden Station (related), 1881-1915

Subseries 7.15, Centenary Bridge Models, 1927

Subseries 7.16, Central Office Building, undated

Subseries 7.17, Chestnut Street Station, 1925-1952

Subseries 7.18, Coaling facilities, water tanks, turntables, and miscellaneous structures, 1888-1912

Subseries 7.19, Cumberland Station, 1910-1955

Subseries 7.20, Curtis Bay Branch, 1900-1911

Subseries 7.21, Frederick Station, 1908-1915

Subseries 7.22, Hyattsville Station, 1913

Subseries 7.23, Keedysville Station, undated

Subseries 7.24, Laurel Station, undated

Subseries 7.25, Ledger, undated

Subseries 7.26, Lieperville Station, 1889

Subseries 7.27, Locust Point, 1881-1957

Subseries 7.28, Maps, 1862; 1918

Subseries 7.29, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1913-1927

Subseries 7.30, Miscellaneous Buildings, 1875-1956

Subseries 7.31, Miscellaneous Large Photographs, undated

Subseries 7.32, Miscellaneous Structures, 1890-1916

Subseries 7.33: Mt. Clare (general)

Subseries 7.34, Mt. Clare New Blue Line Stable, 1899; 1905

Subseries 7.35, Mt. Clare New Car Shops, undated

Subseries 7.36, Mt. Royal Station, undated

Subseries 7.37, Newton Falls and Fairpoint, Ohio, 1909

Subseries 7.38, Patapsco River Bridge, 1883

Subseries 7.39, Plans for house no. 1846 (N. Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland), undated

Subseries 7.40, Point of Rocks Station, 1951

Subseries 7.41, Scales, 1903

Subseries 7.42, Signal towers, 1900-1908

Subseries 7.43, Stations (general), 1866-1907

Subseries 7.44, Sykesville Station, undated

Subseries 7.45, Untitled, undated

Subseries 7.46, Warnings, 1894-1911

Subseries 7.47, Woodstock Station, undated

Subseries 7.48, Miscellaneous (rolled), 1858-1930 (not inclusive)

Series 8, Photographs and Copy Prints, 1872-1980s (not inclusive)

Subseries 8.1, Photographs, 1872-1980s

Subseries 8.2, Copy prints, 1901-1931, undated

Subseries 8.3, Indices and Lists, 1909-1920

Series 9, Negatives, 1850-1983 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.1, Glass plate negatives (unidentified), undated

Subseries 9.2, Glass plate negatives (numbered), 1850-1957 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.3, Negatives by number, undated

Subseries 9.4, Negatives by location, 1870; 1978-1983

Subseries 9.5, Negatives by subject, 1922-1930s, undated

Series 10, Stations and Buildings, 1884-1982

Biographical / Historical:

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was the nation's first extensive steam powered railroad. It was founded by Baltimore merchants in 1827 as a means of promoting trade and making Baltimore competitive with other east coast ports. The original intent of the founders was to provide direct and fast access to the Ohio River, and the markets that the river reached. The railroad, however, went beyond the Ohio River and its lines went as far west as St. Louis and Chicago. The B&O was also known for its use of an electric locomotive in the mid 1890s. It also had a completely air conditioned train, and it was a forerunner in the use of diesel-electric locomotives. Company activities paralleled those of other American railroads and over the course of its life included expansion, near bankruptcy, innovations, regulations, and finally buy out. In February 1963, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) completed its purchase of the B&O. Today, B&O is part of the CSX Transportation (CSX) network.

John Work Garrett president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1858-1884, was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 31, 1820. He was the second son of Elizabeth Stouffer and Robert Garrett. He married Rachel Ann Harrison, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, a Baltimore merchant. They had one daughter, Mary and two sons Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett.

After attending Lafayette College (Pennsylvania) for two years John W. Garrett left in 1836 to become associated with his father's commission business in Baltimore. The commission house which dealt in wholesale groceries, produce, forwarding and a commission business expanded to establish direct connections with Latin America, seek outlets in Europe and develop its own banking operations. In time its financial operations overshadowed the commission and shipping business.

When John W. Garrett began to invest heavily in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock, the road was in competition with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the stock was not popular. Its value rose steadily over the years. Mr. Garrett was elected a director of the railroad in 1855. His report as chairman of a subcommittee on the need for additional funds to complete the line to the Ohio River led to his election to the presidency of the road on November 17, 1858, a position he held for 26 years. New policies with emphasis on economy, personal supervision and gradual expansion were inaugurated and consistently maintained, in spite of a general financial crisis, Mr. Garrett's first year in office showed a net gain in earnings.

Sympathetic to his southern friends during the Civil War, Mr. Garrett nevertheless supported the Union. He recognized the inevitability of Confederate defeat by superior northern resources. Confederate leaders blamed him for their inability to seize Washington and he received warm appreciation for his services to the Union cause from President Lincoln. The railroad stretched along the theater of war and twice crossed Confederate territory. It was, therefore, a main objective for southern attack. Branches were frequently damaged by Confederate raids, but the main line to Washington became important for the transport of troops and supplies. The Baltimore and Ohio carried out the first military rail transport in history and the transfer of 20,000 men from the Potomac to Chattanooga in 1863 was a major triumph for its president.

With the advent of peace Mr. Garrett turned to rebuilding and strengthening the railroad. He replaced equipment and track damaged by the war, then extended the system by securing direct routes to Pittsburgh and Chicago and arranging an independent line into New York. Wharves were built at Locust Point for ocean liners and a system of elevators erected. The B&O. built its own sleeping and dining cars, established hotels in the mountains and created its own express company. By 1880, after battles over rates with other trunk lines, a costly rivalry with the Pennsylvania Railroad over the eastern route and charges of discrimination against local shippers Mr. Garrett was at the height of his success. He cooperated in establishing the B. and 0. Employees Relief Association for accident and life insurance, a hospital system, saving and building funds, and arrangements for improving sanitation in the work place. He was on friendly terms with Johns Hopkins, a trustee of John Hopkins Hospital, and with George Peabody, founder of the Peabody institute of which he was also a trustee. Garrett County, Maryland was named in his honor.

John W. Garrett died on September 26, 1884 within a year of his wife's death in a carriage accident. During his connection with the railroad the stock increased from $57 to $200; at the outbreak of the Civil War the railroad was operating 514 miles of rail, gross earnings were $4,000,097 and net per mile was $4246.1 By 1864 gross earnings were $10,138,876 and net per mile, $7113.2 By the end of his presidency mileage had increased to 1711 miles and net earnings were $4535 per mile.3

References

1 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

2 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

3 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

Related Materials:

Materials at Other Organizations

Maryland Historical Society

Baltimore and Ohio Museum

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the National Museum of American History by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.

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  Search this

Construction  Search this

Engineering -- 19th century  Search this

Railroads  Search this

Repairing -- Railroads  Search this

Railway engineering -- 1860-1890  Search this

Genre/Form:

Annual reports

Correspondence -- 19th century

Drawings -- 1860-1890

Glass plate negatives

Negatives (photographic)

Photographs

Tracings

Citation:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Digitization of Series 9: Negatives was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1086

See more items in:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e652d903-bb57-46a8-a205-c7cbfe89f444

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1086

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Collection Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1957-2019, undated

Scope and Contents:

The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), later the Universal Fellowship Metropolitan Community Church (UFMCC), was founded by the Reverend Mr. Troy Perry in 1968. From their website, "Founded in 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) has been at the vanguard of civil and human rights movements by addressing issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, economics, climate change, aging, and global human rights. MCC was the first to perform same-gender marriages and has been on the forefront of the struggle towards marriage equality in the USA and other countries worldwide." (MCC website accessed 2019 December 13)

This series contains photographs from the Perry family, MCC events, materials related to and developed by the HIV/AIDS ministry under the direction of the Reverend Mr. A. Stephen Pieters. There are also publications, anniversary books, a program from the 2019 convention in Orlando, Florida and a 1993 typescript of MCC history.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1146, Series 24

See more items in:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86bc6a414-ab42-48e3-8737-b0fe1e079c31

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref2940

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Collection Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Container:

Box 37, Folder 29

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1967-1969

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 7: Mattachine Society / 7.3: Organizational Information

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8065439db-cb59-4f8e-8765-530e7ca9ab5b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref796

Creator:

New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad Companies  Search this

Names:

Grand Central Terminal.  Search this

Extent:

8 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 15 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Drawings

Place:

New York (N.Y.)

Date:

1831-1978

bulk 1903-1933

Summary:

Collection documents the history of the demolition and construction of Grand Central Terminal with a focus on the period 1903 to 1913.

Scope and Contents:

The Grand Central Terminal Collection documents the history and construction of Grand Central Terminal and the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad terminal in Manhattan. The collection covers a wide range of activities with the bulk of the material dating from 1900 through the 1920s. Some of the more notable materials include bound volumes of blue-line photographs documenting the construction progress of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Terminal.

The collection contains several black-and-white photographs, the most remarkable of which are four undated photographs depicting large crowds of New York Central Railroad employees at a celebration in Victory Way featuring towering pyramids of captured German helmets. The collection also contains several drawings previously held by Donald H. Morrsion, a terminal engineer and the collection's donor. The plans for a proposed 55-story office building to be erected above Grand Central Terminal are accompanied by Morrison's notes.

Perhaps the most important drawings are the shaded elevations of the building's exterior where bronze grill work is set off in color. Detailed drawings of the entablature sculptures document changes that took place as the design evolved. Other topics include floor plans for rental space, track plans, details of structural steel work, utility diagrams, and the new power house. Several newspaper clippings detail the public debate over the conservation and preservation of the historic site. The conflict over the historic status of the terminal ended in a Supreme Court decision (Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, 1978), upholding the terminal's historic landmark status, thus barring construction. Numerous blueprints of the main station and the station building (1907-1920) are part of the collection.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1850-1961, contains materials on the history of Grand Central Station and its construction. It is divided into five subseries: Subseries 1, Histories, 1850-1961; Subseries 2, Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1904-1920; Subseries 3, Donald H. Morrison Materials, 1910-1978; Subseries 4, Miscellaneous, 1831-1920; and Subseries 5, Booklets and Pamphlets, 1851-1935

Subseries 1, Histories, 1850-1961, consists of a partially handwritten and typed draft of Grand Central History, dividend certificates, a 1961 thesis for Cornell University entitled "The Harlem Railroad Improvements in Manhattan," handwritten notes on the history of the construction of Grand Central, and correspondence from the Chief Engineer of Crugers Station (a station on the Hudson Line of the Metro-North Railroad which served the residents of the hamlet of Crugers, New York until its closure in 1995) pertaining mostly to maintenance and improvements.

Subseries 2, Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1904-1920, contains several magazine articles and newspaper clippings, including several from Engineering News, as well as an October 1912 issue of Scribner's Magazine entitled "The Modern Terminal."

Subseries 3, Donald H. Morrison Materials, 1910-1978, includes the collected materials of Donald H. Morrison, terminal engineer for the New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad. The subseries contains typed notes with corresponding drawings and photographs and various magazine and newspaper clippings. Also included are several drawings of the originally planned hotel/office space to be built above Grand Central Station (175 Park Avenue) as well as correspondence from Coverdale and Colpitts, consulting engineers for the proposed building.

Subseries 4, Miscellaneous, 1831-1920, is comprised of several hand-written minute books, memos, data sheets, and memoranda as well as laws and ordinances. Also included are several letters from the Chief Engineer and a typed draft of The Grand Central Terminal New York City: History of Its Development and Construction. Subseries 5, Booklets and Pamphlets, 1851-1935, provides a wide array of booklets and pamphlets published for or by Grand Central and New York Central/Hudson Railroad, including An Act to Regulate, Improve, and Enlarge Park Avenue Above 106th Street, published in 1898.

Series 2, Construction Materials/Reports, 1897-1933, consists of various materials pertaining to the construction of Grand Central including Construction Committee Minutes, Engineer's Notebooks, and Correspondence. The series is divided into eight subseries: Subseries 1, Annual Reports, 1913; Subseries 2, Minutes 1915-1916; Subseries 3, Notebooks, 1903-1914; Subseries 4, Correspondence, 1897-1929; Subseries 5, Reports, 1905-1916; Subseries 6, Financial Expenditures, 1903-1933; Subseries 7, Agreements, 1899-1912; and Subseries 8, Specifications, 1906-1919.

Subseries 1, Annual Reports, 1913, is a bound volume of the Annual Reports for several railroad companies and their leased and controlled lines together with additional statistical, financial, and corporate information for the use of their officers" published by Grand Central Terminal in 1913. The volume contains annual reports for: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company; Michigan Central Railroad Company; Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company; Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company; Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company; Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company; Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company.

Subseries 2, Minutes 1915-1916, includes a previously bound, set of typed Construction Committee Minutes for the Electric Traction Zone from December 28, 1915 through December 20, 1916.

Subseries 3, Notebooks, 1903-1914, contains a collection of the Construction Engineer's Notebooks organized chronologically. The books consist of mostly handwritten notes as well as copies of various estimates, a minimal number of blueprints, daily material records, and copies of work progress reports.

Subseries 4, Correspondence, 1897-1929, documents correspondence regarding the Park Avenue Viaduct between the Chief Engineer(s) (H. Fernstrom and his successor G.W. Kittredge) and various other engineers, the fifth vice president of New York and Hudson Railroad Company, and Ira McCormack, the manager of Grand Central Station. The correspondence is divided into two parts and organized chronologically. Also included are various correspondences dealing with vibration tests and reports as well as Electric Division files.

Subseries 5, Reports, 1905-1916, details the progress of the New York Central Railroad in 1914 through a series of daily reports. Also included are the daily reports of the pyle driver from April to July of 1911 and the Contractor's daily reports from 1914-1916.

Subseries 6, Financial Expenditures, 1903-1933, includes estimates for the Grand Central Terminal improvements in 1906 and various hand-written financial documents detailing quarterly expenditures.

Subseries 7, Agreements, 1899-1912, contains the construction grant and agreements between the city of New York and New York Central, Harlem, and Central Hudson Railroads for the years 1905-1912 as well as a 1915 "Agreement, Deed, Specifications and Modifying Agreement" between Now York State Realty and Terminal Company, New York Central Railroad Company, and the New York, New Haven, and New Hartford Railroad Company with the city of New York.

Subseries 8, Specifications, 1906-1919, is comprised of several undated construction specifications for the improvement of the Grand Central Terminal as well as various memorandum and monthly progress statements pertaining to the improvements. It also includes an undated chart of the number of passengers in and out of the Grand Central Terminal based on ticket sales, traffic records, and a report of data concerning American Railroad Terminals written in 1914.

Series 3, Photographs, 1880s-1929, documents the progress of the construction and various later improvements of Grand Central. The majority of the photographs are blue-line photos to detailing Grand Central yard improvements. Also included are various black-and-white photographs. The series is divided into two subseries: Subseries 1, Progress Photographs (by volume), 1903-1921 and Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Photographs, 1880s-1929, undated.

Subseries 1, Progress Photographs (by volume), 1903-1921, includes several previously bound volumes of blue-line photographs documenting the progress of Grand Central yard improvements. There are seven volumes (1-6, 11) with photos are numbered chronologically. Also included are progress photographs for construction and improvements of Grand Central Terminal in 1914 and progress photographs for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for 1903, 1917, and 1920.

Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Photographs, 1880s-1929, undated, contains previously bound blue-line progress photographs of Grand Central Terminal from 1912-1913 and black-and-white photos of the terminal, railways, and various tunnels as well as demolition photos. Undated photos of employees of NY Central Railroad assembled in Victory Way with a view of a pyramid of captured German helmets and Grand Central Terminal are also included.

Series 4, Drawings, 1884-1969 (bulk 1902-1913), constitutes the largest series in the collection and consist of flat and rolled drawings. There is a bound volume of contract drawings and drawn monthly progress sheets for the Grand Central yard improvements. The series primarily contains hundreds of individual drawings/sheets. Included are maps, charts, plans, sectionals, details, and elevations for almost every aspect of the terminal.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1850-1961

Subseries 1, Histories, 1850-1961

Subseries 2, Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1904-1920

Subseries 3, Donald H. Morrison Materials, 1910-1978

Subseries 4, Miscellaneous, 1831-1920

Subseries 5, Booklets and Pamphlets, 1851-1935

Series 2, Construction Materials, 1897-1933

Subseries 1, Annual Reports, 1913

Subseries 2, Minutes, 1915-1916

Subseries 3, Notebooks, 1903-1914

Subseries 4, Correspondence, 1897-1929

Subseries 5, Reports, 1905-1916

Subseries 6, Financial Expenditures, 1903-1933

Subseries 7, Agreements, 1899-1912

Subseries 8, Specifications, 1906-1919

Series 3, Photographs, 1880s-1929

Subseries 1, Progress Photographs (by volume), 1903-1921

Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Photographs, 1880s-1929, undated

Series 4, Drawings, 1884-1969 (bulk 1902-1913)

Biographical / Historical:

New York City's Grand Central Terminal was constructed between 1903 and 1913 to replace an earlier and smaller depot at the same location. The earlier structure was completed in 1871 and by the end of the 1890s it was badly in need of remodeling. This, however, was only a stop-gap measure as it would not provide a solution to many of the problems the railroad faced. The building could not provide the office space needed by the growing railroad, trains still traveled to the station in an open cut, and trackage at the terminal was simply inadequate to handle the ever-increasing number of departures and arrivals. Simply building a new station, however, would not necessarily solve the problem.

Other improvements were needed, and these were made possible by the use of electric traction. With the elimination of steam powered equipment, it was possible to construct and operate an extensive system of tracks completely underground and erect buildings over them. This scheme meant that the new terminal could be designed with any amount of office space, and by constructing the tracks at different levels, a greater number could be accommodated than would be possible by building them all at the same grade. Although the terminal project was awarded to architects Charles A. Reed and Alien H. Stem, they were soon joined by the firm of Whitney Warren and Charles Wetmore. A number of drawings in the collection reflect this union. The history of the station has been documented by several authors. Grand Central Terminal (San Marino, 1977) by William D. Middleton and Grand Central (New York, 1946) by David Marshall.

Related Materials:

Materials at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian

Division of Work & Industry

The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Records, circa 1886-1912, 1968

Materials at Other Organizations

Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Columbia

Warren & Wetmore Drawings & Archives

New York Public Library

Penn Central Transportation Company Records

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Division of Engineering and Industry (now known as the Division of Work & Industry), National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, by Donald H. Morrison in June, 1990.

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:

Transportation -- New York (N.Y.)  Search this

Engineers  Search this

Railroads -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1920

Drawings -- 20th century

Citation:

Grand Central Terminal Collection, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1071

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8423ddb1f-138b-4960-95b8-e37519282bc5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1071

Creator:

Vogel, Robert M.  Search this

Bollman, Wendell, 1814-1884  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry  Search this

Extent:

3 Cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 map-folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Clippings

Blueprints

Maps

Minutes

Correspondence

Diagrams

Advertisements

Specifications

Photographs

Date:

1852-1986

Summary:

Collection documents various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design.

Scope and Contents note:

Papers documenting various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, articles and clippings, schematics, diagrams, maps, and other printed materials. Also includes records of government agencies associated with Bollman truss structures, such as meeting minutes, and surveys receipts.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical/Historical note:

Wendel Bollman (1814-1884) was a self-educated engineer who began working for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a carpenter and devised a bridge-trussing system that was a series of independently supported floor beams, each carried by a double pair of eye-bar ties. He patented the system in 1852 and it became known as the "Bollman Truss". The Bollman truss was used on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, its subsidiaries, and several roads. It was the first bridge trussing system which all princicpal elements were made of iron. Bollman trusses were built until about 1875 nd rtained in service until about 1890.

Provenance:

Collection assembled by Robert M. Vogel, curator, for the National Museum of American History, Division of Civil Engineering reference files.

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:

Civil engineers  Search this

Bridges -- Maryland  Search this

Railroad engineers  Search this

Trusses  Search this

Railroads -- United States  Search this

Periodicals  Search this

Patents  Search this

Genre/Form:

Clippings

Blueprints

Maps

Minutes

Correspondence

Diagrams

Advertisements

Specifications

Photographs -- 20th century

Photographs -- 19th century

Citation:

Bollman Truss Bridge Collection, 1852-1986, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1064

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Bollman Truss Bridge Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84ae498db-2f19-4be6-900e-9e0fc4ec0b27

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1064

Creator:

Woodard, Silas H., 1870-1961  Search this

Names:

Isthmian Canal Commission.  Search this

Pennsylvania Railroad.  Search this

St. Lawrence River Power Development Commission.  Search this

Former owner:

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:

1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 3 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reports

Photograph albums

Maps

Place:

Great Lakes (North America)

St. Lawrence River

Date:

1899-1932

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of Silas H. Woodard include the Isthmian Canal Commission Report containing text, maps, profiles, and plates, 1899-1901; photograph albums on the East River Tunnel, 1904-1908; reports on the regulation of the levels of the Great Lakes, 1910-1914; and reports dealing with the development of hydroelectric power on the St. Lawrence River, 1930-1932.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical/Historical note:

Silas H. Woodard, civil engineer specializing in power development, dams, tunnels, and foundation work, served as an engineer for the Isthmian Canal Commission, 1899-1902; the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1902-1909; and the Engineering Board of the St. Lawrence River Power Development Commission, 1930s. Woodard also worked as a consulting engineer.

Related Materials:

Materials at the Archives Center

Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives (AC1116)

Joe Britton Panama Canal Zone Photographs (AC1234)

W.P. Stine Panama Canal Papers (AC1039)

Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1040)

W.A. Fishbaugh Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1021)

John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook (AC0708)

Charles Wood Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1114)

Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Glass Negatives (AC1111)

William Currie Photograph Album (AC1043)

Roland A. McCrady Photograph Collection (AC0710)

George S. Morison Collection (AC0978)

George W. Sims Papers (AC0127)

William R. Hutton Papers (AC0987)

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs (AC0945)

Robert F. Olds Collection (AC0231)

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

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:

Tunnels  Search this

Dams  Search this

Canals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Reports

Photograph albums

Maps -- 19th century

Citation:

Silas H. Woodard Papers, circa 1899-1932, Archives Center, National Museum of American

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1038

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Silas H. Woodard Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8930f229e-f4a0-4bc3-990a-1734049abc17

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1038

Correspondent:

Basto, Arthur  Search this

Bauxar (Finkelstein), J. Joe  Search this

Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978  Search this

Barnett, Homer Garner, 1908-  Search this

Bartel, Brad  Search this

Bartlett, Katherine  Search this

Bass, George F.  Search this

Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987  Search this

Chapman, Carl H. (Carl Haley), 1915-1987  Search this

Cheek, Anetta L.  Search this

Clark, M. Margaret  Search this

Clements, Forrest Edward  Search this

Bell, Earl H.  Search this

Bell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1914-2006  Search this

Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton  Search this

Champe, John L. (John Leland), 1895-  Search this

Antle, H.R.  Search this

Ayres, J.E.  Search this

Anderson, Duane  Search this

Angus, John A.  Search this

Bailey, John H.  Search this

Bennett, John William  Search this

Babcock, Willoughby M.  Search this

Baerreis, David A., 1916-1989  Search this

Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-  Search this

Adams, Richard E.W.  Search this

Barka, Norman F.  Search this

Adovasio, J. M.  Search this

Amsden, Charles  Search this

Deuel, Thorne, 1890-  Search this

Di Peso, Charles Corradino  Search this

DeJarnette, David Lloyd  Search this

Dellinger, Samuel Claudius  Search this

Day, H. Summerfield  Search this

Dean, Jeffrey S.  Search this

Davis, Edward Mott  Search this

Davis, Hester A., 1930-  Search this

Dworsky, Don  Search this

Dyck, Ian  Search this

Downer, Alan  Search this

Dumand, Don E.  Search this

Dixon, Keith A.  Search this

Dorrance, Frances  Search this

Dickson, Don F.  Search this

Dincauze, Dena F.  Search this

Cooper, Paul L. (Paul Lemen), 1909-1961  Search this

Cook, Persifor M.  Search this

Conner, Stuart W.  Search this

Colton, Harold Sellers, 1881-1970  Search this

Collier, Donald, 1911-1995  Search this

Cole, Fay-Cooper  Search this

Coggins, Clemency  Search this

Davidson, D. S.  Search this

Daugherty, Richard D.  Search this

Daniels, Helen Sloan  Search this

Cummings, Calvin R.  Search this

Culbert, T. Patrick  Search this

Cross, Dale R.  Search this

Cordell, Linda S.  Search this

Corbyn, Ronald C.  Search this

Greywacz, Kathryn B.  Search this

Green, Ernestene  Search this

Grayson, Donald K.  Search this

Goodyear, Albert C.  Search this

Goldschmidt, Walter, 1913-2010  Search this

Gladwin, Harold Sterling  Search this

Gladfelter, Bruce G.  Search this

Gilbert, William Harlen, 1904-1988  Search this

Gerald, Rex E.  Search this

Garvey, Robert R.  Search this

Gaines, Sylvia W.  Search this

Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985  Search this

Frost, Janet A.  Search this

Frost, Everett  Search this

Frison, George C.  Search this

Brew, J. O. (John Otis), 1906-1988  Search this

Breternitz, Donald A.  Search this

Buckner, John L.  Search this

Broadbent, Sylvia M.  Search this

Boudeman, Donald O.  Search this

Blossom, F.H.  Search this

Bray, Warwick  Search this

Brand, Donald Dilworth  Search this

Black, Glenn A. (Glenn Albert), 1900-1964  Search this

Birdsell, Joseph B.  Search this

Blom, Frans  Search this

Bliss, Robert Woods  Search this

Berlin, Heinrich  Search this

Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953  Search this

Berry, J. Brewton  Search this

Bernal, Ignacio  Search this

Ford, Richard I.  Search this

Fowler, Don D.  Search this

Fox, George R.  Search this

Fisher, Reginald G.  Search this

Fitting, James E.  Search this

Flannery, Kent Vaughn  Search this

Cahill, Edgar D.  Search this

Campbell, Elizabeth W.C.  Search this

Cate, William  Search this

Fewkes, Vladimir Jarolslav  Search this

Buikstra, Jane E.  Search this

Burrill, A.C.  Search this

Butler, Mary  Search this

Byers, Douglas S., 1903-1978  Search this

Farrand, William R.  Search this

Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963  Search this

Dyson, Robert H.  Search this

Edwards, Robert Q.  Search this

Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991  Search this

Ellis, H. Holmes  Search this

Ezell, Paul Howard  Search this

Fagan, Brian M.  Search this

Fairbanks, Charles H. (Charles Herron), 1913-1985  Search this

Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968  Search this

Creator:

Barnett, Clifford  Search this

Society for American Archaeology  Search this

Eaton, Jack  Search this

McGimsey, Charles R.  Search this

Di Peso, Charles Corradino  Search this

Schwartz, Douglas W., 1929-  Search this

Wendorf, Fred  Search this

Steponaitis, Vincas P.  Search this

Goldstein, Lynne  Search this

Smith, Bruce David  Search this

Rippeteau, Bruce D.  Search this

Lipe, William D.  Search this

Names:

American Antiquity  Search this

Society for American Archaeology  Search this

Extent:

146.25 Linear feet (135 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1935-2010

Summary:

The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is an international membership organization founded in 1934 to advance research and training in archaeology and to promote the conservation of archaeological resources of the Americas. It publishes American Antiquity, one of the premiere journal of archaeology of North America, since 1935, and has hosted an Annual Meeting since that same year. Other areas of activity include the development of professional standards and ethics, promotion of the public's understanding of archaeology, advocacy for Federal legislation protecting archaeological resources, and encouragement of connections between professional and avocational archaeologists. The Society for American Archaeology records contain materials related to the ongoing administration, management, and interests of the SAA through mainly correspondence, reports, research, mailings, financial records, and program planning documents.

Scope and Contents:

The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) records contain administrative and professional correspondence, reports, surveys, publication records, journals, books, member and grant applications, programs, memorandums, contracts, ballots, mailings, research, notes, planning materials, certificates and awards, press releases, financial records, meeting minutes, teaching materials, sound recordings, video recordings, and photographs. These materials relate to a wide range of the SAA's activities including administration and management, finances, publishing, membership, awards, the Annual Meeting, public education, public archaeology, professional standards, government affairs and cultural property law, work with allied organizations, ethics, and special workshops.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

The Society for American Archaeology records are arranged into 13 series: 1) Records of the Secretary-Treasurer and Secretary, 1934-1962; 2) Records of the Treasurer, 1935-1950; 3) President's correspondence, 1947-1948; 4) Executive Committee Meeting minutes, 1945-2003; 5) Records of Officers, 1950-2000; 6) Administrative records, 1934-2022; 7) Annual conference, 1935-2020; 8) Public and professional program committees, 1966-2016; 9) Government affairs, 1968-2021; 10)Affiliated and allied organizations, 1968-2005; 11) Special conferences, workshops, and projects, 1974-2006; 12) Published materials, 1983-2007; and 13) Photographs, 1985-2018

Historical note:

The Society for American Archaeology grew out of the Committee on State Archaeological Surveys of the National Research Council's Division of Anthropology and Psychology. Appointed in 1920 to "encourage and assist" eastern and midwestern states in the organization of archaeological surveys, the Committee came to act as a coordinating body and information clearinghouse for archaeologists and government agencies engaged in archaeological field work. The Committee expanded its activities and network through the 1920s but lacked long-term financial support. By 1933 its leaders identified the need for a permanent, independent organization to take up the work of the Committee and address the lack of standards, training, and communication among professional researchers and avocational archaeologists, which they saw as impediments to the preservation of archaeological data. Carl E. Guthe, then Chairman of the Committee, led the work of establishing the new organization.

In 1934, Guthe drafted a constitution and bylaws for the nascent group and distributed the documents among the Committee's network to solicit comments and generate interest among potential members. The Society for American Archaeology was formally established at an "organizational meeting" on December 28, 1934, when attendees approved Guthe's final version of the constitution and bylaws and elected the first cohort of officers: Arthur C. Parker, President; M. R. Harrington, Vice President; Carl E. Guthe, Secretary-Treasurer; W. C. McKern, Editor. In keeping with its goal of bridging the divide between professional and non-professional archaeologists, anyone with an interest in "furthering the objects of the Society" could apply for membership, regardless of professional affiliation. The SAA is governed by a constitution and bylaws which are voted on by members and implemented by an Executive Committee, referred to as the Council in the early years. The Executive Committee composition has varied through the years. Until the 1960s, most administrative duties were carried out by the Secretary, who assembled the minutes of Executive Committee meetings, circulated background materials among its members, and collected reports from SAA committees. The Secretary's office also acted as a "clearinghouse and advisory center on archaeological matters" for SAA members and the public. Without a true business headquarters, the Secretary's office essentially served as the SAA's central office, with the outgoing Secretaries passing on their files to the incoming Secretaries at the end of their terms.

In the 1960s, SAA began contracting with the business office of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to manage its business operations. That arrangement lasted until the early 1980s, when AAA stopped providing business services to smaller organizations and offered SAA the option to become part of AAA. SAA members voted against merging with AAA, and in 1983 SAA contracted with Bostrom Management to administer its business affairs, an arrangement that included hiring a part-time Executive Director. In 1987, the Executive Committee enlisted a management consultant to conduct a business analysis and identify options for improving SAA's finances and administration. The result of this analysis, referred to as "The Evans Report," was circulated the following year, leading to a major reorganization that would occupy the Executive Committee through the early 1990s. Those efforts ultimately resulted in the establishment of a central office in Washington, D.C., and the hiring of SAA's first full-time Executive Director in 1992. It was during this intense period of reorganization that the structure and governance of SAA began to resemble that of the present day.

Works Consulted:

"Archival Sources Sought." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 1, no 4 (September 1983): 5. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1983_volume-1/saa-bulletin-1-4_sept.pdf?sfvrsn=d6c0f71a_2

"Articles of Incorporation." SAA Records, Acc 1998-85, Box 4, folder: 1972 (mimeograph from Lehman/AAA) - Final box/folder location TBD. Society for American Archaeology records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

"The Constitution of the Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 1, no. 2 (1935): 146–48. http://www.jstor.org/stable/276027.

"Constitution and By-Laws of the Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 13, no. 2 (1947): 198–200. http://www.jstor.org/stable/275700.

Dincauze, Dena F. "Office of the President: 52nd Annual Meeting." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology. 5, no. 3 (July 1987): 1-2. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1987/saa-bulletin-5-3.pdf?sfvrsn=30b9179d_4

Fowler, Don D, and Green, Dee. "Change in SAA Management Announced." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 1, no 4 (September 1983): 1-4. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1983_volume-1/saa-bulletin-1-4_sept.pdf?sfvrsn=d6c0f71a_2

Goldstein, Lynne. "The Structure of the SAA." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology. 9, no. 8 (June 1988): 8. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1991/saa-bulletin-9-3_june.pdf?sfvrsn=b101aaac_2

Guthe, Carl E. "Prospectus." Department of Anthropology Records. Division of Archaeology. Office Files. Box 14, Museum-Misc. Lists - O. Folder: National Research Council [ca. 1932-1945], folder 2 of 2. Society for American Archaeology records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Guthe, Carl E. "Reflections on the Founding of the Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 32, no. 4 (1967): 433–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/2694072.

O'Brien, Michael J. and Lyman, R. Lee. "Gentle Persuasion: The National Research Council and Southeastern Archaeology." Journal of Alabama Archaeology 46, no. 1 (2000): 1-42. [https://cladistics.coas.missouri.edu/assets/pdf_articles/AlaA46.pdf]

Wendorf, Fred, and Raymond H. Thompson. "The Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains: Three Decades of Service to the Archaeological Profession." American Antiquity 67, no. 2 (2002): 317–30. https://doi.org/10.2307/2694569.

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Rice, Prudence M. "Surveying the Field." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 10, no. 1 (January 1992): 3-4. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1992/saa-bulletin-10-1.pdf?sfvrsn=d095e8fd_2

List of abbreviations commonly referenced:

Includes abbrevations used throughout the Society for American Archaeology's records.

AAA - American Anthropological Association

AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAM - American Alliance of Museums

AAQ - American Antiquity

ACHP - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

ACOE - Army Corps of Engineers

AFFA - Association for Field Archaeology

AIA - Archaeological Institute of America

AIRFA - American Indian Religious Freedom Act

AM - Annual Meeting

A&PE - Archaeology and Public Education

ARPA - Archaeological Resources Protection Act

BLM - Bureau of Land Management

BOR - Bureau of Reclamation

CCONAS - Coordinating Council of National Archaeological Societies

CEHP - Centre for Environment, Heritage and Policy

CoAS - Council of Affiliated Societies

COPA - Committee on Public Archaeology

COSWA - Committee on the Status of Women in Archaeology

CRM - Cultural Resource Management

DCA - Departmental Consulting Archaeologist

DOI - Department of the Interior

GAC - Government Affairs Committee

ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites

LAQ - Latin American Antiquity

NCPTT - National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

NCSHPO - National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities

NHPA - National Historic Preservation Act

NPCC -National Preservation Coordinating Council

NPS - National Park Service

NSF - National Science Foundation

OSM - Office of Surface Mining

PEC - Public Education Committee

PMOA - Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement

ROPA - Register of Professional Archaeologists

SAA - Society for American Archaeology

SHA - Society of Historical Archaeology

SOPA - Society of Professional Archaeologists

Chronology:

Includes a concise chronology of SAA events related to the content of this collection.

1920: Committee on State Archaeological Surveys created by NRC/NAS

1934: Society for American Archaeology formally established

1935: First issue of -- American Antiquity

1935: First Annual Meeting of the SAA

1937: Committee on State Archaeological Surveys disbanded

1939: First issue of the -- SAA Notebook -- distributed to membership

1942: Last issue of -- SAA Notebook

1942: Revised and amended constitution, splitting the Secretary-Treasurer into two separate roles, and eliminates Fellow/Affiliate distinction (among other changes) is approved and takes effect.

1943: No Annual Meeting; executive business conducted by mail

1969: Membership applications now handled through the AAA business office rather SAA Secretary

1970: Major revision to constitution

1972: Incorporated in D.C.

1974: The Archeological and Historic Preservation Act (APHA) and "Moss-Bennett Act" passed, with goal of providing federal funding to mitigate destruction of archeological sites in specific circumstances.

1974: Arlie House Seminars held ("Six Seminars on the Future Directions of Archaeology")

1983: Resolved against merger with AAA (aka "the break with AAA")

1983: Change from AAA to Bostrom firm to manage business activities

1983: First issue of -- SAA Bulletin

1985: SAA and SOPA co-host the Conference on Reburial Issues

1988: Evans Report on Management announced

1989: Changes to Articles of Incorporation

1989: New Bylaws adopted that change the organizational structure of SAA

1989: SAA Hosts Anti-Looting Conference in Taos

1990: First issue of -- Latin American Antiquity

1990: Executive Board approves plan to establish in-house admin/operations office

1992: Transition to "independent home office" and hiring of full-time Executive Director

1993: Last year of last term in which Editor of -- American Antiquity -- is an Officer

1997: SAA, SOPA, and Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) approve formation of Register of Professional Archaeologist (ROPA), which begins work in 1998.

1998: Executive Board name change to Board of Directors

2000: Last issue of -- SAA Bulletin

2001: Begin publishing -- The Archaeological Record

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