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Machinery's handbook for machine shop and drafting-room : a reference book on machine design and shop practice for the mechanical engineer, draftsman, toolmaker and machinist

Title:
Handbook for machine shop and drafting room
Author:
Oberg, Erik 1881-  Search this
Jones, Franklin Day 1879-1967  Search this
Physical description:
1400 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date:
1917
Topic:
Mechanical engineering  Search this
Call number:
TJ151 .M149 1917
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_484320

Successful shop management : review of the most important elements in the management of a machine shop or manufacturing plant ... / by twenty experienced shop managers

Author:
Industrial Press (New York (N.Y.))  Search this
Physical description:
204 p. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1927
C1927
Topic:
Factory management  Search this
Machine shops--Management  Search this
Call number:
TS155.S85X 1927
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_424192

[Trade catalogs on Spindle Wizard-Burgmaster n/c machining centers, automatic drilling machines, air hydraulic feeds for Burgmaster turret drills, Circle Wizard indexing table, Fine Feed attachment, and 60-station drum programmer]

Author:
Lesnor Maehr Mfg. Corp  Search this
Spindle Wizard  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<4> v. : ill
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1972
[1972]-
Topic:
Drilling and boring machinery--Numerical control--Catalogs  Search this
Risers (Founding)--Catalogs  Search this
Indexing (Machine-shop practice)--Catalogs  Search this
Machine-tools--Numerical control--Programming  Search this
Spindle Wizard-Burgmaster (Brand name)  Search this
Circle Wizard (Brand name)  Search this
Call number:
47331
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_457690

The modern machinist ; a practical treatise on modern machine shop methods ... / by John T. Usher

Author:
Usher, John T  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 322 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1990
Topic:
Machine-shop practice  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Call number:
TJ1160 .U85 1990
TJ1160.U85 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_418042

Extracts from Chordal's letters; comprising the choicest selections from the series of articles entitled "Extracts from Chordal's letters," which have been appearing for the past two years in the columns of the American machinist. With steel portrait of the author; also, original illustrations by Chas. J. Taylor. Preface by the author

Author:
See, James Waring 1850-1920  Search this
Physical description:
320 p. incl. illus., plates. front. (port.) 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1880
[1880]
Topic:
Machine-shop practice  Search this
Call number:
TJ1165.S45X 1880
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_434417

From the machine shop to the industrial laboratory : telegraphy and the changing context of American invention, 1830-1920 / by Paul B. Israel

Author:
Israel, Paul  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 324 leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1991
1989
Topic:
Telegraph--History  Search this
Inventions--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
Call number:
T21 .I85 1989a
T21.I85 1989a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_416372

[Trade catalogs on hydraulic presses]

Author:
Koontz Machine Shop  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<3> v. : ill
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
19uu
[19--]-
Topic:
Hydraulic presses  Search this
Call number:
48675
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_490575

[Trade catalogs on general mine and contractors' supplies, machinists' and shop tools: wire and manila rope, pulley blocks, ore buckets and cars, pulleys, shafting, hangers, picks, shovels, hammers, sledges, handles, crow bars, railroad iron and portable track, drill and tool steel, iron, hoses, rubber or leather belting and packing, oil skin and rubber suits, miner's lamps, coal cutters, stone wo...

Author:
Ingersoll-Rand Company  Search this
Ingersoll Rock Drill Company  Search this
Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Company  Search this
A.S. Cameron Steam Pump Works  Search this
Canadian Ingersoll-Rand Company  Search this
Ingersoll-Rand Drill Co  Search this
United States Army  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<756> v. : ill. (some col.)
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1875
1875-
Topic:
Mining machinery  Search this
Contractors--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs  Search this
Machine shops--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Stone-cutting tools  Search this
Steel  Search this
Iron  Search this
Railroads--Track  Search this
Drilling and boring machinery  Search this
Hoisting machinery  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Sawmills--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Grinding and polishing--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Blasting--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Boilers  Search this
Hydraulic turbines  Search this
Compressors  Search this
Air-engines  Search this
Assembling machines--Catalogs  Search this
Sharpening of tools--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs  Search this
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery  Search this
Pumping machinery  Search this
Pneumatic tools  Search this
Condensers (Steam)  Search this
Punching machinery  Search this
Brewing--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Ingersoll (Brand name)  Search this
Ingersoll-Rand (Brand name)  Search this
Ingersoll-Sergeant (Brand name)  Search this
Price-Rathbun (Brand name)  Search this
Call number:
48269
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_475020

Proposals, "Rezoning New York City"

Collection Creator:
Wheatland, Richard, II, 1923-2009  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1959
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
New York Airways Collection, Acc. NASM.1992.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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New York Airways Collection / Series 1: 1992 Acquisition
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2f7382a95-273e-4cd6-911e-bac53dbbf68e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1992-0052-ref578

Cierva Rotorcraft Helicopters

Collection Creator:
Wheatland, Richard, II, 1923-2009  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1971
Scope and Contents:
Information and specifications on the Cierva CR Twin (CR LTH.1, Grasshopper III).
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
New York Airways Collection, Acc. NASM.1992.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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New York Airways Collection
New York Airways Collection / Series 1: 1992 Acquisition
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26e45efe0-833e-4c8e-9680-9b03d055e940
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1992-0052-ref517
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Doris Holmes Blake Papers

Extent:
18.5 cu. ft. (37 document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Diaries
Scientific illustrations
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1899-1985
Introduction:
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.
Descriptive Entry:
The Doris Holmes Blake papers consist of correspondence, diaries, photographs and related materials documenting in great detail Blake's personal life and, to a lesser degree, her professional career.

The heavy correspondence she maintained with her mother and daughter, her essays and children's books, and the 70 years' worth of daily journals all attest to her infatuation with the written word and preoccupation with her inner life. Blake's diaries and family papers stunningly illuminate the contrasts in the daily lives of herself, her mother, and her daughter.

The papers relating to her professional life are less complete. Although she spent almost 60 years (1919-1978) in association with the entomological staffs of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution, published numerous professional papers, produced all of her own illustrations, and illustrated many of her husband's botanical works as well, this collection contains only a very limited amount of material documenting those activities. The papers do, however, include her extensive correspondence with fellow entomologists, both in the United States and abroad.

In the course of transferring her husband's papers to the University of Texas, some of Blake's own papers were included as well. They are presently in the collection of the Humanities Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin and include letters to her parents, 1906-1950; school and college notebooks, papers, essays and drawings; and clippings, genealogical notes, and miscellaneous family letters and papers.
Historical Note:
Doris Holmes (1892-1978) was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, to a middle-class grocer and his wife. Essentially an only child (two siblings died in early childhood and infancy), her natural intelligence, stubbornness, and extremely competitive nature were well fostered by her parents, who steadily encouraged and supported her determination to excel.

Holmes left Stoughton for Boston University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1909, where she pursued studies in business and the classics, earning her A.B. in 1913. Her business skills led to her association with the Boston Psychopathic Hospital in 1913, initially as a clerk, and later as aide to Dr. Herman Adler. Her interests in science and psychology led her to an A.M. from Radcliffe College in zoology and psychology in 1917.

After a short time as a researcher at Bedford Hills Reformatory for Women, Holmes married her childhood sweetheart, botanist Sidney Fay Blake. Early in 1919, Doris Blake found work as a clerk for the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology under Frank H. Chittenden, and began the entomological studies that would continue for the rest of her life.

Blake worked her way up to junior entomologist and, when Chittenden retired, continued her work under Eugene A. Schwarz at the United States National Museum. The birth in 1928 of daughter Doris Sidney (an infant son had died shortly after birth in 1927) was not a sign for her to slow down -- Blake hired a nurse to watch the baby while she continued to watch beetles. In 1933 her official employment came to an end with the institution of regulations prohibiting more than one member of a family from holding a government position (Sidney Blake was then working for the Department of Agriculture).

Although no longer on the payroll, Blake continued her taxonomic work on the family Chrysomelides for almost 45 more years, first as a collaborator and then as a research associate of the Smithsonian Institution. Shortly after her husband's death, Blake traveled to Europe in 1960 on a National Science Foundation grant to revise the genus Neobrotica Jacoby. She ultimately published 97 papers in various journals (see "Doris Holmes Blake," Froeschner, Froeschner and Cartwright, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 83(3), 1981, for a complete bibliography) and continued her active research until shortly before her death on December 3, 1978.
Topic:
Entomology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Scientific illustrations
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white negatives
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7310, Doris Holmes Blake Papers
Identifier:
Record Unit 7310
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Doris Holmes Blake Papers
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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ead_collection:sova-sia-faru7310
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Scrapbook 3

Collection Creator:
Wise, John, 1808-1879  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection, Acc. 2001.0002, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection
John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection / Series 2: Scrapbooks
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b3c912ab-47cf-40a4-906f-66382e20e663
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ead_component:sova-nasm-2001-0002-ref8
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G – K

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
May 1865–May 1866
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 6.2.3
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 6: Records Relating to Restoration of Property / 6.2: Registered Applications for Restoration of Property
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3a8752b7f-1422-4b89-b93d-588b5f9b3506
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m869-ref59
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A&I Machine Shop Correspondence

Container:
Box 39 of 109
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 638, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction, Project Files
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Project Files
Project Files / Box 39
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0638-refidd1e12898

Supplies - Machine Shop, 1968

Container:
Box 12 of 30
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 157, Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department, Records
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Records
Records / Box 12
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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ead_component:sova-sia-faru0157-refidd1e3097

William Mason Papers

Creator:
Mason, William, 1808-1883 (manufacturer)  Search this
Extent:
0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Family papers
Date:
1839-1857
Summary:
Papers of William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts--engine builder, machinist, and manufacturer of locomotives and cotton machinery. The papers consist of bills, receipts, and correspondence concerning the operation of his household, the construction of his residence, and several incidental papers dealing with his business affairs.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of William Mason (1808-1883), of Taunton, Massachusetts, document an engine builder, machinist, and manufacturer of locomotives and cotton machinery. The papers consist of bills, invoices, receipts, and correspondence concerning the operation of his household, the construction of his residence, and several incidental papers dealing with his business affairs.

The collection is arranged by type of material and then chronologically. Some materials relate to personal matters such as clothing, furniture, and food purchases. Others relate to William Mason's business affairs. The collection provides an understanding of the time, labor, tools, machinery, and supplies necessary to build the home of a successful businessman between 1848 and 1850 in Taunton, Masachusetts.

A partial description of William Mason, (little is known of his personal life), and of his times can be made through a study of his expenditures. The wages of both skilled and unskilled workers can be studied from payroll receipts. The cost of supplies, tools and equipment can be examined. The quantity and variety of products necessary to construct a home can be gauged to an extent.

Of note are the type and variety of products that each store stocked. Most were specialty stores with limited purpose. Mr. Mason generally paid his payroll bills when delivered. However, there are many bills with receipt of payment given as much as a year later. Some bills had statements asking early payment, others included interest, and some reminders of non-payment.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into two series.

Series 1: Business Records, 1839-1857

Series 2: Correspondence, 1845-1857
Biographical / Historical:
William Mason was born in 1808 in Mystic, Connecticut. His father was a blacksmith. As a boy, Mason spent time in his father's shops. He left home at the age of twelve and worked as an operator in the spinning room of a small cotton factory. He was a born mechanical genius and could repair the most complicated machine in the mill. At the age of fifteen he tent to East Haddam, where a mill for the manufacture of thread was being established, to start the machines. At seventeen he worked at the machine shop connected with the mill, where he stayed for three years. It was here he set up the first power loom in the country for the manufacture of diaper linen. He also constructed an ingenious loom for the weaving of damask table cloths.

In 1833, Mason joined Asell Lamphaer at Killingly, Connecticut to make the ring frame for spinning. He remodeled and perfected the "ring" which had been a failure, overcame the prejudice attached to it because of its failure, and caused the device to acquire the reputation it still retains today.

In 1835, Mason moved to Taunton, Massachusetts to join Crocker and Richmond, manufacturers of cotton machinery. He worked almost entirely on ring frames. The firm failed in 1837 during the financial crisis. The business was taken over by Messrs Leach and Keith. Mason was employed as foreman. On October 8, 1840 his greatest invention, the "self acting mule" was patented. Competition required improvements and on October 3, 1846 he received a patent for "Mason's Self acting Mule."

Leach and Keith suffered a failure in the winter of 1842 owing Mason a large amount of money. James K. Mills & Co. of Boston, a leading commission firm, came to his rescue and helped him to buy out the former partners. In 1845, new buildings were erected and the plant became the largest one devoted to the manufacture of machinery in the country. It made cotton machinery, woolen machinery, machinists' tools, blowers, cupola furnaces, gearing, shafting, car wheels made with spokes, and after 1852, locomotives.

Mason wanted to improve the symmetry of the American locomotive. A first engine was turned out in 1853. In 1857 his firm failed but he managed to reopen the plant soon afterwards. The textile business recovered rapidly but the locomotive business was less prosperous. By 1860, he had produced a total of only 100 engines. The figure was doubled by 1865 due to the wartime demand and the pace continued for the next several years. Also during the Civil Was, 600 Springfield rifles were turned out weekly.

Mason's locomotives were genuinely handsome without ornaments. His influence was exerted over all locomotive builders at the time and later. In 1856 he built two locomotives for the Cairo and Alexandria R.R. (Egypt) in which a commentator said that the engines' excellence was due to the accuracy of execution attained by an admirable set of tools and a skillful set of workmen. Opinion by Master Mechanics was that they were the easist engines to keep in repair. The business was organized as the Mason Machine Works in 1873 with a capital of $800,000.

Mason died in 1883 of pneumonia. The 700th engine was being completed. Only 54 more engines were completed by 1889 and delivered in 1890. The company continued to build cotton machinery.

William Mason was a painter and a good violinist. He established a bank in Taunton for his employees and made gifts to charity. He is remembered as a pioneer in the building of locomotives which ranked foremost in the country.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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:
Manufacturers  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Locomotive builders  Search this
Housing  Search this
Genre/Form:
Family papers
Citation:
William Mason Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0045
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William Mason Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82452b776-8993-4a96-984c-a23af1bb500c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0045

Correspondence

Collection Creator:
Mason, William, 1808-1883 (manufacturer)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1845 - 1857
Scope and Contents:
Frost & Wallace of New York provided Mr. Mason with many of his clothes. He seems to have placed a large order every year for coats, pants, and vests:

1845 -- Seems to have sent "Cards" produced by poor workmanship to Andrew Robson & Son of Fall River. Didn't notice until second set sent. Said the 12 would be replaced. Evidently had received a nasty letter about this previously.

1845 April -- Appears to be in partnership with J.K. Mills, who was pleased with Mason's "talent and good management." Offered to (s) finish up present contract in "present shops," or (b) have Mason build new shops and machinery and form new partnership of 7 years receiving $6 10 thousand per year for next two and other arrangements seemingly favorable in the end for Mason as well.

1845 May -- In May ordered to quit premises where machine manufacturing was done because it was part of the Brick Mill Estate.

1845 August -- Made a contract in August 1845 (unsigned in file) with the Nauukeag Steam Cotton Company of Salem, Massachusetts, to build 40 self acting mules. Each mule was to contain 672 spindles. The mules were to be suitable for spinning #20 yarn. In addition, Mason was to build 576 looms 300 to weave 35" cloth, and 276 to weave 39" cloth. Payment was $2.75 per spindle and $75 per loom.

1845 September -- Agreement made with Dean and Morse on September 13, 1845, to turn over furnace, machine shops and buildings situated on the Brick Mill premises including the property belonging to Charles Richmond, within a specified period of time. Agreement made with Dean and Morse on September 13, 1845, to permit them to use his patented mule, "Mason's Improved Self Actor," for a period of 5 years. In return, payment terms given.

1846 -- Continues to dress well thanks to Frost and Wallace.

1846 July -- Mason formed "Town Hill Mining Company" with several others including Mr. Mills.

1846 September -- In September, was asked by one stockholder if the copper mine had opened. In September Seems to have another contract with J.K. Mills.

1846 November -- Keller & Greenough of Washington, D.C., represented Mason in his getting a patent for a "self acting mule" for $250.

1847 -- No mention of clothes this year.

1847 March -- Mason was a stockholder of Parker Mills which needed to increase its capital stock. Mason owned guns which came from Barclay Street in New York.

1847 September -- Bought from Porter and Lowell 3030' of No. 2 plank for $99.99. Evidently quality of 2" plank not as good as 1" but this was a good load, seasoned more than a year.

1847 November -- Received a request for payment to the Great Falls Mfg. Co., of $10 due since February 1842. The Company served as trustees when some self acting mules were attached and Mason sued. Mr. Keller gave it as his opinion that Mason's patent for a rotary blower did not infringe on that awarded in 1839 to Frederick P. Drinpfel.

1848 -- Paid $1,015 for mantels furnished and set up.

1846 November, Many receipts in this folder dealing in goods and services such as:

sleighs

fruits, vegetables, meat, crackers, sherry, brandy

furniture, china, ruggs, kitchen equipment

house trimmings, window sill, hinges

men's clothing

rental and boardin payments paid $65.50/3 months

dentist and medical bills

building a well

payroll and expense accounts for several employees

sperm oil

stencil lettering ink

cement, pig iron, planks, doors, coal, tiles, rope, cast steel
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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:
William Mason Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0045, Series 2
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William Mason Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b84df452-42cb-4f1f-96c5-66076b175696
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0045-ref37

Stoner

Type:
Archival materials
Note:
Series 1 contains Sessions One through Six with Eugene Stoner. Stoner discussed his career and philosophy of small arms design, the development of the M16, the Stoner 63 weapon system, the ARES Light Machine Gun, the Advance Individual Weapon System, and his work on medium and heavy cannon since the mid-1970s. Ezell complemented the interviews with extensive visual documentation of the weapons discussed. Sessions were recorded at the offices, shop floor, and grounds of ARES Incorporated in Port Clinton, Ohio, in April 1988.

Stoner was born in Gasport, Indiana, in 1922. After graduating from high school in Long Beach, California, he installed armament equipment for Vega Aircraft Company. During World War II he enlisted in the Aviation Ordnance section of the U.S. Marine Corps. In late 1945 he began working in the machine shop for Whittaker, an aircraft equipment company, and ultimately became a Design Engineer. In the mid-1950s Stoner was hired as the Chief of Engineering for the ArmaLite Division of the Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation where he developed the prototypes for the M16 automatic rifle. Since then he has developed over one hundred patents in the ordnance field for four companies, including ARES Incorporated, which he co-founded in 1971. Having retired from ARES in 1989, Stoner continues to consult with company engineers on design and fabrication innovations.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9532, Twentieth Century Small Arms Development Videohistory Collection
Identifier:
Record Unit 9532, Series 1
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Twentieth Century Small Arms Development Videohistory Collection
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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ead_component:sova-sia-faru9532-refidd1e226

Precision Machine Shop, 1961-1964, 1967-1968

Collection Creator::
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation  Search this
Container:
Box 16 of 23
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 239, National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation, Records
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Records
Records / Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE, CIRCA 1927-1973. / Box 16
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0239-refidd1e8058

[Supervisory Training Conference Report. 55th Sub-Depot Army Air Base Lemoore, Calif.]

Collection Creator:
Charles, Mary  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1942
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Mary Charles Collection, Accession XXXX-0011, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Mary Charles Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28d93f946-a7ea-4bf7-935f-95a76873940c
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