Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research but the majority is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 3, Employee Records, personnel files are restrictedContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Eisler Engineering Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
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Sally K. Ride Papers, Acc. 2014-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Sally K. Ride Papers, Acc. 2014-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Sally K. Ride Papers, Acc. 2014-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
This series consists of the correspondence files of Wilson Palmer, one of United Shoe Machinery's key executives. He served as Assistant to the General Superintendent at the Beverly Factory beginning in 1932, Secretary/Treasurer of the Athletic Association beginning in 1933, General Superintendent of the Beverly Factory in 1940, and as President of the Mutual Relief Association.
He retired as a Vice President of the company in the 1950s. These files deal primarily with operations and accidents at the Beverly Factory, the Athletic Association, defense work, the Mutual Relief Association, and the Turner Tanning Machinery Company. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic within the series.
The general correspondence file consists mainly of notices regarding the operation of the Beverly factory. These include lists of foremen, notices of appointments, instructions to foremen, efficiency reports, and accident reports. The file reflects the company's concern for its workers and the facilities available at the factory for their benefit. Examples of this "corporate paternalism" include the provision of safety shoes and goggles, a gas station for employee use on the grounds, sale of coal to employees at a discount, advice on handling one's financial affairs, and health bulletins. The accident material includes data used in the preparation of accident charts, an oversize chart of safety tips, and several oversize charts of time lost due to accidents from 1928-1936.
The files on the Athletic Association are primarily routine correspondence regarding accounting matters, insurance, agreements, the golf course, various social events held at the clubhouse, and letters of acknowledgement. Also dealt with are investments made on behalf of the Association, settlement of a lawsuit to which the Association was a party, and financial statements regarding the "Sam Sam," an annual athletic event for employees. Of special interest are several Bulletins of the USMC Athletic Association of Spain from 1932-1933. Included in this series are Confidential Reports, 1938 -1941, which are summary reports of production at the Beverly factory addressed to Vice President H. S. Hubbell. These detail numbers of machines and parts manufactured and shipped, manufacturing profit, depreciated assets, and return on capital investment.
The files dealing with defense work date from 1940-1952. These deal with the company's involvement in the production of defense related mechanisms, such as fuse assemblies, recoilless rifles, the Mark 50 mine, and gun turrets. The focus is on industrial mobilization planning and procedures for procurement of equipment for the U.S. military. In addition, there is a file on the training program at the Beverly factory conducted in cooperation with the G.I. Bill in 1945. Files on the Mutual Relief Association, 1939-1951, include a general file containing annual financial statements, lists of committee members, and details of United Shoe's policy on contributing to the Relief Association. Other files deal with revision of the by laws, union circulars, circa 1944, dissolution of the Association, and its replacement with a group insurance plan. Other files provide information on pattern die manufacture and sales, the development and sale of a complete shoe repair outfit, and the manufacture of cutting blades by the Turner Tanning Machinery Company, a subsidiary acquired by USMC in the 1920s.
Collection 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.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage and audio visual materials. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period, reference copies do not exist for audio visual materials. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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This series consists of correspondence, credit cards for gas (Exxon and Mobil), invoices, receipts, utility bills, bank account information, insurance premiums, workers compensation accounts, transparencies, photographs, visa petitions for employees, industrial accident reports for employees, car accident reports, and notes with companies and individuals who supplied Dowd with services (e.g. utility companies) or materials (e.g. paint companies). Some of the materials documenting utilities contain service contracts and terms of agreement such as New England Telephone.
There are several files related to insurance (health and workers compensation). The workers compensation insurance claims document industrial accidents and include employers injury reports. The health insurance materials include the Harvard Community Health Plan describing the benefits available. Also included is a Medicare handbook (1987). The materials are arranged alphabetically.
Collection 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.
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Collection Citation:
Dowd Harpsichord Collection, 1949-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Press Conference - Announcement of Crew for 1st Apollo Flight with Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. "Ed" White and Roger B. Chafee, March 21, 1966. Robert Gilruth makes opening remarks. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee each say a few words about the flight. Joe Shae says a few words about the mission plans. Questions and answers begin at nine minutes. Names and responsibilities of the crew positions. If it were a lunar flight who would land on the moon. Orbital parameters. What is the flight plan for the mission? What suit will be used? When will this mission fly? When with the three deep space tracking stations be operational? What will the training be like and when will the simulator be ready? Is there a planned launch date? Where are the components for this vehicle? Will Gemini-12 fly? What is the dry weight of this mission compared to a lunar mission? What is the possibility of a rendezvous between Apollo-1 and Gemini-12? Five minute break. Tape pause. Resume with background conversations. Announcement of the Gemini-11 crew: Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad (USN), Command Pilot, and Commander Richard F. Gordon (US), Pilot. Backup crew will be Neil A. Armstrong (NASA) and William A. Anders (USAF). Backup for the Gemini-10 flight will be Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN) and Major Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. (USAF) has been reassigned as backup for Gemini-9 while the original Backup Gemini-9 crew be cam prime after the deaths of Elliot Sea and Charles Bassett. Gemini-11 will be a rendezvous and docking mission. Update on the Gemini-8 crew. The Gemini-9 vehicle may be erected this week. The status of the Gemini-8 Agena target. An accident report from Ellington AFB, Texas. Travel plans for the management team astronaut corps. Visitors to the Center are announced. Showing the Gemini-8 quick look film.
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United States Space Program Oral History Collection [Kapp], Acc. NASM.XXXX.0138, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Gorrell, Edgar S. (Edgar Staley), 1891-1945 Search this
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Box 4, Folder 11
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Archival materials
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Date:
1932-1939
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Edgar S. Gorrell Collection, Acc. XXXX-0057, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Reimar continues discussion of progress in soaring technology, future is soaring by hang glider or motor glider, Reimar on the Concorde [12:40]; Reimar on rebirth of very large transport seaplanes [16:30], development of transport aircraft; [23:32] Max weight of H IX V2 nine tons, heavy twin required military pilot with experience in heavy twin-engine aircraft, Scheidhauer lacked these skills, Ziller brought in, Reimar was present for Ziller's first flight in December 1944; [29:02] Reimar recounts Ziller's first flight, lasting about 30 minutes, engine exhaust color good, gear retracted...temperature-sensitive paint to check heat levels in exhaust decking behind engines, about 1,000 meters altitude, turns; [35:22] Working in control tower hard work, stressful, but Ziller did a good job testing the aircraft, Reimar and Ziller agreed the airplane was flying well and as expected, Reimar very interested in control forces, Ziller estimated about 3-5 kilograms, Ziller had sufficient elevator and aileron during landing, the problems Reimar expected did not appear; [40:44] RLM reponse to Ziller crash (during third flight), Reimar did not entirely agree with Walter's accident report, Reimar explains other factors, color of engine "plugs"(?), location of railroad, etc., Reimar and Myhra continue to discuss different aspects of Ziller's fatal crash; [51:04] Number of H IXs Göring ordered built; [52:20] Reimar talks about the development of aircraft done at Hersfeld, Reimar and Walter next logical step in H IX development as supersonic speed capability, he began, as usual, to work with sailplanes as test vehicles, H XIII, this site in Hersfeld and work there was secret from RLM, they would never have approved of such an advanced program, Reimar describes his calculations for building a successful delta test vehicle; [59:41] Reimar on other projests he worked on at Hersfeld, very long-range, high-altitude bomber/recon aircraft with turbine engines.
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Walter and Reimar Horten Interviews [Myhra], Acc. 1999-0065, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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