Newspaper article from San Francisco Call Bulletin, 17 April 1939, on page from scrapbook volume 18; photos of Jack Roper, Nathan Mann, Jim Braddock, Tommy Farr, Harry Thomas, John Henry Lewis, and Joe Louis.
Arrangement:
Vol. 18, page 18.
Local Numbers:
AC0002-0000001.tif (AC Scan No.)
Collection Restrictions:
Due to fragility of the scrapbook volumes, researchers must use the microfiche version located in the Smithsonian Libraries, American History branch. Request call number mfc 000887. See repository for more details.
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.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation Search this
Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Reports
Clippings
Place:
Pennsylvania
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Date:
1841-1930, undated
Summary:
Papers of Samuel Morse Felton, civil engineer and railroad president, and his family.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains biographical material on both Feltons; a handwritten bound report by Felton on the construction of the Norfolk Co. Railroad, 1847 1849; correspondence, 1861 1927, to and from both Feltons; various reports on military railroads during the World War years; and news clippings and articles on the Feltons, 1889-1930.
Arrangement:
Collection divided into five series.
Series 1: Biographical, 1841-1921
Series 2: Correspondence, 1861-1927
Series 3: Reports, 1847-1919
Series 4:History of Transportation Department, undated
Series 5: News clippings, 1889-1930
Biographical / Historical:
Samuel Morse Felton (1809 1889), civil engineer, became Superintendent and engineer of the Fitchburg Railroad in 1843 and left in 1851 to become President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PWBRR). Under Felton's able management this unsuccessful and financially failing railroad was rebuilt, restored and prospered. The road was of great strategic importance during the Civil War and performed a great service by transporting troops and supplies for the Union. In 1857, he installed the locomotive engine "Daniel Webster" in service on the PWBRR. It was probably the first really successful coal burning passenger engine in regular service upon any RR in the U.S. In 1865 he left the PWBRR to become President of the Pennsylvania Steel Company. This was the first attempt in the United States to manufacture steel rails as a commercial enterprise. During this period he also served as director of many railroads including the Philadelphia, Wilmington & BRR, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., the Northern Pacific, the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain and several others. He was director for ten years of the Pennsylvania RR. In 1869 he was appointed by President Grant as a Commissioner to inspect Pacific Railroads.
His son, Samuel Morse Felton (1853 1930), followed in this father's footsteps. He graduated from MIT in 1873 and began a life long career in American railroading. In 1889 he became President of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, later assumed the Presidency of the Mexican Central Railroad, and became President of the Chicago Great Western Railroad in 1909. During WWI he was appointed Director General of Military Railways and in that capacity had charge of the organization and dispatch to France of all American railway forces and supplies. He continued in that position during the World War years. By 1928 he was Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, President of the Western Railroad Association, and Chairman of the Western Association of Railway Executives, to name only a few of his positions. At his death he was an advisor and associate of the Central Trust Company of Illinois.
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
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.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics Search this
Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Letters (correspondence)
Clippings
Place:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Date:
1857-1926
Summary:
The papers document the life and career of William K. Applebaugh, and his activities as a telegrapher during the U.S. Civil War.
Scope and Contents:
Archival materials documenting the life and career of William K. Applebaugh, and his activities as a telegrapher during the U.S. Civil War.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into two series.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1846-1926
Series 2: Printed Materials, 1857-1874
Biographical / Historical:
Telegrapher during the U.S. Civil War.
Sergeant in Co. F, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry on September 18, 1862, Applebaugh was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant of the 161st PA Regiment on October 29, 1862, then Sergeant Major of the 16th PA Cavalry on June 20, 1863. On January 6, 1864, he was assigned to the U.S. Military Telegraph Service by General Halleck, and while serving as "1st Engineer" at Headquarters of the Army of the James, Sergeant Major Applebaugh became familiar with all the new electrical equipment developed to improve field communications. Immediately following his discharge on May 27, 1865, he was employed by Western Union and gained rapid advancement in the telegraphy profession
Related Materials:
Materials at the Archives Center
Western Union Telegraph Company Records (AC0205)
Provenance:
Collection donated by Division of Information, Technology and Society, National Museum of American History.
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.
This accession consists of the records of Ellen Roney Hughes, Museum Specialist, which document the planning, development, production activities, and various other
matters for the exhibitions Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Major League Baseball, Puppets and Things on Strings,
Nation of Nations, Sports Feelings: U.S./Soviet Sports Photography, and Sports and Songs in America, 1840-1940 at the National Museum of American History
(NMAH), as well as for Smithsonian's America: An Exhibition of American History and Culture in Chiba (Chiba-Shi), Japan. A two-day symposium, "The Superhero in America,"
was produced in conjunction with Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds, which became a traveling exhibition as well. Earlier records date back to when Hughes was in the
Division of Community Life at NMAH, and when the museum was known as the National Museum of History and Technology. Also represented in these records are curators Carl H.
Steele and Bernard S. Finn. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; contracts and agreements; scripts; object lists; symposium
information; press clippings and news releases; floor plans; loan information; visitor comments; installation photographs; a press kit; and brochures.
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service Search this
Extent:
10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Brochures
Clippings
Compact discs
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Color negatives
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Electronic records
Date:
1968-2010
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence,
memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, slides, transparencies, scripts, itineraries, floor plans, checklists, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes,
and other related records. Records are arranged by exhibition title (exhibition ID number) and date(s). Materials also include exhibitor contracts alphabetical by state, 1999-2005.
Some materials are in electronic format.
Exhibitions include African American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Africa's Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaton,
America's First Ladies, American Agriculture: A Continuing Revolution, Americanos: Latino Life in the United States, And the Band Played On, Antoin
Sevruguin and the Persian Image, The Artistry of African Currency, Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, Black Presence in the Era of
the American Revolution, 1770-1800, Children in Bondage: Photographs of Child Laborers by Lewis W. Hine, Corridos Sin Fronteras: A New World Ballad Tradition,
Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas, Do It Yourself: Home Improvement in 20th-Century America, Exploring Garden Transformations, 1900-2000,
Feast Your Eyes: The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens, First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image, Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915-1940,
Generations: Birth Rituals and the Roots of Becoming, Jack Tar - American: Profiles of Merchant Seafarers, 1783-1804, Jack Tar, American Navigator, Jazz
Age in Paris: 1914-1940, July 1942: United We Stand, Just before the War: Urban American from 1935 to 1941 as Seen by Photographers of the Farm Security Administration,
Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Lilliput, U.S.A., American Miniature Furnishings, 1840-1940, Long Road Up the Hill: Blacks in Congress, 1870-1983,
Manuscripts of the American Revolution, Oliphant: Paintings and Cartoons, Out of Time: 20th-Century Designs for the Future, Picturing the Century:
100 Years of Photography from the National Archives, Played with Immense Success, Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections,
Ride On! The Bicycle Exhibition, Rotten Truth about Garbage, Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, Star Wars: Art of the Starfighter, Subway: An Underground
Exhibition, Suiting Everyone, These Rare Lands, Twenty Bicentennial Banners, Voyage: A Journey through Our Solar System, Wade in the Water:
African-American Sacred Music Traditions, What Style Is It?, and Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2026; Transferring office; 9/27/1984 memorandum, Glenn to Loar; Contact reference staff for details.
Ferdinand Perret Research Library : a collection of research material in the Library of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution [microform] / collected and compiled by Ferdinand Perret
