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[Trade catalogs from Cutler-Hammer, Inc.]

Company Name:
Cutler-Hammer, Inc.  Search this
Related companies:
Eaton Corp. ; Entrekin Computers (a Cutler-Hammer Company) ; Control Switch (a Cutler-Hammer Company) ; Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co.  Search this
Notes content:
electric heating devices ; electric heating appliances ; electrically heated domestic appliances ; control of electric motors, use of electrical magnets, electrical equipment. " IDT PanelMate " video control panels ; pushbuttons ; programmable mini-controller ; 3 phase starters (magnetic and manual) ; single phase starters ; components ; AC contactors ; DC contactors ; overload relays ; fuse and terminal blocks ; motor circuit switches ; relays ; timers ; general purpose relays ; industrial relays ; timing devices ; pilot devices ; indicating lights ; limit switches ; control centers ; high voltage ; DC controllers ; shoe breaks ; renewal parts ; heater coils ; DIP switch ; sensors ; toggle switches ; commercial rocker and paddle operated switches ; precision snap switches ; commercial accessories ; commercial relays ; electronic controls ; rotary switches ; push button switches ; slide button switches ; safety breaker ; automatic controllers for direct-driven planers ; conveyors ; fiber optics ; inductive proximity sensors ; photoelectric sensors ; fiber optic sensors ; limit switches ; SenSelect computer software ; Vulcan Electric Gear Shift
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
439 pieces; 24 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Date:
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
Computers and computer equipment  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Air conditioning  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airships  Search this
Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Balloons  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Boats and boating  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Computers  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Heating  Search this
Heating and ventilation industry  Search this
Household appliances  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Marine machinery  Search this
Military supplies  Search this
Military uniforms  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Optical equipment  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Ships  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_12504
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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[Trade catalogs from Hammel, Riglander & Co., Inc.]

Variant company name:
Since 1873  Search this
Company Name:
Hammel, Riglander & Co., Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
tools, supplies, and equipment for jewelers, watchmakers, clock repair, instruments, electronics, opticians, engravers, craftsmen, school shops, laboratories, silversmiths, metal workers, and die sinkers ; safety equipment ; oil ; lubricants ; "Ceramit" colors
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)  Search this
Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Topic:
"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Adhesives  Search this
Architectural metal-work  Search this
Art metal-work  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Paint industry and trade  Search this
Playgrounds  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Tools  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_45426
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45426

[Trade catalogs from Mayfair]

Company Name:
Mayfair  Search this
Related companies:
MacGregor & McCallum Ltd. (London, United Kingdom)  Search this
Notes content:
"Mayfair" "electric washers" ; washing machines ; "Magic" vacuum cup electric washers
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
5 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Appliances (household)  Search this
Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this
Clothing (including hats; shoes; accessories; etc)  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Cleaning compounds  Search this
Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Dress accessories  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hats  Search this
Household appliances  Search this
Shoes  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_30208
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_30208

E. R. Beers Electric Company Collection

Creator:
Beers, E.R.  Search this
Names:
E.R. Beers Electric Supply Company.  Search this
General Electric Company  Search this
Schuylkill Construction and Supply Company.  Search this
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931  Search this
Former owner:
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of  Search this
Extent:
6.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business records
Papers
Place:
Shenandoah (Pa.)
Bloomsburg (Pa.)
Date:
1909-1938
Summary:
The collection documents E.R. Beers's business records, his personal collection of Edison trivia, and correspondence between Beers and General Electric (1909-1922).
Scope and Contents note:
This collection consisting of records of the Schuylkill Electric Construction & Supply Co. and the E.R. Beers Electric Co. and includes correspondece, advertisements, sales receipts, limited cash statements, and bids for electrical modifications. The bulk of the data is from the period from 1909 through the 1920's and mid 1930's. The collection contains advertisements that reflect the introduction of the electrical appliance to the home. Important transitions in the electrical industry are represented. For example, in July 1910 there is an acceptance by Lehigh Valley Railroad of rewiring of the Shenandoah Station according to "the rules and regulations of the Underwriter's Association" and agreement to furnish certificate of approval. Further, in February 1922 there the statement "Service for direct current motors is gradually being eliminated and will eventually be discontinued ... ."
Biographical/Historical note:
The Schuylkill Electric Construction & Supply Co., a small electrical operation in a very important period of time, 1909 to 1938, particularly for electrical appliances reflecting the conversion of gas lighting to incandescent lighting to decorative and arc lighting. At first there were two stores, one in Reading, Pennsylvania and one in Shenandoah, PA. The partnership was dissolved January 1911, resulting in the closing of the Reading, Pennsylvania store and the continued operation of the Shenandoah, Pennsylvania store. The Kauffman Electric Co., Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania was purchased in 1919 and named the E.R. Beers Electric Company.
Provenance:
Collection donated by E.R. Beers, December 1985.
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:
Electrical engineering  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Electrical equipment  Search this
Genre/Form:
Business records -- 20th century
Papers
Citation:
E.R. Beers Electric Co. Collection,1909-1938, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0232
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E. R. Beers Electric Company Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84a3674fb-2e60-4903-9a91-b5f5fdd21113
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0232

Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers

Creator:
Mamer, Stuart M.  Search this
Mamer, Louisan E., 1910-2005  Search this
Names:
Rural Electrification Administration  Search this
Tennessee Valley Authority  Search this
United States. Department of Agriculture  Search this
Extent:
10.1 Cubic feet (31 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Trade catalogs
Manuals
Scrapbooks
Newsletters
Lecture notes
Articles
Specifications
Publications
Photographs
Correspondence
Date:
1927-2002
Summary:
The Mamer collection includes a wide range of materials used to teach concepts and the usage of electricity to predominately rural audiences. Mamer kept many of her materials in labeled notebooks; other papers were filed loosely with no apparent order. The collection materials date pre-dominantly from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. There are some materials from the late 1930s. There is only one item from 1927 and one from 1999.
Scope and Contents:
The Mamer collection materials date pre-dominantly from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. There are some materials from the late 1930s. There is only one item from 1927 and one from 1999. Many materials are undated. The collection includes a wide range of materials used to teach concepts and the usage of electricity to predominately rural audiences. Mamer kept many of her materials in labeled notebooks; other papers were filed loosely with no apparent order.

The arrangement is generally by type or purpose of document. Original order and subject headings have been maintained where it is readily apparent. Mamer filed some materials in broad subject categories, for instance L.P. Gas, Lighting and Electric Ranges; are in Series 1, Subseries 1.2. One of Mamer's systems of keeping notes for presentations was to type talking points on paper, and then cut them into strips, and file them in envelopes under broad categories. These may have been used during oral presentations as mnemonic devices or as simple maxims pertaining to the topic being discussed. (In an October 2004 phone interview Mamer could not recall their specific use.) These can be found in Series 1, Subseries 1.1. Many of the documents in this collection were originally printed on highly acidic paper and extreme care is recommended in handling them.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series. The arrangement is generally by type or purpose of document. Many materials are undated.

Series 1: Demonstration & Training Materials, 1932-2002

Subseries 1.1: Demonstrator Notes and Resources, 1936-1994

Subseries 1.2: Electrical Appliance and Subject Files, 1932-1952

Subseries 1.3: Cooperative Study Courses, 1938-1953

Subseries 1.4: Adviser Packets and Co-op Shop Paks, circa 1948-1974

Series 2: Publications, 1927-1999

Series 3: Photographs, Filmstrips, Slides and Vu-Graphs, 1943-1952, undated
Biographical / Historical:
Louisan E. Mamer (1910-2005) was born on August 28, 1910 to Louis H. and Anna Mary Elizabeth Mies Mamer. She graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Agriculture with an AB in 1931. Mamer begin her government career with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), moving to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1935. The REA was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's programs described collectively as the New Deal. The REA's goal was to bring affordable electricity to rural America. Electrification brought prosperity and an elevated standard of living to rural areas, but initially there was a great deal of ignorance about electricity in its applications and uses. Mamer was hired by the REA as a Home Electrification Specialist, or "demonstrator," to educate people in the uses of electricity.

Mamer was based at the REA headquarters in Washington, DC but traveled extensively throughout the Midwest performing demonstrations of electrical appliances, planning and teaching "training schools" for rural electrical co-op advisors, demonstrators, and home economics teachers initially in the states of Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. This traveling show came to be known as the "electric circus." Her first show was in the Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Co-op near Anamoso, Iowa. Mamer described the process in a 1975 interview: "We would usually move into a town over the weekend. Having made the move and set up the tents [two large circus tents] and gotten ready for the show during the daytime, say, on a Monday, that night we would have the home electrification specialist (which was my job) demonstrate lighting equipment. I believe the next morning we had a laundry equipment demonstration at about 10 a.m., and in the afternoon, we demonstrated small appliances and some kitchen and laundry planning along the way. The last evening, the home electrification specialist conducted a big cooking duel between two local men. That was a highlight of the whole program." [1]

The electric circus was discontinued in 1941, a victim of WWII gas shortages. Mamer continued educating rural America with the Electro-Economy Tour designed to help the war effort. This was also discontinued due to WWII shortages. After the war, Mamer began traveling and demonstrating again while also developing training courses for the REA and REA co-ops nationwide. Through her demonstrations and training materials, Mamer was not only teaching rural America in the uses of electricity but in a lifestyle reflecting the goals of the New Deal - a better life for average Americans. Mamer's largest audiences seem to have been rural housewives but men were included as well, especially in the "cooking duel". Mamer identified with these women and from her notes and interviews she seems to have firmly believed in her mission to better people's lives through electricity.

In a 1948 article for Practical Home Economics magazine, Mamer briefly described her background and work:

My background is rural; locale, southern Illinois. As I grew, 'college' like 'mama's bank account' was always with us, and we worked to get the money for it --selling pecan meats, mowing, raking, doing everything but plowing for the same pay as the hired men. Finally I had almost $1,000, a fashionable suntan, unfashionable broad shoulders and a "harrowing" walk that served me well in getting about at the University of Illinois.

That first year I planned to become a writer, but by my sophomore year I decided that I should learn something to write about. So I spent my last three years and four summers more becoming a home economist and satisfied my craving for writing on The Daily Illini and the Illinois Agriculturist, college sheets of which I was woman's editor.

My background was, as astrologers would put it, propitious to home economics. My mother had already mothered one family of seven brothers, and she operated on a big scale. We butchered; we churned; we canned; we baked bread; we had two acres of garden, fruit, chickens and a milk route. All this-sans electricity, sans running water.

When I started teaching, an all-electric foods laboratory was a rarity, but I got one and was very proud of it. I also got a great deal of experience which came in handy when I left teaching to take a job in Washington writing for NYA.

REA was so new then that home economics hadn't entered the picture, so I went in as a writer. In 1937, after a training period in TVA, REA sent me to Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska as a regional home economist. Except for being lent briefly to WPB I've been in REA ever since.

My secret ambition is to build a modern house; furnish it modern and Chinese; equip it all-electric and with a husband guaranteed not to wander; operate the whole arrangement at enough profit to provide myself with all the secretarial and other help I would like to have to do my job the way I would like to do it and write besides. [2]

Mamer married Arthur C. Hagen (1911-2000), an REA electrical engineer, on March 20, 1954. She devoted her working life to the REA retiring in 1981. Mamer died in Washington, DC in December 2005.

Footnotes

1. "Bringing Light to Rural America," Rural Cooperatives magazine, March 1998.

2. "Methods of Teaching Home Use of Electricity," part 1 by Louisan E. Mamer, Practical Home Economics magazine, April and May 1948.

Sources

"Bringing Light to Rural America," Rural Cooperatives magazine, March 1998. Campbell, Dan, "When the Lights Came On," Rural Cooperatives Magazine, August 2000.

Troppa, Gina M., "The REA Lady --A Shining Example," Illinois Currents, 2002
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center

Reddy Kilowatt Records (AC0913)
Provenance:
Donated by Louisan E. Mamer to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian in June 2004.
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:
Cookery  Search this
Electric toasters  Search this
Farms  Search this
Electric lighting  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Stoves  Search this
Refrigerators  Search this
Recipes  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Laundry  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Home economics  Search this
Rural electrification  Search this
Kitchens  Search this
Kitchen appliances  Search this
Genre/Form:
Trade catalogs
Manuals
Scrapbooks
Newsletters -- 20th century
Lecture notes
Articles
Specifications
Publications
Photographs -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century
Citation:
Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers, 1927-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0862
See more items in:
Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e48c475b-3cc5-435c-9e69-00db28125c0b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0862
Online Media:

[Trade catalogs from Heath Co.]

Company Name:
Heath Co.  Search this
Related companies:
(subsidiary of) Daystrom Inc. ; Heath / Schlumberger Instruments ; see also Heath Aviation Co.  Search this
Notes content:
"Heathkits" ; quality electronic equipment in kit form ; kits to build televisions, clock-radios, fishing & marine equipment, time & temperature weather kits, metal locators, etc. ; "Skinner" air scoop and filter, lifetime windowshields, plastic enclosures, aircraft radios, air phones, plywood skis, plywood floats, inspection covers, loop direction floats, heavy duty tailwheel, shock cord covers, windowshield covers, and tie down kits for airplanes ; "Heath" vacuum tube voltmeters ; home protection systems ; automotive test equipment ; generators ; speakers ; turntables ;audio recording equipment ; etc. ; Heathkit Catalog Supplement 80/03 and 80/04 (1962) ; "Malmstadt-Enke Instrumentation Laboratory" catalogue ; two catalogues for the "pH Meter/Recording Electrometer Module" to be used with the "Malmstadt-Enke Servo Recorder" ; catalogue is accompanied by two articles reprinted from Journal of Chemical Education, titled "A Versatile and Inexpensive pH Recording Electrometer" (vol. 41, no. 3; March 1964) and "A Versatile and Inexpensive Controlled Potential Polarographic Analyzer" (vol. 41, no. 4; April 1964) ; Heath EU Series Bulletin (vol. 1, no. 2; 1965) ; article titled "pH Stat with Digital Readouts for Quantitative Chemical Determinations" reprinted from Analytical Chemistry (vol. 37, no. 1; January 1965) ; article titled "A Multipurpose High Precision Recording Photometer" reprinted from Journal of Chemical Education (vol. 41; May 1964) ; Heathkit 1966, Catalog-810/60A ; small catalogue advertising a book titled "Electronics for Scientists" by Howard V. Malmstadt, Christie G. Enke, and E. Clifford Toren, Jr. ; Heathkit Catalog, Fall and Winter 1961-1962 ; separate print advertisements ; physics laboratory equipment as used at University of California Berkeley ; Heathkit preamplifier ; Heathkit Catalog No. 200, Christmas 1985 ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HW-16 CW transceiver" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HP-1144 AC Power Supply ; Heathkit "kit builders guide" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "cantenna" dummy RF load" ; product information for "Heath Berkeley Physics Laboratory stations ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HD-20 Crystal Calibrator" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "AM Table Radio" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HG-10B Amateur VFO" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HD-1234 Coaxial Switch" ; Heathkit assembly manual for "HD-10 Electronic Keyer"
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
70 pieces; 4 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Computers and computer equipment  Search this
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment)  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Television  Search this
Topic:
"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
"Schools -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airships  Search this
Balloons  Search this
Boats and boating  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Computers  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Marine machinery  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Optical equipment  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Playgrounds  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Ships  Search this
Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Television supplies industry  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_20344
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_20344

[Trade catalogs from Underwriters' Laboratories]

Company Name:
Underwriters' Laboratories  Search this
Related companies:
National Board of Fire Underwriters  Search this
Notes content:
inspected electrical equipment and appliances, fire protection equipment, hollow concrete block bearing walls. "Standard for Safety" booklets ; "List of Inspected Automotive Appliances" (April 1922)...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
68 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Firefighting and fire engines  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Fire fighting equipment industry  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_25533
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25533

[Trade catalogs from Technical Innovations]

Company Name:
Technical Innovations  Search this
Notes content:
"Burgatel" telephone alarm reporting system ; includes diagrams
Includes:
Trade catalog and manual
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Barnesville, Maryland, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Locks and safes (including alarm and security systems)  Search this
Topic:
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Locks and keys  Search this
Safes  Search this
Security systems  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_45388
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45388

[Trade catalogs from Tools Unlimited]

Company Name:
Tools Unlimited  Search this
Notes content:
hand tools ; hardware ; battery chargers ; electrical tools ; industrial power tools ; jacks ; lifts ; engine stands ; lathes ; band saws ; presses ; brake shop equipment
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Toledo, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Topic:
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_45389
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45389

[Trade catalogs from GC Electronics]

Variant company name:
Hicksville, Long Island, NY ; Los Angeles, CA  Search this
Company Name:
GC Electronics  Search this
Related companies:
GC-Telco Div. ; Electrocraft Div. ; AudioTex Div. ; Walsco Electronics Div.  Search this
Notes content:
chemicals ; tools ; hardware ; knobs ; resistors ; plugs and jacks ; connectors ; adapters ; switches ; cable clamps and ties ; TV antenna installation hardware and accessories ; indoor antennas ; CB antennas ; phono drives ; chassis punches ; cements ; test socket adapters ; audio accessories
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Rockford, Illinois, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this
Television  Search this
Topic:
Adhesives  Search this
Audio equipment industry  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Paint industry and trade  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this
Sound recording industry  Search this
Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Television supplies industry  Search this
Tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_45392
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45392

[Trade catalogs from Burden Sales Co.]

Company Name:
Burden Sales Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Surplus Center  Search this
Notes content:
air tools ; power plants ; battery chargers ; welders and accessories ; timer switchers ; tools ; wrenches ; horns ; sirens ; pumps
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Topic:
Air-compressors  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_45397
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45397

[Trade catalogs from E. T. Cunningham, Inc.]

Variant company name:
Harrison, NJ  Search this
Company Name:
E. T. Cunningham, Inc.  Search this
Related companies:
RCA Radiotron Co., Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
Cunningham radio tubes ; blueprints ; specifications ; RCA Radiotron
Includes:
Trade catalog and manual
Black and white images
Physical description:
12 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Topic:
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_12461
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_12461

[Trade catalogs from Cramer Electronics, Inc.]

Variant company name:
Newton, MA ; multiple locations  Search this
Company Name:
Cramer Electronics, Inc.  Search this
Related companies:
Cramer/EW Washington (Gaithersburg, MD)  Search this
Notes content:
Electronic devices and equipment ; integrated circuits ; semiconductors ; tubes ; controls ; resistors ; capacitors ; transformers ; relays ; switches ; miniature lamps ; hardware ; connectors ; batteries and fuses ; wire and cable ; racks and cabinets ; chemicals and tools ; panel meters ; test instruments ; sound equipment
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 2 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this
Television  Search this
Topic:
Audio equipment industry  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this
Sound recording industry  Search this
Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Television supplies industry  Search this
Tools  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_11949
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_11949

[Trade catalogs from Herbach & Rademan, Inc.]

Company Name:
Herbach & Rademan, Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
Electrical equipment for industry ; radio and laboratory supplies ; timers ; time switches ; temperature controls ; telephone system ; "walkie-talkies" ; motor generator ; motors
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
15 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Engines  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Motors  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Telecommunication systems  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Telephone supplies industry  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_20843
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_20843

[Trade catalogs from Olson Electronics]

Company Name:
Olson Electronics  Search this
Notes content:
Distributor of electronic equipment ; stereos ; speakers ; record players ; AM/FM receivers ; etc.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Akron, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this
Topic:
Audio equipment industry  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this
Sound recording industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_29516
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29516

[Trade catalogs from Newark Electronics Corp.]

Variant company name:
Inglewood, CA ; Grand Rapids, MI ; Cincinnati, OH ; New York, NY ; Garland, TX ; Denver, CO ; Oak Park, MI ; Minneapolis, MN ; New Orleans, LA ; Houston, TX ; Detroit, MI  Search this
Company Name:
Newark Electronics Corp.  Search this
Related companies:
Newark Electric Co. (previous name?) ; (subsidiary of) Premier Industrial Corp. ; see also Hudson Radio & TV (?) ; Motorola Inc. (semiconductor products sector) ; Newark Xpress (Kingsport, TN) ; Premier Farnell Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Distributors. Electronic radio and television parts ; electrical apparatus and equipment ; military products ; semiconductors ; resistors ; potentiometers ; thermistors ; capacitors ; filters ; inductors ; switches ; sensors ; timers ; counters ; knobs ; relays ; contractors ; solenoids ; transformers ; surge suppressors ; power conditioners ; circuit boards ; fuses ; batteries ; connectors ; terminal blocks ; sockets ; circuit breakers ; wires ; heat shrinking tubes ; chemicals ; solder equipment ; television tuners ; tubes ; cabinets ; test instruments ; sound equipment ; receivers ; amplifiers ; high fidelity systems ; speakers
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
18 pieces; 14 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Computers and computer equipment  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Television  Search this
Topic:
Calculators  Search this
Computers  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Optical equipment  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Television supplies industry  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_31666
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_31666

[Trade catalogs from Burstein-Applebee Co.]

Variant company name:
Since 1927 ; Overland Park, KS ; Denver, CO  Search this
Company Name:
Burstein-Applebee Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Radios ; televisions ; electronic apparatus, supplies, and sets
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
15 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Television  Search this
Topic:
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Radio supplies industry  Search this
Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Television supplies industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9512
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9512

[Trade catalogs from Allied Electronics, Inc.]

Variant company name:
Chicago, IL  Search this
Company Name:
Allied Electronics, Inc.  Search this
Related companies:
Avnet Co. ; Spartan MFG Corp. ; Tandy Corp.  Search this
Notes content:
batteries ; circuit breakers and accessories ; fuses and fuse clips, blocks, holders, kits and testers ; surge protectors ; fans ; motors ; cabinets ; relays ; timers ; counters ; controls ; sensors ; thermostats ; switches ; magnifier lamps ; hardware ; wire and accessories ; connectors ; emergency lights ; exit signs ; indicators ; lamps ; arrays ; optoelectronics ; optoisolators ; optoswitches ; photocells ; photodiodes ; phototransistors ; tubes ; vacuum fluorescent displays ; capacitors ; chokes and inductors ; filters and voltage suppressors ; oscillators ; potentiometers ; resistors ; thermistors ; AC/DC power supplies ; DC/DC converters ; semiconductors ; solder equipment, chemicals, and cleaners ; telephone, audio, security and computer products ; panel meters ; test equipment ; adapters ; transformers; solenoids ; www.alliedelec.com
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
7 pieces; 6 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Date range:
1900s-2000s
Topic (Romaine term):
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this
Computers and computer equipment  Search this
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Locks and safes (including alarm and security systems)  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
Calculators  Search this
Candles  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Cleaning compounds  Search this
Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Computers  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Engines  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Lamps  Search this
Lighting  Search this
Locks and keys  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Motors  Search this
Optical equipment  Search this
Safes  Search this
Security systems  Search this
Telecommunication systems  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Telephone supplies industry  Search this
Tools  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_34655
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_34655

[Trade catalogs from Packard Instrument Co.]

Variant company name:
Downers Grove, IL ; La Grange, IL  Search this
Company Name:
Packard Instrument Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Packard Bioscience Co. ; PerkinElmer ; Canberra Packard Inc. ; Packard Bioscience and CCS Packard ; Ambac Industries Inc. ; Packard Instrument International S.A. (Zurich, Switzerland) ; Canberra Packard International S. A. (Zurich, Switzerland) ; Canberra Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Press kits containing booklets on various products ; "Packard '92 The Changing Face of Radioassay Counting" ; gamma counter ; "Test Your Gamma IQ" (1993) ; "Matrix Solid Supports" vol. 1, issue 1, Summer 1991 (a scientific newsletter published by Packard Instrument Co.) ; "Tri-Carb 2500TR" ; "Matrix 96 Direct Beta Counter" ; "Flame Oxidation Sample Oxidizer Model 307" ; "Cobra Auto-Gamma" ; "Packard '90 Packard: MAPP to Success" ; "Riastar: Simple Fast Smart" ; "Auto-Gamma 5500 Benchtop Gamma Counters" ; "Packard Pesticide Analyzer" (1967) ; "The Future of Microplate Assays is Here -- 384-well Radioscopic and Luminescence Counting!" (1996) ; SpeedQuant Molecular Biology Instant Imager electronic autoradiography system (1995) ; "Chemicals & Supplies Catalog for Liquid Scintillation and Gamma Counting" (1987) ; "Packard Today: Forty Years of Life Science Innovation" (1994) including information on Robotics in assaying ; Tri-Carb Liquid Scintillation Analyzer (1994) ; Ultima Gold LCS cocktail ; "Packard '93 Accelerating the Pace of Scientific Research Worldwide" ; autoradiography ; "The 2420 Tri-Carb Spectrometer New Simplicity and Convenience in Liquid Scintillation Counting" (1970) ; "Microvolume Radio-HPLC...Resolution Just Got Better" (1998) ; "Model 7150 Radioactive Flow Monitor Trace II" (1985) ; gas chromatography network ; "Model 830 Network Manager" (1985) ; instruments for radioactivity measurement and chromatography ; "TopCount" Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Counters ; "Cyclone" Storage Phosphor System ; includes business cards. Founded 1949 (see "The Business of Chemistry" page 132, pubs.acs.org/supplements/chemchronicles2/pdf/131.pdf?sessid=5964.) Packard Instruments, later Packard Bioscience was a developer, manufacturer and marketer of instruments and related consumables and services and services, for use in drug discovery and other life sciences research, such as basic human disease research and biotechnology. Packard BioScience is primarily focused on the rapidly growing areas of drug screening, functional genomics and proteomics. In 2001 PerkinElmer, Inc. acquired Packard. (see http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=89380&p=irol-pressRelease&t=Regular&id=201704&).
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
54 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Meriden, Connecticut, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies  Search this
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Computers and computer equipment  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Nuclear materials and technologies  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Topic:
"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Biochemical engineering  Search this
Biotechnology  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Computers  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Nuclear energy  Search this
Nuclear engineering -- Instruments  Search this
Nuclear industry  Search this
Nuclear power plants  Search this
Optical equipment  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_27026
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_27026

Manuscript and Pamphlet File

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this
Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this
Williams, Talcott  Search this
Hawley, Edwin H.  Search this
Wilson, Thomas  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this
Extent:
41 Linear feet
Culture:
Luiseno  Search this
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this
Iroquois  Search this
Baubi  Search this
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Eskimos  Search this
Innuit  Search this
Jamomadi  Search this
Kiowa  Search this
Mission  Search this
Moro  Search this
Naltunnetunne  Search this
Pygmies  Search this
Tesuque  Search this
A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this
Modoc  Search this
Wichita  Search this
Osage  Search this
Dyak  Search this
Fox  Search this
Haida  Search this
Makah  Search this
Maya  Search this
Carib  Search this
Shuar/Achuar  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Nanticoke  Search this
Seri  Search this
Pomo  Search this
Chinook  Search this
Washo Indians  Search this
Nez Percé Indians  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Kuna (Cuna)  Search this
Bannock  Search this
Omaha  Search this
Cochiti Pueblo  Search this
Yavapai  Search this
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Mojave (Mohave)  Search this
Hupa  Search this
Caddo  Search this
Klamath  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Maidu  Search this
Oto  Search this
Tolowa  Search this
Wintun  Search this
Samoan  Search this
Cossacks  Search this
Arabs  Search this
Diegueño Indians  Search this
Goajira  Search this
Hittites  Search this
Kabyles  Search this
Kirghese  Search this
Luiseño Indians  Search this
Maori (New Zealand people)  Search this
Wichí (Mataco)  Search this
Narragansett  Search this
Parsee  Search this
Quichua  Search this
Quinaielt  Search this
Tonga?  Search this
Tulalip  Search this
Dayak (Indonesian people)  Search this
Samoans  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Wintu  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Quinault  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Inuit  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Letters
Notes
Drawings
Maps
Photographs
Printed materials
Processed materials
Paper specimens
Reports
Manuscripts
Catalogs
Motion pictures (visual works)
Bibliographies
Place:
British Columbia
District of Columbia
Europe
Hawaii
India
Iran
Ireland
Japan
Korea
Madagascar
Madeira Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Morocco
New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Nubia
Puerto Rico
Spain
Tahiti
Philippines
Thailand
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Date:
1840s
1860-1962
1972
1997
Scope and Contents:
For those who are searching for anthropologically substantive materials, special note should be made of the Manuscript and Pamphlet File. A potpourri of documents, the file includes correspondence, notes, drawings, maps, photographs, printed and processed materials, paper specimens, reports, writings, catalogs, motion picture film (now in the Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archives), bibliographies, and other types of documents. Of concern is a wide variety of subjects such as anthropological specimens, museology and museums, Smithsonian history, archaeological and ethnological methods, exhibits, expeditions, history of anthropology, and so forth.

The file seems to have been maintained in the Division of Ethnology — in one document it was referred to as Herbert W. Krieger's morgue — and the subject matter is largely ethnological. Nevertheless, some documents relate to archeology and physical anthropology. The file also contains administrative materials, such as records relating to the Department of Anthropology's use of Work Projects Administration workers during the 1930s. In addition, the file is the main location of materials not generally accepted as being strictly anthropological in the modern sense. It includes, for example, material on period costumes, fish and fisheries, whaling, religions, armor, biblical studies, modern appliances, the seal industry, European music and musical instruments, lace, aeronautics, and other similar subjects. In addition, the file includes sets of papers of Edwin H. Hawley ,Walter Hough, Otis T. Mason, Talcott Williams and Thomas Wilson. Some documents, both primary and secondary research materials, concern the following cultural groups and geographic areas: Arabs, Bannock, Baubi, Blackfoot, British Columbia, Caddo, Carib, Chinook, Cochiti, Comanche, Cossacks, Cuna, Delaware, Diegueño, District of Columbia, Dyak, Eskimo, Europe, Fox, Goajira, Haida, Hawaii, Hittites, Hupa, India, Innuit, Iran, Ireland, Jamomadi, Japan, Jivaro, Kabyles, Kiowa, Kirghese, Klamath, Korea, Luiseño, Madagascar, Madiera, Maidu, Makah, Maori, Mataco, Maya, Micmac, Micronesia, Mission, Modoc, Mohave, Mongolia, Moro, Morocco, Naltunnetunne, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Navaho, New Guinea, Nez Perce, Nubia, Omaha, Onandaga, Osage, Oto, Papua, Parsee, Pawnee, Peru, Philippines, Pomo, Pueblo, Puerto Rico, Pygmies, Quichua, Quinaielt, Samoa, Sauk, Seminole, Seri, Shoshoni, Spain, Tahiti, Tesuque, Thailand, Texas, Tolowa, Tonga, Tulalip, Utah, Virginia, Washo, Wichita, Wintun, Yavapai, and Zuni.
The manuscript and pamphlet file is virtually a potpourri of documents, including correspondence, notes, drawings, maps, photographs, printed and processed materials, paper specimens, reports, writings, catalogs, motion picture film, bibliographies, and other types of documents. Of concern is a wide variety of subjects such as anthropological specimens, museology and museums, Smithsonian history, archeological and ethnological methods, exhibits, expeditions, history of anthropology, and so forth. The file seems to have been maintained in the Division of Ethnology--in one document it was referred to as being Herbert W. Krieger's morgue--and the subject matter is largely ethnological.

Some documents, however, concern archeology and physical anthropology. The file also contains some administrative materials--records relating to the Department of Anthropology's use of Work Projects Administration workers, for example. In addition, it is the main location of materials not generally accepted as being strictly anthropological in the modern sense. It includes, for example, material on the First Ladies' Gown exhibit now in the National Museum of American History, fish and fisheries, whaling, religions, armour, biblical studies, modern appliances, the seal industry, European music and musical instruments, lace, aeronautics, and other similar subjects.

The file includes the papers of many different persons. The file also includes sets of papers of Otis Tufton Mason, Walter Hough, Talcott Williams, Edwin H. Hawley, and Thomas Wilson. It includes documents, sometimes of a secondary nature, about the following cultural groups and geographic areas; Arabs, Bannock, Baubi, Blackfoot, British Columbia, Caddo, Chinook, Cochiti, Comanche, Cossacks, Cuna, Delaware, Diegueno, District of Columbia, Dyak, Eskimo, Europe, Fox, Goajira, Haida, Hawaii, Hittites, Hupa, India, Innuit, Iran, Ireland, Jamomadi, Japan, Jivaro, Kabyles, Kiowa, Kirghese, Klamath, Korea, Luiseno, Madagascar, Madeira, Maidu, Makah, Maori, Mataco, Maya, Micmac, Micronesia, Mission, Modoc, Mohave, Mongolia, Moro, Morocco, Naltunnetunne, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Navaho,

New Guinea, Nez Perce, Nubia, Omaha, Onandaga, Osage, Oto, Papua, Parsee, Pawnee, Peru, Philippines, Pomo, Pueblo, Puerto Rico, Pygmies, Quichua, Quinaielt, Samoa, Sauk, Seminole, Seri, Shoshoni, Spain, Tahiti, Tesuque, Thailand, Texas, Tolowa, Tonga, Tulalip, Utah, Virginia, Washo, Wichita, Wintun, Yavapai, and Zuni.
Collection Restrictions:
Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Lace and lace making  Search this
Musical instruments  Search this
Seal industry  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Fish and fisheries  Search this
First Ladies' Gowns  Search this
Whaling  Search this
Religions  Search this
Armor  Search this
Biblical studies  Search this
Tipai-Ipai  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Mi'kmaq  Search this
Otoe  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Eskimo ?  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Blackfeet  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Letters
Notes
Drawings
Maps
Photographs
Printed materials
Processed materials
Paper specimens
Reports
Manuscripts
Catalogs
Motion pictures (visual works)
Bibliographies
Collection Citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.XXXX.0311, Subseries 17.1
See more items in:
Department of Anthropology records
Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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