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Materials:

Canvas and hemp rope

Dimensions:

3-D (Flat): 102.2 × 48.3 × 3.8cm (40 1/4 × 19 × 1 1/2 in.)

3-D: 96.5 x 45.7cm, 0.9kg (38 x 18 in., 2lb.)

Type:

EQUIPMENT-Mission Support

Date:

1931-1933

Credit Line:

Transferred from the USAF Museum

Inventory Number:

A20030068012

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9dfcd7b0c-2db0-48b0-9544-c985687a09e9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A20030068012

Culture/People:

Ahtna (Ahtena)  Search this

Collector:

Israel C. Russell, Non-Indian, 1851-1906  Search this

Previous owner:

U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)  Search this

Object Name:

Knife

Media/Materials:

Metal, hide

Techniques:

Wrapped

Dimensions:

26.5 x 6 x 2 cm

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Native Term:

nildzaats'aghi

Place:

Copper River; Ahtna Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

1875-1890

Catalog Number:

2/429

Barcode:

020429.000

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Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6969214df-8b9e-404e-b25c-ec1d15388c49

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_21632

Culture/People:

possibly Dena'ina (Tanaina) (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

William J. Fisher, Non-Indian, 1830-1903  Search this

Previous owner:

U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)  Search this

Object Name:

Arrow

Media/Materials:

Wood, animal bone, feather/feathers, cordage

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Cook Inlet; Cook Inlet Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Catalog Number:

2/436

Barcode:

020436.000

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Dena'ina (Tanaina)

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62ad6e1f8-6410-441c-9a47-3f5e68f9a210

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_21640

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Smithsonian Affiliates  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2022-04-26T20:21:34.000Z

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Education  Search this

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Smithsonian Affiliates

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SmithsonianNeighbor

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2014-05-13T19:19:31.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

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National Portrait Gallery

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NatlPortraitGallery

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Libraries  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2022-07-28T13:00:50.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Library science  Search this

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Smithsonian Libraries

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SmithsonianLibraries

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Libraries  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

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Topic:

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Smithsonian Libraries

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Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2016-06-23T13:59:48.000Z

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Film & Animation  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

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edanmdm:yt_00LsqIkuAn8

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Smithsonian Institution  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2016-06-23T14:05:55.000Z

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Smithsonian Institution

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Smithsonian Institution  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2016-06-23T13:57:02.000Z

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Film & Animation  Search this

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Smithsonian Institution

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_K7DvZY07t-w

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-07-08T19:03:21.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_nrb8GYQriZY

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Smithsonian Institution  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2015-11-12T15:12:42.000Z

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Smithsonian Institution

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Smithsonian Institution  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_ju5kOrKAaag

Collector:

Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903  Search this

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

Creator:

White, John H., 1933-  Search this

Extent:

31.33 Cubic feet (94 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Color slides

Correspondence

Ephemera

Magazines (periodicals)

Manuscripts

Negatives

Newsclippings

Patents

Photocopies

Photographs

Research

Writings

Date:

1880s-1990

Scope and Contents:

The archivist has arranged the collection into five series. The collections consists of orginal photographs, brochures, advertisements, correspondence, and trade literature as wells as photcopies of same and assembled by John White for many of his books about railroads.

Series 1: Car Builders, arranged alphabetically by company or individual.

Series 2: Equipment, Rolling Stock, arranged in two sections: alphabetically by White's heading: Articles in Progress and alphabetical by type of railroad car under White's heading: Research Files for Book in Progress.

Series 3: Locomotives, arranged alphabetically by Locomotive builders in two sections, first by individual company and second by individuals.

Series 4: Railroad Companies and Lines, arranged alphabetically by railroad companies and railroad lines.

Series 5: Publications, White's files for his book The American Railroad Freight Car, which are arranged into two sections, Illustrations and Text. Both sections are arranged numerically by chapters or sections of the book.

Series 6: Freight Cars

Series 7: Passenger Cars

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into seven series. Most material arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.

Series 1: Car Builders

Series 2: Equipment--Rolling Stock

Subseries 2.1: Articles in progress

Subseries 2.2: Research Files for Books in Progress

Series 3: Locomotives

Series 4: Railroad Companies and Lines

Series 5: Publications

Series 6: Freights Cars

Series 7; Passenger Cars

Historical:

John H. White, Jr., (1933- ), historian and museum curator, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated with a B.A. in history from Miami University, Ohio, in 1958. Shortly after receiving his degree, White joined the staff of the Smithsonian Institution as Assistant Curator of the Division of Transportation, Department of Science and Technology, National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT). White became Associate Curator of the Division, 1961-1966, Curator, 1967-1985, and Senior Historian, 1986-1989. White specialized in land transportation, particularly the history of railroads. He retired in 1990. His papers, the John H. White, Jr., Papers, circa 1959-1989 are at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

This collection of railroad materials was begun many years ago by employees of the Smithsonian Institution, and maintained later by curators and museum specialists working in the Division of Transportation, NMHT, later named the National Museum of American History (NMAH).

Some of the clippings date back to the time of J. Elfreth Watkins in the 1880-1890s. In 1885 Watkins was appointed Curator of the Section of Steam Transportation, which was successively known as Transportation and Engineering, and Technological Collections. Other portions of White's collection were clearly from Carl Mitman, author of several hundred entries on inventors and engineers in the Dictionary of American Biography and a Smithsonian employee who served as Curator of Mechanical Technology in 1919. In 1921 Mitman took the title of Curator of the Divisions of Mineral and Mechanical Technology, serving in this capacity until 1931. In 1931 the Division of Engineering was established. Mitman served as Curator of the Division and in charge of Mineral Technology, 1931-1938, Head Curator of the Department of Arts and Industries, 1932-1938, and Head Curator of the Department of Engineering and Industries, 1938-1948.

Some portions of this collection were acquired under the time of Frank A. Taylor (Mitman's protégé) who was Assistant Curator, 1928-1931, Assistant Curator for Mechanical Technology, 1932, Curator of the Division and in charge of Mechanical Technology, 1932-1948, Head Curator of the Division of Engineering and Industry, 1948-1957. In 1955 Taylor was appointed Assistant Director, United States National Museum (USNM), with special responsibility for planning the new NMHT, and in 1958 was appointed the first Director of the new museum. In 1962 Taylor became Director of the USNM with responsibility for both the National Museum of Natural History and NMHT.

Smith Hempstone Oliver of the Division of Transportation also kept up the files to a degree, though his main interest was in automobiles.

When White started employment at the Museum in June, 1958, there were, perhaps, two file cabinets on railroads. As Mr. White mentions in a letter to the archivist in March of 2002, "It was and is a great mix of odds and ends -- photos, news clippings, small prints, manufacturing catalogs, post cards, etc. Some junk and some treasure."

White found the material very useful for research and greatly expanded the collection. It more than doubled in size during his years in the Division, 1958-1990. The collection was White's working file and was set up to meet his needs. According to White, the collections greatest lack was cross referencing -- which was mostly in his head. He could usually find things but the organization might be confusing to other users. It was not intended for public use.

White is the author of many books on railroads, including:

American Locomotives: An Engineering History, 1830-1880. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968; 1997.

Early American Locomotives, with 147 engraving. New York: Dover Publications, 1972.

American Single Locomotives and the "Pioneer". Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973.

The Pioneer, Chicago's First Locomotive. Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1976.

The American Railroad Passenger Car. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.

The John Bull, 150 Years a Locomotive. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.

A Short History of American Locomotive Builders in the Steam Era. Washington, D.C.: Bass, 1982.

Great Yellow Fleet: A History of American Railroad Refrigerator Cars. Golden West Books, 1986

The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.

Provenance:

Collection materials donated by Jack White in 1995.

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:

Freight cars  Search this

Locomotives  Search this

Railroads -- History  Search this

Railroad passenger cars  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Articles

Color slides

Correspondence

Ephemera

Magazines (periodicals)

Manuscripts

Negatives

Newsclippings

Patents

Photocopies

Photographs -- 19th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Research

Writings

Citation:

John H. White, Jr. Railroad Reference Collection, ca. 1830-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0523

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83b50b7ee-ab37-4b18-b17c-cffb2543738e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0523

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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EDAN-URL:

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Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2022-04-27T13:57:59.000Z

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sitesExhibitions

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_jO6GoSFwjzg

Creator:

Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2020-12-10T19:30:12.000Z

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Topic:

Natural History;Marine biology  Search this

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Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

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SmithsonianSMS

EDAN-URL:

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Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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Natural History;Marine biology  Search this

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Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

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SmithsonianSMS

EDAN-URL:

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Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2011-10-08T18:24:17.000Z

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Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

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edanmdm:yt_149yeh-oWUc