Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.9" x 4.5".)
Container:
Box 18, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Biographies
Diaries
Place:
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
1910 February 1-1910 May 31
Scope and Contents:
Inscription on flyleaf: "Journal from February 1, 1910 to May 31, 1910."
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 4.0".)
Container:
Box 18, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Biographies
Diaries
Place:
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
1910 December 25-1911 October 1
Scope and Contents:
Inscription on flyleaf: "Journal from December 25, 1910 to October 1, 1911."
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Collection is open for research.
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.25" x 4.0".)
Container:
Box 18, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Biographies
Diaries
Place:
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
1911 October 1-1912 April 12
Scope and Contents:
Inscription on flyleaf: "Journal from October 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911 and from Jan. 1, 1912 to April 12, 1912."
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5".)
Container:
Box 19, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Biographies
Diaries
Place:
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
1913 July 1-1914 March 11
Scope and Contents:
Inscription on flyleaf: "I / Journal of / Dr. L.H. Baekeland / Yonkers, NY [sic] / July 1, 1913 / to March 11, 1914." The diary details Baekeland's daily activities. He writes often of his visits and discussions, and the subjects of correspondence he has written and received. It sheds light on the use and distance of travel by automobile in the early twentieth century. In the notes, Baekeland explains increasing time spent in the laboratory at the end of 1913 into 1914.
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 19, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1915 January 1-1915 July 8
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 19, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1915 October 21-1916 April 30
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 19, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1917 January 22-1917 July 17
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 19, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1917 July 18-1917 December 7
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 20, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1918 June 19-1918 December 16
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 20, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1919 March 31-1919 September 30
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 20, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1919 October 1-1920 February 26
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 21, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1927 May 16-1927 December 24
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 21, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1933 December 25-1934 December 31
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 22, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1936 May 18-1937 March 27
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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 22, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1938 September 12-1939 December 31
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Robert Dennis Reid papers, 1961-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co. ; Northern Central Railroad Co. ; West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Co. ; Pennsylvania Steel Co. ; Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co., Engineers Search this
Notes content:
UNIQUE set of railroad trade literature ; 1847-1877 annual reports ; late 19th Century leisure travel books, tour announcements and schedules (3-week Golden Gate tour of California, 1890 ; 1887 Summer excursion routes to New England, the Catskills, the Adirondaks, New Jersey Shore, Quebec, Niagara Falls, Saratoga Springs, NY, Bar Harbor and Mt. Desert Island, ME, Ashville, NC, Mackinac Island, MI, Newport, RI, Fire Island, NY ; 1892 tour book for Florida illustrated with photographs) ; 1916 company history entitled "Seventy Years of America's Greatest Railroad" ; 1908 schedule with map of the line to Atlantic City, NJ ; 1899 manual for employees of the company's Signal Department ; circa 1913 company pamphlets (subjects range from resuscitation from electric shock to elementary principles of electricity) ; 1929 pamphlet on container car service ; bound set of 1915 leaflets (directed to employees and to the public) on issues of efficiency and safety (including "Making Automobile Drivers Believe in Signs") ; 1916 company history entitled "Seventy Years of America's Greatest Railroad: The Pennsylvania 1846-1916" ; 1946 safety manual ; illustrated 1949 brochure for Pullman sleeping car train called "the General" that ran between New York and Chicago in 16 hours ; circa 1880 map showing alignment of original railroads in Philadelphia, PA, now included as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad System ; 1916 booklet with description of PRR System's "Main lines and branches with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the contiguous territories" ; 1946 annual report including beautiful color illustrations of company's 100th anniversary ; 1890 record of transportation lines operated by PRR ; 1927 pamphlet about the PRR 6000 freight weighing machines (scales) ; 1930 newsletter about development of industry (warehouses, glass) and agriculture (dairy, potatoes, corn) along route of PRR ; 1926 brochure entitled "Modern Cars and locomotives" ; company's Book of Rules (1941, 1943, 1947, 1948) ; 1916 and 1940s instructions regarding signaling apparatus ; 1930 history of Allegheney Portage Railroad ; booklet about grain elevators at ports (1930) ; 1904 booklet about Passenger Car Ventilation Systems ; January 1908 book illustrated with photographs entitled "The New York Passenger Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Under Construction)", later called Pennsylvania Station ; 1860 booklet entitled "Report of Experiments with Coal-Burning Locomotives made on the Pennsylvania Railroad April-August 1859" ; 1872 illustrated technical pamphlet showing standard steel rail sections made by Pennsylvania Steel Co. for Pennsylvania Railroad
Includes:
Trade catalog, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
52 pieces; 12 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones Search this
Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment) Search this