Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI. Search this
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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.
Collection Citation:
American Public Works Association "Top Ten Public Works Projects of the Century - 1900-2000" Nominations, 1999-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
1.83 Cubic feet (consisting of 3.5 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertising fliers
Reports
Mail order catalogs
Business records
Technical reports
Commercial catalogs
Print advertising
Technical manuals
Business ephemera
Legislation (legal concepts)
Commercial correspondence
Illustrations
Advertising cards
Advertising
Advertising mail
Advertisements
Catalogues
Publications
Trade literature
Periodicals
Photographs
Printed materials
Printed material
Receipts
Sales letters
Manuals
Catalogs
Sales catalogs
Trade cards
Business letters
Manufacturers' catalogs
Test reports
Trade catalogs
Ephemera
Business cards
Invoices
Legal documents
Printed ephemera
Sales records
Correspondence
Letterheads
Date:
circa 1832-1959
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents note:
Contains a broad scope of freshwater capture and use topics, with particular emphasis on the machinery and systems required for managing water resources and business aspects of the costs of goods and services. Includes coverage of home and farm use, agricultural solutions, and large scale operations such as public utilities such as damns, watersheds, reservoirs. Some of the technologies used are drilling, wells, hydraulics, engines and pumps, in addition to natural power sources in the form of windmills and turbines, and water wheels. both as methods of conveyance of water and in powering other devices such as grinders and saws. Purification and softeners address make up the bulk of treatment. Some materials address legal and regulatory issues but water rights is not significantly covered.
Materials include business records, marketing and advertising, some informational documentation in the form of guides and reports. A few schematics are present. A small amount of regulatory publications provide a glimpse of how municipalities dealt with local water issues, including billing and taxation. Miscellaneous writings includes a few tangential topics such as inland waterways and swimming pools, and a perspective essay on water.
Arrangement note:
Waterworks is arranged in three subseries.
Business Records
Genre
Subjects
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Series 1: Business Ephemera
Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Waterworks is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
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.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Waterworks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
The collection consists of the Safe Water Book, loose filters, and a Tasita, a filter holder that connects two bottles together, created by chemist and inventor, Theresa Dankovich.
Arrangement:
Collection is unarranged.
Biographical / Historical:
Dankovich created the Safe Water Book, a book of silver-nanoparticle filter papers that kill disease and bacteria. The paper filters are called Folia Filters. The filters are used in conjunction with the Tasita, a plastic filter that holds the paper and connects two bottles together. The filters come in the form of Safe Water Books. Each book contains 26 filters and one book provides a year of safe drinking water. Dankovich holds a B.S. in fiber science from Cornell, an M.S. in agricultural and environmental chemistry from the University of California, Davis, and a Ph.D in chemistry from McGill University. She is the Chief Technology officer and Chairwoman of Folia Water, a company she founded in 2015.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Theresa Dankovich, 2016.
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.
Chemical Construction Corp. (div.) ; Filtration Equipment Corp. (div.) ; Lederle Laboratories (Pearl River, NY div.) ; Davis & Geck, Inc. ; North American Cyanamid Ltd. ; Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories Search this
Notes content:
Cyanamid, plastics, molding compounds, drugs, dyes, vat dyes, gypsum products, pigments, petroleum chemicals, industrial chemicals, explosives, separation processes, aerosol wetting agents, ore dressing, fertilizers. Contracting chemical engineers ; Leaflet on Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutrition ; Information about medical films ; Achromycin V Capsules ; Declomycin ; Cyasorb UV Light Absorber ; Annual Reports (1980, 1981, 1988) ; medical, agricultural and chemical products ; perfumes ; deodorants ; hair care products ; cleaning liquids ; insecticides ; vitamins and minerals ; "Pnu-Imune" Pneumococcal Vaccine ; "Pnu-Search" ; "Tine Test" ; prescription medication ; "Systemic Antibiotic Therapy of Acne Vulgaris" ; "ECG Interpretation: The Elusive Diagnosis" ; drug identification charts ; Filtration and filters for industrial use ; Clarifying tank for sewage disposal ; Bar screen ; travelling screen ; "The Story of Lederle" including research, production, sales, and export activities for pharmaceuticals, biologicals, veterinary products, etc. ...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
From www.pall.com : Pall’s only business is filtration and the technologies that are complementary to it. The result of our nearly 60-year focus on filtration is an accumulated wealth of scientific knowledge, diverse application experience and a vast technology and product portfolio. This has made Pall the largest and broadest-based filtration company in the world. The need for filtration, separations and purification transcends industries and applies to all of the fluids — the biologicals, water, chemicals and gases — that course through them. Formerly of Glen Cove, NY but now of East Hills, NY. Search this
File contains documents from the Pall Corp, a maker of filtration equipment. Three copies, circa 1959 of Poro-Scope, Pall's newsletter. Bulletin TT31 from 1968: "PTM Thermocouple & Extension Wire Selection Guide featuring 2 and 3 wire in plastic, fibrous, and metal sheathed insulation for all temperature measuring appplications (this temperature sensor and control was made by the Pall Trinity Micro Corp. subsidiary). A 1998 color catalogue called: "The Filter Book: the ultimate laboratory filtration and separations reference" from Pall Gelman Science. Terms in the catalogue include filtration, membranes, laboratory, separation, syringe filters, capsules, funnels, vents. Circa 1980 booklet for Pall's Micro Metallic Division Porous Plastic Filter Co. Inc. which makes multiple surface filters from combinations of plastic, Teflon, stainless steel and mesh. Large binder, circa 1995, containing information for a manufacturers representative. Contents include: Pall Filter Selection Guide, disposable filters, filter housings, ultrafine filters, filter assemblies, a Porous Metal Media Guide, metal fiber filters, and finally the Pall Gas Solis Separation System for the Chemical Process, Refining and Mineral Industries ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
19 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
East Hills, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies Search this
swimming pool filters ; pressure filters ; water filters ; Norwood Air System ; chemical feeding equipment ; water purification systems ; gravity filters ; municipal filters ; James Screen for mining ; paper finishing machinery ; rag dusters ; Holyoke fire hydrants ; Wilson filters ; water ozonizer ; individualized water conditioner ; radiant ionizer ; includes blueprints
Includes:
Trade catalog and photographs
Black and white images
Physical description:
53 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Florence, Massachusetts, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning Search this
Distributor for Seitz . [Source: "Sterilization of Fruit Juices By Filtration" by D. C. Carpenter , C. S. Pederson , and W. F. Walsh in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry , November 1932 , pg. 1223 ; USF Seitz-Filter-Werke ; Pall-Seitz-Filter-Werke ; See also Seitz-Works Kreuznach . Search this
Notes content:
Postcard sized photograph of a plate and frame filter or polishing filter press for beer and other liquids .
Includes:
Trade catalog and photographs
Black and white 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):
Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.) Search this
[Trade catalogs from Lenser Kunststoff-Preßwerk GmbH & Co. KG]
Company Name:
Lenser Kunststoff-Preßwerk GmbH & Co. KG Search this
Related companies:
Lenser America Inc. (NJ) ; Lenser Filter Media Inc. (NJ) ; Lenser Asia Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) ; Lenser Magyarors[illegible-record hole-punched] Kft. (Hungary) . Search this
Notes content:
Filtration equipment ; membrane plates ; membrane sets ; other plates ; special filter elements ; specialized plastics and filtration fabrics .
