| J. Crosby Brown collection of steamboat copy photographs, 1795-1930
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| Creator: |
Brown, J. Crosby |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1994.212 |
| Extent: |
34 images |
| Abstract: |
James Crosby Brown, Jr., was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1929 and spent most of his life in Philadelphia, where he pursued
a career in business. After retiring in 1981, he turned full-time to his life-long avocation of maritime history. This collection
consists of copy photographs of steamboats, many on the Schuylkill River.
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| J. Howard Pew papers, 1902-1971
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| Creator: |
Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1634 |
| Extent: |
117 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The J. Howard Pew papers are primarily concerned with Pew's political activities and philanthropy. Of particular interest
are the letters which document Pew's activities in the American Liberty League, the Republican National Committee, and the
National Association of Manufacturers.
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| Jackson and Sharp Company photographs, before 1902
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.036 |
| Extent: |
6 items |
| Abstract: |
The Jackson and Sharp Company, a manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1869,
as the successor to the partnership of Jackson & Sharp. This collection contains copy photographic prints of the company plant.
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| Jackson Hunsicker Memo Mate papers, 1993-1996
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| Creator: |
Hunsicker, Jackson, 1948- |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2361 |
| Extent: |
0.8 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Jackson Hunsicker (b. 1948) invented the "Memo Mate" which she patented in the fall of 1993. The Memo Mate made use of newly
available microchip technology that enabled it to record and store up to twenty seconds of audio on a device not much bigger
than a business card. The collection consists of Hunsicker's legal correspondence concerning the patent application process
and subsequent contractual disputes, along with schematics and designs, and possible names and logos.
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| Jackson Laboratory Library collection, 1931-1997, bulk 1944-1963
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Jackson Laboratory. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2678 |
| Extent: |
2.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
A collection of bulletins and reports from the library of DuPont's Jackson Laboratory. Most were generated by the Organic
Chemicals Department, which operated Jackson Laboratory, but others come from other DuPont Departments and their laboratories.
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| Jackson Park Garage advertising handbill, 1933-1935
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| Creator: |
Jackson Park Garage. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1994.281 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
This handbill for the Jackson Park Garage on Stony Island Avenue in Chicago advertises its mechanical services and lists monthly
specials for Ford 4, Chevrolet 6, and Pontiac 6 automobiles. The NRA (National Recovery Administration) eagle symbol is in
the right corner. The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. government agency established during the Great Depression
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to stimulate business recovery through fair-practice codes. Companies that subscribed to
the NRA codes were allowed to display a Blue Eagle emblem, as a symbol of cooperation with the NRA.
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| Jacob Graff mercantile bill and accounts, 1785
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| Creator: |
Graff, Jacob, 1751-1793 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1144A |
| Extent: |
3 items |
| Abstract: |
Consists of three mercantile account records of Philadelphia merchant Jacob Graff. |
| Jacquelin L. McConaughey's prints of paintings of DuPont facilities, 1979
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| Creator: |
McConaughey, Jacquelin L., 1920-2001 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2013.252 |
| Extent: |
3 items |
| Abstract: |
Jacquelin Lee McConaughey (1920-2001) was an artist and longtime employee of the DuPont Company. This collection consists
of three photographic prints of her paintings that she created for the DuPont Company's Environmental Color System.
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| James Bailey collection of DuPont Company images and videos, 1977-2002
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| Creator: |
Bailey, James
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2013.234 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The DuPont Experimental Station is a large industrial research facility founded in 1903; focused on chemistry research. James
Bailey was an employee at the DuPont Company for forty years. The materials in this small collection consist of photographs,
videos and ephemera related to the DuPont Company.
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| James F. Allee, Jr. photographs, circa 1900
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| Creator: |
Allee, Elheurah J.; Farmer's Bank of the State of Delaware |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.013 |
| Extent: |
6 items |
| Abstract: |
James F. Allee, Jr. (1884-1956), was a lawyer and publisher from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. This collection contains
six photographic prints from the J.F. Allee papers.
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| James H. Yeager photographs, 1939-1980
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| Creator: |
Yeager, James Henry, 1911-1986 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2012.207 |
| Extent: |
438 items |
| Abstract: |
James Henry Yeager (1911-1986) was the industrial photographer for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for thirty years, between
1946 and 1976. The first half of this collection contains photographs taken by James H. Yeager during his tenure at Bethlehem
Steel as industrial photographer.The second half the this collection consists of photos and slides taken by Yeager while traveling
in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, and to a lesser degree Washington, DC and the southern United States.
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| James J. McGillan papers, 1984-2010
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| Creator: |
McGillan, James J., 1941-2013 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2635 |
| Extent: |
5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
James J. McGillan (1941-2013) was a lawyer and businessman who specialized in corporate transactions and telecommunications
systems. He was co-founder of Private Transatlantic Telecommunications System, Inc. (PTAT), which constructed the first privately
owned transatlantic fiber optic telecommunications cable from the United States and England. Later, he was co-founder of Med-Tel
International Corp., which operated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinics in the U.S. and United Kingdom. McGillan's papers
largely include the corporate records of both PTAT and Med-Tel International, documenting corporate buyout policies and transactions,
high level executive and managerial decision making, federal licensing, and corporate law within the telecommunications industry.
|
| James P. Baughman papers, 1962-1994
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| Creator: |
Baughman, James P. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2483 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
This collection of James P. Baughman's personal and professional papers document some of his teaching career at Harvard Business
School, and a large part of his consulting and teaching work through his long employment at General Electric.
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| James P. Baughman papers, 1962-2001
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| Creator: |
Baughman, James P. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2708 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
James Porter Baughman (born August 8, 1936) became a member of the Harvard Business School faculty in 1962 and served as consultant
to a vast array of private firms and public companies. His papers describe the successful career of a renowned business manager,
lecturer, consultant, and world wide resource for developing future business management practices in the late twentieth and
early twenty-first centuries.
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| James Packer collection of Joy Manufacturing Company photographs, 1921-1988
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| Creator: |
Joy Manufacturing Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2013.212 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Joy Manufacturing Company was a major manufacturer of underground mining and materials handling machinery. The photographs
were collected by retired corporate secretary James Packer (1920-2008) in 1985 for the purpose of writing a company history.
This small collection consists of photographs, mostly group portraits of staff. The collection dates range from the 1921 to
1988. The materials are so sporadic that there is no bulk date.
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| James W. Scarlett papers, 1953-2004, bulk 1970-1990
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| Creator: |
Scarlett, James W., (James Warren), 1937-2016 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2662 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
From 1906 to the 1970s, the Honeywell corporation grew from specializing in thermostats and home heating into military engineering,
cameras and computing. James Warren Scarlett (1937-2016) was a team leader and electrical engineer at Honeywell through the
crucial 1970s period where they led the world in developing process control technology for industrial plants. His records
illustrate the development of Honeywell's Industrial Process Control Division's TDC 2000 and TDC 3000 systems. The collection
has particular strengths in materials documenting the design of the user interface, sometimes referred to as the man-machine-interface
(MMI). Materials include reports, papers, presentation slides, books, correspondence, and business cards.
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| Jayne Building engraving, circa 1870
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| Creator: |
Gihon,, William B. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1998.263 |
| Extent: |
1 images |
| Abstract: |
David Jayne (1798-1866) purchased a drug store in Philadelphia in 1836. His patent medicine business grew quickly and he built
this new building in 1850. The building was designed by American architects, William J. Johnston (1811-1849) and Thomas U.
Walter (1804-1887) and was located at 242 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm of Dr. D. Jayne and Son
was one of the largest patent medicine firms in the United States, and this building was "the most conspicuous building of
the time" in Philadelphia. Engraved on wood and printed by William B. Gihon (dates unknown), an illustrator and engraver.
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| J.B. Campbell Water Wheel Company photograph collection, part II, circa 1933
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| Creator: |
J.B. Campbell Water Wheel Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1989.245 |
| Extent: |
46 images |
| Abstract: |
Campbell Waterwheel Company specialized in traditional water wheels and how they could be used as esthetic elements in the
landscape. Consequently, much of the company's work was for decorative power plants for private estates or for historic restorations.
The collection consists of photographs of an unidentified electrically-powered water wheel.
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| J.B. Campbell Waterwheel Company photograph collection, part 1, circa 1920-1965
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| Creator: |
J.B. Campbell Water Wheel Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1980.313 |
| Extent: |
6 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Campbell Waterwheel Company specialized in traditional water wheels and how they could be used as esthetic elements in the
landscape. Consequently, much of the company's work was for decorative power plants for private estates or for historic restorations.
The collection consists of graphic materials related to J.B. Campbell and the Campbell Water Wheel Company. The bulk of the
collection contains photographs of company projects, arranged alphabetically by client or contractor name. These include views
of water wheels, turbines, and water supply systems during various stages of installation. There are also views of mills,
dams, flumes, hydroelectric power plants, irrigation gates, swimming pools, and hydraulic machinery.
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| J.E. Rhoads & Sons, Inc. records, 1699-1969
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| Creator: |
J.E. Rhoads & Sons, Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0290 |
| Extent: |
213 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The leather manufacturing firm of J.E. Rhoads & Sons grew out of an eighteenth-century tanning operation on the Rhoads family
homestead in Marple, Chester County (now Delaware County), Pa. Records cover the entire history of the firm from the 1720s
through the 1960s. There is also substantial information on trade organizations in the leather industry and on members of
the Rhoads family.
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| John B. Lovis research files on Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1894-2006, bulk 1963-2003
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| Creator: |
Lovis, John B. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2410 |
| Extent: |
0.8 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The records consist of materials collected by John B. Lovis for the writing of his book on the history of the Sparrows Point
Plant, plus original Bethlehem Steel documents from his tenure in the Corporate Planning Department.
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| John B. Stetson Company photographs, 1924-1925
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| Creator: |
John B. Stetson Hat Company. -- General subdivision--Employees.; |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2001.214 |
| Extent: |
13 items |
| Abstract: |
The John B. Stetson Company was a manufacturer of hats. The company was founded in 1865 by John B. Stetson (1830-1906) in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company's Kensington plant consisted of twenty-five buildings covering nine acres at Germantown
and Montgomery Avenues. During its heyday in the 1920s it employed over 5,000 people to make its hats. This is a small collection
of photographs and other material relating to the company. The photographs focus on the workers in and around the factory
and its amenities.
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| John E. Hyde collection of DuPont Company photographs, circa 1906-1912
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
Hyde, John E.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1999.220 |
| Extent: |
42 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802. The du Ponts purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine
River just North of Wilmington, Delaware for the production of black powder. In 1902 the DuPont Company acquired the Smith
Electric Fuze Company and some other properties in the Pompton Lakes, New Jersey area. The DuPont Company also operated a
dynamite plant near Hancock, Michigan. This collection consists of snapshot photographs from the works at Pompton Lakes, New
Jersey, and others from a plant in Michigan, most likely the Senter dynamite works near Hancock, Michigan.
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| John Elgar letter to Charles Lukens, 1825 March 31
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| Creator: |
Elgar, John, 1784-1858 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1366 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
John Elgar was a Quaker master mechanic employed in the York, Pa., foundry of Phineas Davis, Israel Gartner and James Webb.
The letter is an order for sheet iron used to build the hull of the steamboat
Codorus.
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| John F. Tucker collection of Philadelphia transit photographs, 1905-2004, bulk 1966-1990
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| Creator: |
Tucker, John F., III |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1994.224 |
| Extent: |
986 items |
| Abstract: |
John Foster Tucker III (1950-2008) was a Philadelphia-born rail transit operating official and rail history enthusiast. This
collection consists of photographs of trolleys, trains, rails lines, and rail stations in Philadelphia and the city's Pennsylvania
suburbs, as well as offices, maintenance shops, and garages used by transit authorities. Most of the collection is devoted
to SEPTA, but predecessor companies PTC (Philadelphia Transportation Company) and PSTC (Philadelphia Suburban Transportation
Company) are also represented.
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| John F. Tucker collection on transit history, 1895-2002, bulk 1920-1990
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| Creator: |
Tucker, John F. (John Foster), 1950-2008 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2046 |
| Extent: |
30.1 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The John F.Tucker Transit History Collection consists of official documents produced or used by Mr. Tucker during his career
as a public transit official, records of the pre-SEPTA Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (1907-1939) and the Philadelphia
Transportation Company (1940-1968) that he preserved from loss or destruction, and materials collected out of his interest
in the history of transit systems, particularly electric traction lines. The collection traces the evolution of the Philadelphia
transit system, its extent, routes and services, and of North American rail rapid transit generally.
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| John Farrell Metten collection, 1969
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| Creator: |
Metten, William F., Jr. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.029 |
| Extent: |
58 items |
| Abstract: |
John Farrell Metten (1873-1968) was a marine engineer and shipbuilding industry executive. This collection contains photographic
prints, postcards, documents, drawings, and an identification card pertaining to the career of John Farrell Metten and views
of Naval ships built at the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N.J.
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| John Gilles Townsend Jr. papers, 1908-1977
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| Creator: |
Townsend, John Gillis, Jr., 1871-1964 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2017.247 |
| Extent: |
1.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
John G. Townsend Jr. (1871-1964) was a politician, a businessman, and a banker. He served as Governor of Delaware from 1917
to 1921 and as Delaware’s U.S. Senator from 1929 to 1941. He operated a lumber business, cannery, orchard, and then a large
poultry farm called Townsend Inc. Farms. This small collection documents Townsend’s work in politics and in the poultry industry.
There is a fair amount of biographical information authored by Louise Stanton Johnson, who worked as Townsend’s secretary
during his time as Senator. The collection has been arranged into four series: Governor and Senatorial papers; Townsend Inc.
Farms records; Louise Stanton Johnson papers and Printing plates and seals. The materials in the collection date from 1908
to 1977, with a bulk of the materials from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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| John Gordon Rideout papers, 1923-1952, undated
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| Creator: |
Rideout, John Gordon, 1898-1951 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2701 |
| Extent: |
4 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The John Gordon Rideout papers illustrate the career of John Gordon "Jack" Rideout, a noted industrial designer. Rideout began
his career in sales, moved into advertising, and eventually opened industrial design firms in Toledo and then Cleveland, Ohio.
Highlights of the collection are images of
Skippy Racer, perfume atomizers designed for DeVilbiss, the
Shell-Back metal chair designed for Calumet Chair Company, and his classic re-design of Magnalite Cookware for the Wagner
Manufacturing Company.
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| John J. Raskob papers, 1900-1956
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| Creator: |
Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0473 |
| Extent: |
300 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The collection documents Raskob's business and political careers as well as his personal life. The papers document significant
aspects of the histories of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and the General Motors Corporation during the first half of
the twentieth century.
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| John J. Raskob photographs, circa 1900-1945, bulk 1916-1920
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| Creator: |
Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1984.248 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
John Raskob (1879-1950) was a financial executive for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and General Motors, and builder of
the Empire State Building. The collection primarily consists of construction progress photographs of the Durant Building in
Detroit, Michighan in 1919 and 1920. There is a small set of images of a renovation at Raskob's Archmere estate in 1916, and
a few portraits and snapshots of Raskob.
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| John McShain papers, 1925-1989
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| Creator: |
McShain, John, 1898-1989 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2000 |
| Extent: |
266 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
John McShain was a Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,-based building contractor, whose firm, John McShain, Inc., was by 1950
the fiftieth largest construction firm in the United States, with contracts in excess of $100,000,000. John McShain's personal
and business papers document his business career, the construction industry, and his investments in hotels, car dealerships,
parking garages, transit lines, and racehorses.
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| John McShain photograph collection, circa 1900-1990
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| Creator: |
McShain, John |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1990.268 |
| Extent: |
3,942 items |
| Abstract: |
The collection contains graphic materials documenting John McShain's family life and personal interests, his career as a building
contractor, and his involvement in horse racing.
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| John Okolowicz collection of publications and advertising on radio and consumer electronics, 1903-1988
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| Creator: |
Okolowicz, John |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
AVD.JOPN.2014 |
| Extent: |
3040 digital files |
| Abstract: |
Advertising, both print and radio, developed as a prominent industry in the early decades of the twentieth century as popular
magazine circulation exploded and the radio became ubiquitous in American households. This collection consists of digital
access copies of publications, including employee magazines, and magazine advertisements for radios and other related household
electronics dating from 1912 to 1980.
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| John Pott business records, 1799-1828
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| Creator: |
Pott, John, 1759-1827 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1120 |
| Extent: |
6 volumes |
| Abstract: |
His business records consist of four time and board books and one day book from the Greenwood Iron Works and a single day
book from the District Forge.
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| John Trageser Steam Copper Works calendar, 1926
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| Creator: |
John Trageser Steam Copper Works.; Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1989.270 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
John Trageser Steam Copper Works manufactured galvanized and copper range boilers, expansion tanks, hot water tanks, as well
as; sinks, drainboards and bathtubs. This item is a page (March 1926) from a calendar of the John Trageser Steam Copper Works
of New York. A humorous color illustration by Tony Sarg shows four men golfers "Limbering up at the first tee."
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| John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs, 1889-1936
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| Creator: |
Macklem, J.W. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.010 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
John W. Macklem (1867-1948) began working for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as an errand boy at a young age and remained
with the company his entire career. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the
DuPont company. This collection comprises photographs of buildings and scenes in DuPont Company explosives manufacturing plants
along the Brandywine Creek near Wilmington, Delaware, including the Eleutherian Mills (or Upper) yard, the Upper Hagley yard,
and the Lower Hagley yard.
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| John Wanamaker store ephemera, 1928
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| Creator: |
John Wanamaker (Firm). |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.287 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
In 1875, Philadelphia merchant, John Wanamaker, bought a freight railroad depot at 13th and Market Streets and made it Philadelphia’s
first department store. In 1909, Wanamaker bought a huge pipe organ and installed it in Grand Court of the new building. Octave
Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872-1967) was a French painter and medallic artist. This collection is a folded momento with of
a reproduction of "Adoration of the Magi" triptych painted by O. D. V. Guillonnet which was exhibited in the Organ Loft, Grand
Court of the John Wanamaker store, Philadelphia.
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| John Watson engineering notebooks, 1830-1832
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| Creator: |
Watson, John, fl. 1830. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0171 |
| Extent: |
5 volumes |
| Abstract: |
John Watson, a Quaker, worked as a land surveyor in Pennsylvania during the early nineteenth century. The collection consists
of five volumes relating to the construction of the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal.
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| Jonathan H. Klein papers, 1980-2006
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| Creator: |
Klein, Jonathan H., 1949- |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2546 |
| Extent: |
1.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
A small sample of papers of a career specialist in passenger railroad and rail transit equipment economics, describing rolling
stock issues at Amtrak and at transit agencies in California and Pennsylvania.
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| Joseph A. Speel's Model Book Bindery advertisement, circa 1860
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| Creator: |
Joseph A. Speel & Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1976.320 |
| Extent: |
1 image |
| Abstract: |
Joseph A. Speel (1810?-1891) was a bookbinder in Philadelphia. This advertisement shows an interior view of the bindery printed
in at least two colors with hand tinting.
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| Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company engineering sketches, 1912-1966
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| Creator: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2323 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
A small sample of engineering sketch sheets from a large Wilmington, Del., cotton textile and textile finishing firm. |
| Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company licensing records, 1867-1971, bulk 1930-1969
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| Creator: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1359 |
| Extent: |
23.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company began operation in 1831 as a cotton cloth manufacturer in Rockford, DE. After the Civil War
the company concentrated on finishing cotton cloth. In later years it became famous for its Ban-lon artificial fiber but eventually
withdrew from manufacturing in favor of licensing its processes and trademarks to other companies. This portion of the Bancroft
records documents Bancroft's efforts to license and defend the Ban-lon, Everglaze and other trademarks in the United States,
the British Commonwealth, Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
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| Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company licensing records, 1867-1971, bulk 1930-1969
|
| Creator: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1359 (Part II) |
| Extent: |
47 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company began operation in 1831 as a cotton cloth manufacturer in Rockford, DE. After the Civil War
the company concentrated on finishing cotton cloth. In later years it became famous for its Ban-lon artificial fiber but eventually
withdrew from manufacturing in favor of licensing its processes and trademarks to other companies. This portion of the Bancroft
records documents Bancroft's efforts to license and defend the Ban-lon, Everglaze and other trademarks in the United States,
the British Commonwealth, Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
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| Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company miscellany on Bancroft Mills, 1846-1974, bulk 1889-1965
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| Creator: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2448 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company began operation in 1831 as a cotton cloth manufacturer in Rockford, DE. The records consist
of a small batch of company documents preserved after the end of operations by the Wilmington Finishing Company. They include
copies of the company's charter and supplements, bylaws and amendments, and files of agreements covering water rights, easements
for sewer, gas and water lines, and plant access for the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company.
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| Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company, Miss America collection, approximately 1945-1967
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1972.430 |
| Extent: |
1069 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
Joseph Bancroft, an Englishman trained in textile weaving in Lancashire, established his own cotton mill on the Brandywine
near Wilmington, Delaware in 1831. This operation became the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company in 1889, and in 1929 it absorbed
the Eddystone Manufacturing Co. These images include plant exteriors and interiors, officials and employees, aerials, workers'
housing, machinery, floods, and dams and races on Brandywine Creek as well as many Ban-Lon and Miss America fashion photographs.
This collection includes approximately 1060 images covering a period from the late 19th century to the 1960s.
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| Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company patent infringement case photographs and films, 1961-1963
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| Creator: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1973.274 |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company manufactured, bleached, dyed, and finished a variety cotton-made goods. In July of 1958, The
Spunize Company of America filed a lawsuit against one of Bancroft's licensees, the Duplan Corporation. The Spunize Company
alleged that Duplan Corp. had committed patent infringement of a yarn crimping process that Duplan licensed from Bancroft.
This collection consists of photographs and motion picture film depicting the yarn crimping process and the crimped yarn.
A majority of the materials were created with the intention of being submitted as evidence in the court case.
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| Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company photographs, 1888-1952
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| Creator: |
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.025 |
| Extent: |
1.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Joseph Bancroft (1803-1874), an Englishman trained in textile weaving in Lancashire, established his own cotton mill on the
Brandywine near Wilmington in 1831. The operation became the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company in 1889. The photographs consist
of images related to the Joseph Bancroft & Sons textile mills in the Rockford and, later, Kentmere areas on the banks of the
Brandywine River. These images include plant exteriors and interiors, officials and employees, aerials, workers' housing,
machinery, floods, and dams and races on Brandywine Creek.
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| Joseph D. Lovell Pennsylvania Railroad System locomotive rosters, 1946
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| Creator: |
Lovell, Joseph D. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2386 |
| Extent: |
0.6 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Joseph D. Lovell was a foreman in the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) shops at Altoona, Pa., who used his access to company records
to prepare a roster of the locomotives of the PRR and predecessor companies down to 1946 in ten loose-leaf notebooks. This
collection consists of duplicates of volumes 1 and 2, plus seven small ledgers of preliminary notes, that were handed down
by friends and associates.
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| Joshua Conner & Son leather goods store photographs, 1900-1923
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| Creator: |
Royal Studio.
Sanborn, A. N.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.205 |
| Extent: |
5 images |
| Abstract: |
The leather manufacturing firm of Joshua Conner & Son was founded in 1848 by James Conner (1813-1880). This collection consists
of five photographs of the storefront, store interiors and portraits of the proprietors.
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| Joshua Gilpin journals and notebooks, 1790-1833
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| Creator: |
Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0016 |
| Extent: |
3 microfilm reels |
| Abstract: |
Merchant and paper manufacturer Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) established the first paper mill in Delaware near Wilmington in
partnership with his brother, Thomas (1776-1853), and uncle, Miers Fisher. Gilpin traveled extensively abroad from 1795 to
1801. The collection consists of 62 pocket journals and notebooks, the bulk of which date from Gilpin's European tour from
1795 to 1801.
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| Joshua Gilpin notebook, 1800-1831
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| Creator: |
Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1214 |
| Extent: |
1 volume [microfilm] |
| Abstract: |
Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) was a Philadelphia merchant and paper manufacturer. HIs notebook describes the process of chlorine
bleaching, with drawings and formulae.
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| Joy Manufacturing Company records, 1915-1989, bulk 1949-1984
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| Creator: |
Joy Manufacturing Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2463 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Records of an innovative mining-machine manufacturer and Fortune 500 company. It is a somewhat random collection of documents
assembled and preserved by the former corporate secretary James Packer (1920-2008) for the purpose of writing a never-completed
company history. They include the sorts of documents normally in possession of a corporate secretary, such as copies of meeting
minutes, corporate family tree information, historical notes, and promotional publications.
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