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Bowlus-Du Pont Sailplane Company drawing
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1986-249
Abstract:
Bowlus-Du Pont Sailplane, Inc. was a short-lived company which combined the financing of record holding glider pilot, Richard du Pont (1911-1943), and the engineering skills of Hawley Bowlus. This reproduction drawing (there are two copies) includes elevations and cross sections of an Albatross II.
Dates:
circa 1935
Delaware Construction Co. blueprints
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1088
Abstract:
The Delaware Construction Company was a building company, constructing residential houses in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded in 1909 as a subsidiary of the National Real Estate Trust Company, which provided loans and financing for the properties. This small collection consists of five blueprints of houses by E. Olney Sherman, dated 1910 for Delaware Construction Co.
Dates:
1910
Erie City Iron Works technical illustrations
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1973-419
Abstract:
The Erie City Iron Works in Erie, Pennsylvania, was a major manufacturer of boilers, stationary and portable engines, and machinery for sawmills and steam riveting. The collection consists of technical diagrams of engines.
Dates:
circa 1912-1924
Frederick W. Wood papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0884
Abstract:
Frederick William Wood (1857-1943) was an executive and engineer in the steel and shipbuilding industries. His papers constitute a major source on the history of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers are primarily official records of the various companies with which Wood was associated.
Dates:
1867-1943
Jackson and Sharp Company blueprints
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1939
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 consists of blueprint floor plans for eleven cars built between 1901 and 1905, primarily for narrow-gauge lines in Maine.
Dates:
1901-1905
Jackson and Sharp Company drawings and blueprints
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1030
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. The drawings comprise materials salvaged from the plant. Most are detail drawings of brake rigging or of parts such as couplers, locks, ventilators, and plumbing fixtures. The projects include standard and narrow-gauge railroad cars and streetcars for both foreign and domestic customers. The materials date from 1895 to 1930.
Dates:
1895-1930
James W. Flaherty, Inc. drawings
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2537
Abstract:
James W. Flaherty Inc. was a general contractor company in Wilmington, Delaware that operated between 1949 and 1983. Consists of drawings and plans for various local properties, including du Pont family estates.
Dates:
1948-1977
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company engineering sketches
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2323
Abstract:
A small sample of engineering sketch sheets from a large Wilmington, Delaware, cotton textile and textile finishing firm.
Dates:
1912-1966
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America engineering drawings
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2464-83
Abstract:
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Corporation of America was founded in 1899 as the American branch of Guglielmo Marconi’s (1874-1937) Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company of London. Because of its emphasis on providing radio transmitter receivers for ships and fostering oceanic communications, the U.S. Navy commandeered the company during World War I. After the war, both government and industry colluded to buy out the British company; they created the Radio Corporation of America in its stead in 1919. This collection includes around 1,300 engineering and technical drawings from the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America . Subjects depicted range from circuit diagrams, wiring layouts, and switchboard schematics to architectural plans for aerial towers and carrying case designs.
Dates:
1905-1921
Red Arrow Lines photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1972-438
Abstract:
Red Arrow Lines, Inc. was a suburban transit company. This collection contains photographs of Red Arrow Lines transit vehicles and stations that were used in book R. DeGraw, Red Arrow Lines.
Dates:
1899-1970
Richard Hollerith papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2054
Abstract:
Richard Hollerith, Jr. (1926-), spent his professional career working as an industrial designer of office products, computers, printers, office space, and household products. His papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, conference and working group reports, and blueprints reflecting his work as a designer and as an advocate of universal design and barrier-free environments.
Dates:
1962-2004; Majority of material found within 1965-1980
Wawaset Park records
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2638
Abstract:
Wawaset Park was a planned community, commissioned by the DuPont Company for its company executives. The records describe the park, its residents, and history through corporate records, maps and deeds of the property, lists of corporate officers and residents, as well as histories of the park, the City of Wilmington, and the state of Delaware.
Dates:
1658-2011
William Liseter Austin papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1879
Abstract:
William Liseter Austin (1852-1932) was an executive of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Baldwin Locomotive Works was a manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 until 1972. The papers include correspondence, most of which is technical in nature; there is also a vertical file on the construction, sale, and parts of locomotives; specifications; sketches and sketchbooks; and engineering drawings. A very small portion of the collection covers Austin's personal affairs.
Dates:
1855-1932; Majority of material found within 1870-1932
William Pahlmann papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2388
Abstract:
The William Pahlmann papers provide a rich insight into the world of interior design in the middle of the twentieth century. Pahlmann (1900-1987) was well known for his use of bold colors, textures and mix of antique and modern furnishings. Stressed in all of his work, were the conventions of comfort and functionality as well as his clients individual tastes. The William Pahlmann Papers are organized into thirty unique series of varying sizes. The papers are organized into correspondence, publicity files, renderings, samples, artifacts, design plans, and client invoices.
Dates:
1927-1976
Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. records, Group I
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2424-I
Abstract:
The Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated, is a non-profit real estate development firm incorporated in Delaware on December 12, 1918, by textile manufacturer William Poole Bancroft (1835-1928). Their records include charters, minutes, officer lists, directors' correspondence, real estate records, property maps, reports, drawings and specifications and newspaper and journal articles on the history of the Trustees and of the Bancroft family.
Dates:
1880-2005; Majority of material found within 1901-1995
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