| L. & R. Organic Products Co., Inc. records, 1927-1944
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| Creator: |
L. & R. Organic Products, Co., Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2369 |
| Extent: |
5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
L. & R. Organic Products Co., Inc., was a small, independent firm of manufacturing chemists, founded by brothers Harry L.
Lobsenz and Jack Lobsenz and located in New York City. It secured dyes from European, Japanese, and domestic manufacturers,
mixed them in a small plant to customer specifications, and retailed them in the U.S., Latin America, and other foreign countries.
The records are fragmentary and consist of invoices and correspondence.
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| Laflin and Rand Powder Company calendar, 1899
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| Creator: |
Laflin and Rand Powder Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1972.351 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Laflin and Rand Powder Company, one of the largest gunpowder manufacturers in the nineteenth century, was formed from
several predecessor companies, including the Laflin Powder Company and the Smith & Rand Powder Company. This item is the 1899
calendar with an illustration of a sailor from the U.S.S. Oregon.
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| Laflin and Rand Powder Company display cards, circa 1902
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| Creator: |
Laflin and Rand Powder Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2001.241 |
| Extent: |
4 images |
| Abstract: |
The Laflin and Rand Powder Company, one of the largest gunpowder manufacturers in the nineteenth century, was formed from
several predecessor companies. The company was acquired by DuPont in October of 1902, and it was operated as a subsidiary.
This is a group of four display card advertisements for Laflin & Rand Powder, probably for point-of-sale or counter display.
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| Lake Mohonk Mountain House data file, 1915-1930
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| Creator: |
Smiley, Daniel, 1855-1930 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2280 |
| Extent: |
6.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Lake Mohonk Mountain House, a noted summer resort hotel, is located on Lake Mohonk in the Shawangunk Mountains of Ulster County,
northwest of New York City. The data file consists of tear sheets from the trade press, advertisements, trade literature,
trade catalogs and other publications collected by Daniel Smiley, former manager of the Lake Mohonk Mountain House, in the
course of planning and executing new projects, maintaining the building and grounds, and purchasing new furnishings and equipments.
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| Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs, 1780s, 1915-1950
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| Creator: |
Du Pont, Lammot, Jr., 1909-1964 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1975.360 |
| Extent: |
18 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Lammot du Pont, Jr. (1909-1964) was Assistant Vice President of the Wilmington Trust Company. He began his employment there
in 1931, previously he was employed at the Fokker Aircraft Corporation. Lammot, Jr., assembled a large collection of books,
manuscripts, prints, drawings and photographs. This collection documents the history of aviation and primarily consists of
images of aircraft which date from 1915 through 1950. A majority of the images are various views of aircraft only and are
devoid of people, though there are a number of images that include pilots. There are prints and lithographs of early aircraft
and balloons (dirigibles) which date as early as the 1780s. The collection has been arranged into five series by format.
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| Lammot du Pont workshop architectural drawings, 1966
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| Creator: |
Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2011.322 |
| Extent: |
7 images |
| Abstract: |
Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) was a chemist working for the family business, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, a chemical company
which originally produced gunpowder. Du Pont developed B blasting powder, using Chilean sodium nitrate instead of the previously
used potassium nitrate (saltpeter) from India. This collection is a set of seven architectural drawings made in August 1966
in preparation for the dismantlement and moving of the Lammot du Pont workshop from private property to the Hagley Museum.
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| Lamson & Sessions Co. films, 1940-1973
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| Creator: |
Lamson & Sessions Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2018.223 |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Lamson & Sessions Company was a top manufacturer of bolts, nuts and other fasteners. In 1866, the Mt. Carmel Bolt Company
was formed by brothers Thomas H. (1827-1882) and Isaac P. Lamson (1832-1912) with Samuel W. Sessions (1824-1902) in Southington,
Connecticut. The company moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1869. During World War II, the company was one of the largest manufacturers
of fasteners in the United States. In 1981, the company sold its industrial fastener division to Russell, Burdsall & Ward
Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio. Lamson & Sessions Company survives today through two business segments: Carlon and Lamson
Home Products. The collection contains nineteen 16mm films dating from the 1940s to 1973. Many of the films are documents
of employees working in Lamson & Sessions factories. Some of these depict female employees in the workplace. Several more
show machines and presses being run in the creation of bolts or nuts.
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| Lanman & Kemp records, 1840-1925, bulk 1852-1879
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| Creator: |
Lanman & Kemp. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2328 |
| Extent: |
40 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Lanman & Kemp was a multi-generational family firm of wholesale druggists in New York City. Their records document the operations
of the wholesale drug business in the years before the development of modern pharmaceuticals.
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| Larry R. Paul hotel database, 2012
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| Creator: |
Paul, Larry R. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2012.236 |
| Extent: |
1 digital files |
| Abstract: |
Local Maryland historian and private collector Larry R. Paul (b. 1935) has had an extensive career as an exhibit designer,
cataloger, and antiques dealer. The collection consists of a database, created by Larry R. Paul, of over 20,000 hotels operating
in the United States during the 18th century up to the year 2000, although it includes some details on more recent changes
to buildings.
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| Las Maravillas de la quimica film, 1936
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2004.254 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company. Originally established as a black powder manufactory in 1802 by Pierre
Samuel du Pont de Nemours and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus
away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations. This item is the Spanish language version of "Wonder World
of Chemistry" which shows chemical products produced by the DuPont Company.
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| Lea family photograph collection, circa 1845-circa 1920
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| Creator: |
Lea family |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.012 |
| Extent: |
1.0 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Thomas Lea (1759-1833), the son-in-law of miller Joseph Tatnall, passed on the Tatnall-Lea grain mills in Wilmington, Delaware
to his son William Lea. In 1864, William Lea brought his sons Henry and Preston into the firm, changing the name to William
Lea & Sons Company. This collection includes portraits of members of the Lea and related families. These include such family
names as Tatnall, Warner, Preston, Ferris, Downing, Spruance, Lovett, Moore, Bush, Ely, and others.
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| Lea Pusey portrait through a block of ice, circa 1884-1886
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| Creator: |
Unknown. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1994.262 |
| Extent: |
1 photographic print |
| Abstract: |
This reproduction (copied from an original cabinet card) is of Lea Pusey (1820-1896) photographed through a large block of
clear ice. Pusey created the plate process, a method to make commercial ice and was the founder of Diamond Ice Company.
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| Lebenthal & Co. records, 1925-2000
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| Creator: |
Lebenthal & Co., Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2617.2 |
| Extent: |
8 Cubic feet |
| Abstract: |
Advertising and publicity materials from a small New York brokerage specializing in selling odd lots of municipal bonds to
small investors. In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, it employed particularly innovating advertising. For much of its history, it was
run by the women of the family.
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| LeCarpentier, Green and Baker family photographs, circa 1865-1928
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| Creator: |
Baker family; Green family; LeCarpentier family |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1985.256 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
This collection contains photographs of the LeCarpentier, Green and Baker families who were farmers and merchants in the Delaware
valley area. The majority of the collection consists of formal portraits of family members, a small number of which are identified,
as well as views of various locations around Wilmington, Delaware.
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| Leeds & Northrup records, 1911-1939
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| Creator: |
Leeds & Northrup Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1110 |
| Extent: |
13 microfilm reels |
| Abstract: |
The Leeds & Northrup Company traces its origins to Morris E. Leeds & Company, established by Morris E. Leeds in 1899 to develop
and manufacture precision instruments. Their records consists of minutes from the Development and Executive Committes and
the Cooperative Association.
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| Lehigh Coal Mine Company records, 1792-1829
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| Creator: |
Lehigh Coal Mine Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0131 |
| Extent: |
16 items |
| Abstract: |
Lehigh Coal Mine Company was an unincorporated joint-stock company, established in 1792, with the intention of developing
a deposit of anthracite coal discovered by Jacob Weiss and others at what is now Summit Hill in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
The collection consists of documents relating to land ownership and governance of Lehigh Coal Mine Company (LC&N).
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| Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1847-1971
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| Creator: |
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1917 |
| Extent: |
10 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey
City, New Jersey and Buffalo, New York. Their records consist of minute books, corporate histories, voluntary reorganization
plans, and an illustrated brochure on Claremont Terminal.
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| Lehigh Valley Railroad glass plate negatives, circa 1934 to 1948
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| Creator: |
Unknown. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1971.598 |
| Extent: |
23 images |
| Abstract: |
This collection consists of twenty-two glass negatives and one box. Most photographs depict the rolling stock of Lehigh Valley
Railroad dating to approximately some point between 1934 and 1948, based on engine numbers.
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| Leonard W. Walton collection of Milprint, Inc. photographs, 1942-1987
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| Creator: |
Milprint, Inc.. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2008.219 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Milprint, Inc., founded by brothers Max T. and William Heller in 1899, was named the Milwaukee Printing Company. In 1908,
the Hellers succeeded in developing printing techniques for flexible media used in commercial packaging, at first, glassine
paper, and later, cellophane, foil and polyethylene. This collection of photographs related to Milprint, Inc was collected
by Leonard W. Walton. A majority of the photographs show Milprint employees attending events, banquets, and dinners, including
Quarter Century Club celebrations
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| Leonard W. Walton collection on printing and packaging, 1920-2008, bulk 1940-1970
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| Creator: |
Walton, Leonard W., 1911-2005 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2430 |
| Extent: |
3.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Leonard W. Walton was a printing industry executive with Milprint, Inc., between 1936 and 1976. His collection of Milprint
records primarily consists of printing samples including candy wrappers, cigarette boxes, potato chip and bread bags and bacon
boxes.
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| Levi C. Stang scrapbook, 1911-1945
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| Creator: |
Stang, Levi C., 1890-1962 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2697 |
| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Abstract: |
Levi C. Stang was an electrical engineer and general manager of several electric companies throughout the Midwest. His scrapbook
chronicles his career and employment as an electrical engineer through selected letters and correspondence, newspaper and
other clippings, blueprints, and photographs.
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| Linda Gross collection of matchbook covers, circa 1970s
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| Creator: |
Gross, Linda, (staff) |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2015.306 |
| Extent: |
11 items |
| Abstract: |
A match cover or a matchbook cover is a thin piece of cardboard that is folded around a set of match sticks. Chemist, John
Walker (1781-1859) invented the match stick in 1827. Joshua Pusey (1842-1906?), an inventor and attorney patented matchbook
covers in 1892. Within a short time hotels, restaurants, airlines, and all kinds of stores began advertising using matchbook
covers. This is a small collection of matchbook covers from hotels, museums and restaurants. Most the businesses represented
are from Las Vegas, Nevada, there are a few from other places in the United States.
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| Link to the Future film, 1974
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| Creator: |
Aerolog Productions, Inc.;
International Business Machines Corporation.
|
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2014.254 |
| Extent: |
1 film reel |
| Abstract: |
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) became a giant in the field of electronic data processing by the mid-1950s
after having achieved great success in the punch-card tabulating machine business in the 1930s. This is a sales film for IBM
about the history of information technology.
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| Lippincott Mercer records, 1956-2004
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| Creator: |
Lippincott Mercer (A Division of Mercer Management Consulting, Inc.). |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2206 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Lippincott & Margulies, Inc., and its successor Lippincott Mercer, is a major international design consultancy specializing
in corporate identity, branding, image, and marketing. They pioneered the post-1950 development of branding as comprehensive
corporate identity. The records consist of a set of the company's magazine,
Design Sense.
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| Locomotive Coaling Stations, Link-Belt Co. booklet of cyanotype photographs, circa 1894
|
| Creator: |
Link-Belt Engineering Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1982.301 |
| Extent: |
11 images |
| Abstract: |
The Link-Belt Company was founded by William Dana Ewart (1851-1908), who had invented the detachable link-belt in 1874. The
flexible metal belt provided a superior system of power transmission and was first used widely in farm machinery. This item
is a booklet of 11 cyanotype photographs of locomotive coaling stations designed, erected, and equipped by the Link-Belt Engineering
Company.
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| Locomotives and views of Mauch Chunk contact photographs and negatives, circa 1860-1950
|
| Creator: |
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920;
Zellner, James, 1836-1897
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.092 |
| Extent: |
1.75 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
This collection consists of glass plate negatives and photographic copy prints which were made directly from the negatives.
The images document an array of subjects, though the majority of the images are of locomotives, railroad cars, railroad stations,
and other railroad infrastructure. Various landscape and cityscape photographs are also included. Where it is possible to
identify the locations, the majority of images document sites in Pennsylvania, though photographs of sites in New York state
and Ontario are also present.
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| Lois K. Herr papers, 1907-2004, bulk 1963-2003
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| Creator: |
Herr, Lois Kathryn, 1941- |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2462 |
| Extent: |
8 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Lois K. Herr was a prominent advocate of equal rights for women in the workplace and a party to an important legal victory
securing greater equity for women in AT&T's Bell System in the early 1970s. The collection documents her role as an important
campaigner for women's rights in the business world and her interest in her predecessors in the suffragist and feminist movements
of the early 20th century.
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| Longwood Gardens stereographs, 1934
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| Creator: |
Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.). |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.288 |
| Extent: |
2 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
Longwood Gardens is a series of formal display gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, that was developed by Pierre S. du
Pont (1870-1954) after he purchased the site from the Peirce family in 1906. In 1921 he constructed an extensive network of
conservatories which contained plantings from many locales, including species from Africa and South America. This collection
consists of two
homemade stereographs showing different interior views of the conservatory.
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| "The Lou Gordon Program" audio reel and letter, 1974 May
|
| Creator: |
Gordon, Lou, 1917-1977; Hanson, Lee C. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2013.219 |
| Extent: |
4 items |
| Abstract: |
"The Lou Gordon Program" is a 90-minute radio show that interviews and discusses topics of public interest. This collection
includes a letter to David C. Bevin from Lee C. Hanson and two audio reels of "The Lou Gordon Program."
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| Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album, circa 1886-1893
|
| Creator: |
Levy, Louis Edward, 1846-1919;
Levy, Max, 1857-1926
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1976.252 |
| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Abstract: |
The brothers Louis Edward Levy (1846-1919) and Max Levy (1857-1926) founded a photoengraving business in Baltimore in 1875.
In 1877 they moved to Philadelphia and reorganized the firm as the Levytype Company. Here they introduced their invention
(jointly patented on January 4, 1875) of a new photochemical engraving process, which they called "Levy-type". This album
contains personal cyanotype photographs of their homes, travels, friends and family.
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| Louis F. Moose papers, 1928-1991
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| Creator: |
Moose, Louis F., 1918-2009 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2605 |
| Extent: |
4 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
This collection contains papers from Louis F. Moose from his early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley,
to his retirement from Bell Laboratories, Allentown, Pennsylvania, as an electrical engineer and department head. They date
from 1928 with the bulk of the documents from 1942 to 1982 covering his work and activities at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Bell Laboratories. Throughout his career, Mr. Moose was involved with the early research and development
of magnetrons/microwave tubes used in radar for military use and for Bell Systems applications.
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| Louis Forman business papers, 1784-1989, bulk 1940-1970
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| Creator: |
Forman, Louis, 1908-2002. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2290 |
| Extent: |
2.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Louis Forman (1908-2002) was a liquor broker and operated the Michter’s whiskey distillery in Pennsylvania. The collection,
which focuses on the development and marketing of Michter’s whiskey, with a secondary emphasis on Forman’s liquor brokering
business, primarily consists of advertising campaign materials and artwork, business plans and forecasts, deeds, contracts,
information on brewing and distilling processes, union contracts, testimonial letters, and other correspondence.
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| Louis Forman photograph collection, circa 1930s-circa 1980s
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| Creator: |
Forman, Louis, 1908-2002. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2007.222 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Louis Forman (1908-2002) was a liquor broker who managed the creation and distribution of several different whiskey and liquor
brands. This collection documents the operations of Mitcher's Distillery in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania as well as Forman's
efforts to import Kotobukiya Kabushiki Kaisha Japanese whiskies and wines to the United States.
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| Louis T. Klauder and Associates, Northeast Corridor Demonstration Project photographs, 1951-1970, bulk 1957-1963
|
| Creator: |
Louis T. Klauder and Associates. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2014.258 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Louis T. Klauder and Associates (LTK) is a professional rail transportation engineering consulting firm. LTK were hired to
work as consulting engineers for a joint project of the United States Department of Transportation and Pennsylvania Railroad
called the Northeast Corridor Demonstration Project. This collection contains aerial photographs of the Northeast Corridor
railroad route from New York to Boston taken between 1951 and 1965. These images were used to aid in the project. These aerial
photographs make up a bulk of the collection. There are several sets of images that show train station exteriors along several
routes on the Northeast Corridor. Thirty-eight photographs show the projects test track at Pueblo Army Depot in Colorado.
There are four press photographs for Inflight Motion Pictures Inc. and a few renderings of proposed trains.
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| Louis T. Klauder and Associates, Office of High Speed Ground Transportation job files, 1962-1975
|
| Creator: |
Louis T. Klauder and Associates. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2609 |
| Extent: |
24 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Founded in 1921, the Philadelphia firm of Louis T. Klauder and Associates specializes in the design and evaluation of railroad
and rail transit systems, including equipment, infrastructure and operations. Their collection consists of selected job files
covering Klauder's work for the Federal Office of High Speed Ground Transportation in developing the first U.S. high-speed
rail project in the Boston-Washington Northeast Corridor during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection also includes
smaller job files on tangential rail projects and a series of files Robert B. Watson, former Northeast Corridor project coordinator
for the Pennsylvania and Penn Central Railroads, brought with him when he joined Klauder in 1972.
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| Louise du Pont Crowninshield papers, 1896-1958
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| Creator: |
Crowninshield, Louise du Pont, 1877-1958 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0471 |
| Extent: |
19.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Louise du Pont Crowninshield (1877-1958) was an early leader in the field of historic preservation and a collector of antiques
and hooked rugs. The collection includes her papers as well as those of her husband Francis Boardman Crowninshield, her mother,
and other family members.
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| Louise du Pont Crowninshield photographs, 1860-1945
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| Creator: |
Crowninshield, Louise du Pont, 1877-1958 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1971.mss.471 |
| Extent: |
5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Louise Evelina du Pont (1877-1958) was an heiress and preservationist, who was the great granddaughter of Eleuthère Irénée
du Pont (1771–1834), the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. She was the last du Pont to live on the Eleutherian
Mills estate. This collection consists of photographic and graphic materials primarily of Crowninshield's extended du Pont
family and friends. The collection has been organized into four series: Family portraits, Travel photographs, Residences,
and Mary Pauline Foster du Pont sketches and collection of travel souveniers.
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| Louisiana Purchase Exposition viewbook, 1904
|
| Creator: |
Graff, Bernhard M. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1997.219 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition or the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904 as it was popularly called, was put on to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Exhibitions covered achievements in the fine arts, science, technology, manufacturing,
agriculture, government, and education. This souvenir viewbook shows buildings at the fair and is accordion folded and in
color.
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| Lukens Steel Company records, 1798-1993
|
| Creator: |
Lukens Steel Company; Lukens, Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0050 |
| Extent: |
720 linear feet; 3 microfilm reels; 5,390 photographs |
| Abstract: |
Lukens Steel Company was a medium-sized producer of specialty steel products and one of the top three U.S. producers of steel
plate. The Lukens Steel Company records documents all aspects of the business from the early 19th century through the 1970s.
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| Lunt Silversmiths records, 1929-2007
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| Creator: |
Lunt Silversmiths. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2544 |
| Extent: |
7.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Lunt Silversmiths designed and manufactured quality sterling holloware, flatware, silverware, and giftware for 107 years.
Filing for bankruptcy in 2009, Lunt ceased manufacturing and sold their brand to Read & Barton the following year. Included
are administrative records, designs, patterns, photographs, and three-dimensional objects that include moulds, silhouettes,
and unstruck blanks. The numerous drawings and sketches that comprise this collection document the talent of skilled craftsmen
who worked for the company throughout the twentieth century.
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