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| Box |
Folder |
Description |
| 675 |
1 |
Subseries
1: History of the Western Union Museum, 1937 |
| |
|
Subseries
2: Correspondence, 1925-1961 |
| |
2-4 |
Century of Progress
Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934 |
| |
5 |
Donations made to
Western Union Museum, n.d. |
| |
6 |
Donations made to
Western Union Museum, 1925-1940 |
| |
7 |
Donations made to
Western Union Museum, 1941-1943 |
| |
8 |
Donations made to
Western Union Museum, 1944-1945 (includes photos) |
| 676 |
1 |
Donations made to
Western Union Museum, 1955-1961 (includes photos) |
| |
2 |
Donations made by
Western Union Museum, 1933-1943 (includes photos) |
| |
3 |
Exhibitions and gifts,
1927-1940, Nos. #2277-2416 |
| |
4 |
Exhibitions and gifts,
1934-1938, Nos. #2240-2276 |
| |
5 |
Franklin Institute,
1933 |
| |
6 |
Samuel F. B. Morse
letter to Sam Houston, 1928 |
| |
7 |
Samuel F.B. Morse,
painting of, 1937-1938 (includes photos) |
| |
8 |
Motion Picture Props,
1938-1939 |
| |
9 |
Henry Sayre Potter,
painting of, 1930s |
| |
10 |
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Museum, correspondence on Western Union equipment on permanent
loan, 1954-1956 (includes photos) |
| 677 |
1-2 |
Smithsonian Institution,
1913-1938; 1959; 1971 |
| |
3 |
Telegraph history,
1932-1957 |
| |
4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
n.d. |
| |
5 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1925-1935 |
| |
6 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1936-1959 |
| |
7 |
Miscellaneous records,
1940s-1950s |
| |
8-10 |
Western Union Engineering Museum
Catalog |
| 678 |
1 |
Subseries
3: Acquisitions and Gifts to Western Union Museum, 1937-1940 |
| |
2 |
Western Union Museum
object identification tags/exhibit captions |
| |
|
Subseries
4: Exhibit Information, 1936-1940 |
| |
3 |
Exhibit Notebook for
work and material in museum, 1936-40; |
| |
4 |
Loan Notebook, 1951-1964 |
| |
5 |
New York Museum of
Science & Industry: Exhibit News Letter, 1940. |
| |
6-7 |
Century of Progress
Exhibition, blueprints of exhibits, 1932-1934 |
| 680 |
1-2 |
Century of Progress
Exhibition, blueprints and specifications of exhibits, 1932-1934 |
| O/S Folder 20 |
|
Century of Progress Exhibition
drawings (pencil), 1938 |
| |
|
Subseries
5: Brochures & Pamphlets, 1933-1947 |
| 679 |
1 |
German Museum brochures,
1933 (in English and German) |
| |
2 |
Nuremberg Museum brochure,
1935 (in German). |
| |
3 |
Western Union brochure
for NY Worlds Fair, 1939; |
| |
4 |
Netherlands Museum
brochures, 1947 (in Dutch). |
| |
5 |
Status report, 1942;
"Brief Guide to the Smithsonian Institution," 1940. |
| |
|
Subseries
6: Catalogues, 1934, 1942 |
| |
6 |
Catalogue of Western
Union Telegraph Company Museum, 1934, Nos. # R-1732, -1771,
-1832,-1852, -1895, -1900, -1922, -1945, -2130, -2688,-2689;
Notebook of references to photos, 1942. |
| |
|
Subseries
7: Miscellaneous, 1944-1964 |
| |
7 |
Centennial of telegraph,
1944, No. # 2554. |
| O/S Fldr. 19 |
|
Centennial of the Telegraph, 1844-1944 (poster), 1944 |
| |
8 |
Telegraph key presented
to President Truman, 1945, No. # 1519. (including drawing
and photoprints). |
| |
9 |
Thomas Edison Centennial
Dinner, 1947. |
| |
10 |
Texas Centennial of
Telegraph, 1954. |
| |
11 |
Miscellaneous Western
Union Telegraph Company Museum photoprints and labels, Nos.
# R-5538, -6246, -6247, -6299, -7271. |
| |
12 |
Kraftfahrtechnik,
n.d. (in German) |
| |
13 |
"Atwater Kent
Museum Bulletin." |
| |
14 |
Hall of Electricity
(photos), 1964 |
