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Wallace Hume Carothers Notes on Nylon, 1928-1958, c. 1968

Inventor Name Carothers, Wallace Hume

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Elias Howe and the Sewing Machine, ca. 1900

Inventor Name Howe, Elias

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Gerber Scientific Instrument Company Records, 1911-1998

Inventor Name Gerber, H. Joseph Repository Archives CenterP.O. Box 37012MRC 601/Room 1100Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-3270http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

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Grout's, Ltd., Fonds, 1923-1956

Inventor Name unknown Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

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Whittemore Family Papers, 1812-1860

Inventor Name Whittemore, Amos Repository Winterthur Museum & Country EstateWinterthur, DE 19735http://www.winterthur.org/ Physical Description 3 cu. ft. [1 box + 1 folio] : ill (some col.)

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Letters Patent Granted to Jesse D. Cottrell

Inventor Name Cottrell, Jesse

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Textiles Manufacturing Letters Patents, 1858-1908 (Collection)

Inventor Name Various

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Mina Loy Papers, 1914-1960

Inventor Name Loy, Mina

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Aiken Family Papers, 1817-1899

Inventor Name Aiken, Herrick Repository New Hampshire Historical SocietyThe Tuck Library30 Park StreetConcord, NH 03301603-228-6688http://www.nhhistory.org/

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Corsets (Vertical Ephemera Files, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana), 1747-1949.

Inventor Name Various

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Kilburn Lincoln Machine Company Records, 1835-1929 (inclusive), 1846-1869 (bulk)

Inventor Name Kilburn, Lincoln Machine Company Repository Harvard UniversityBusiness SchoolBaker LibrarySoldiers Field RoadBoston, MA 02163617-495-6040http://www.library.hbs.edu/

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James Parton Papers, 1914-1986

Inventor Name Parton, James

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Mary Chase Papers, 1845-1997

Inventor Name Chase, Mary.

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Stephanie Kwolek Innovative Lives Presentation, March 25, 1996

Inventor Name Kwolek, Stephanie

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Biographical documents, 1947-1986

Inventor Name Parton, Agnes Leach

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Brannock Device Co. Records, 1925-1998

Inventor Name Brannock, Charles

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Donald R. (Donald Robert) Hull Papers, 1941-1995

Inventor Name Hull, Donald R. (Donald Robert)

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Henry Booth Collection, 1948-1974

Inventor Name Booth, Henry

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Sally Fox Innovative Lives Presentation, 1997

Inventor Name Fox, Sally

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Singer Company Records, 1851-1990

Inventor Name Singer Company

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