Skip to main content

Inventors

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Crawford-Frost collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1995
Abstract

This collection gives a good sampling of the wide ranging interests of William A. Crawford-Frost, from philosophical speculation to inventing. One box contains correspondence, patents, and misc. notes and items; the next four boxes contain copies of his writings, some in handwritten drafts, some typescript, some mimeographed and some printed

Dates: 1896-1939

Winans papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0916
Abstract Railroad engineers and inventors, Ross Winans (1797-1877) and his son Thomas Winans (1820-1878), are the principal figures around which the Winans papers are built. The collection includes the correspondence, legal papers, accounts, bills, and receipts of both men. There is also a variety of other materials such as patents, drawings, designs, and experimental data relating to steamship building. The collection is strong in documenting the business and manufacturing of Ross Winans from 1835...
Dates: 1828-1963