| | 1 | Title: | Lyk Family papers, 1904-2004 (bulk 1998-2004)  | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2003.142.2 | | | | Creator: | Lyk Family | | | | Abstract: | In 1904, Anthony Lyk immigrated to the United States from Poland, joined by his wife Rose and their infant son Joseph later in the year. The Lyk family, expanding with six more children, settled in Elmira, a small farming village in northern Michigan. Over the next 50 years, Anthony achieved success as a farmer and was active in the community, serving as a Justice of the Peace and county commissioner. The Lyk Family papers consist of photocopies and original documents of property records, public office appointments, baptismal and naturalization records documenting the life of Anthony Lyk and his family. | | | | Subjects: | Lyk Family | Lyk, Anthony, 1876-1956 | Families--History | Elmira (Mich.) | Audiocassettes | Compact discs | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Title: | Robert Post Automotive Research Papers, 1965-2005 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2005.124 | | | | Creator: | Post, Robert | | | | Abstract: | The Robert Post Automotive Research Papers, 1965-2005, is a collection of research materials and documents related to the writing of books on the history of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Also included is correspondence and biographical materials relating to drag racing, information on a possible drag racing museum exhibit, and drag racing related ephemera. Extent: 16.31 cubic ft. (40 boxes). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Post, Robert | Garlits, Don | Montgomery, Don | Muldowney, Shirley, 1940- | Parks, Wally | Johns Hopkins University Press | National Hot Rod Association | Society of Automotive Engineers | Tehabi Books | Automobile racing | Automobile racing drivers | Drag racers | Drag racing | Dragsters | Hot rods | Museum exhibits | Research | Women automobile racing drivers | Annual reports | Audiocassettes | CD-ROMs | Circulars (fliers) | Clippings (information artifacts) | Color photographic prints | Contact sheets | DVDs | Embroidery (visual works) | Lapel pins | Pamphlets | Photographic prints | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 6 | Title: | Herman Miller collection, 1923-2006 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 89.177 | | | | Creator: | Herman Miller, Inc. | | | | Abstract: | Herman Miller, Inc. is a furniture company based in Zeeland, Michigan. The collection is primarily comprised of trade catalogs, product literature, and publications documenting the furniture, its designers, and the company's history. | | | | Subjects: | Chadwick, Don, 1936- | Eames, Charles, 1907-1978 | Eames, Ray, 1912-1988 | Girard, Alexander, 1907-1993 | Nelson, George, 1908-1986 | Propst, Robert, 1921- | Rohde, Gilbert, 1894-1944 | Stumpf, William, 1936- | Herman Miller, Inc. | Herman Miller, Inc.--History | Furniture | Furniture--Marketing | Furniture design | Furniture designers | Office furniture | Sales promotion | Oral histories | Trade catalogs | Microfiche | Color transparencies | Floppy disks | Videocassettes | Audiocassettes | Audio tape | Photographic negatives | Optical disks | Compact discs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 7 | Title: | Bill Stumpf Papers, 1913-2006 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2009.141 | | | | Creator: | Stumpf, Bill, 1936-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Bill Stumpf was an industrial designer who specialized in ergonomic chair and seating design. Working with the Herman Miller Research Corporation, he worked on the design of well-known ergonomic office chairs, including the Ergon and Aeron chairs. Stumpf's papers include drawings, correspondence, photographs, and other documents related to his design projects, as well as personal papers, publications, and memorabilia. | | | | Subjects: | Stumpf, Bill, 1936-2006 | Campbell, Kermit | Chadwick, Don, 1936- | Child, Julia | De Pree, Hugh | De Pree, Max | Kelley, Jack | Propst, Robert | Weber, Jeff | Chadwick, Stumpf, and Associates | Herman Miller Research Corporation | Herman Miller, Inc. | Sister Kenny Institute | Stumpf, Weber, and Associates | Walker Art Center | William Stumpf and Associates | Chair design | Chairs | Ergonomics | Furniture | Furniture design | Human comfort | Industrial design | Office chairs | Office furniture | Office layout | Offices | Seating--Furniture Hospitals--Furniture, equipment, etc. | United States, Ann Arbor (Michigan) | United States, Cannon Falls (Minnesota) | United States, Madison (Wisconsin) | United States, Minneapolis (Minnesota) | United States, Santa Monica (California) | United States, St. Croix Valley (Minnesota) | United States, St. Paul (Minnesota) | United States, Stockholm (Wisconsin) | United States, Winona (Minnesota) | Advertisements | Audiocassettes | Awards | Awards certificates | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Books | Brochures | Color negatives | Color photographs | Color slides | Color transparencies | Correspondence | Design drawings | Drawings | DVDs | Financial records | Floppy disks | Magazines (periodicals) | Memorabilia | Memorandums | Negatives (photographs) | Patents | Periodicals | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Posters | Promotional materials | Reports | Sketches | Slides (photographs) | Sound recordings | Technical drawings | Technical reports | Trade catalogs | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | Title: | Robert Propst Papers, 1952-1998 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2010.83 | | | | Creator: | Propst, Robert | | | | Abstract: | This collection covers the professional and personal life of noted industrial designer Robert L. Propst. Propst is best known for his work with Herman Miller and for designing the "Action Office," an office furnishing system which became the basis for the modern cubicle. Materials include reports, design photographs, design drawings, and blueprints, as well as personal photographs, writings, and artwork. | | | | Subjects: | Propst, Robert | De Pree, D.J. (Dirk Jan De Pree), 1891-1990 | De Pree, Hugh | De Pree, Max | Houy, Chuck (Charles) | Kelley, Jack | Stumpf, Bill (William) | Wodka, Michael (Mike) | Herman Miller, Inc. (HMI) | Herman Miller Research Corporation (HMRC) | Herman Miller Research & Design | Michigan State University | The Propst Company | Propst Design Company | Propst Forestry System Corporation (PFSC) | Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) | University of Massachusetts | Chairs | Children's furniture | Furniture | Furniture design | Furniture designers | Hospital beds | Industrial design | Living room furniture | Logging | Lumbering | Medical offices | Office chairs | Office furniture | Playground equipment | Seating (Furniture) | Travel | China | Japan | Tibet | United States, Ann Arbor (Michigan) | United States, Denver (Colorado) | United States, Redmond (Washington) | United States, Zeeland (Michigan) | Advertisements | Artwork | Audiocassettes | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Brochures | Calendars | Color negatives | Color photographs | Color slides | Color transparencies | Design drawings | Drawings | Engineering drawings | Financial records | Floppy disks | Journals | Manuals | Microfiche | Microfilm | Negatives (photographic) | Pamphlets | Patents | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Portraits | Posters | Promotional materials | Publications | Reports | Sketches | Slides (photographs) | Sound recordings | Technical drawings | Transparencies | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 9 | Title: | Automotive Industry Oral Design History Collection, 1974-2006 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 91.1.1673 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization) | | | | Abstract: | The Automotive Industry Design Oral History Collection consists of interviews with approximately 130 automotive designers from the early-to-mid 20th century. The interviews were conducted in the mid-1980s by archivist Dave Crippen with The Henry Ford Benson Ford Research Center as part the inauguration of the Edsel Ford Design Center. The interviews were collected on cassette tape and later transferred to a variety of other media, including 1/4-inch reel-to-reel tape; diskette; and compact discs, and most were eventually digitized in the 2010s. Many of the interviews have also been transcribed and produced in hard-cover volumes. Extent: 20 cubic ft. and 8 linear feet (includes 76 diskettes, 35 1/4-inch tapes, approximately 470 cassette tapes, 160 compact discs, 75 bound volumes, 458 WAV files, and 471 MP3 files). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Adams, Gerald E. (Gerald Eugene) | Andrews, Robert F. | Arnold, James H. | Arrington, L.D. | Ash, Lester David | Barna, Ernest | Bianchi, Frank | Bibbee, H.G. (Herb) | Bird, John | Bordinat, Eugene (Gene), 1920-1987 | Bourke, Robert E. | Boyer, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1909-1989 | Boyer, William P., 1926- | Briggs, Colver R. | Brown, Roy A. Jr. | Brownlie, William M. | Brunn, Hermann C., 1908-1989 | Buerhig, Gordon | Burmeister, William R. | Carter, Alan | Casillo, L.M. | Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936 | Cousins, B. Ross | Crawford, Ray, 1915-1996 | Crawford, Mary | Creed, Trevor | Darrin, Howard (Dutch) | David, Thomas | Dawson, J. Robert | DeLaRossa, Donald R., 1923-2007 | Doehler, Robert | DuPont, Alexis | Ebstein, John W. | Everts, Ramon | Exner, Virgil M. (Virgil Max), 1909-1973 | Farkis, Joe | Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Ford, Richard Earl, 1933- | Ford, Walter Buhl | Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 | Foster, John B. | Frey, Donald N. (Donald Nelson), 1923-2010 | Frey, Stewart M. | Gale, Thomas | Giberson, Alden | Gillan, Paul W. | Gollwitzer, Walter H. | Goyert, Chalmers L. | Gregorie, E. T., 1908-2002 | Grimmolby, Harold W. | Grisinger, Arnott (Buzz), 1908-2002 | Hackett, Bill, 1918-1999 | Haga, Henry G. | Halderman, Gail | Hershey, Franklin | Hoadley, Frederick E. | Hodges, Audrey Moore | Holls, David R. | Hothem, James | Kaufman, Irving, 1925- | Knudsen, S. E. (Semon Emil), 1912- | Kopka, Donald | Koto, Holden | LaGassey, Homer | Lauve, Henry | Mackichan, Clare | MacMinn, Strother, 1918-1998 | Madawick, Tucker | Manoogian, John | Mayhew, Fred (Fritz) | McKinley, Thomas | Middlestead, John | Miller, Rhys D. | Mitchell, William L. (William Leonard) | Moon, George | Morris, C. Lester | Morrison, James | Najjar, John | Neale, Colin | Nesbitt, Dick | O'Rear, Emmett | Ornes, Allen | Oros, Betty Thatcher | Oros, Joseph | Overly, Lowell Emerson | Petersen, Donald E. | Phaneuf, Charles | Pietsch, Ted | Porter, William | Querfeld, Arthur | Rees, David E. | Reinhart, John | Renz, Otto | Risk, John W. | Rockall, Arthur (Art) | Ruzzin, Richard F. | Rybicki, Irvin W. | Samsen, Dick | Sanson, Roger G. | Scheelk, Robert J. | Schmidt, William M. | Schwarz, Donald | Scott, William | Selders, C. Orval | Sheelk, Robert J. | Shenk, Bill | Shinoda, Lawrence K. | Simpson, Bruce H., 1921- | Smith, Benjamin | Spear, Adrian Gil | Spencer, Ken | Stevens, Brooks, 1911-1995 | Stevens, David | Stobar, Charles T. | Teague, Richard A. | Teague, Walter Dorwin, 1883-1960 | Telnack, J.J. | Thomas, Robert | Tjaarda, Tom | Todd, Robert | Torkelson, Robert (Bob) T. | Tremulis, Alex S. | Turner, David C., Jr. | Vanderbilt, Suzanne E. | Vandermolen, Willemina | Veraldi, Lewis C. | Wagner, Willys P. | Walker, George W. | Walter Dorwin Teague Associates | Wilen, Stanley (Stan) | Zokas, Robert (Bob) | Automobile Designers | Automotive Design | Chevrolet automobile | Design (Discipline) | Engineering | Ford automobile | Motor vehicles – Design and construction | Packard automobile | 1/4-inch Tape | Audiocassettes | Compact Discs | Correspondence | Digital Files | Diskettes | Interviews | Memorandums | Transcripts | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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