(through Richard Adams): mukiwire 

 proportional chamber, and a pencil 

 drawing of the experiment layout, 

 from the J-particle experiment of 

 Samuel C. C. Ting at Brookhaven, 

 New York, 1973-74 (1989.0050). 



McKee Button Company (through Jay 

 McKee): sample box of McKee poly- 

 ester buttons, ca. 1994 (1994. 3041). 



James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee 

 Mead: Chinese black lacquered trunk 

 containing 25 pieces of clothing, 3 

 baby carriers, and a commemorative 

 wall hanging, all used by the Lee B. 

 Lok family, 1885-1935 (1992.0620). 



Ruth L. Meehan: woman's jacket of 

 ecru-colored tape lace over white silk 

 gauze, 1901-3 (1995.0149). 



Betty J. Meggers: 2 coins of Cuba, 1992, 

 a coin of Bermuda, 1986, silver sports 

 commemorative medal of the city of 

 Santo Domingo, and an unofficial cer- 

 tificate designed for the War Finance 

 Committee by Walt Disney, 1944 

 (1995.0076). 



Curtis G. Mellen: boxed dry-card boat 

 compass made by Samuel Thaxter of 

 Boston, 1792-1822 (1995. 0014). 



Selma Merkin in memory of Lester Mer- 

 kin: U.S. silver dollar of 1795, in the 

 "draped bust' design, and a silver 

 proof commemorative Lafayette dol- 

 lar of 1900 (1994.0288). 



Government of the United States of 

 Mexico, Servicio Postal Mexicano, 

 Departamento de Asuntos Inter- 

 nacionales, Oficina de Convenios y 

 Aguerdos (through Jorge E. Aldana 

 Margain): 35 stamps of Mexico 

 (1993.2062). 



Fred Milkie: 4 convention catalogs from 

 the Western Federation of Lebanese 

 and Syrian Arab American Clubs, 



I959-70 (I995-3027)- 



Irving Miller: 3 brochures and an adver- 

 tising pull-out card, all relating to 

 the Sanforizing process to control cot- 

 ton fabric shrinkage (1993.3202). 



Ruby C. Miller: 2 issues of the Farmer's 

 Bulletin. 1921 (1994. 3127). 



Millipore Corporation (through 



Thomas Anderson): 2 videotape cas- 

 settes of the Millipore teleseminar ti- 

 tled "Bioresearch Tools for the 1990s" 

 and a videotape cassette titled 



"Miligen Bioresearch Sequenet Pro- 

 tein Entrapment Chemistry," dated 

 July 28, 1989 (1990.3202). 



State of Missouri, Department of Natu- 

 ral Resources, Missouri Geology and 

 Land Survey Division (through Dr. 

 James H. Williams): pocket sextant 

 made by E. & G. W. Blunt of New 

 York in the first half of the 19th cen- 

 tury and a carriage odometer which 

 clamped onto a wagon wheel to oper- 

 ate, made by A. S. Aloe of St. Louis 

 in the last half of the 19th century 

 (1994.0147). 



University of Missouri — Rolla, Depart- 

 ment of Civil Engineering (through 

 Dr. R. W. Stephenson): surveying 

 compass patented by James M. Lilley 

 of Greenville, Virginia, 1857, and 

 manufactured by F. W. & R. King of 

 Baltimore (1994.0377). 



R. Madison Mitchell, Sr.: 9 duck decoys 

 made by Mr. Mitchell in 1975 

 (1994.0188). 



Government of the Principality of Mo- 

 naco, Postes et Telecommunications, 

 Office des Emissions de Timbres- 

 Poste: 29 stamps and a souvenir sheet 

 of Monaco (1993. 2147). 



Robert Mondavi: Chateau style oak 

 wine barrel made in France by the 

 Seguin Moreau cooperage firm, 1990 

 (1993.3034). 



Mary O. Monte: woman's navy blue 

 plaid coat with bars of peach, peri- 

 winkle, and magenta colors, 1940 

 (1995.0114). 



Howard W. Mordue: bottle of 



Hostetter's Bitters patent medicine 

 and a hanging show globe 

 (1988. 0618). 



Mrs. John H. Murray: 3 perfume bot- 

 tles, 2 stickpins, a cigarette lighter, 

 stud set, tie bar, and a manicure set, 

 1910-60 (1994. 0061); brownish-pur- 

 ple wool coat, brown felt hat, and the 

 original hat box, all acquired by Mrs. 

 Murray in December 1978, and a 

 brown and white polyester scarf, 

 1978-79 (1994.0200); 4 stipple en- 

 gravings of street criers published by 

 S. &i). Fuller of London, 1812 

 (1995.0094). 



Ann B. Muth: woman's camisole style 

 slip with beige medallion-patterened 



lace and openwork embroidery, hand- 

 made in Paris for Laura Fondeville, 

 1920s (I995-3055)- 



Judie C. Neel and Barry O. and Robert 

 M. Weinshenker in memory of 

 Simon Weinshenker: Victory Edition 

 of Pacific Neusweek magazine printed 

 in Tokyo, September 10, 1945 

 (1986.3086). 



Government of the Netherlands, Royal 

 PTT Nederland NV, PTT Post BV 

 (through J. W. A. Mijne): 72 stamps 

 of the Netherlands (1993.2033). 



New York Academy of Medicine 



(through Steven A. Pelovitz, J.D.): 9 

 vials of radium, 2 blue glass vials, a 

 pharmaceutical hourglass containing 

 radium, radium detector, wire device, 

 and a display case, all related to the 

 work of Drs. Marie Curie and Robert 

 Abbe (1993.0262). 



New York Yacht Club (through Robert 

 B. MacKay): club yearbook of 1880 

 (1993.0506). 



Nike, Inc. (through Joseph D. McCar- 

 thy and Mark Thomashow): 4 cubic 

 feet of advertising materials of Nike, 

 Inc. including videotape cassettes, 

 tearsheets, business records, and corre- 

 spondence, 1970-91 (1991.3087). 



Joseph Veach Noble: 7 bronze medals is- 

 sued by the Society of Medalists in- 

 cluding a 6-medal set picturing 

 dinosaurs designed by Don Everhart 

 and a medal of Old Kabul Bazaar de- 

 signed by Amanullah Haiderzad 

 (1995.0088). 



Larry A. Noble: color print titled 

 Sheridan's Ride, by Mr. Noble, ca. 

 1984 (1984.3065). 



George A. Norton: Nikon 8x Super 

 Zoom motion picture camera and 12 

 accessories (1994.0298); Vernon flash 

 gun reflector, made in Japan 

 (1995. 3016). 



Government of Norway, Norwegian 

 Post Stamp Bureau: 41 stamps, 7 first 

 day covers, and 3 souvenir sheets of 

 Norway (1993.2089). 



Madeleine Noumair: The Syrian Ameri- 

 can Directory Almanac. Vol. I. pub- 

 lished in 1930 (1994.3014). 



State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Depart- 

 ment of Transportation (through 

 John F. Crowley): "Oklahoma US 66" 



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