U.S. Department of Transportation, 

 Maritime Administration (through 

 Mary Jane Harvey): 60 sets of 

 original drawings of ships as they 

 were built, 1936-61 (1990.3145). 

 U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 

 Firearms, Reference Library (through 

 Vicki R. Herrmann): 4 boxed 

 hydrometers (1996.0015). 

 U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. 

 Mint (through Maria R. Goodwin): 

 12 coins produced by the U.S. Mint 

 to commemorate the 1996 Centennial 

 Olympic Games, the 1995 Special 

 Olympics, and Civil War bat- 

 tlefields, and 5 coins constituting a 

 1995 proof set (1995.0240); 2 Olympic 

 Young Collector Series coins featur- 

 ing swimming and soccer, 1996 

 (1996.0096); 10 U.S. proof coins in- 

 cluding a 5-piece 1996 set and a 5- 

 piece American eagle 1996 set 

 (1996. 0172); 16 proof and uncircu- 

 lated U.S. coins and 2 bronze medals 

 commemorating the Rev. Billy and 

 Ruth Graham, 1996 (1996.0242). 

 U.S. Legislative Branch, Library of Con- 

 gress (through L. Quincy Mumford): 

 309 engraved woodblocks used to 

 print illustrations of the reports of 

 the U.S. Exploring Expedition led by 

 Charles Wilkes, 1844—74, and a cop- 

 per plate used to print "Presented by 

 the United States Congress to" 

 (1996.3009). 

 U.S. National Aeronautics and Space 

 Administration, Goddard Space 

 Flight Center: Hewlett Packard 

 Model 1515A electrocardiograph ter- 

 minal with telephone, ca. 1971 

 (1996.0018). 

 The United States Playing Card Com- 

 pany (through Ronald C. Rule): 2 

 playing cards, a poster, and a 

 reproduction deck of Bicycle playing 

 cards smuggled into POW camps in 

 Germany and Italy by the U.S. 

 Military Intelligence Service during 

 WW II, the cards contain an escape 

 map laminated inside (1990.3169). 

 Unknown: WW I army helmet 



(1995. 0164). 

 Prof. Lester VanMiddlesworth, Ph.D., 

 M.D.: 2 scrolls documenting the 



original data of radioiodine fallout 

 levels in animals, 1954-83 (1995.0238). 

 Terry Heston Vaughan: Smith-Corona 

 portable manual Classic 12 

 typewriter, with an American Stand- 

 ard keyboard based on the Dvorak 

 system, and a case, ca. 1970 

 (1994.0237). 

 Henry J. Velsor, Jr. in memory of 

 Mathilda Reinhardt Krug: woman's 

 gold pocket watch with chatelaine 

 pin in its original wooden box, made 

 by the Illinois Watch Company of 

 Springfield, 1888 (1995.0079). 

 Veterans For Dole (through Erwin Huel- 

 sewede): 2 posters, 2 buttons, 2 stick- 

 ers, a tote bag, photograph, and a 

 placard, all supporting Bob Dole's 

 presidential campaign, 1996 

 (1996.0098). 

 Robert M. Vogel: 118 stereocards of 

 agricultural subjects (1992.0176). 

 Roberta M. Vogt: 2-piece dress of ecru 

 marquisette made by Mrs. Vogt for 

 her wedding in 1943, the dress pat- 

 tern, and a tulle veil (1995. 0116). 

 Fred von Wiegen: lithograph of The 

 Pride of Hawaii Entering Hanalei Bay, 

 1821. depicting King Kamehameha 

 lis pleasure yacht, by Raymond A. 

 Massey (1995.0279). 

 B. J. Wiles Wagner and Robert W. 

 Wagner: federal period American 

 sword, 1790— 1840, and a Dragoon 

 style saber made by N. P. Ames of 

 Springfield, Massachusetts, 1834-40, 

 both with scabbards and belts with 

 hangers (1995.0364). 

 David P. Wagner: 5 samples of oral con- 

 traceptives made by G. D. Searle in 

 dispensers licensed by Mr. Wagner, 2 

 prototype pill dispensers invented by 

 Mr. Wagner, and a patent certificate 

 granted on August 4, 1964 

 (1995.0057). 

 Frederick Y. Ward: AutoRanger-S 

 electronic distance measurer 

 (1996. 0174); Laser Ranger electronic 

 distance measurer made by Laser Sys- 

 tems & Electronics, Inc., ca. 1970 

 (1996. 0199). 

 Peter M. Warner: 3 tickets, 3 postal 

 covers, and 2 stickers from recent 

 World's Fairs, 1964-93 (1994.0149); 

 Taejon Expo '93 travel manual. 



empty Statue of Liberty Centennial 

 candy box, 1986, and an empty 

 Madison Square Garden Centennial 

 food carton (1994.3052). 

 Joan P. Watkins: Hamilton wrist 

 watch presented to Charles Jockwig 

 for 50 years of loyalty to the Inter- 

 national Brotherhood of Electrical 

 Workers Local Union #3, 1966 

 (1995.0228). 

 Bruce and Joy B. Webster 9 reproduc- 

 tion prints from the Abbott Collec- 

 tion of Naval Aviation Paintings, a 

 folder cover from the collection, 

 catalogue cover, and a photograph, 

 ca. 1944(1995.3096). 

 Ragnhild Welen-Koort: 2 WW I 



sewing kits (1995.0108). 

 Gloria L. and Jeffry D. Wert: camp 

 chest of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, 

 commanding general of the Con- 

 federate Trans-Mississippi Army 

 Department during the Civil War 

 (1995.0338). 

 Western Publishing Company, Inc. 

 (through Richard Bernstein): 44 

 books, 31 sets of book artwork, 6 

 coloring books, 5 puzzles, 4 book 

 and record sets, 4 game sets, a 

 phonograph record, and a piece of 

 sheet music, all related to Little 

 Golden Books, 194OS-60S 

 (1992.0634). 

 Helen G. Westland: tanker's jacket 

 covered with 142 insignia patches, 20 

 loose insignia patches, and a Victory 

 medal, all acquired by Mrs. Westland 

 when serving with the Red Cross in 

 Europe during WW II (1995. 0100). 

 Mr. & Mrs. Harold B. Whitmore: 

 man's black wool frock coat, 1880—89, 

 and a man's vest with a black wool 

 twill front and a black satin back, 

 1880-1920 (1994. 3113). 

 Warren Winiarski: bottle of Stag's Leap 

 Wine Cellars Cabernet, 1973 

 (1996.0029). 

 Mrs. Kathryn V Wise: white cotton 

 overalls worn by Mrs. Wise when a 

 painter at a naval construction 

 shipyard during WW II, her iden- 

 tification badge, tape recording of 

 her experiences, and 4 photographs of 

 her on the job and at a ship launch- 

 ing (1995.0104). 



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