William McMurtrie Speer papers, 1880-1936

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Series V: Inventor, Promoter, and Businessman, 1891-1923


The Snow Melter - A Street Cleaning Machine, 1891-1911



Box 30 Correspondence, 1895-1911


Box 30 Documents and manuscripts


Box 30 Drawings and blueprints


Box 30 Photographs and photoengraving block


Box 30 Printed materials



Mapcase 14-M-6 Drawings and blueprints


New York & Brooklyn Economic Power and Construction Company, 1893-1901



Box 31 Correspondence


Box 31 Contracts & documents


Box 31 The Pneumatic Co.--Stencil cutting machines, etc., 1893-1904

Correspondence, contracts, patents, and other documents, and printed materials


Box 31 The Philippines Company--Shipping, 1899

Documents and printed materials


Hinge making machines, 1902-1912



Box 32 Correspondence


Box 32 Contracts and documents


Box 32 Patent documents


Box 32 Patent drawings


Box 32 Printed materials


Box 32 Rack cutting apparatus, 1903-1905

Correspondence, contracts, and patents


Old age pension plan--Sale of annuities (Iron & Steel Board of Trade), 1911-1917



Box 33 Correspondence


Box 33 Manuscripts and documents


Box 33 Printed materials


Food Committee - A planned co-operative purchasing company, 1912-1913


Box 33 Correspondence, 1912-1921


Box 33 Documents, manuscripts, and printed materials


Fabricated Concrete Corporation--Cinderblock houses, 1918-1923


Box 33 Correspondence, 1920-19123


Box 33 Concrete boat hulls


Box 33 Manuscripts and documents, 1918-1923


Box 33 Printed materials


Box 33 Technical drawings and blueprints


Sunlight Gas Machine Co., Inc.--Gas lighting, 1918-1923



Box 34 Correspondence, 1920-1923


Box 34 Manuscripts and documents, 1918-1922


Box 34 Printed materials


Box 34 Timber mill and timber land sales--Land in the southern states, 1919-1920

Correspondence and documents


Box 34 Public transit reorganization--New York City, 1921

Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents