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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the John O. Almen Papers
					<date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1859/1967" encodinganalog="date">1859-1967</date></titleproper>
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        <author encodinganalog="creator">Karen Watts</author>
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        <date calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="date" normal="2013">2013</date>
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          <addressline>Washington State University Libraries</addressline>
          <addressline>Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA</addressline>
          <addressline>(509)335-6691</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc</addressline>
          <addressline>mascref@wsu.edu</addressline>
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      <creation>Finding aid encoded by: Karen Watts
				<date normal="2013" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">2013</date></creation>
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				<language scriptcode="latn" encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage>
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          <addressline>Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA</addressline>
          <addressline>(509)335-6691</addressline>
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      <unittitle type="primary" encodinganalog="245$a">John O. Almen Papers</unittitle>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="5203">This collection consists of: correspondence and clippings related to the Ringer Family, 1859-1921; genealogies of the Ringer, Bragg and Major families, circa 1956; photographs of Idaho mines and towns, circa 1910; publications, patent drawings, correspondence, and photographs, 1926-1967, regarding Almen's contribution to the invention of an automatic transmission.</abstract>
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				<language langcode="eng">English</language><language langcode="jpn">Japanese</language></langmaterial>
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      <p>This collection consists of: correspondence and clippings related to the Ringer Family, 1859-1921; genealogies of the Ringer, Bragg and Major families, circa 1956; photographs of Idaho mines and towns, circa 1910; publications, patent drawings, correspondence, and photographs, 1926-1967, regarding Almen's contribution to the invention of an automatic transmission.</p>
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      <p>This collection is arranged in a single series.</p>
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      <p>This collection is open and available for research use. </p>
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      <p>[Item Description]
John O. Almen Papers, 1859-1967</p>
      <p>
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA
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      <p>This collection was donated by automotive engineer John O. Almen between 1960 and 1968.</p>
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          Majors family
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          Bragg family
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          Ringer family
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        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Automobiles -- Transmission devices</subject>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho -- Illustrations</subject>
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        <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690">Home and Family</subject>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="title">J.O. Almen - publications, part 1</unittitle>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="title">John O. Almen - photographs of awards</unittitle>
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