SMALL ARTICLES OF COMMON USE that we wear or use, or which contribute to our comfort, convenience, safety, or health. (About 35 in number, these articles are separately described and pictured in the microfilm essay. In addition, labels and descriptions are wrapped with each.)

Contributing to Convenience, Comfort, Health, Safety:

• Alarm clock
• Can opener
• Eyeglasses, bifocals (Bausch & Lomb)
• Fountain pen & Mechanical Pencil set (Waterman)
• Mazda electric lamp (Westinghouse, 60 watt, 110 volt)
• Miniature camera (Eastman, Bantam K.A. special f.4.5. lens)
• Nail File
• Padlock and keys (The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company)
• Safety pin
• Silverware -- knife, fork, spoon (Heirloom plate, Grenoble pattern, by Wm. A. Rogers Ltd., Oneida Ltd. Successor)
• Slide rule
• Tape measure (Keuffel & Esser)
• Tooth brush
• Tooth powder in small container
• Transmitter and receiver of ordinary handset telephone
• Watch (small wrist watch for woman)
• Westinghouse Sterilamp (bactericidal)

For the Pleasure, Use, and Education of Children

• Boy's toy -- a mechanical, spring propelled automobile
• Girl's toy -- a small doll
• Mickey Mouse child's cup of plastic material (Bryant Electric Company)
• Set of Alphabet blocks

Pertaining to the Grooming and Vanity of Women

• Woman's hat, style of Autumn, 1938 (designed specially by Lilly Dache)
• Cosmetic make-up kit: (Elizabeth Arden Daytime-Cyclamen Color Harmony Box, including two miniature boxes of face-powder, lipstick, rouge, eye shadow)
• Rhinestone clip (purchased at Woolworth's)

Principally to the Grooming, Vanity or Personal Habits of Men

• Container of tobacco
• Electric razor and cord (Remington-Rand Close Shaver with Westinghouse motor, General Shaver Corp.)
• Package of Camel cigarettes
• Safety razor and blades (Gillette Aristocrat one-piece razor, Gillette Safety Razor Co.)
• Smoking pipe (Drinkless Kaywoodie, Kaywoodie Company)
• Tobacco pouch, closed with zipper (Alfred Dunhill of London)

Pertaining to Games Pictured and Described in Micro-file:

• Baseball
• Deck of cards
• Golf Ball (Kro-flite, A.G. Spalding & Bros.)
• Golf tee
• Poker chips

(About 75 in number, these comprise swatches of various types and weaves of cloth, samples of alloys, plastics, cement, asbestos, coal, etc. Each is described in the microfilm essay, and a further description of the composition, nature and use is wrapped with each sample.)

• Fabrics
• Asbestos cloth (Johns-Manville)
• Cotton swatches (Jas. McCutcheon & Co.)
• Glass fabric samples (Westinghouse glass tape)
• Linen swatches (Jas. McCutcheon & Co.)
• Rayon swatches (Du Pont and Celanese)
• Rubber fabrics (Lastex cloth, United States Rubber Products,Inc.)
• Silk swatches (Jas. McCutcheon & Co.)
• Wool swatches (American Woolen Company)
• Metal and Metallic Alloys:
• Hipernik (Westinghouse)
• Aluminum (Commercially pure sample from Aluminum Company of America)
• Aluminum high-strength alloy (ST 37 alloy furnished by Aluminum Company of America)
• Carbon steel (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Chromium (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Copper (Westinghouse Research Laboratories)
• Ferromanganese (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Ferrosilicon (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Ferrovanadium (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Iron (Pure sample from Westinghouse Research Laboratories)
• Magnesium high-strength alloy (Dowmetal, furnished by Dow Chemical Company)
• Manganese (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Silicon (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Stainless steel (Electro Metallurgical Company)
• Temperable copper (Cupaloy, furnished by Westinghouse)
• Hipersil (Westinghouse)
• Tungsten wire (Filament for Westinghouse Mazda electric lamp)

Non-Metallic Materials and Substances:

• Airplane pulley of laminated phenol plastic Micarta -- Westinghouse
• Anthracite coal (sealed in glass, furnished by Anthracite Institute)
• Artificial cellulose sponge (E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.)
• Artificial leather Asbestos shingle (furnished by Johns-Manville)
• Beetleware - a specimen of urea plastic (Westinghouse)
• Carborundum (The Carborundum Company)
• Glass wool Linen packing thread
• Leather samples -- tanned cowhide, genuine morocco (goatskin)
• Lucite -- a specimen of methyl methacrylate plastic (du Pont)
• Manufactured rubber (tire section furnished by Fisk Tire Co.,Inc.)
• Micarta -- a specimen of phenol plastic (Westinghouse)
• Noiseless gear of laminated phenol plastic Micarta -- Westinghouse
• Paper -- four kinds of permanent rag paper used in money, books, permanent ledgers and for special wrapping
• Portland Cement (Sample furnished by Portland Cement Co., sealed in glass)
• Raw rubber (Furnished by United States Rubber Products, Inc.)
• Transite -- a specimen of material made of asbestos and cement (Johns-Manville)
• Rock wool (Johns-Manville)
• Synthetic "rubber" (Neoprene Chloroprene, furnished by du Pont)

Seeds, books, money, type, special texts, etc.

Money of the United States:

• Dollar bill
• silver dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, nickel, penny

Electrical Items:

• Electric wall switch (Bryant Electric Company)
• Electric lamp socket (Bryant Electric Company)

Seeds

• (Selected and furnished by U.S. Department of Agriculture --sealed in glass tubes)
• Wheat, corn, oats, tobacco, cotton, flax, rice, soy beans, alfalfa, sugar beets, carrots, barley

Books (All other books, reports, etc. reduced to microfilm)

• Selected leather-bound rag-paper copy of the Holy Bible
• Copy of the Book of Record of the Time Capsule

Type (Supplementary to discussions in Micro-file)

• Handset type -- Capital and lowercase alphabets of Goudy Village No. 2 type, 14 point
• Linotype -- 8 point Caslon 13 em slug set on standard
• Linotype in the shop of the Tuckahoe Record, Tuckahoe, N.Y. The line reads: "This type set by Machine."

Optical Instrument (Other optical instruments described in Micro-File)

• Magnifier and viewer for use with microfilm and newsreel film

Special Texts (Written on permanent paper in non-fading ink)

• Special messages from noted men of our time (Albert Einstein,Robert A. Millikan, Karl T. Compton, Thomas Mann)
• Certificate of Official Witnesses at packing of the Westinghouse Time Capsule
• Message from Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, President of Oglethorpe University
• List of Westinghouse men whose suggestions, guidance, engineering and other special skills made the Time Capsule possible

 

Comprising books, speeches, excerpts from books and encyclopedias, pictures, critiques, reports, circulars, timetables and other printed or written matter; the whole producing in logical order a description of our time, our arts, sciences, techniques, sources of information and industries. The essay, divided into fifteen sub-sections, contains the equivalent of more than 100 ordinary books; a total of more than 22,000 pages, more than 10,000,000 words and 1,000 pictures. A microscope is included to enable historians of the future to read the microfilm; also included are instructions for making larger reading machines such as those used with microfilm in modern libraries.

Introduction

1. Greetings
2. Directions for making a larger projection machine

NOTE: Wherever reference is made to the Encyclopedia Britannica, we have used the 14th Edition -- 1937

I. Aids to Translations

1. Explanation of keys
2. Fable of the North Wind and the Sun in Twenty Languages
3. The Lord's Prayer in 300 Languages
4. The Practical Standard Dictionary: New York: Funk & Wagnalls: 1938
5. .Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, by John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.: 6th Impression

II. Where We Live and Work

1. Introduction
2. Individual Homes: Architectural Forum: pages from various 1937-1938 issues
3. Apartments, by Harvey Wiley Corbett: En. Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 870-881
4. The Trailer: catalogue of Kozy Coach, Kalamazoo, Mich. 1938
5. Offices, by Harvey Wiley Corbett: En. Britannica, Vol. 2, pp. 274-287, incl.
6. The Story of Rockefeller Center, 1938
7. Office Equipment, by W.H. Leffingwell: En. Britannica; Vol. 16, pp. 712-719 incl.
8. Office Machines: catalogue of International Business Machines Corp., 1938
9. Factories: En. Britannica, Vol. 9, pp. 29-31, incl.
10. .Photograph of Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
11. Photograph of Westinghouse Transformer Works, Sharon, Pa.
12. Photograph of Westinghouse Elevator Works, Jersey City, N.J.
13. Photograph of Headquarters of General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich.
14. Photograph of First stages on assembly belt in General Motors factory
15. Photograph of press that makes automobile tops out of cold steel
16. Photograph of rolling cold steel, American Iron & Steel Institute
17. Photograph of pouring molten iron into a furnace, Amer. Iron & Steel Institute.

III. Our Arts and Entertainment

1. Introduction
2. The Arts, by Hendrik Willem van Loon: New York: Simon & Schuster
3. Painting: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 17, pp. 36-65
4. Arozco Frescoes
5. "Guernica" -- Pablo Picasso
6. "American Landscape" -- Charles Sheeler
7. "Summer Wind" -- Alexander Brook
8. "Promenade" -- Charles Burchfield (1928)
9. "Lower Manhattan" -- John Marin (1920)
10. "Persistence of Memory" -- Salvador Dali (Catalan)
11. "Daughters of the Revolution" -- Grant Wood (American 1932)
12. "Composition Black, White & Red" -- Mondrian (Dutch)
13. "Dr. Meyer-Hermann" -- Otto Dix
14. Sculpture: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 198-231
15. Music: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 16, pp. 3-24 (with score)
16. Harmony: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 11, pp. 203-212
17. Finlandia, by Jean Sibelius
18. The Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa
19. The Flat-Foot Floogee, by Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart and Bud Green
20. Photograph of Arturo Toscanini, one of our great directors, conducting a symphony orchestra.
21. Photograph of a string quartet
22. Photograph of vocal soloist accompanied by orchestra, with audience in foreground
23. Photograph of diners dancing to the accompaniment of an orchestra in a famous New York nightclub
24. Catalog of instruments, showing construction, range and how to manipulate
25. Literature: Introduction
26. The Essay: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp. 716-717
27. Freud, Goethe, Wagner, by Thomas Mann: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1937
28. The Short Story: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 580-583
29. Verse: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol.23, pp. 96-98
30. The Novel: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 16, pp. 572-577
31. "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis: New York: Grosset & Dunlap: 1925
32. "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell: New York: Macmillan: 1938
33. "The Theater" by George Jean Nathan: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 22, pp. 21-41
34. Best Plays (1936-1937) by Burns Mantle: New York: Dodd, Mead
35. Motion Pictures, by Terry Ramsaye: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 854-871
36. Music Hall Program for "You Can't Take It With You," September 1, 1938
37. Radio: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 23, pp. 663-668
38. The Story of Radio, by Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr.; New York: Dial Press, 1935
39. A radio studio, National Broadcasting Company, New York City
40. Radio Corporation of American Building, Rockefeller Center, New York
41. Master switchboard of the National Broadcasting Company
42. Director of radio dramatic program, National Broadcasting Company
43. Radio broadcasting antenna
44. Radio actors "on the air"
45. Standard Bridge Rules: R.H. Macy & Co., New York, 1938
46. Photo of a bridge tournament: Acme
47. Hoyle's Card Rules: R.H. Macy & Co., New York, 36th Edition, 1938
48. Typical poker scene: Acme
49. Spalding's Rules of Golf -- 1938
50. Typical golf match: Acme
51. Spalding's Football Rules -- 1938
52. Scene from football game
53. Spalding Baseball Rules -- 1938
54. Scene from a baseball game

IV. How Information is Disseminated Among Us

1. General Introduction
2. Magazines
3. Saturday Evening Post, May 7, 1938
4. Collier's, September 3, 1938
5. Ladies' Home Journal, September 1938
6. Woman's Home Companion, September 1938
7. Vogue, September 1, 1938
8. McCall's, September 1938
9. Good Housekeeping, September 1938
10. Adventure, September 1938
11. Love Story, September 3, 1938
12. True Confessions, October 1938
13. Complete Western Book Magazine, September 1938
14. Detective Story Magazine, October 1938
15. Amazing Stories, October 1938
16. Weird Tales, September 1938
17. American Mercury, September 1938
18. Time, February 28, 1938
19. Newsweek, July 25, 1938
20. Reader's Digest, September 1938
21. Harper's Magazine, August 1938
22. The Atlantic Monthly, July 1938
23. Scientific American, September 1938
24. Life, May 23, 1938
25. Look, September 13, 1938
26. Your Life, September 1938
27. Fortune, February 1938
28. New Yorker, September 3, 1938
29. Introduction: A Magazine of the pre-halftone era
30. Leslie's Weekly, several times
31. Newspapers: Introduction
32. New York Herald Tribune, August 24, 1938
33. New York Times, August 19, 1938
34. New York World-Telegram, August 10, 1938
35. New York Sun, January 8, 1938 (complete final)
36. New York Post, September 6, 1938, Sports Extra
37. New York Journal American, July 14, 1938
38. New York Daily News, August 30, 1938
39. New York Mirror, August 29, 1938
40. Daily Worker, August 30, 1938
41. The Cartoon: Introduction
42. Batchelor's "In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy ..."; Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, 1938
43. Talburt's "Land of the Rising or Setting Sun?" New York World-Telegram Syndicate, 1938
44. Kirby's "Laughter for the Gods", New York World-Telegram Syndicate, 1938
45. The "Funny Paper": Introduction
46. Caniff's "Terry & The Pirates"; Link's "Tiny Tim" and "Dill andDaffy;" Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
47. Willard's "Moon Mullins" and Branning's "Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner," Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
48. Gray's "Little Orphan Annie" and Gould's "Dick Tracy," Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
49. King's "Gasoline Alley" and Edson's "The Gumps" Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
50. Segar's "Sappo" and "Thimble Theater," King Features, Sunday, September 18, 1938
51. Knerr's "Dinglehoofer & His dog" and "The Katzenjammer Kids", King Features, September 18, 1938
52. Disney's "Mother Pluto" and "Mickey Mouse," King Features, September 18, 1938
53. DeBeck's "Bunky" and "Barney Google," King Features, September18, 1938
54. Cady's "Peter Rabbit;" New York Herald Tribune Syndicate, September 4, 1938
55. Webster's "Timid Soul;" New York Herald Tribune Syndicate, August 7, 1938
56. Webster's "The Thrill that Comes Once in a Lifetime": New York Herald Tribune Syndicate, August 27, 1938
57. Our Books: Introduction
58. Methods of Printing, by G. Leonard Gold
59. Design and Beauty in Printing, by Frederic W. Goudy: Press of the Woolly Whale, March 8, 1934
60. A History of the Printed Book, by Lawrence C. Wroth: New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938
61. Color in Use: International Printing Ink Corp., copyrighted 1935
62. Color as Light: International Printing Ink Corp., copyrighted 1935
63. Color Chemistry: International Printing Ink Corp., copyrighted 1935

V. Book of General Information About Us

1. A Book of general information about us: Introduction
2. The World Almanac for 1938

VI. Our Religious and Philosophies

1. Introduction
2. The World's Living Religions, by Robert Ernest Hume: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936
3. A History of Philosophy, by Alfred Weber & Ralph Barton Perry: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925

VII. Our Education and Educational Systems

1. Introduction
2. Education: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 964-1005
3. All The Children: 39th Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools, New York City, School Year 1936-1937

VIII. Our Sciences and Techniques

1. Introduction
2. Science: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 115-123
3. Scientific Method: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 127-133
4. The Story of Science, by David Dietz: Dodd, Mead: 1938
5. The Smithsonian Physical Tables: Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Publication 3171, 1934
6. Meteorology: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 343-356
7. Mathematics: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 69-89
8. Portraits of Eminent Mathematicians, by David Eugene Smith: New York: Scripta Mathematica, portfolios 1 and 2
9. Telescopes: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 904-909
10. Microscopes: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 433-443

IX. Our Earth, Its Features and Peoples

1. Introduction
2. The World Atlas: New York: Rand McNally
3. Our Races: Introduction
4. The World's Races: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 2, pp. 41-50
5. Explanation of the Fundamental Triangulation Net of the United States (with map)
6. Methods of Surveying: Coast & Geodetic Survey booklets, Nos. 502, 529, 562, 583, Spec. No. 23, Dept of Commerce
7. Geology: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 10, pp. 155-173
8. Exploring Down, by Sherwin F. Kelly, reprint from the Explosives Engineer, Sept.-Oct. 1935
9. The Earth: Chester A. Reeds, New York: The University Press, First Trade Edition 1935

X. Our Medicine, Public Health, Dentistry and Pharmacy

1. Introduction
2. Frontiers of Medicine, by Dr. Morris Fishbein: Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, June 1933
3. Men of Medicine: The March of Time, Issue No. 11, Vol. IV
4. Work of the United States Public Health Service, Reprint 1447
5. Report of the Surgeon General of the United States, June 30, 1937
6. Dentistry: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 222-225 175.1937 Year Book of Dentistry
7. United States Pharmacopeia 177.X-Ray and Fluoroscopy: catalogues of the Westinghouse X-Ray Company

XI. Our Industries

1. Introduction
2. Explanation of Sears, Roebuck catalog
3. Sears, Roebuck catalog No. 177 -- Philadelphia -- Fall & Winter 1938-39
4. Inventions and Discoveries: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 545-547
5. Some basic inventions of modern times: United States Patent Office
6. .Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 303-306
7. Industrial Relations: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 293-303
8. Management's Responsibility to the Public: an address by A.W. Robertson, Chairman of the Board of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Sept. 19, 1938 before 7th International Management Congress
9. Law and Good Will in Industrial Relations: an address by W.G. Marshall, Vice-President of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., before the Committee of One Hundred, Miami, Fla., March 8, 1938
10. Westinghouse Industrial Relations: a report for 1937
11. The Electrical Industry: Introduction
12. Electricity: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp. 182-217
13. Electric Generator: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp. 174-182
14. Electric Power: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp. 144-174
15. Electric Motor: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 872-878
16. Electrical Engineering, Fiftieth Anniversary A.I.E.E. 1884-1934, May 1934
17. A Life of George Westinghouse, by Henry G. Prout: New York: Charles Scribner's: 1926
18. Portions of Westinghouse 1939 Catalogue
19. 52nd Annual Report of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Dec. 31, 1937
20. .Westinghouse Stockholders' Quarterly for August, 1938
21. Photograph of welding the new office building at the Westinghouse Transformer Works, Sharon, Pa.
22. ."Putting in the Throw" on a 7500 kv-a. synchronous condenser at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
23. Photograph of tightening a "steel spider" at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
24. Photograph of assembling giant mill motors at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
25. Photograph of Ignitron tubes in the Westinghouse Research Laboratories
26. Photograph of testing a grid-glow tube in the Westinghouse Research Laboratories
27. .Photograph of a lamp machine in the Westinghouse Lamp Works, Bloomfield, N.J.
28. Photograph of bottom one-third of 800-foot vertical antenna of Westinghouse radio station KDKA, Pittsburgh, Pa.
29. Photograph of a 1938 hostess inspecting complete meal cooking in Westinghouse Automeal Roaster at Merchandise Works, Mansfield, Ohio
30. Agriculture: Introduction
31. Agriculture: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 391-420
32. Agricultural Machinery and Implements: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 370-378
33. A Graphic Summary of Physical Features and Land Utilization in the United States: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Publication No. 260, May 1937
34. .A Graphic Summary of Farm Tenure: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 261, Dec. 1936
35. A Graphic Summary of Farm Taxation: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 262, Feb. 1937
36. A Graphic Summary of the Value of Farm property: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 263, July 1937
37. A Graphic Summary of Farm Machinery, Facilities, Roads and Expenditures: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 264, July 1937
38. A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 265, Nov. 1937
39. A Graphic Summary of the Number, Size, and Type of Farm and Value of Products: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 266, Oct. 1937
40. A Graphic Summary of Farm Crops: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 267, March 1938
41. Automobiles: Introduction
42. Motor Car: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 880-901
43. Automobile Facts and Figures: Automobile Manufacturers' Association, 1938 edition
44. .A Chronicle of the Automotive Industry in America 1892-1936, Eaton Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio
45. Aviation: Introduction
46. Aero Engines: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 237-242
47. Aeronautics: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 242-250
48. Aeroplane: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 250-258
49. Civil Aviation: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 2, pp. 801-812
50. The Aircraft Yearbook for 1938: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc.
51. TWA Timetable, July 1, 1938
52. United Airlines Timetable, July 1, 1938
53. Eastern Air Lines Timetable, August 15, 1938
54. American Airlines Timetable, August 1, 1938
55. Northwest Air Lines Timetable, August 1938
56. Pan American Timetable, July 1, 1938
57. Air France Timetable, Summer 1938, From March 27 to Oct. 1
58. Imperial Airways Timetable, July 1938
59. Swissair Timetable, Summer 1938
60. Swedish Air Lines Timetable, Mar. 27-Oct. 1, 1938
61. Canadian Colonial Airways, July 1, 1938
62. Ships and Shipping: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 505-563
63. Chemical Industry: Introduction
64. The Chemical Elements and Their Discoveries, Fisher Scientific Co., Jan. 1936
65. Chemistry: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 5, pp. 355-410
66. Applied Chemistry: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 5, pp. 410-412
67. A World of Change: and address by Dr. Edward R. Weidlein as President of the American Chemical Society, Rochester meeting, Sept. 9, 1937
68. Industrial Chemistry, by William Thornton Read: New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1933
69. Coal and Coal Mining: Introduction
70. Coal and Coal Mining: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 5, pp. 868-912
71. The Formation and Characteristics of Pennsylvania Anthracite: the Anthracite Institute
72. Communications: Introduction
73. Telegraph: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 21, pp. 880-893
74. Telephone: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 21, pp. 894-904
75. Food Industries: Introduction
76. Food Preservation, Service and Supply: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 9, pp. 457-460
77. Canning: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 4, pp. 748-751
78. The Story of Frosted Foods: Birdseye Company, 1938
79. Nutritive Aspects of Canned Foods, a pamphlet: American Can Company
80. More About Canned Foods, a pamphlet: American Can Company
81. Representative menus, 1938. (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer menus furnished by Childs Restaurants).
82. Metals and Mining: Introduction
83. .Metals: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 323-325
84. Metallurgy: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 310-323
85. Metallography: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 308-310
86. Iron, Iron and Steel, Iron in Art: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 645-682 incl.
87. Aluminum: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 713-720
88. Copper: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 6, pp. 401-409
89. Metalliferous Mining: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 544-551
90. Petroleum: Introduction
91. Petroleum: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 17, pp. 662-669
92. The Rise of American Oil, by Leonard M. Fanning: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1936
93. Railroads: Introduction
94. Railways: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 18, pp. 916-952
95. New York Central Timetable, Form 1001, July 25, 1938
96. Pennsylvania Railroad Timetable, Aug. 28, 1938
97. Baltimore & Ohio Timetable, July 17, 1938 (East and West)
98. Union Pacific Timetable, Revised to June 12, 1938
99. Northern Pacific Timetable, Corrected to June 20, 1938, F. 5111
100. Southern Pacific Timetable, Aug. 15-Sept. 1938, Form A
101. Santa Fe Timetable, Corrected to August 7, 1938
102. Streamlined Pennsylvania train
103. Textiles: Introduction
104. Textiles and Embroideries: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 22, pp. 1-6
105. Weaving: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 23, pp. 455-466
106. Dyeing: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 789-795
107. Synthetic Dyes: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 796-807
108. Designing Women, by Margaretta Byers with Consuelo Kamholz: New York: Simon & Schuster: 1938
109. Women's Wear Style Sheet, 1938
110. .Women's Wear for September 1, 1938
111. Fall Textures in duPont Rayon (swatches included in Capsule as objects) 1938

XII. New York World's Fair 1939

1. Introduction
2. Message from Grover Whalen, President of the World's Fair
3. New York, the World's Fair City
4. World's Fair Bulletin A Year from Today
5. World's Fair Bulletin: Participation Issue
6. World's Fair Bulletin for June, 1938
7. List of Officers and Department Heads of the World's Fair

XIII. The Objects in the Capsule

1. .Introduction and List

XIV. The Men Who Made the Capsule

1. List

XV. How We Appear, Talk and Act; and Scenes of Our Day

1. Introduction
2. Technology of Amateur and Professional Motion Pictures; Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 867-871
3. Motion Picture Technology: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 854-867
4. Photoelectricity: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 17, pp. 788-793
5. .Production and projection of the Motion Picture, by Terry Ramsaye, Editor, Motion Picture Herald
6. How to Build a Projection Machine: (diagrams and photos).
7. A projection machine

Characteristic or significant scenes in sound film prepared by RKO-Pathe Pictures, Inc. for the Time Capsule. Instructions for making a suitable projection machine to use this film are included in the microfilm Micro-File. The newsreel runs about 15 minutes. It comprises the following scenes:

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, speaking at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1938, on occasion of the 75th anniversary of the celebrated battle of the United States Civil War. Veterans of both sides, attending final reunion, are present.
2. Howard Hughes, celebrated aviator, who made "Around-the-World-flight" as "Air Ambassador" for New York's World Fair 1939, in three days, 19 1/4 hours, July 1938.
3. Jesse Owens, American negro athlete, winning 100 meter dash in 1936 Olympic games.
4. Collegiate football: Harvard-Yale, November 1936 at "Yale Bowl," New Haven, Conn. Yale wins 14-13.
5. Baseball: Big League--All-Star Game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. 28,000 spectators--July 1938. Nationals defeat American 4-1.
6. United States Pacific Fleet setting out for six weeks in maneuvers, showing battleships in formation off Long Beach, California, in March 1938.
7. Soviets celebrate International Labor Day, May 1938, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Two shots of soldiers marching.
8. Greatest demonstration of military prowess in the United States since the World War, at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 1938, showing tanks and other war machines.
9. Bombing of Canton, typical episode in the undeclared war between China and Japan. Canton, Chin, June 1938.

   a. Pathe cameraman, A.T. Hull, wearing helmet, in cockpit of plant, about to take-off to make pictures.
   
   b. Smoke rising from explosions off in distance.
   
   c. Terror-stricken civilians in street.
   
   d. Red Cross men and women, many of whom are injured while ministering
   to the victims.

10. Fashion Show at Miami, Florida, April 1938.
    a. General view of luxurious scene in which the audience is seated around a swimming pool, watching models displaying advance summer fashions.
    
    b. Two girls in long beach coats.
    
    c. Two girls in long beach coats opened to reveal bathing suits, wearing enormous straw hats.
    
    d. Afternoon dress.
    
    e. Flowered print afternoon dress with large hat. f. Another afternoon dress with brilliantly colored accessories, and large hat.
    
    
11. Preview of World's Fair--1939: May, 1938

    a. Motorcade of nearly 500 vehicles and floats, including the prize-winning Westinghouse float, going up a street in downtown Manhattan between sidewalks lined with crowds, under show of paper.
    
    b. Sports float with Babe Ruth, baseball hero.
    
    c. Motorcade entering partially completed Fair grounds.
    
    d. Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City, and Grover A. Whalen, President of the Fair, in reviewing stand at Fair grounds.
    
    e. "Theme Float" bearing replica of Trylon and Perisphere.