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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Guha, Subhendu
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1998.
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0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0668
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains original, master, and reference videos documentingSubhendu Guha, inventor of the solar shingle.
Bernice Johnson Reagon Collection of African American Sacred Music
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
- Dates:
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Applebaugh, William K.
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1857-1926
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0638
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the life and career of William K. Applebaugh, and his activities as a telegrapher during the U.S. Civil War.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Swanson, Jackie
Swanson, Janese
- Dates:
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1998
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes,)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0642
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Janese Swanson developed video game software, a website, and an array of toys and gadgets aimed at making technology more accessible to girls. The collection contains approximately six hours of original and reference video footage of Swanson's Innovative Lives Presentation, in which she discussed her background and demonstrated her inventions with her daughter, Jackie. The material also includes a brief interview.
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White, Roger
- Dates:
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1997.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0648
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Exhibit script, brochures, and mmeory books.
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Person, Abigail
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Fox, Sally
- Dates:
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1997
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0646
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains 5 1/2 hours of footage documenting Sally Fox, an inventor of a commercially spinnable naturally colored cotton. This video was created on November 14, 1997.
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Whaley, Thomas L.
- Dates:
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1941-1979
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0652
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting Whaley's association with Duke Ellington and his career as a copyist, pianist, composer and arranger. The collection includes letters, photographs, music manuscripts, business records, writings, and printed materials including magazine and newspapers articles, concert programs, and catalogs.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Worthington, Bill
- Dates:
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1995 October
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0606
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This videohistory documents the operation of a 19th-century mechanical cash carrier system used in a Penn Yan, New York department store.
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Liebhold, Peter
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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December 1996.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
27 video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0605
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Inventor Tadeusz Sendzimir, a Polish immigrant, designed and installed the first "Z" Mill for cold rolling stainless steel in the United States. The videohistory documents the story of a new approach to the rolling process of steel technology transfer and consumer demand for a new product;video documents the mill in operation and interviews with ac...
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Crosby, Marlene
- Dates:
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1979
- Size:
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4 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0621
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records relating to a study done by Marlene Crosby on the health of World War II women factory workers, including approximately 600 questionnaires completed by study participants.