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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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2012-09-25
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder with 2 DVDs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1301
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes two (2) DVDs and a program from the Lemelson Center's presentation Portrait of Invention: The Color Revolution. The Color Revolution, a book by Regina Lee Blaszczyk, traces the relationship of color and commerce from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design, describing the often unrecognized role of the color professional in comsumer culture.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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undated
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0.29 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, 1 folder, 2 over size folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Inventions
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Inventions forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Website Records
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Lemelson Center
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2012-2014
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-214
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of two websites and a blog maintained by the Lemelson Center at the National Museum of American History as they existed on February 12, 2014. The Lemelson Center's primary website includes information about the Center as well as educational resources, press releases, annual reports, online exhibitions, and two serial p...
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Lemelson Center
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2010
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-163
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the Lemelson Center website as it existed on July 16, 2010. The Lemelson Center was founded in 1995 at the National Museum of American History. Its mission is to document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation; to encourage inventive creativity in young people; and to foster an appreci...
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Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 ((inventor))
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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April 9, 1999
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18 Videocassettes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0838
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Presentation by Newman Darby discussing windsurfing and his invention and development of the sailboard. Materials include original, master and reference videotapes and photographs.
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Kane, Nathan, 1969-
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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1997 September 17
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0637
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of original, master, and reference videos documenting Nathan Kane, inventor of Pass-It-Football, a remote control for television, Project-A-Sketch opaque projector for children and low distortion bellows folds for industrial machines.
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Hernandez-Rebollar, Jose L.
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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2005 August 3
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0.25 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0917
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Jose L. Hernandez-Rebollar was born in the state of Puebla in Mexico. He is the inventor of the AcceleGlove, a prototype device which can translate the alphabet and over 300 words into American Sign Language. The collection contains original and reference audio cassettes of Dr. Rebollar's presentation, "The Process of Invention: The AcceleGlove," a transcript of the presentation, photocopies of his power point presentation slides, and a CD-ROM containing digital images taken at the presentation.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Swanson, Jackie
Swanson, Janese
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1998
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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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Lemelson Center
- Dates:
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2012-2014
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-072
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of three websites and one blog maintained by the Lemelson Center as they existed on November 2, 2014, shortly before the sites were due to be consolidated into one new website. The Lemelson Center's primary website includes information about the Center as well as educational resources, press releases, annual reports, o...
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Lemelson Center
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1995-2008
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-585
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of printouts of the Lemelson Center website as it existed on May 31, 1995, and on April 10, 1996. Also included are statistics regarding visitor usage of the website. The Lemelson Center was founded in 1995 at the National Museum of American History. Its mission is to document, interpret, and disseminate information ...