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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
- Repository:
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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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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
- Dates:
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2012 September 25
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic Feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes DVDs and a program from the Lemelson Center's presentation: The Color Revolution. The Color Revolution 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. The program features Regina ...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Norris, Elwood
Rosenthal, Paul R.
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March 10, 2007
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic Feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1108
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Presentation of Elwood ("Woody") Norris, the inventor of HyperSonic Sound (HSS) at the Arlington Public Library in Arlington, Virginia; and oral history interview with Lemelson Center staff member Paul Rosenthal. Norris discusses his life and inventions.
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Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 ((inventor))
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
- Dates:
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April 9, 1999
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18 videocassettes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0838
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Presentation: Darby discusses windsurfing and his invention and development of the sailboard.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Madhani, Akhil
Berger, Sondra
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1999.
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0.25 Cubic Feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0709
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents inventor Akhil Madhani and his invention, the Black Falcon, a teleoperated surgical instrument.
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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
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic Feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0917
- Repository:
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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
- Dates:
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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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Website Records
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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
- Dates:
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1995-2014
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29 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes) (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audio and visual recordings of Lemelson Center special events, exhibitions, symposia, and general activities used for broadcast. Major programs documented within this collection include "Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize;" "Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man;" "Reinventing the Wheel: The Continuing ...
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Lemelson Center
- Dates:
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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...