Inventors Oral History Collection
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Bedi, Joyce
Daemmrich, Arthur
Klotz, Sharon
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2020-2021
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855.63 Gigabytes (Interviews include .mp4, video/.mxf and .wav files. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1504
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Born digital video oral history interviews and transcripts with inventors documenting a variety of subjects and disciplines.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Sherman, Patsy
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March 12, 1997.
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0.35 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0599
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Videohistory contains original and reference videos and photographs documenting a lecture program for children by Patsy Sherman, inventor of Scotchgard.
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Goodman, Louis, 1905-1973
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circa 1926-1975
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0.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.goodloui
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Archives of American Art
The papers of inventor and assemblage artist Louis Goodman measure 0.7 linear feet and date from circa 1926 to 1975. The papers document Goodman's career in New York City and California through biographical material, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.
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undated
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10 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0315
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Copy prints created by the Smithsonian Office of Priting and Photography of portraits of important scientists and others in Smithsonian collections.
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Reichstetter, Daniella
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Edwards, Tricia
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2011 June 4
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 item)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1254
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An interview with inventor Daniella Reichstetter, who discusses her "gyrowheel" invention, which replaces the front wheel of a child's bike and rights the bike whenever it starts to tip. Reichstetter founded Gyrobike in 2007. The technology behind the gyrobike was developed at Dartmouth College and is protected under U.S. Patents 7,314,225 and 7,59...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Jackson, Milt
Madewell, Steven
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2010-10-02
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2 Electronic discs (DVD)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1241
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents inventor Milt Jackson who discusses his "re-invention" of the test tube. Jackson's test tube has a flat side that enables it to rest horizontally without a rack, and a bent end. Milt Jackson is the founder of the company Norwood-Cortez which provides computer systems design services.
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Ewin, James Lithgow (inventor)
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1873, 1874, 1879.
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0051
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes an English patent paper #2126 for improved vulcanizable water-proof gum, 1873, to Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills; a U.S. patent paper #151,109 for improvement in the art of manufacturing horseshoes, 1874; and an English patent paper #1194 for improvement in street-lighting apparatus.
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Rumsey, James, 1743-1792 (machinist, inventor)
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1788 January 28
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 item)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0216
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A promissory note of January 28, 1788 to Robert Stubbe for the sum of eighteen shillings and six pence, Pennsylvania currency. See Rumsey's article, "A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam, whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments, that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great ...
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Woodard, William E., 1873-1942 (inventor)
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1909 - 1949
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3.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0125
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of United States, Canadian, Mexican and other foreign patents issued to William E. Woodard from 1909 to 1949. The patents are for Woodard's developments in steam and electric locomotive design.
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- Dates:
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1995-2015
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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 ...
