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Mayr, Otto
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1960-2004
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 83-058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the papers of Otto Mayr, curator of mechanical engineering and mechanisms. Materials include photographs of family; notes from classes taught at Rochester Institute of Technology and classes taken at the University of Rochester; files from a summer seminar on methods and history of technology with a National Science ...
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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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circa 1925-1937, 1954-1985
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 375
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document administrative operations and exhibition programs of the Department of the History of Science and Technology and its predecessors, chiefly from 1958 to 1985. A small amount of the records pertain to technological exhibitions and other activities of curatorial divisions located in the Arts and Industries Building in ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1976-1977
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-264
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of a filmed interview of Oscar Wiedmann, carpenter, pioneer, and tool collector. The interview was performed on September 21, 1976 by Otto Mayr, Curator, National Museum of History and Technology, Department of History of Science. Some materials may have been u...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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circa 1948-1988
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18.81 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 film box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 397
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to horology, exhibit proposals, manufacturers of engineering equipment, models, collections management, minutes of meetings, acquisitions, and installation of exhibits. Also included are blueprints for the Hall of Heavy Machinery; exhibit scripts from Power and the Early Ste...
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Biographical Files
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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circa 1963-1988
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5 cu. ft. (10 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 420
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of biographical files collected by the Office of Public Affairs primarily for the use and convenience of that office. Like many biographical files, the records were added to as bits of information were collected, from the newspaper, from press releases, from The Torch, or from SI announcements. The more important figures...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Medicine and Science
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1962-2011
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-384
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Paul Forman, Curator of modern physics, which document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Medicine and Science, and during the years when modern physics was part of the Division of Electricity and Nuclear Energy, the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, and the Divisio...
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Smithsonian Institution
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12.5 cu. ft. (5 file cabinet drawers)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7098
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Biographical Information File contains biographies of individuals associated with the Smithsonian as either administrative officers, curators, collectors, donors, regents, or research associates. Occasionally biographies of individuals less closely associated with the Institution are included.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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1956-1988 and undated
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12 cu. ft. (24 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 332
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
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circa 1982-1988
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33 cu. ft. (33 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 583
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the tenure of Roger G. Kennedy, director, NMHT, 1979-1980, and director, NMAH, 1980-1992, as well as some of the work of Douglas E. Evelyn, deputy director. The records concern activities of the Office of the Director and the administration of NMAH. Of special note are records regarding the conclusion in 1982 of the ...
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National Museum of American History. National Numismatic Collection
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circa 1921-1989
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26.91 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 359
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to publications, exhibitions, acquisitions, numismatic conferences in foreign countries, and materials on loan; annual reports of the Division of Numismatics; budgetary files; American Numismatic Association convention information; exhibition scripts for the Hall of Monetary ...