Hands On Science Center Records
This accession consists of materials which document the creation and activities of the Hands On Science Center (HOSC) located in the National Museum of American History. HOSC was created as a part of the exhibition, Science and American Life which opened on April 27, 1994. The HOSC is a 1,500 square-foot interactive education …
Medical Sciences Film Collection
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
Films vary in subject, production source, and intended audience. Includes both silent and sound black-and-white, and color films with sound.
Fournet Drugstore Collection
Hallmark.
Fournet Drugstore.
The collection consists primarily of advertising and promotional materials for products sold by the Fournet Drugstore. In addition, there are photographs of the African American community in St. Martinville, Louisiana.
Texas Instruments Reference Collection
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Reference materials, including photographs, internal memoranda, newsletters and other printed material, relating to various Texas Instruments' products.
Paris Exposition Universelle Photoprints
199 Photographic prints
Photographs of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900, which record many buildings and pavilions that were among the chief points of interest, including the Monumental Entrance, Art Palaces and the Bridge of Alexander III, national pavilions lining the Seine River, and the Palace of Machinery; also, views of Paris from the …
Benjamin Pollard Letter Book
Manuscript letter book of 175 leaves, by Pollard of Norfolk, Va., includes his drafts of letters with traders in the United States, Europe, and the West Indies concerning shipment of goods, payment of accounts, and other business activities. Some letters not in Pollard's hand.
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records which document the planning, development, and installation of Science in American Life, a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). This exhibition demonstrates how science has changed the way Americans have lived over the past 125 years. Opening on April 27, 1994, Science in …
Recollections of Leonard Becker
Leonard Becker was a major participant in the development and marketing of Vinyl plastic.
Standards Western Automatic Computer Circuit Notebooks
Larson, Harry
Rutland, Dave
Collection documents circuit development for the Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC). SWAC was an early digital computer built in 1950 by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles, California.
Nicholas C. Mandragos Papers
Mandragos, Frieda
The papers of immigrant engineer Nicholas C. Mandragos.
