F. C. Brown Papers
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Brown, F.C. (Fay Cluff)
- Dates:
-
1902 - 1964
- Size:
-
4.5 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0693
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
F.C. Brown was a physicist and inventor who created and supervised the development of education exhibits, most notably as organizing director of the New York Museum of Science and Industry (part of the Museums of the Peaceful Arts), 1926-1931. He was also curator of physics exhibits at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, 1932-1937. Much of Brown's scientific research focused on the element selenium. He invented the phonopticon, an improvement on the optophone (invented by Fournier d'Albe, 1912). Material focuses on Dr. Brown's professional life: correspondence, photographs, photo albums, scrapbooks, and ephemera from the positions he held and research he conducted. Very little personal information is included.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
bulk 1886-1897
- Size:
-
0.05 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0752
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of photographs relating to the work of aerial kite photography pioneer William Abner Eddy (1850 - 1909).
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Portrait Gallery. Office of Education
- Dates:
-
1970-2003
- Size:
-
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-086
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the program records of the Office of Education at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and documents their work on educational programming for the museum and its exhibitions. Programming documented includes "Face to Face: Adventure with History!;" "Discover Portraits: Learning to See;" "Those Inventive Americans;" ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Moulthrop, Ed, 1916-2003
Douglas, Mary F., 1956-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
- Dates:
-
2001 April 2-3
- Size:
-
39 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.moulth01
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
An interview of Ed Moulthrop conducted 2001 April 2-3, by Mary Douglas, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Moulthrop's home and studio, Atlanta, Georgia.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Beals, Jessie Tarbox
- Dates:
-
1903-1974
- Size:
-
23.64 Cubic feet (18 records center boxes; 1 11x17x3 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0086
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Early Aeronautical Newsclippings (Alexander Graham Bell) Collection (NASM.XXXX.0086) consists of 19 boxes of material about early aviation and aeronautics collected by Alexander Graham Bell between 1906 and 1912.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Wright, A. Gilbert, (Arthur Gilbert), 1909-1987, interviewee
- Dates:
-
1983
- Size:
-
9 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9523
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Groenhoff, Hans
- Dates:
-
1933-1975
- Size:
-
5.27 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0359
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Hans Groenhoff (1906-1985) was a celebrated American aviation photographer from the 1930s through the 1960s, also working as a pilot, journalist, editor, correspondent, and—in his retirement years—as an aviation tourism publicist for the Bahamas. This collection of 25,550 images consists of Groenhoff's collection of negatives and transparencies, spanning his career from 1933 to 1975.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
- Dates:
-
1965-1986
- Size:
-
36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 330
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
-
1989-05 - 1990-05
- Size:
-
3.52 Linear feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-026
- Repository:
-
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on African American inventors and innovators, from prominent figures such as the 19th century inventor Elijah McCoy to the anonymous men and women who made important contributions to the development of American technology. The show was curated by Portia James and organized by the Anacostia Museum. It was held at the museum from May 1989 --May 1990. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
- Dates:
-
1907-1973
- Size:
-
3.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macdstan
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The papers of Southern California painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1907 to 1973. The collection contains correspondence with family, friends, and artists, including Morgan Russell, and his wife Suzanne Binon, Michel and Suzanne Seuplor, Ann and John Summerfield, and Bethany Wilson. Also found are writings, six diaries, travel journals, printed materials, and artwork.