Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 83-058
Mayr, Otto
Otto Mayr Papers, 1960-2004
Descriptive Entry
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 Foundation grant, 1970; correspondence, circa 1967-1980, with colleagues concerning professional activities and research on feedback mechanisms; manuscripts and research notes; and records documenting his official travel with the Smithsonian, personal PAEC (Professional Accomplishments and Evaluation Committee) files, and proposed exhibits.
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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Mayr, Otto
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanisms
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Professional Accomplishment Evaluation Committee
- University of Rochester
- Rochester Institute of Technology
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 83-058, Otto Mayr Papers