Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 07-014
Lemelson Center
Exhibition Records, 1997-2005
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records which primarily document the exhibition Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize, which explored the motivation and vision of Nobel laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel and his prize. The exhibition celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize and was developed in collaboration with the Deutsches Museum Bonn in Germany and the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, with the cooperation of the Meetings of Nobel Prize Winners in Lindau, Germany. The exhibition featured personal video interviews of laureates, candid photographic portraits and original artifacts. Additional exhibitions and programs documented include, Science in American Life, Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man, Reinventing the Wheel: The Continuing Evolution of the Bicycle, and The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden. The records include the correspondence and memoranda of Lemelson Center staff members Arthur P. Molella, Director, and William Eastman, Project Historian. Some materials are in electronic format.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2021; Transferring office; 8/8/2003 memorandum, Johnstone to Oswald; Contact reference staff for details.
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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
- Deutsches Museum Bonn
- Eastman, William
- Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928
- Lemelson Center
- Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man (Program) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Meetings of Nobel Prize Winners
- Molella, Arthur P., 1944
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896
- Reinventing the Wheel: The Continuing Evolution of the Bicycle (Program) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Science in American Life (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden (Exhibition) (2000- : Washington, D.C.)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-014, Lemelson Center, Exhibition Records