Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 14-107
National Museum of American History. Division of Science, Medicine and Society
Exhibition Records, 1961-2002
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of Jon B. Eklund, curator of chemistry and computers, which document his exhibition planning, development and production activities in the Division of Science, Medicine and Society and during the years when he was in the Division of Information Technology and Society; the Division of Computers, Information and Society; and the Division of Physical Sciences. Some records date back to when the National Museum of American History was known as the National Museum of History and Technology and the Museum of History and Technology, respectively. Also represented in these records are curators David Kite Allison, Arthur P. Molella, Patricia Peck Gossel, Bernard S. Finn, and Susan Faye Cannon. The records document the following exhibitions: Information Age: People, Information and Technology; Science in American Life; A Material World; Aspects of Art and Science; Stalking the Elusive Computer Bug; Nation of Nations; The Foucault Pendulum; and Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; exhibition proposals; agreements; budget summaries; scripts; meeting agendas and minutes; loan information; photographs; floor plans and design drawings; brochures; newspaper clippings; object lists; information about the Hall of Chemistry; visitor comment forms; and supporting documentation.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- A Material World (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Allison, David K., 1950-
- Aspects of Art and Science (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)
- Cannon, Susan Faye, 1925-1981
- Eklund, Jon B.
- Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860 (Exhibition) (1986: Washington, D.C.)
- Finn, Bernard S., 1932-
- Gossel, Patricia Peck, 1943-
- Information Age: People, Information and Technology (Exhibition) (1990-2006: Washington, D.C.)
- Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Nation of Nations (1976 : Smithsonian Institution)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Computers, Information and Society
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information Technology and Society
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Physical Sciences
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Hall of Chemistry
- Science in American Life (Exhibition) (1994-2011: Washington, D.C.)
- Stalking the Elusive Computer Bug (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Chemistry -- History
- Computer science
- Foucault's pendulum
- Medical museums
- Museum curators
- Museum loans
- Museums -- Collection management
- Technology -- History
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-107, National Museum of American History. Division of Science, Medicine and Society, Exhibition Records