Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 15-288
Lemelson Center
Project/Program Records, 1993-2011
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Lemelson Center |
Title: | Project/Program Records |
Dates: | 1993-2011 |
Quantity: | 3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Accession 15-288 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of records created and maintained by Arthur P. Molella, Director, 1995-2015 and document the development and execution of educational programs, special events, seminars, conferences, lectures, talks, and symposia. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, talks, conference presentations, interviews, meeting minutes and notes, advisory board records, images, video recordings, grant proposals, reports, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Arthur P. Molella, Director, 1995-2015 and document the development and execution of educational programs, special events, seminars, conferences, lectures, talks, and symposia. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, talks, conference presentations, interviews, meeting minutes and notes, advisory board records, images, video recordings, grant proposals, reports, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Lectures and lecturing
- Inventors
- Inventions
- Congresses and conventions
- Special events
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-288, Lemelson Center, Project/Program Records
Container List
Box 1
Talks, Lectures, and Papers
America's Atomic Museums and the Untold Story of the Bomb - Tokyo University, November 7, 2003
Exhibits and Social Issues and the Smithsonian, Part 1: The Case of Science in American Life - Nihon University, November 6, 2003
Emails for Japan trip, November 2003
Japan lectures - Fall 2003, per Yuzo Takahashi, 2003
Visions of the Future: Techno-cities of the 1930s - Presentation at the Japanese Society for the History of Science and Technology, Tokyo, November 8, 2003
Tokyo University lecture - Takuji Okamoto, 2003
American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) conference - Imagined Spaces and Dangerous Places - presentation, 2004
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) conference - University of York, 2002
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) talk - The Smithsonian and the Quest for American Identity, March 27, 2001
CWRU - Class - The Geography of Technology, Summer 1999
Johns Hopkins University colloquium - Call of Stories, 2000
New Perspectives on the History of Science at the Museum of American History - Scientific Instrument Symposium, London, 1988
Spectrum conference, January 24, 2000
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) - Commentary, 1999
Chemical Heritage Foundation - Collections Advisory Committee, 2006-2007 (includes electronic records - CD)
SHOT - Commentary - Las Vegas, 2006
SHOT - Talk - Las Vegas, 2006
SHOT Session, October 18, 2003
SHOT - Museums panel, 2002
Center for Technology Innovation - Museum project, 2006
American Museum of Tort Law, 1998-2002
National Academy of Sciences - Koshland Science Museum, 2001
A-Man Awards - Los Angeles, February 26, 2000
Voice of America (VOA) - Afghan interviews, June 10, 2008
Smithsonian Video on Demand - Interview at Patent Office Building, 2007
CNN Top 25 Innovations interview with Mile's O'Brien
Radio interview - WSYR (Syracuse, New York) - Jim Reith, 2003
Radio interview - WXRX (Rockford, Illinois), 2008
Washington Post interview with Joel Garreau, 2008
New York Times - Mars rover interview, January 27, 2004
Radio interview - WYPR (Baltimore Public Radio) - Mark Steiner Show, October 31, 2003
Quoted in USA Today, May 2, 2003
Washington Times, March 28, 2002
New York Times - Amy Harmon interview, March 20, 2003
TLC (The Learning Channel) - The Ultimate 10 Inventions, August 31, 2002
Innovations interview - Rita Solon, August 3, 2002
New York Times article on Dean Kamen, December 3, 2001
Context magazine interview with James Burke, September 6, 2001
Herald Tribune - RAI interview, August 3, 2000
Fast Company magazine, July 2000
New York Times interview regarding Palm Pilot, April 23, 2000
NPR interview, December 16, 1999 and ABC News interview December 15, 1999 regarding invention of transistor
Radio interview - KWAB, December 9, 1999
Radio interview - NPR (San Francisco) with Timothy Ferris, December 6, 1999
Radio interview - NPR on futurism, December 1999
CNN interview, December 3, 1999
Scripps Howard interview, October 14, 1999
Scripps Howard interview (John Lang), November 21, 1999
Millennium inventions - Radio show, October 1999
A & E show, February 3, 1998
University of Virginia symposium on technology and democracy, November 2006
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) talk, October 23, 2007
Meet the Author - Michael John Gorman - Buckminster Fuller: Designing for Mobility, October 21, 2005
Remarks on SI Education Innovation Award presentation, October 14, 2004
Artificial Parts: Van Phillips, February 28, 2004
Japan talk to Lemelson Center, November 20, 2003
Meet the Author - Ed Tenner, June 6, 2003
Brent Glass/Lemelson Center meeting, February 21, 2003
Paul MacCready - "Portrait of an Inventor," November 8, 2002
NIMH talk - David Armstrong seminar, October 23, 2006
China - Ministry of Science and Technology, August 28, 2002
NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance) Conference - Introductory Remarks, March 7, 2001
NCIIA Conference - "Jerry's Toys" talk, March 10, 2000
Inventors' Network of the Capital Area (INCA) talk, September 1999
Office of Curatorial Affairs (OCA) - Lemelson Center presentation, March 31, 1999
Invention at Play kickoff, March 12, 1999
Introduction to Steve Pyne lecture - "Keeper of the Flame," September 11, 1998
Introduction Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 75th Anniversary Awards, June 19, 1998
Lemelson presentations, 1997-1998
Goddard Space Flight Center talk - Independent Inventor, December 15, 1997
Innovative Lives - Education Achievement Awards, 2004
Edelstein Award Symposium session, September 2006
Hiroshima talk, September 1, 2006
Paper for Victoria, British Columbia conference - "America's Atomic Culture - The View from Oak Ridge," April 1, 2004
NMAH Colloquium - "Atomic Visions and Realities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee," April 20, 2004
Inventing for the Environment - London, June 17, 2004
Artefact-Usher paper, November 7, 2005
Westminster University - Graduation address, December 2005
"It's All About Innovation" panel - New Orleans, May 2004
ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers) panel - "The Buried Controversies of Science and Technology," September 20, 2004
SHOT - Amsterdam - Session chair, 2004
Made for Each Other: Renewing the Vows Between Museums and Academe, March 5, 2005
"Habits and Habitats of Inventors" - NRL, March 3, 2010
Kiev - Cultural of innovation, 2010 (includes electronic records)
Inventing for Humanity - Conference
Dot-com Saviors - New York Times, March 16, 2003
Inventing for Humanity - Background paper - Julian Gresser, December 12, 2002
Inventing for Humanity workshop - For NCIIA, 2002-2003
Conference background materials, December 12, 2002
Invitations, December 10, 2002
Box 2
Alliances for Discovery - Julian Gresser, 2002
Conferences, Programs, and Symposia
"Inventing Ourselves" programs, 2002-2003
Building Bionic Bodies symposium - Dr. Robert Jarvik introduction, October 23, 2004
Playful Mind symposium, 2000
Lemelson theme - Play, 1999
Creativity and Play Conference, December 1999
Los Angeles - Invention at Play - Movie f/x, February 28, 2000
Play conference, June 14, 1999
Takeo Higuchi, 1998
Intel Summit, July 29-30, 2003
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fostering Innovation Workshop, December 5, 2007
The Museum in a Changing Environment, March 4-6, 2005
Cultures of Innovation: A Conversation, May 13-15, 2005
BioAgenda Conference, March 8-10, 2006
"Sustainable Shelter: exploring Socially Responsible Innovation in Architecture" - NCIIA, March 25, 2006
Family Business Invitational Conference - Kellogg School of Management, 2006
"The Culture of Budget Cuts" - International symposium, Berlin, Germany, 1996-1999 (2 folders)
"The Culture of Budget Cuts" - Abstracts, introduction, and conclusion, 1999
"The Environment: Historical Context and Present Day Perspectives" - Jerusalem, 1998-1999
European Union Conference - "The Globalized Museum," 2009-2010
SHOT annual conference, October 15-19, 2009
National Science Board, August 2009
Lester Brown Portrait of Invention, June 18, 2009
Salzburg Seminar, 1999
Lemelson Foundation - Grantees
U. S. Strategy Symposium - Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, Washington, 2007
Grantee meeting, September 2006
Grantee meeting, May 4, 2006
Grantee meeting, April 2005
Grantee meeting, April 21, 2004
Lemelson/MIT Awards
Invitation, April 24, 2003
Awards progam, 2002
Awards, 1998
Speech by Carver Mead - 1999 winner, April 22, 1999
Lemelson/MIT - Invention Assembly
History workshop report, 2003
Events, 2004
Merton Flemings and Roe Smith, 2003
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Blue Ribbon Panel, February 8, 2006
Lemelson National Program
EurekaFest, June 2008
NCIIA 12th Annual Meeting - Introduction of Sir Ken Robinson, 2008
NCIIA 11th Annual Meeting - Tampa, March 2007
NCIIA 9th Annual Meeting - San Diego, March 2005
NCIIA 8th Annual Meeting - San Jose, March 2004
NCIIA 7th Annual Meeting - Boston, March 2003
Lemelson National Program meeting, April 17, 1998
Lemelson National Program meeting, April 11, 1997
Rob Lemelson - Television series, 1998
MIT-Smithsonian K-12 project meeting notes, October 17, 2001
Jerome Lemelson
Willamette Weekly - Jerome Lemelson story, 2004
Funeral, 1997
Lab notebook excerpts
Biography notes
Remarks at Lemelson Memorial, October 1997
Patents
Clippings, 1995-1998
Box 3
Lemelson Foundation International Program
Indonesia, December 15, 2004
Lemelson grantee meeting - Costa Rica, September 2004
Lemelson Foundation Strategy Symposium - Invention and Innovation for Sustainable Development, February 13-16, 2003 (includes electronic records)
Sustainability Forum Invention Track - May 29-31, 2003
Publication: Needs and Opportunities in the Study of Invention and Innovation
Charrette II, May 19, 2000
Report, 2000
Charrette, January 21, 2000
Earth University
Earth University, August 20, 2003
Lemelson Institute
Agenda and program, August 16-19, 2007
Notes, 2007
Summer, 2007
Projects
Science in American Life lecture series, 1996-1997
Nobel Prize - Early proposals and memoranda, 1993-1997
Ben Franklin 300th anniversary, 2005
Atomic film series, June 19, 2003
Hacker project proposal
Model making exhibition, June 2002
Model maker exhibition proposal, 2003
Ralph Baer - Video game pioneer, February 18, 2003
Palm exhibition with David Allison - Aborted, 2001
Crossroads: Historical perspectives on topics related to September 11 seminar series, 2001
Lemelson staff projects, 1995-2000
Sage Hill School, 2000
Technology gap project, 1999-2000
"Knowledge for Use" conference - Lemelson Center and Johns Hopkins University, April 2000
"Technology and the African American Experience" project, 1996
Bike video, 2001-2002
William Pretzer to Spencer Crew regarding Henry Ford Museum and Lemelson Center, June 25, 1998
NOVA - Steven Lantham Productions, 2005
Science cafes, 2007
Echo Foundation - Nobel show, February 27, 2005
Einstein Gala - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
Woodrow Wilson and science exhibit panel, June 1, 2009
Herman Miller workshop, April 20-21, 2009
Green Dragon film - Science Panel - George Mason University, April 21, 2011
Durel Consulting Roundtable - Baltimore, Maryland, September 22-24, 2008
Durel Consulting Roundtable, May, 29-30, 2008
Durel Consulting Roundtable, February 28-29, 2008
Durel Consulting Roundtable, November 29-30, 2007
Durel Consulting Roundtable, July 26-27, 2007
Durel Consulting Roundtable, November 30-December 1, 2006
Invention at Play
Paul MacCready interview - "Portraits of Invention," November 8, 2002
Press preview, July 11, 2002
Remarks at staff breakfast, July 10, 2002
Invitation, July 18, 2002
Public relations, 2002
National Science Foundation - Review, 2000
Academy of Applied Science - Jane Lacasse, 2000
Concept draft, 2001
"Mindplay" designer meeting, January 19, 2000
Audience assessment, 1999
The Tech Museum, 1999
Implementation charter - "Mindplay," 1998
Charrette notes, April 18, 1996
Exhibition and Program Committee (EPC) submission, April 8, 1999
Calendar, 1999-2000
Joyce Bedi regarding Invention at Play theme, 2000
Wilton Dillon regarding play
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Project
BIO project, 2007-2010
Proposal, 2006-2007
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
50th Anniversary, 2007
50th Anniversary - Planning meeting, October 15, 2006
50th Anniversary - Tours, 2006
50th Anniversary - Program ideas, 2005-2006
50th Anniversary - Notes, 2006
50th Anniversary - Planning, 2004
Teaching
Georgetown - Francis Slakey course - Lecture, September 10, 2007
George Washington University (GWU) - Rebekah Sobel course - Lecture, March 9, 2004
GWU - Rebekah Sobel Course - SAL lecture, July 14, 2003
GWU - SAL lecture, March 30, 1998
GWU - SAL lecture, October 12, 1999
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Tang National Advisory Council (NAC), October 2011
Tang NAC, October 30-31, 2009 and May 19, 2010
Tang NAC, May 12, 2009
Tang NAC, May 20, 2008
Tang NAC, February 12, 2008
Tang NAC, October 12-13, 2007
Tang NAC, March 17-18, 2007
Tang NAC, October 13, 2007
Tang NAC, 2001-2004
Tang/Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) - "Molecules That Matter," 2005
Philip Glotzbach letter, October 17, 2006
University of Westminster
"Invented Edens," September 2007
Honorary doctorate, 2005 (includes electronic records)
Raould Hoffman, November 2001
Box 4
Westminster City Planning Group, March 2000
Travel report, May 1999
Abstracts, 1999
Alan Morrison - Program, 1998-1999
"The Modernist Impulse: Culture, Invention, and the Environment" - Keynote, 1999
Program notes, 1999
Lemelson Center notes, May 1999
"Science Wars and American Identity," April 1999
Smithsonian-Westminster Colloquium - Access and Cultural Identity in Public Institutions, 1998
150th Anniversary of Smithsonian - Science for the Public Good, October 22, 1996
Westminster conference - Education and the Public Good, October 24-26, 1996
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