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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 20-127

National Museum of American History. Division of Mathematics

Exhibition Records, 1965-1986

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History. Division of Mathematics
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1965-1986
Quantity:1.03 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 oversize folder)
Collection:Accession 20-127
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by Associate Curator and Curator, Uta C. Merzbach. The materials document the research, design, and execution of exhibitions at the National Museum of American History, primarily in the field of mathematics. Exhibitions covered include 1876: A Centennial Exhibition, the Hall of Physical Sciences, Learning Mathematics With Objects, and Pain and Its Relief. Some records date to when the division was previously known as the Section of Mathematics and Antique Instruments, and then the Section of Mathematics, as well as from when the museum was known as the United States National Museum, the Museum of History and Technology, and the National Museum of History and Technology. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; and exhibit schedules, proposals, scripts, objects lists, images, and floor plans.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by Associate Curator and Curator, Uta C. Merzbach. The materials document the research, design, and execution of exhibitions at the National Museum of American History, primarily in the field of mathematics. Exhibitions covered include 1876: A Centennial Exhibition, the Hall of Physical Sciences, Learning Mathematics With Objects, and Pain and Its Relief. Some records date to when the division was previously known as the Section of Mathematics and Antique Instruments, and then the Section of Mathematics, as well as from when the museum was known as the United States National Museum, the Museum of History and Technology, and the National Museum of History and Technology. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; and exhibit schedules, proposals, scripts, objects lists, images, and floor plans.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-127, National Museum of American History. Division of Mathematics, Exhibition Records

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Container List

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Correspondence - 1876 Centennial Exposition - Education, New Jersey, 1974

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Correspondence - 1876 Centennial Exposition - Education, New York, 1974

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Correspondence - 1876 Centennial Exposition - Education, Ohio, 1974-1977

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Correspondence - 1876 Centennial Exposition - Education, West Virginia, 1974

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Correspondence - 1876 Centennial Exposition - Education, Wisconsin, 1974

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Correspondence - Exhibits, general, 1968-1969, 1975-1978

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Exhibition schedule - Fall through December 1965

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Federal Science and Engineering Exhibit - Film schedule, April-May 1965

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Hall of Physical Sciences, 1965-1967

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Physical Sciences - Unit 7

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Exhibition - The Honeywell-Emett Forget-Me-Not Computer, 1967

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Exhibition - Computer history, Preface, 1967

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Computer terminal exhibition - Visitor survey, 1969-1970

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Objects of the Month, 1970-1972

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Exhibitions - Drawings, 1971

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U. S. Atomic Energy Commission - ACCEL Revisited, Computer Fluid Dynamics, and Link movie showings, 1972

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Integrated exhibit on the history of science, 1972-1975

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First floor exhibit - Science and Technology, 1975-1977

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Exhibition photographs - Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russia, 1985

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Exhibition - Classics of Mathematics - Exhibit of books, Dibner Room, NMAH, March 31-May 15, 1986

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Exhibition - Learning Mathematics with Objects - Text, 1986

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Exhibition - Measuring Minds - Text and research

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Exhibition - Commemorating American Mathematics - Text

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Exhibition - Pascal Calculating Machine

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Exhibit proposal - Mathematicians and Computers: Twin Cornerstones for a Twentieth Century Revolution, 1982

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Exhibit proposal - Pain and Its Relief, 1982

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Draft - Exhibition concept script - Worlds of Sound, Worlds of Silence, 1984

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"The Technological Augmentation of Cognition in the United States of America Since 1776: Suggestions for Exhibitions and Study"

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Preliminary suggestions for a Bicentennial Mathematics museum display

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Exhibitions - General, 1969-1974

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Folder 1 Floor plans and objects list - Mathematics exhibit, undated

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