Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 20-134
National Museum of American History. Division of the History of Technology
Curatorial Records, 1904-2005
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document collections management, research, and professional activities of curators in the Division of the History of Technology, with earlier records dating back to when the division was known as the Division of Extractive Industries, the Division of Manufacturing, the Division of Agriculture and Mining, the Division of Agriculture and Forest Products, the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries, and the Division of Industrial Cooperation at the National Museum of American History, which, prior to 1980, was known as the National Museum of History and Technology and the Museum of History and Technology, respectively. Records that date to when the museum was part of the United States National Museum document curatorial activities in the Division of Mineral Technology, as well as the related sections of Organic Chemistry and Manufacturers.
Staff represented in these records include curators G. Terry Sharrer, John T. Schlebecker, Frederick L. Lewton, Howard Irving Chapelle, Pete Daniel, Paula J. Johnson, Carl Weaver Mitman, and Chester Garfield Gilbert; Philip W. Bishop, Curator, and Chairman of the Department of Arts and Manufacturers; associate curators John Nathan Hoffman, Charles O. Houston, Edward C. Kendall, and Samuel S. Wyer; museum specialists Robert G. Walther and Thomas R. Wessel; aids Aida M. Doyle, Section of Organic Chemistry, and Mrs. E. W. Rosson, Division of Textiles; and collections manager Francis D. Roche.
Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; grant information; reports; speech papers; publications; photographs and negatives; conference, symposium, and committee information; press releases; brochures; and drawings.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2021. Copyrighted material in Box 3 (Mineral Technology: Myles Salt Company, 1916; and John N. Hoffman: "Study of Surface Mine Refuse Fires," Pennsylvania State College, 1949-1950); see finding aid. Transferring office; 5/8/1997 memorandum, Johnstone to Langley; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Bishop, Philip W.
- Chapelle, Howard Irving
- Daniel, Pete
- Doyle, Aida M.
- Gilbert, Chester Garfield
- Hoffman, John Nathan, 1923-
- Houston, Charles O. (Charles Orville), 1918-2001
- Johnson, Paula J., 1954-
- Kendall, Edward C.
- Lewton, Frederick L. (Frederick Lewis), 1874-1959
- Mitman, Carl Weaver, 1889-
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Agriculture and Forest Products
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Industrial Cooperation
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- National Museum of History and Technology
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Department of Arts and Manufactures
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Agriculture and Mining
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Manufacturing
- Roche, Francis D.
- Rosson, Mrs. E. W.
- Schlebecker, John T.
- Sharrer, G. Terry
- United States National Museum
- United States National Museum. Division of Mineral Technology
- United States National Museum. Division of Textiles
- United States National Museum. Section of Manufacturers
- United States National Museum. Section of Organic Chemistry
- Walther, R. G. (Robert G.)
- Wessel, Thomas R.
- Wyer, Samuel S., 1879-1955
Subject
- Agricultural machinery
- Agriculture -- History
- Chemical engineering
- Coal
- Committees
- Congresses and conventions
- Forest products
- Iron
- Mineral industries -- History
- Mining engineering
- Museum curators
- Museums -- Collections management
- Production engineering
- Research grants
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Steel
- United States -- History
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-134, National Museum of American History. Division of the History of Technology, Curatorial Records