Exhibition Records

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This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and installation of Information Age: People, Information, and Technology, a major exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), which traces the evolution of information-processing and communications technologies from the 1830s to the present. The exhibition opened on May 9, 1990. The bulk of the records include the correspondence, memoranda, and research files of two NMAH staff members involved in the project: Jon B. Eklund, Assistant Curator, 1968-1969, Associate Curator, 1970-1982, and Curator, 1983-1994; and David K. Allison, Curator, 1987-1994; as well as files of Marie Mattson, Special Assistant to the Secretary, 1989-1990. Records also include graphic notebooks of photographic prints or photostatic copies of all the artifacts and graphics that appeared in the exhibition; installation photographs and slides; and exhibition blueprints.

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Creator:

National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology

Topic

Information science

Museum exhibits

Science -- History

Technology -- History

Creator:

National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology

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Exhibition Records

Extent

23.69 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)

Date

circa 1979-1990, and undated

Archival Repository

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Identifier

Accession 00-001

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Brochures

Clippings

Manuscripts

Exhibition catalogs

Floor plans

Architectural drawings

Drawings

Black-and-white photographs

Audiotapes

Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-001, National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology, Exhibition Records

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Brochures

Clippings

Manuscripts

Exhibition catalogs

Floor plans

Architectural drawings

Drawings

Black-and-white photographs

Audiotapes

SIA.FA00-001

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https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_228736

Accession 00-001

SIA

Record ID

ebl-1503511671006-1503511671021-0

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I.4.22: G (5 pp.): [Miscellaneous Handwritten notes.]

I.3.44: Gathering (5 pp. + cover memo dated April 22, 1988): No title. Appears to be script for section on development of color television.

I-3.45: Gathering (3 pp. Memo "To: David/From: Jon/Subject: Periodization of the Postwar Socio-Technological Core" dated July 24, 1988.)

I.3.2: Gathering (16 pp.): "Node 3. 1912 (& World War I)"

I.3.23: Miscellaneous hand notes: "Battle of Atlantic"

I.4. 6: Gathering (4 pp.) "Decade 3: The 1960s" (Outline of computer development during this period by Mike Williams. Dates from 1986.]

I.3.55: Gathering (8 pp.): 114. 12 Information Components, 1946-1960/ BF 7/6/1988.-I

I.3.0: SG (13 pp.; Unpunched): "Components (1946-1960)" [B. Finn]

I.3.6: (3 pp.): "The 1850's and its era". (3 pp.)

I.3.8: (12 pp.): "Node 4 (1927)/draft 12/15/1986" [11 pp. and "Suggested Modifications and Miscellaneous Remarks Node 4 (Computing)" initialed Ilucm/1/1987"]

"Automated/Car processing"

"Post WWII Computing/ Section 411

I.4.1: Gathering (37 pp. Starts with p. 3): "Section 1: (1944-52) The Electronic Revolution". [From original script of late 1986. It is a section of Part II and was written by Mike Williams.]

I.4.4: Gathering (14 pp.) : "Microelectronics (1946-1950) 11: [By Barney Finn. Label script listing objects and including transistors, integrated circuits etc.]

I.3.40: Gathering (7 pp.) "Biographical Notes". Notes by Mike Williams made in late 1986 on major figures in the first decade of computing.

I.4.17: Gathering (2 pp.) "FYI Social Environments/Proposed Exhibit Format." Identical to I.4.2 above, but has hand notation Summer 1988.

I.4.9: Gathering (2 pp.) "Decade 3-the 1960". [Overview by Mike Williams of computer development in this period.]

I.3.41: Gathering (5 pp.): "Information Revolution Node 6, Sect. 1/ I. Information and the Invention of the Computer (1942-1950) Outline by John Eklund.

I.3.12: (2 pp.): "Information in 193911 [2.pp. initialed IIBF-11/1986]

I.3.50: Gathering (5 pp.) "The Software Challenge" Concept for treating software in the exhibition by Jon Eklund.

I.3.33: SG (5 pp.): "Materials at Silver Hill"

I.4.24: SG (7 pp.; n.d.): [Xeroxes of Text and Graphics re Solomon G. Brown.]

I.4.11: Gathering (4 pp.): [Sketches, with dimensions, of major computers in the collections. Probably done for Gene sometime in the summer of 1989]

Part of final film script