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.3.27 through I.3.32

Research Resources, 1989

I.4.3: Gathering (6 pp.): "Components (1946-1960)". [By Barney Finn. Label script including color TV, speakers, Stereo headphones etc.]

I.3.42: Identical to "I.3.3811" above.

I.3.13: (7 pp.): "Node 5 (1939)/(draft 12/15/1986)" [6 pp. + "Suggested Modifications and Miscellaneous Remarks Node 5 (Computing).", initialed Ilucm/1/1987]

I.3.54: Gathering (14 pp. n.d. Post-it label: "To: David A./ From: Barney") "Components (1946-1960)." [Concept script for various communications devices.]

I.3.3: Gathering (12 pp.): "Node 3. 1914: Selling Efficiency."

I.3.22: Miscellaneous hand notes: "Psychological Training"

I.4.5: Gathering (38 pp. Starts with p. 40): "Section 2: (1954-64): The Development of the Computer." [Mixed concept and label script by Mike Williams from the script of late 1986].

I.4.20: Clipping (1 pp.): "Doers Profile."

I.3.15:

I.4.7:

"ENIAC Passageway"

I.4.12: (1 pp.): [no. attr., n.d., handwritten header 114.12.1. cont. 2.11 List of graphics and interactive items for the section on color television, presumably by Barney Finn."

I.3.7: (2 pp.): "Period Vignette, 1914" [2 pp. signed "SL 11/18/1871"].

I.3.58: Gathering (5 pp.): "FYI: The Emerging Information Age/A Concept for Information systems in society/Automated Automobile

I.3.51: Gathering (31 pp.) "A Software Script/By/Martin Campbell-Kelly/April 29, 1988". [Concept script proposal for section on software.]

I.3.53: Gathering ( 43 pp. including cover memo) "FYI: The Emerging Information Age" (Preliminary draft of label script for "postwar technical core". Lists both "social factors" and "technological factors".]

Memoranda, 1985-1986 (2 folders)

I.3.38: Gathering (2 pp.) "Information and the Invention of the Computer (1942-1950) ". Appears to be notes by Mike Williams on the first section of the original Part II.

I.3.49: Gathering (2 pp.) Handwritten notes on paper labeled "software AG".

Memoranda, 1987

I.4.8. Gathering (21 pp.) "Note to Eklund, Finn, Makurath, Williams/From ucm". [Hand dated July 1986. Outline by Uta Merzbach dealing with mathematical themes and calculators.]

I.3.39: Gathering (10 pp.) "Section 3.5 The ENIAC Walkway (Final version - July 20, 1988)."