Object Details
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of exhibits by the Department of the History of Science and Technology. Exhibits
include the Hall of Petroleum, the Hall of Iron and Steel, and Inventing Standard Time. Some of the materials date to when the department was known as the Division
of Industrial Cooperation, Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries, Division of Mineral Technology, Department of Arts and Manufactures, Division of Extractive Industries;
and when the museum was known as the Museum of History and Technology, the National Museum of History and Technology and when it was part of the United States National Museum.
Staff documented include Philip W. Bishop, Head Curator; Edward C. Kendall, Curator; Charles O. Houston, Associate Curator; and Carlene E. Stephens, Assistant Curator. Materials
include correspondence, memoranda, reports, label text, scripts, images, diagrams, floor plans, maps, drawings, and clippings.
sova.sia.fa17-299
Creator:
National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
Topic
Museum exhibits
Time -- Systems and standards
Petroleum
Petroleum industry and trade
Iron industry and trade
Steel industry and trade
Iron
Steel
Museum curators
Creator:
National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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Exhibition Records
Extent
5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Date
1921-1922, 1947, 1956-1986
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Accession 17-299
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Maps
Drawings
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Color negatives
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-299, National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology, Exhibition Records
Genre/Form
Manuscripts
Clippings
Maps
Drawings
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Color negatives
Color photographs
Color transparencies
SIA.FA17-299
https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_390732
Accession 17-299
SIA
Record ID
ebl-1537887016895-1537887016901-0