Muhammad Ali, Ellen Roney Hughes, and Carl Scheele in the National Museum of History and Technology

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Object Details

Author

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

Scheele, Carl H

Ali, Muhammad 1942-

Hughes, Ellen Roney

National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Nation of Nations (Exhibition) (1976: Smithsonian Institution)

Notes

Ellen Roney Hughes began her career at the Smithsonian in 1964 as research assistant in the Main Library at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMNH). Carl Scheele recruited Hughes in 1974 to join the exhibition team for the Nation of Nations exhibit.

Carl Scheele began working as a curator at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) in 1959. He was instrumental in creating the Nation of Nations exhibit in 1976.

Summary

Muhammad Ali and Curators Ellen Roney Hughes and Carl Scheele during Ali's visit to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, on March 17, 1976, when he donated a pair of boxing gloves and a robe to the museum for the Nations of Nations exhibition.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 17, 1976

Standard number

76-4120-20A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Group, candid

Negative

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Group Candid; Medium: Negative

Place

United States, District of Columbia, Washington

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Collectors and collecting

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

African Americans

National Collections

Celebrities and Dignitaries

Donors

Special events

Sporting goods

Athletics--Equipment and supplies

Sports--Collectibles

Sports History

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_14626