Inventor Name
Hendricks, Gordon
Repository
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601/Room 1100
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-3270
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Physical Description
27 cubic ft.
Summary
Gordon Hendricks was an art historian who wrote books on such painters as Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Eakins, as well as the photographer Eadweard Muybridge, and was an authority on the early history of motion pictures who debunked the notion that Edison was the father of movies. This collection contains correspondence, notes, and copies of documents from other repositories, which were used as research materials for Hendrick’ publications. There are copies of patents fro various inventors and their inventions.
Finding Aid
http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC0369.pdf
