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Looking for primary sources in the history of invention? The Lemelson Center has created this database of invention, technology, and science-related collections located in archives, libraries, historical societies, and museums in the United States and Canada. The Lemelson Center does not maintain its own archive, but serves as a clearinghouse for information on sources.

When you select a collection from the list below, you will open a new page with a logo at the top that indicates whether the collection is held by the Smithsonian or elsewhere.

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Composite image: color logo = Smithsonian collections; black and white logo = not a Smithsonian collection


 

 

 
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  • Agriculture and horticulture (Relevance: 44.027303754266%)
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Alder F. Castanoli Papers, 1913-1977

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Castanoli, Alder F. Repository Auburn University ArchivesRalph B. Draughon LibraryAuburn University, AL 36849-5606205-826-4465http://www.lib.auburn.edu/sca

Aldrich Whipple Papers, 1847-1860

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Whipple, Aldrich

Alekander Procofieff De Seversky Papers, 1917-1974

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name De Seversky, Alekander Procofieff Repository Cradle of Aviation MuseumOne Davis AvenueGarden City, NY 11530516-572-4111http://www.cradleofaviation.org/

Alexander B. Dyer Letters, 1867-1872

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Dyer, Alexander B. Repository Connecticut Historical SocietyOne Elizabeth Street at Asylum AvenueHartford, CT 06105860-236-5621http://www.chs.org/ Physical Description 9 items

Alexander Goetz Papers, 1919-1976

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Goetz, Alexander Repository California Institute of TechnologyInstitute ArchivesMail Code 015A-74CaltechPasadena, CA 91125626-395-2704http://archives.caltech.edu

Alexander Graham Bell Early Aeronautical Newsclippings Collection, 1906-1911

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bell, Alexander Graham

Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1834-1972

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bell, Alexander Graham Repository Library of CongressManuscript Division101 Independence Ave., SEWashington, DC. 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov Physical Description ca. 140,000 items

Alexander Graham Bell Fonds, ca. 1915-1922

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

Alexander McKay Papers, 1857-1925

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name McKay, Alexander

Alexander Means Papers, 1824-1885

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Means, Alexander Repository Emory UniversityManuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library,Robert W. Woodruff LibraryAtlanta, GA 30322404-727-6887http://marbl.library.emory.edu/

Alexander Melville Clark Letters Patent, 1874-1875

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Clark, Alexander Melville Repository Massachusetts Historical Society1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215-3695617-536-1608http://www.masshist.org/library_collections/

Alexander P. Anderson Records, 1899-1931

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Anderson, Alexander Repository The LuEsther T. Mertz LibraryThe New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY 10458-5126718-817-8879http://www.nybg.org/bsci/libr/archives.html

Alexander Schwarcman Papers, 1916-1975

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Schwarcman, Alexander Repository Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society25 Nottingham CourtBuffalo, NY 14216-3199716-873-9644http://www.bechs.org/

Alfred Joseph Frueh Papers, 1909-ca. 1961

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Frueh, Alfred Joseph

Alfred Vail Papers, 1835-1938

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Vail, Alfred Repository Library of CongressManuscript Division101 Independence Ave., SEWashington, DC 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov Physical Description 1 foot

Alfred Victor Verville Papers, 1911-1968

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Verville, Alfred Victor

All American Engineering Company Records, 1937-1975

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name All American Engineering Company

Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1884-1965

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name DuMont, Allen Balcom

Allen Family Papers, 1818-1925

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Allen Family

Allen Pierce Carter Papers, 1926-2006

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Carter, Allen Pierce

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  • Transportation (Relevance: 5.842947525121%)
  • Women inventors (Relevance: 3.0517305545218%)
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