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Looking for primary sources in the history of invention? The Lemelson Center's Modern Inventors Documentation (MIND) program 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. Learn more about the database >>

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 at the Smithsonian or elsewhere.

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  • Air and space (Relevance: 100%)
  • Archives@NMAH (Relevance: 5.3571428571429%)
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  • Patents and trademarks (Relevance: 4.7619047619048%)
  • Photography, film, television, and video (Relevance: 4.7619047619048%)
  • Power generation, motors, and engines (Relevance: 7.1428571428571%)
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  • Textiles and clothing (Relevance: 3.5714285714286%)
  • Transportation (Relevance: 4.1666666666667%)

Design for a Movable Iron-Clad Battery, n.d.

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Design for a moveable iron-clad battery Repository Library of Virginia800 East Broad StreetRichmond, VA 23219-8000804-692-3888http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/

Douglass D-558 Drawings, 1946-1947

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Douglass D-558 Drawings

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Early Aeronautucal Plant Collection, ca. 1860-1932

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Early Aeronautical Patent Collection

Elbert C. Isom Papers, 1921-1969

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Isom, Elbert C. Repository University of WyomingAmerican Heritage CenterDept. 39241000 E. University AvenueLaramie, WY 82071307-766-4114http://ahc.uwyo.edu/default.htm

Ellen Ochoa Innovative Lives Presentation, 1996

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Ochoa, Ellen

Elmer Sperry Records, 1910-1929

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer

Ercoupe Engineering Records, 1930s-1951

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Engineering and Research Co.

Ernest Lichfield Papers, ca. 1966-1984

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Lichfield, Ernest

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Fairchild KS-25 High Acuity Camera System Documentation, 1956-1967

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Fairchild KS-25 High Acuity Camera System Documentation

Fairchild Model 24 Drawings, 1932-1946

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Fairchild Model 24 Drawings

Ford Trimotor Collection, 1921-1967

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Towle, Thomas

Francis L. Moseley Avionics Collection, 1930-1981

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Moseley, Francis L.

Franklin H. Bailey Papers, 1861-1912

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bailey, Franklin H. Repository Bentley Historical LibraryUniversity of Michigan1150 Beal AvenueAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2213734-764-3482http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/

Fred E. Weick Biography, 1984

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Weick, Fred E.

Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers, ca. 1927-1983

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Whipple, Fred Lawrence

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Garnet C. Brown Papers, 1912-1972

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Brown, Garnet C.

George A. Page Jr. Collection, 1921-1977

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Page, George A.

George Augustus Miller Collection, 1940-1991

July 23, 2014

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

George Carruthers Innovative Lives Presentation, February 22, 1996

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Carruthers, George

George De Bothezat Collection, 1923

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name De Bothezat, George

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  • Agriculture and horticulture (Relevance: 5.2090975788701%)
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  • Archives@NMAH (Relevance: 8.437270726339%)
  • Chemistry (Relevance: 3.0814380044021%)
  • Food and drink (Relevance: 3.3015407190022%)
  • Industry and manufacturing (Relevance: 7.5568598679384%)
  • Medicine, health, and life sciences (Relevance: 4.5854732208364%)
  • Military technology (Relevance: 3.3382245047689%)
  • Mining and drilling (Relevance: 3.4115920763023%)
  • Patents and trademarks (Relevance: 11.371973587674%)
  • Photography, film, television, and video (Relevance: 3.8517975055026%)
  • Power generation, motors, and engines (Relevance: 3.448275862069%)
  • Spark!Lab (Relevance: 3.5216434336023%)
  • Textiles and clothing (Relevance: 3.3749082905356%)
  • Transportation (Relevance: 5.9794570799707%)
  • Women inventors (Relevance: 3.3015407190022%)
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