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


 

 

 
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Martin Aircraft Company Photograph Collection, 1932-1972

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Martin Aircraft Company

Martin Marietta Corporation Records, n.d.

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Martin Marietta Corporation Repository Martin Marietta Corporation6801 Rockledge DriveBethesda, MD 20817

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Nathaniel Marsh Edwards Papers, 1862-1907

July 29, 2022

Inventor Name Edwards, Nathaniel Marsh

Naval Research Laboratory Notebooks, 1928-

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Naval Research Laboratory Notebooks

Naval Research Laboratory Project Files, 1949-

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Naval Research Laboratory Project Files

Naval Research, Development, and Acquisition Oral Histories, 1951-1980

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Naval Research, Development, and Acquisition Oral Histories

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Papers of Admiral Frank F. Fletcher 1873-1928

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Fletcher, Frank F.

Papers of Vannevar Bush, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955)

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bush, Vannevar Repository Library of Congress101 Independence Ave. SERoom LM 101James Madison Memorial BldgWashington, D.C. 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov

Patent Matters [1941-1945]

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Various Repository National Archives at College Park8601 Adelphi RoadCollege Park, MD 20740-6001http://www.archives.gov/research/ Physical Description Folder no. 6

Patents, 1792-1901

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Goulding, George Repository Jefferson County Historical Society228 Washington StreetWatertown, NY 13601315-782-3491

Philip Wood Lett Collection, 1940-2002

July 23, 2014

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

Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn Correspondence on War Situations, Devices and Inventions, 1941

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only) Physical Description 1 file of textual records

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Quartermasters Corps Outfitted to Fight: Video Documentation, 1995

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Quartermasters Corps (Outfitted to Fight)

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Real Silk Company Records, 1920-1952

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Real Silk Company Repository Indiana Historical Society450 West Ohio St.Indianapolis, IN 46202317-232-1882http://www.indianahistory.org/

Reminiscences of Alfred Wilkinson Johnson: oral history, 1962

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Unknown

Research and Development (RAND) Corporation Videohistory Collection, 1987-1990

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name The Research and Development (RAND) Corporation Videohistory Collection

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Safety Deposit Box Papers, 1886-1910

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Crane, Cora (Howorth)

Serge Scherbatskoy Papers

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Scherbatskoy, Serge Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionArchives CenterP.O. Box 37012MRC 601/Room 1100Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-3270www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Sir Charles Ross fonds, 1862-1972

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Ross, Charles

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Collection, 1840-1961

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Maxim, Hiram Stevens Repository Maine Historical Society489 Congress StreetPortland, ME 04101207-774-1822http://www.mainehistory.org/

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