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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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Found 20 Stories

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  • Agriculture and horticulture (Relevance: 10%)
  • Archives@NMAH (Relevance: 15%)
  • Industry and manufacturing (Relevance: 25%)
  • Meters and measuring (Relevance: 10%)
  • Patents and trademarks (Relevance: 15%)
  • Power generation, motors, and engines (Relevance: 15%)
  • Robotics (Relevance: 10%)
  • Telegraph, telephone, and telecommunications (Relevance: 15%)
  • Toys and games (Relevance: 15%)
  • Ventilation (Relevance: 100%)

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Albert Kingsbury vs. the United States, Briefs and Exhibits, 1925

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Kingsbury, Albert Repository Cornell UniversityDivision of Rare and Manuscript Collections2B Carl A. Kroch LibraryIthaca, NY 14853http://rmc.library.cornell.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/

B

Bee-Chisolm Family Papers, 1852-1964

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bee-Chisolm Family Repository South Carolina Historical Society100 Meeting StreetCharleston, SC 29401843-723-3225http://www.schistory.org

Bellamy Family Papers, 1865-1960

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bellamy Family

C

Carl Myers Balloon Farm Collection, 1889-1910

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Myers, Carl

E

Elihu Thomson Collection, 1900-1932

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Thomson, Elihu

G

George Westinghouse, 1809-1884 papers, 1851-1914

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Westinghouse, George

H

Harvey Family Papers, 1796-1913

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Harvey Family

J

James Barron Papers, 1776-1899

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Barron, James

Joseph Buchtel Papers, 1851-1864

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Buchtel, Joseph Repository Oregon Historical Society1200 SW Park AvePortland, OR 97205-2843503-222-1741http://www.ohs.org/collections/index.cfm

L

Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Company Records, ca. 1888-1950

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Company Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonianDivision of History of TechnologyMRC 62912th Street & Constitution Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20560202-357-3188

M

Moore-Stein Protein Sequencer Video Documentation, 1996

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Moore-Stein Protein Sequencer

N

Notes on Panama Pacific International Exposition awards : El Cajon, Calif. : LS, [1961]

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Gruss, Lucien R.

O

O’Brien Manufacturing Company Records, 1920

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name O’Brien Manufacturing Company Repository Denver Public Library10 W. Fourteenth Avenue ParkwayDenver, CO 80204720-865-1111http://www.denver.lib.co.us/

P

Penrose Robinson Hoopes Papers, 1871-1968 (bulk 1923-1968)

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Hoopes, Penrose Robinson

Perry Okey Papers, 1916-1955

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Okey, Perry Repository Ohio Historical Society1982 Velma AvenueColumbus, OH 43211614-297-2510http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/

S

Samuel Whittemore Boggs Papers, 1914-1954

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Boggs, Samuel Whittemore Repository Library of CongressManuscript Division101 Independence Ave., SEWashington, DC. 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov Physical Description 9 ft.

T

Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company Records, 1742-1950

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company

W

William Joseph Hammer Collection, 1874-1935, 1955-1957

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Hammer, William Joseph Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionArchives CenterP.O. Box 37012MRC 601/Room 1100Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-3270

William Summer Weston Papers, 1891-1935

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Weston, William Summer

VIEW 2712 Matching Results

Found 2712 Stories

  • Agriculture and horticulture (Relevance: 5.23598820059%)
  • Air and space (Relevance: 6.7846607669617%)
  • Archives@NMAH (Relevance: 8.4070796460177%)
  • Chemistry (Relevance: 3.0973451327434%)
  • Food and drink (Relevance: 3.2079646017699%)
  • Industry and manufacturing (Relevance: 7.5589970501475%)
  • Medicine, health, and life sciences (Relevance: 4.6091445427729%)
  • Military technology (Relevance: 3.3554572271386%)
  • Mining and drilling (Relevance: 3.429203539823%)
  • Patents and trademarks (Relevance: 11.430678466077%)
  • Photography, film, television, and video (Relevance: 3.834808259587%)
  • Power generation, motors, and engines (Relevance: 3.4660766961652%)
  • Spark!Lab (Relevance: 3.4660766961652%)
  • Textiles and clothing (Relevance: 3.3923303834808%)
  • Transportation (Relevance: 6.0103244837758%)
  • Women inventors (Relevance: 3.2079646017699%)
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