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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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Collections with the color logo are available for research at the Smithsonian.

Collections with the black-and-white logo are not part of the Smithsonian. See listings for access information.


 

 

 
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  • Air and space (Relevance: 2.5974025974026%)
  • Electricity (Relevance: 3.8961038961039%)
  • Electronics (Relevance: 5.1948051948052%)
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  • Sound recording and reproduction (Relevance: 3.8961038961039%)
  • Telegraph, telephone, and telecommunications (Relevance: 100%)
  • Transportation (Relevance: 3.8961038961039%)

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Madison, Wisconsin, Inventors, 1997

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name West Field, Cyrus; Dowd, Charles Ferdinand; Munger, George Nicholas; Coe, Walter H; Schailer, Reuben; Duryea, J. Frank Repository Guilford Free LibraryGuilford, CT Physical Description 1 item (11 typewritten p.)

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Al Gross Papers, 1909-2000

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Gross, Al Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityUniversity LibrariesP.O. Box 90001Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-9001540-231-6308http://spec.lib.vt.edu/

Albert James Myer Papers, 1854-1880

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Myer, Albert James

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)

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

Amos Emerson Dolbear Papers, 1875-1910

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Dolbear, Amos Emerson Repository Tufts University LibraryDigital Collections and ArchivesTufts University35 Professor’s RowMedford, MA 02155617-627-3737http://dl.tufts.edu

Anglo-American Telegraph Company Ltd. Records, 1862-1947

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Anglo American Telegraph Company, Ltd.

AT & T Corporation Records, 1869-Present

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name AT & T Corporation Repository AT & TCorporate Archives5 Reinman RoadWarren, NJ 07059-4904908-226-2396

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Batchelder Family Papers, 1806-1902

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Batchelder, Samuel

Bell & Howell Company Records, undated

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Bell & Howell Company Repository Bell and Howell CompanyAdministrative Services5215 Old Orchard RoadSkokie, IL 60077-1076708-470-7683

BellSouth Corporation Records, n.d.

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name BellSouth Corporation Repository BellSouth CorporationRoom 19AO11155 Peachtree Street, N.E.Atlanta, GA 30309-3610

Benjamin B. Toye Fonds, 1848-1974

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Toye, Benjamin B. Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only)www.archives.gov.on.ca

Bruce M. Stanley Papers, 1871-1935

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Stanley, Bruce M.

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Canadian Marconi Company Fonds, 1902-1976

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name unknown 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)

Correspondence of Guglielmo Marconi, 1899-1902

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Marconi, Guglielmo Repository The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108626-405-2100http://www.huntington.org/

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Daniel Henderson Portable Electronic Devices Documentary Collection, 1968-2002

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Henderson, Daniel

Deposition of Charles R. Cross in United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Company and Emile Berliner, 1893.

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Storrow, James Jackson

Division of Electricity and Modern Physics Records, 1886-1978

July 23, 2014

Inventor Name Division of Electricity and Modern Phyics Records

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  • Transportation (Relevance: 6.1241610738255%)
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