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Exterior of Houston Astrodome stadium
Blog

Inventing and Reinventing Stadiums

Over the past 120 years, new inventions have kept fans coming to stadiums.

Invention Stories

Building Bridges, Building Collections

Bridges are engineering marvels and each bridge tells a story—its successes and failures. Many of those stories can be found in our Archives Center.

Chuck Hobeman expanding a sphere
Beyond Words

Podcast: Chuck Hoberman's Unfolding World, Part 1 (of 2)

Chuck Hoberman, artist and engineer, discusses his innovative unfolding structures.

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Invention Stories

SmartLevel: The Soul of a New Hand Tool

Hand levels are one of the standard tools in the kits of house builders, plumbers, and many other tradespeople. Until 1990, all levels were bubble-type spirit levels.

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Archives

O'Neil Ford Collection, 1864-1993

Inventor Name Ford, O'Neil

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Archives

Philip Newell Youtz Papers, 1920-1972

Inventor Name Youtz, Philip Newell Repository Bentley Historical Library1150 Beal Ave.University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2113734-764-3482http://bentley.umich.edu/

Archives

John Lynch letters patent, 1883, 1889-1891

Inventor Name Lynch, John Repository Maine Historical Society489 Congress StreetPortland, ME 04101207-774-1822http://www.mainehistory.org/ Physical Description 8 items.

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John Riley Hopkins Family Papers, 1830-1915 (bulk 1865-1900)

Inventor Name Hopkins, John Riley

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Hermann Herrey Papers, ca. 1939-1971

Inventor Name Herrey, Herman Repository Cornell UniversityDivision of Rare and Manuscript Collections2B Carl A. Kroch LibraryIthaca, NY 14853607-255-3530http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/

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Archives

Douglas Tilden Papers, 1860-1970

Inventor Name Tilden, Douglas Repository University of CaliforniaThe Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000510-642-6481http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

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Hermann Herrey Papers, ca. 1939-1971

Inventor Name Herrey, Herman Repository Cornell UniversityDivision of Rare and Manuscript Collections2B Carl A. Kroch LibraryIthaca, NY 14853607-255-3530http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/

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Frank Wright Noyes and Family Papers, 1802-1968

Inventor Name Noyes, Frank Wright Repository Minnesota Historical Society345 W. Kellogg Blvd.,St. Paul, MN 55102-1906651-296-6126http://www.mnhs.org/library/index.html

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Archives

Dorothy Ringle Papers, 1862-1961

Inventor Name Myers, Rolla M.

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Archives

Alden B. Dow Personal Papers, 1910-1999 (bulk 1930-1975)

Inventor Name Dow, Alden B. Repository The Alden B. Dow Archives315 Post StreetMidland MI 48640989-839-2744http://www.abdow.org/archive_research/abdow_archive.htm

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Archives

Chuck Hoberman Innovative Lives Presentation, 1996

Inventor Name Hoberman, Chuck

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Automatic Concrete Mixer Company Trade Catalog, 1915

Inventor Name Automatic Concrete Mixer Company.

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Jarnagin Account Books, c. 1870s-1880s

Inventor Name Jarnagin Account Books

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Dodge Moving Stair Patents, 1870s-1905 (bulk 1898-1899)

Inventor Name Dodge, James Mapes

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Unistrut Corporation Records, 1922-1990 (bulk 1929-1966)

Inventor Name Unistrut Corporation Repository Bentley Historical LibraryUniversity of Michigan1150 Beal AvenueAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2213734-764-3482https://bentley.umich.edu

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Construction Innovation Forum Records, 1987-2001

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

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