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Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Editor:

Goddard, Ives, 1941-  Search this

Sturtevant, William C.  Search this

Extent:

513 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 513 linear feet with 11 boxes of oversized material, four boxes of rolled maps and three large map folders )

Culture:

Indians of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Bibliographies

Correspondence

Financial records

Illustrations

Manuscripts

Maps

Photographs

Publications

Research

Date:

circa 1966-2008

Summary:

This collection is comprised of the working records of the Handbook of North American Indians, the unpublished photographs, published photographs, editorial correspondence, Illustrations and Bibliographic research as well as administrative files and linguistics research.

Scope and Contents:

This collection is comprised of the working records of the Handbook of North American Indians, which includes published and unpublished photographs, editorial correspondence, illustrations, bibliographic and linguistic research, and administrative files. The total extent of the collection is 513 linear feet with 11 boxes of oversized material, four boxes of rolled maps and three large map folders.

Series 1: Published photographs (78.75 linear feet) contains the printed, photocopied or digital representations of the photographs and illustrations published in The Handbook of North American Indians (HNAI). The series also contains the correspondence and documentation surrounding the research and use of these images. The files are organized by published volume (culture area or special topic), chronologically by publication date and, therein segmented alphabetically by chapter author. Authors who have contributed multiple chapters within the same volume are further delineated by the chapter title.

Series 2: Unpublished photographs (91.5 linear feet) contains original photographs, photocopied images and/or digital representations of the photographs and illustrations not published in The Handbook of North American Indians (HNAI). It is primarily the result of research trips made by Joanna Cohan Scherer, Illustrations Researcher from 1970-2006. The series also contains the correspondence and documentation surrounding the accession of these images and their potential use in the HNAI project or future use by the NAA.

Series 3: Photo repository files (16 linear feet) contains an alphabetical listing of repositories or photographers that were utilized or inventoried in the collecting of the photographs for volume publication and research. Each file represents a discreet repository- files are arranged alphabetically. Folders contain correspondence, newspaper clippings and company information when available.

Series 4: Central editorial files (134 linear feet) contains the working files of various editors within the office of the Handbook of North American Indians. Within this series you will find correspondence with chapter authors, manuscript edits and related research. Folder titles are organized first by volume publication date, beginning with Volume 8- California and those volumes are organized alphabetically by the last name of each chapter author. Further chapter organization is delineated in the following manner: the front folder contains an original working copy of the chapter manuscript and a bibliography, the second folder contains a file copy of the manuscript and three smaller folders titled: "orthography", "illustrations" and "correspondence". The final portion of the chapter folders consists of the superseded manuscript text.

Series 5: General Editor files (30 linear feet) contains the files of William C. Sturtevant as they relate to his work as General Editor for the Handbook of North American Indians. This material was packed in the order in which it was found in the sub-office of the General Editor. The General Editor oversaw the production of all volumes of HNAI. Included are superseded files from the Indians in Contemporary Society Volume, volume reviews, original author questionnaires for the soliciting of volume contributors as well as a number of research publications.

Series 6: Linguistic Editor files (9 linear feet) consists of files from the office of Linguistic Editor Dr. Ives Goddard. Included are orthographies, alphabets, typologies and personal names gathered in the publication of all volumes of the Handbook of North American Indians but mostly focused on the Language Volume.

Series 7: Managing Editor files (5 linear feet) consists of the files from Dr. Ives Goddard's time as the managing editor of the Handbook. Correspondence, volume production schedules and chapter edits can be found in this series. The managing editor took over the role of the general editor.

Series 8: Editorial assistant files (24 linear feet) consists of the files of Editorial Assistant Paula Cardwell. Ms. Cardwell worked as the assistant to General Editor William C. Sturtevant. This series is unprocessed.

Series 9: Illustrator research files (9 linear feet and 11 boxes of oversized materials) contains the files associated with the illustrations research function of the Handbook of North American Indians office. It is comprised heavily of correspondence with chapter authors and of oversized illustrations for the volumes.

Series 10: Bibliographer files (12 linear feet) contains the files of bibliographer Cesare Marino and others who helped to compile the bibliographies for all volumes of the Handbook.

Series 11: Bibliographic card files and lists (18 linear feet) consists of the Bibliographic card files created to organize the information content of the handbook volumes and stored for potential use in the unpublished Bibliography volumes 19 and 20. This series is unprocessed.

Series 12: Coordinator files (3 linear feet) consists of the papers of the HNAI coordinator office and includes documents related to typesetting, printing, indexing, schedules and documentation of the Handbook publication practices. These files were maintained by Dianne Della-Loggia.

Series 13: Administrative (13 linear feet) consists of the administrative papers of the Handbook of North American Indians office and were maintained by administrator Melvena Jackson. This series is unprocessed.

Series 14: Quarterly reports (3 linear feet) consistss of the quarterly financial reports of the Handbook office from 1976 to 1992.

Series 15: Vertical file (16 linear feet) contains published reference data for use in the making of HNAI, including scholarly articles, research and other publications. This series is unprocessed.

Series 16: Maps (4 boxes of rolled maps and 3 folders of annotated maps).

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 16 series: 1) Published photographs; 2) Unpublished photographs; 3) Photo repository files; 4) Central editorial files; 5) General Editor files; 6) Linguistic Editor files; 7) Managing Editor files; 8) Editorial assistant files; 9) Illustrator research files; 10) Bibliographer files; 11) Bibliographic card files and lists; 12) Coordinator files; 13) Administrative; 14) Quarterly reports; 15) Vertical file; 16) Maps.

Historical Note:

The Handbook of North American Indians, originally a project of the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology, was transferred to the Center for the Study of Man upon its organization in the late 1960's. With the center's winding down in the late 1970's, the Handbook was returned to the Department of Anthropology. William C. Sturtevant was Editor from the inception until 2007. The office of the Handbook was concerned with the production of a multivolume work intended to supersede F.W. Hodge's two-volume Handbook of Indians North of Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30, 1907-1910. The Handbook office was terminated in December of 2007 having published 15 of the planned 20 volumes.

1966 -- William C. Sturtevant officially named general editor

1968 -- Office of the Handbook is established

1970 -- First staff member hired by Sturtevant- Joanna Cohan Scherer

1972 -- First manuscript submitted to the Office, April 28

1978 -- California volume published Northeast volume published

1979 -- Southwest volume published

1981 -- Subarctic volume published

1983 -- Second Southwest volume published

1984 -- Arctic volume published

1986 -- Great Basin volume published

1988 -- History of Indian-White Relations volume published

1990 -- Northwest Coast volume published

1996 -- Languages volume published

1998 -- Plateau volume published

2000 -- Plains volume published

2004 -- Southeast volume published

2006 -- Environment, Origins and Populations volume published

2007 -- General Editor William C. Sturtevant retires in January General Editor William C. Sturtevant Passes away on March 2nd Office terminated in December

2008 -- Indians in Contemporary Society volume published

Provenance:

These records from the Office of the Handbook of North American Indians were moved in November of 2008 from the office of the Handbook of North American Indians to the National Anthropological Archives at the Museum Support Center.

Restrictions:

Advanced notice must be given to view portions of the collection stored off-site. Consult the reference archivist for more information.

Rights:

The NAA does not own rights to many of the photographs and illustrations in Series 1 Published Photographs and Series 2: Unpublished Photographs. Permission to use photographs must be obtained from the corresponding repository and or source (ie photographer and or anthropologist). Photographers and anthropologists who contributed their original material often gave permission for the Smithsonian to freely use their materials, corresponding catalog cards will often indicate whether there are restrictions on use.

Contact the repository for more information.

Genre/Form:

Articles

Bibliographies

Correspondence

Financial records

Illustrations

Manuscripts

Maps

Photographs

Publications

Research

Citation:

Handbook of North American Indians records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.MS2008-25

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39244069f-8786-4b72-b3bb-b4d9a7841bcd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2008-25

Collection Creator:

Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Container:

Box 37, Item 11

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1855

Collection Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.9: Canals / 1.9.2: Panama Canal

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8be2d1477-1d11-44de-a9a2-13f51fe2807d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref3182

Collection Creator:

Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1825-1931, undated

Scope and Contents:

Slides arranged in subjects created by the division and include subseries subseries 1.9.1, Nicaragua Canal; 1.9.2, Panama Canal; and subseries 1.9.3, other canals.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1013, Subseries 1.9

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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86c9bbf6f-f351-4c3d-80f4-767363d03d9b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref718

Collection Creator:

Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1013, Series 2

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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8442545b3-fa75-4432-9010-baa970a78f13

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref707

Collection Creator:

Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1013, Series 3

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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c89fdf96-5cda-4efd-8e72-e5014983979b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref708

Collection Creator:

Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1013, Series 4

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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86797d905-c94d-4511-b864-a46e5985a23b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref709

Collection Creator:

Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1013, Series 5

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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep818998ac2-4cef-463d-a094-e42f83e1dd31

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref710

Creator:

Verville, Alfred V.  Search this

Verville Aircraft Company  Search this

Former owner:

Buhl (Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co, Buhl Aircraft Co)  Search this

Names:

Sperry Co.  Search this

Extent:

55.67 Linear feet (106 containers: 92 legal size document boxes, 2 shoeboxes, 11 flatboxes, 1 large format folder)

5 Film reels (1 35mm, two 16mm, and 2 8mm films)

50.008 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1886-1969

Summary:

This collection contains Verville's personal papers. The material relates mainly to his various aeronautical concerns as well as his involvement with military aviation. The collection includes a large number of photos tracing the development of Curtiss aircraft and Naval Aviation, and especially documenting the design, construction, and flights of a replica of the Navy's first aircraft, the Curtiss A-1 'Triad', built under Verville's direction by the Bureau of Aeronautics to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Naval Aviation in 1961. Also included are a large number of blueprints and photos of Verville-designed aircraft, especially those developed by the Verville Aircraft Co. in 1928 - 1931

Scope and Contents:

Contents of this collection include blueprints, drawings, technical manuals, reference material, correspondence, financial information, event programs, photographs, newspapers and clippings, magazines, pamphlets, brochures, journals, books.

The researcher should note that the collection also contains 35mm, 16mm and 8mm films. These films are not included in the container list but a NASM Archives staff person can assist you regarding access.

Arrangement:

Organized into series:

SERIES 1: Correspondence

SERIES 2: Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (IAS) - Navy National Naval Aviation Meeting 1961 commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation in San Diego CA featuring the A-1 Replica

SERIES 3: Technical Materials

SERIES 4: Drawings

SERIES 5: Other Papers

SERIES 6: Publications

SERIES 7: Photographs

SERIES 8: Scrapbooks, Oversize Materials

SERIES 9: Additional Material

This collection was arranged at the time of processing to better reflect its main areas of subject matter as there was very little original order preserved. Original folder titles were kept when they appeared; archivists' folder titles are in brackets. Archivist's description appears below folder titles.

Series 9 represents an accrual of documents found within the archive in 2024.

Biographical / Historical:

Alfred Victor Verville (1890-1970), aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, was responsible for a number of important inventions in aircraft design, including welded-steel-frame fuselages and retractable landing gear. He began work with the Curtiss Aeroplane Co in 1914 and, by the end of World War I had moved through a number of manufacturers, including Curtiss (1914), T-M Airplane Co (1915), General Airplane Co (1915-17), and Fisher Body Corp, Airplane Division (1917-18). In 1918 he became involved in military aviation at the United States Army Air Corp Engineering Division, McCook Field , OH (1918-25) and served as advisor to Colonel William Mitchell during his inspection trip to Europe (1922). In 1925 he co-founded the Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co (1925-27) before striking out on his own with the Verville Aircraft Co (1928-31). Through the 1930s and 1940s he acted in a number of capacities, including periods as a consultant (1932, 1939-41); at the Bureau of Air Commerce, United States Department of Commerce (1933-36); Douglas Aircraft (1937-38); Curtiss Wright Corp (1941-42), Snead Aircraft, Technical Division (1942); and Drexel Aviation Co (1942-45). In 1945 he served as a member of the Naval Technical Mission to Europe and later joined the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (1946-61). He retired in 1961, but continued to support aviation and aeronautics until his death.

Provenance:

Alfred Verville, gift, 1954

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Topic:

Verville Aircraft  Search this

Alfred V. Verville  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co  Search this

Aircraft industry  Search this

Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States  Search this

Citation:

Alfred Victor Verville Papers, Acc. XXXX-0173, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0173

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Alfred Victor Verville Papers

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23776ee1d-329f-45da-8290-8158702e1cc5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0173

Creator:

Dubinskas, Frank A. (Frank Anthony)  Search this

Names:

Apple Computer, Inc.  Search this

Extent:

3.25 Linear feet (7 document boxes)

1.86 Megabytes (207 files)

Culture:

Mende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Megabytes

Place:

Africa, West

Sierra Leone

Croatia

Yugoslavia

Date:

1964-1994

Summary:

The papers of Frank A. Dubinskas, a noted anthropologist of organizational culture, primarily documents his research into automated manufacturing at Apple Computer, Inc., but also includes material relating to his research in Sierra Leone and Yugoslavia. Also included is some biograhical material as well as manuscripts and publications.

Scope and Contents:

The Frank A. Dubinskas papers primarily document his research into the social aspects of automated manufacturing at Apple Computer, but also includes a small mount of material from his earlier research as well as biographical information and writings.

Series 1. Biographical, comprises newsclippings, photographs, and other documents relating to Dubinskas' education, opposition to the draft, and employment. Also included are photographs of Dubinskas, as well as obituaries and memorials that followed his death.

Series 2. Research, includes a small amount of correspondence home and final paper relating to Dubinskas' Sierra Leone research into Mende woodcarving, and correspondence home and completed dissertation relating to research into Slavonian folklore in Yugoslavia. The bulk of the research series comprises Dubinskas' work on automated manufacturing at Apple Computer, Inc., specifically related to the istallation and implementation of an automated assembly line at Apple's Fremont facility. Materials consist of both paper and born-digital files and include correspondence, notes, reports, and presentations.

Series 3, Writings, include drafts and published articles and chapters by Dubinskas, as well as reviews of his edited volume, Making Time: Ethnographies of High-Technology Organizations. Also included are case studies that Dubinskas prepared for Harvard Business School and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Biographical; 2. Research; and 3. Writings.

Biographical Note:

Frank A. Dubinskas (1946-1993) was an anthropologist of organizational behavior best known for his pioneering work in the field of the anthropology of science and technology. He went to Yale Universtiy for undergraduate studies in 1964, and in 1967 he conducted research in Sierra Leone, looking at the aesthetics of Mende woodcarving. He received his B.A. in anthropology 1972. He then went to Stanford University for his M.A. (1976) and Ph.D. (1983) in Anthropology, focusing his doctoral research on village expressive culture in Yugoslavia.

Dubinskas is most well known for his research into culture and technology in high-tech companies, particularly in manufacturing automation, knowledge management, and Chaos Theory in organizations. Among his various projects was his groundbreaking research into automated manufacturing implementation at Apple Computer in 1989-1990.

Dubinskas joined the faculty of the Organizational Studies Department in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College in 1987. From 1991-1992 he was a visiting scholar at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, NM, and in 1992 became the Howard W. Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN.

1946 -- Born

1964-1972 -- Undergraduate studies at Yale University (BA 1972)

1967 -- Research in Sierra Leone

1970-1972 -- Research assistant, Biology/biochemistry, Yale University

1972-1974 -- Research associate, physiology, Anatomy and biochemistry departments, UC Berkeley

1975-1976 -- MA in anthropology, Stanford University

1977-1980 -- Doctoral research in Yugoslavia

1983 -- PhD in anthropology, Stanford University

1983-1984 -- Exxon Fellow, MIT Science, Technology, and Society program

1984-1985 -- Visiting scholar, MIT Science, Technology and Society program and program in anthropology and archaeology

1981-1986 -- Research into US biotechnology industry

1984, 1988 -- Follow up research in Yugoslavia

1985-1987 -- Associate for Case Development, Harvard Business School, Production and Operations Management Group

1985-1993 -- Research into US computer industry and computer integrated manufacturing

1986-1988 -- Research into US and European automotive industry

1987-1992 -- Assistant professor, Organizational Studies Department, Carroll School of Management Boston College

1989-1991 -- Research into automated manufacturing at Apple Computer

1991-1992 -- NEH resident scholar, School of American Research

1992-1993 -- Howard W. Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics, associate professor of Anthropology, and director of international studies, Hamline University

1993, October 25 -- Dies in St. Paul, MN

Provenance:

Received from Anna Hargreaves and Dorothy W. Dubinskas in 1998 and 2000.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to the Frank A. Dubinskas papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Folklore  Search this

Organizational behavior  Search this

Citation:

Frank A. Dubinskas papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1998-07

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw370cce331-5e92-44a7-a1fa-5750dde52568

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1998-07

Creator:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Extent:

4 Cubic feet (8 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Bumper stickers

Videotapes

Photographs

Clippings

Handbills

Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts)

Posters

Place:

Texas -- Environmental protection

Date:

1985-1992

bulk 1987-1989

Summary:

The collection was assembled by Museum curators and documents the efforts of persons in eight states to have the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), a particle accelerator, built in their state. Also documents efforts in each state to oppose locating the SSC in their state. The collection contains correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills, clippings, photographs, and a videotape.

Scope and Contents:

The collections contains materials documenting the efforts by persons in eight competing states to have the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) built in their state, as well as efforts in each state to oppose locating the SSC within their state. The materials include correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills, clippings, two photographs and one videotape.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into nine series.

Series 1: Arizona (Ian MacPherson), 1988, undated

Subseries 1.1: Ian McPherson, 1988, undated

Series 2: Colorado (Uriel Nauenberg), 1987

Subseries 2.1: Uriel Nauenberg, 1987-1988

Series 3: Illinois, 1987-1991, undated

Subseries 3.1: Fermi National Laboratory Library/Paula Garrett, undated

Subseries 3.2: David L. Gross, 1988, undated

Subseries 3.3: Sharon Lough, 1988-1991

Subseries 3.4: Stan L. Yonkauski, undated

Series 4: Michigan, 1988-1989

Subseries 4.1: Larry Jones, 1988-1989

Series 5: New York, 1986-1990

Subseries 5.1: Gail Adair, 1987

Subseries 5.2: Mary Lou and Jim Alexander, 1986-1990

Subseries 5.3: Bill Herbert, 1987

Subseries 5.4: Doug McCuen, 1987-1988

Subseries 5.5: Brian L. Petty, 1987-1988

Series 6: North Carolina, 1987

Subseries 6.1: Bill Dunn, 1987

Series 7: Tennessee, 1987-1992

Subseries 7.1: Robert and Pat Sanders, 1987-1992

Subseries 7.2: J. Fred Weinhold, 1987

Series :, Texas, 1985-1990, undated

Subseries 8.1: Representative Joe Barton, undated

Subseries 8.2: Jean Caddel, 1986-1989

Subseries 8.3: Coby Chase, 1985-1989

Subseries 8.4: Red Oak Chamber of Commerce, 1990

Subseries 8.5: Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, undated

Subseries 8.6: Mari Beth Williams, undated

Series 9: Miscellaneous, 1987-1988

Biographical / Historical:

The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), if built, would have been the world's most expensive instrument for basic science. It would have allowed physicists to study the collisions of subatomic particles in conditions approximating those of the Big Bang, the beginning of the universe. The SSC design called for a 10-foot wide tunnel to be laid out in an oval pattern similar to a racetrack, approximately 53 miles in circumference and 14 miles in diameter. The tunnel, buried several hundred feet underground, would have contained nearly 10,000 superconducting magnets. Small clusters of buildings located above the tunnel were planned to house the SSC's offices, laboratories, and control facilities. All of these structures would have made the SSC the largest particle accelerator in the world and, at an estimated cost of between $4.4 and $11.8 billion, one of the largest public works projects ever undertaken in the United States.

Physicists planned to use the SSC's superconducting magnets to accelerate two streams of protons (particles with a positive electrical charge that forming part of the nucleus of an atom) to a velocity of 20 trillion electron-volts (TeV) in opposite directions within the tunnel's parallel beam tubes. They would then deflect the two streams into each other and study the particles that were created in the resulting high-speed collisions. From these events, physicists hoped to detect particles never seen before and learn more about the composition of matter.

In January 1987, President Reagan publicly declared his support for the proposed SSC, to be built under the authority of the Department of Energy (DOE). States were invited to submit site proposals for the project, and from the twenty-five states that responded, eight finalists were selected: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

The huge scale of the SSC meant that it would have a significant environmental and cultural impact on the area selected. The SSC would, one source estimated, "require 16,000 acres of donated land, a flow of between 500 and 2,200 gallons of water a minute and up to 250-megawatts of power, as well as accessibility to a major airport, so the world's scientists can fly in and out."1

In many of the finalist states, opponents of the SSC organized and actively campaigned against the project. They raised issues such as the threat to uproot hundreds of people from their homes or create heavy tax and utility burdens. Opponents attended public hearings on SSC issues, distributed leaflets by mail and by hand, and conducted letter-writing campaigns to local politicians. In New York, Citizens Against the Collider Here (CATCH) was able to force the state to withdraw from the competition. Groups in other states learned from the New York group's experiences and used similar techniques in their own campaigns, sometimes adopting the name CATCH. As one CATCH activist recalled, "opponents were not against the SSC or basic sciences, however they did not believe that they should be forced out of their homes for the SSC."2

Supporters of the SSC, on the other hand, addressed the concerns of the citizens by writing editorials or distributing pamphlets responding to particular issues or questions. Prominent city officials and politicians traveled to the proposed sites to discuss the economic and scientific benefits of the SSC, and cities distributed bumper stickers supporting the project. Scientists rebuffed claims that the SSC would produce large amounts of deadly radioactivity and contaminate the entire area. Supporters promised that, "the SSC project would bring federal funding, international prestige, and jobs—starting with 4,500 construction jobs, and later 2,500 full-time research staff positions."3

In November 1988, the Department of Energy declared the winning site to be Ellis County, Texas, southwest of Dallas near the town of Waxahachie. Full-scale construction began three years later with the building of laboratory facilities for the design and manufacture of the SSC's superconducting magnets. Contractors began boring the main tunnel and several vertical access shafts in January 1993.

The anticipated tremendous costs that dogged the project eventually helped undermine it. In June 1992 and again in June 1993, the House voted to cancel funds for the SSC; both times, the Senate restored funding. However, in October 1993 the House rejected the Senate's second restoration, and President Clinton echoed Congress's decision to cancel further work on the SSC. The project received a small budget to support termination activities through 1996. Once the remaining projects were shut down and the scientists and staff dispersed, only several empty buildings in the rural Texas countryside, and fourteen miles of tunnel underneath it, remained of the once-ambitious facility.

At the National Museum of American History, planning for the Science in American Life exhibit—which would examine how science, technology, and American society have intersected over a hundred-year period—began in 1990, at the same time that preparations were being made in Texas to build the Super Collider. Early in the planning phases, Smithsonian curators decided to dedicate a section of the exhibit to the SSC. This section was intended to be a "work in progress" that would change over time as the collider was built, reflecting the current and ongoing debates over the massive machine.

The exhibition design called for using materials donated by both supporters and opponents of the SSC. Early in the exhibit's development the curators began contacting organizations and individuals who both supported and opposed the SSC, asking if they still had materials related to their efforts. Over a two-year period, the curators collected a wide range of items in more than twenty donations, ranging from bumper stickers, t-shirts and hats, to newspaper clippings, maps, and copies of state site proposals.

The design of the SSC portion of the Science in American Life exhibit became permanent with the closing of the SSC in late 1993. The SSC portion now focuses on the roles that special interest groups, protest, and grass-roots political campaigns play in large-scale scientific endeavors. Many of the donated items were included in the exhibit.

Notes

1 DeMott, John S. and J. Madeleine Nash, "Super Push for a Supercollider," Time, April 13, 1987, p. 19, Box 2, Folder 20.

2 "Alexander Narrative," a brief typescript history of the New York CATCH organization, Box 3, Folder 14.

3 Koszczuk, Jackie. "Anti-SSC Felling CATCH-es On Fast," Daily Star News (Fort Worth, Texas), September 17, 1988, p. 4, Box 2, Folder 5.

Related Materials:

When the Superconducting Super Collider entered its termination phase in 1993, the Records Management Department of the project began grouping the official records of the SSC into five "disposition packages." These packages were in various stages of being assembled, shipped, received, and processed for research use and were dispersed to: the Fort Worth Regional Federal Records Center; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ("Fermilab") Archives; Niels Bohr Library, Center for History of Physics, American Institute for Physics; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Archives.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by individuals connected in various ways to the Superconducting Super Collider. The items were donated from personal collections, official files, and the project archives of several different institutions. The donors were Gail Adair, Mary Lou and Dr. Jim Alexander, Representative Joe Barton, Jean Caddel, Coby Chase, Bill Dunn, the Fermi National Laboratory Library, David L. Gross, Bill Herbert, Larry Jones, Sharon Lough, Uriel Nauenberg, Doug McCuen, Ian McPherson, Andrea Miller, Brian L. Petty, the Red Oak Chamber of Commerce, Pat and Dr. Robert Sanders, the Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, J. Fred Weinhold, Mari Beth Williams, and Stan L. Yonkauski. A brief statement identifying donors and their connections to the Superconducting Super Collider accompanies each subseries in the container list.

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Bumper stickers

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Photographs -- 1980-2000

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Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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NMAH.AC.0538

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 27

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987

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Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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Collection Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection / Series 9: Miscellaneous

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Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fa602f25-dca4-4b81-9bab-4903af3f29cc

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref210

Collection Creator:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 28

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1988

Collection Restrictions:

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref211

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 29

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref212

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

August 26, 1987

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8450f2708-795b-4479-b837-9a3c00a7a250

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref213

Collection Creator:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

November 10, 198?

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Collection Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref214

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

March 27, 1988

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Collection Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref215

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

November 10, 1988

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Collection Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8691d27c2-9301-4bde-b17a-ad8b545ac195

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref216

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 45

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

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Collection Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection / Series 8: Texas / 8.1: Representative Joe Barton

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Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89047b643-cd84-40b6-b364-6f1cc61ef1f4

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref217

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1989

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection / Series 8: Texas / 8.2: Jean Caddel

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Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88c9a3eb8-d067-4507-b2b6-743a6cb561a4

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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref218

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1986

Collection Restrictions:

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Collection Citation:

Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Superconducting Super Collider Collection

Superconducting Super Collider Collection / Series 8: Texas / 8.2: Jean Caddel

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep806096b94-3d46-4e2a-8053-30f3f0e6ebe0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0538-ref219