National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Agriculture and Mining Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Manufacturing Search this
Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries Search this
Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Industrial Cooperation Search this
Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Agriculture and Forest Products Search this
United States National Museum Section of Chemical Industries Search this
United States National Museum Section of Chemical Technology Search this
United States National Museum Section of Foods Search this
United States National Museum Section of Manufacturers Search this
United States National Museum Section of Organic Chemistry Search this
United States National Museum Section of Wood Technology Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Extractive Industries Search this
United States National Museum Division of Crafts and Industries Search this
United States National Museum Division of Engineering Search this
United States National Museum Division of Mineral Technology Search this
United States National Museum Division of Transportation Search this
United States National Museum Division of Textiles Search this
Physical description:
1.75 cu. ft. processed holdings
6 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Clippings
Brochures
Picture postcards
Drawings
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Black-and-white negatives
Color transparencies
Architectural drawings
Date:
1907
1907-1994
Category:
Series Level Description
Notes:
To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Organization:
Alphabetic and unarranged
Summary:
Consists of records documenting collections management, research, professional activities, and administration in the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and its predecessors, as well as the related sections of Chemical Industries, Chemical Technology, Foods, Manufactures, Wood Technology, and Organic Chemistry. Staff represented include curators G. Terry Sharrer, John T. Schlebecker, Philip W. Bishop, John H. White, Frederick L. Lewton, and Howard Irving Chapelle; associate curators Edward C. Kendall, Charles O. Houston, Jr., and John Nathan Hoffman; assistant curators Wallace E. Duncan, Joseph W. Schutz, and George de S. Canavarro; museum specialist William E. Geoghegan; industrial specialist Lowell L. Hankel; Aida M. Doyle, Aid, Section of Organic Chemistry; Harry W. Rabinowitz, Aid, Section of Organic Chemistry; C. C. Anderson, Aid, Section of Organic Industries; and Mrs. E. W. Rosson, Aid, Division of Textiles. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes; budget summaries; agreements; proposals; policies and guidelines; meeting agendas and minutes; statistics; grant information; publications; biographies; conference and committee information; photographs, slides, and negatives; brochures; loan information; newspaper clippings; postcards; drawings; administrative forms; and reports.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
