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Component from the Bush Differential Analyzer

Maker:
Bush, Vannevar  Search this
Physical Description:
steel (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 3.4 cm x 5.2 cm x 3.4 cm; 1 11/32 in x 2 1/16 in x 1 11/32 in
Object Name:
Differential Analyzer Component
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
Date made:
ca 1930
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory
ID Number:
1983.3002.43
Catalog number:
1983.3002.43
Nonaccession number:
1983.3002
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-ab0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_693830

compass (surveyor's plain)

Owner and user:
Duval, Samuel  Search this
Washington, George  Search this
Owner:
Kimmel, Anthony  Search this
Maker:
Rittenhouse, David  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 13 3/4 in; x 34.925 cm
Object Name:
Compass (surveyor's plain)
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Subject:
Surveying  Search this
ID Number:
PL.092538
Catalog number:
16108
Accession number:
13152
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Political and Military History: Political History
Exhibition:
American Presidency
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-699f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_747313

National Woven Coverlet Project: Gay McGeary Interview

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-07-03T16:09:15.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
American History  Search this
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SmithsonianAmHistory
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAmHistory
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_1aB9E-GZLPc

Meet The Artist: HYBYCOZO for “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-10-16T20:19:06.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_cYZp3r_gEt8

Astronaut Peggy Whitson's Math Mistake on the ISS

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-12-12T19:39:55.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this
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airandspace
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
YouTube Channel:
airandspace
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_aPK5O_jwOlM

Native Photojournalism in the 21st Century: Donovan Quintero, Tailyr Irvine & Russel Albert Daniels

Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2023-03-24T18:53:12.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Native Americans;American Indians  Search this
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SmithsonianNMAI
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianNMAI
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_5J3P2i2MFuc

Maya Astronomy and Mathematics—Yesterday and Today

Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2021-03-16T20:16:55.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Native Americans;American Indians  Search this
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SmithsonianNMAI
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianNMAI
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_OmnWUyl_LjY

How to Achieve Flawless Beauty

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2014-10-23T21:00:03.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
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smithsonianchannel
Data Source:
Smithsonian Channel
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianchannel
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_fsjTdHd7e1o

These Are the Three Main Categories of Bloodstain Pattern

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-05-20T13:44:10.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
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Data Source:
Smithsonian Channel
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianchannel
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_zjfdpenl1Rc

Water Unites Us

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2022-02-11T19:01:46.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
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SmithsonianVideos
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianVideos
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_7XgWjfvWgpI

5. Dennis Meadows - Perspectives on the Limits of Growth: It is too late for sustainable development

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2012-03-09T22:52:56.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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SmithsonianVideos
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianVideos
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_f2oyU0RusiA

Who is "The Public"? Researching Identity in Museums

Creator:
National Museum of Natural History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-07-23T21:19:40.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
Natural History  Search this
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smithsonianNMNH
Data Source:
National Museum of Natural History
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianNMNH
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_pNldaINdc54

Pipelines and Pathways: Invention Education, Training, and Mentoring

Creator:
Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-11-30T20:35:43.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
American History  Search this
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LemelsonCenter
Data Source:
Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History
YouTube Channel:
LemelsonCenter
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_XeIDxn8FgGQ

Schematic for the Computer System X-66744, Bell Telephone Laboratories

Maker:
Bell Telephone Laboratories  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall (folded): 28 in x 37 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 71.12 cm x 94.615 cm x .635 cm
Object Name:
blueprint
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
1952-09-25
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of New Mexico State University
ID Number:
1983.3018.10.06
Nonaccession number:
1983.3018
Catalog number:
1983.3018.10.06
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Computers & Business Machines
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-8335-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1940585

Gender and development in Africa and its diaspora Edited by Akinloyè Òjó, Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe and Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono

Editor:
Ojó, Akinloyè  Search this
Aderibigbe, Gbola  Search this
Kiprono, Felisters Jepchirchir  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 227 pages illustrations, map 24 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Date:
2019
Topic:
Women--Social conditions  Search this
Women in economic development  Search this
African literature (English)--History and criticism  Search this
Women in literature  Search this
Women, Black, in literature  Search this
Femmes--Conditions sociales  Search this
Femmes dans le développement économique  Search this
Littérature africaine (anglaise)--Histoire et critique  Search this
Femmes dans la littérature  Search this
Noires dans la littérature  Search this
Africa  Search this
diasporas  Search this
gender inequality  Search this
black women  Search this
literary criticism  Search this
women's rights  Search this
gender relations  Search this
social conditions  Search this
economic development  Search this
African literature (English)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145946

How People Learn Brain, Mind, Experience and School (Expanded Edition)

Author:
Bransford, John  Search this
Author:
Brown, Ann L  Search this
Cocking, Rodney R  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Date:
1900
Topic:
Learning, Psychology of  Search this
Learning--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
LB1060 .H672 2000 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147326

African indigenous knowledge and the disciplines edited by Gloria Emeagwali, George J. Sefa Dei

Editor:
Emeagwali, Gloria T.,  Search this
Dei, George J. Sefa (George Jerry Sefa) 1954-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 180 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Date:
2014
Topic:
Ethnoscience  Search this
Indigenous peoples--Education  Search this
Ethnosciences  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158192

Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Hemihedral Form of the Eight-Sided Double Pyramid

Maker:
Wheeler, Albert Harry  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 6 cm x 14 cm x 7.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 15/16 in
Object Name:
Geometric Model
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
Date made:
1930 02 22
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ID Number:
MA.304723.161
Accession number:
304723
Catalog number:
304723.161
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-262b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1066417
Online Media:

Romare Bearden papers

Creator:
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this
Names:
Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977  Search this
Holty, Carl, 1900-1973  Search this
Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this
Middleton, Samuel M., 1927-  Search this
Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this
Extent:
2.1 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Sketches
Exhibition catalogs
Maps
Photographs
Date:
1937-1982
Summary:
The papers of Romare Bearden measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1982. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, writings by and about Bearden, miscellaneous legal and financial material, photographs, drawings, and printed material. Found are numerous letters referring to African-American arts movements of the 1960s and 1970s, including exhibitions, publications, associations, and scattered letters of a more personal nature.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of Romare Bearden measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1982. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, writings by and about Bearden, miscellaneous legal and financial material, photographs, drawings, and printed material.

Correspondence is with family, friends, artists, galleries, museums, publishers, universities, arts associations, and colleagues, primarily concerning gallery space, exhibitions, sales of artwork, publishing, and arts events. Also found are numerous letters referring to African-American art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, including exhibitions, publications, associations, and scattered letters of a more personal nature. Many of the letters are illustrated with Bearden's doodlings and drawings. Although most of the letters are from galleries, museums, publishers, and arts associations, scattered letters from Charles Alston, Jacob Lawrence, Ad Reinhardt, Carl Holty, and Sam Middleton are found. In addition, there are letters from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and letters concerning its founding.

Writings by Bearden include lectures, speeches, talks, essays, and prose. Many are handwritten, annotated, and edited in Bearden's hand and several are illustrated with Bearden's doodlings and sketches. Included are a memorial delivered upon artist Carl Holty's death, a tribute to Zell Ingram, autobiographical essays, essays on art, and African-American art, artists, and cultural life. Also found are several handwritten examples of Bearden's prose and poetry. There are also writings by others and one folder of fragments and notes assumed to be by Bearden.

The collection houses two folders of photographs and snapshots of Bearden, family members, other unidentified artists or friends, classes and/or lectures, and works of art. Also found are several undated ink drawings, sketches in pencil and ink, and a hand-drawn and colored map with overlay of Paris. Printed material includes examples of Bearden's commissioned artwork for publications, press releases, exhibition catalogs and announcements, invitations, newspaper and magazine clippings, and miscellaneous printed materials. Although much of the printed material concerns Bearden's work, a fair portion concerns African-American art, artists, and cultural movements.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into seven series based on type of materials. Documents within each of the seven series have been arranged in chronological order, except for the writings which have been further subdivided by creator and are undated. Printed materials have been arranged primarily according to form of material and are in rough chronological order.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical, 1977, undated (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1944-1981, undated (Box 1-2; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings By and About Bearden, circa 1950s-1980s (Box 3; 6 folders)

Series 4: Legal and Financial Material, 1970-1977 (Box 3; 3 folders)

Series 5: Photographs, undated (Box 3; 2 folders)

Series 6: Drawings, undated (Box 3, OV 6; 4 folders)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1937-1982 (Box 3-5; 1 linear foot)
Biographical / Historical:
Born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1914, Bearden's family relocated to New York City when Bearden was a toddler. Living in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Bearden was exposed to such luminaries as writer Langston Hughes, painter Aaron Douglas, and musician Duke Ellington. While attending New York University, Bearden became interested in cartooning and became the art editor of the NYU Medley in his senior year. He received his B.S. in mathematics in 1935, initially planning to pursue medical school. Realizing that he had little interest in the other sciences however, Bearden began attending classes at the Art Students League in the evenings, studying under George Grosz.

In the mid-1930s Bearden published numerous political cartoons in journals and newspapers, including the Afro-American, but by the end of the decade, he shifted his emphasis to painting. Bearden's first paintings, on large sheets of brown paper, recalled his early memories of the South. After serving in the Army, Bearden began exhibiting more frequently, particularly in Washington, D.C. at the G Street Gallery and in New York with Samuel Kootz.

During a career lasting almost half a century, Bearden produced approximately two thousand works. Although best known for the collages of urban and southern scenes that he first experimented with in the mid-1960s, Bearden also completed paintings, drawings, monotypes, edition prints, public murals, record album jackets, magazine and book illustrations, and costume and set designs for theater and ballet. His work focused on religious subjects, African-American culture, jazz clubs and brothels, and history and literature. Not confining his abilities to the visual arts, Bearden also devoted attention to writing and song writing. Several of his collaborations were published as sheet music, among the most famous of which is "Seabreeze," recorded by Billy Eckstine. In addition, Bearden coauthored three full-length books: The Painter's Mind: A Study of the Relations of Structure and Space in Painting (1969) with painter Carl Holty; Six Black Masters of American Art (1972); and A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present (posthumously, 1993), the latter two with journalist Harry Henderson.

Bearden was also active in the African-American arts movement of the period, serving as art director of the Harlem Cultural Council, a founding member of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and organizer of exhibitions, such as the Metropolitan Museum's "Harlem on My Mind" (1968). Romare Bearden died in 1988.
Related Materials:
Within the Archives holdings are two oral history interviews with Romare Bearden. One was conducted in 1968 by Henri Ghent and another in 1980 by Avis Berman.
Separated Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel N68-87) including correspondence, a scrapbook, photographs, catalogs, clippings, and writings. Except for the correspondence, loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Provenance:
Romare Bearden lent material for microfilming to the Archives of American Art in 1968, donating the correspondence. Bearden also gave additional papers between 1977 and 1983.
Restrictions:
The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website. Use of material not digitized requires an appointment.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Collagists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
Works of art  Search this
Painting  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Sketches
Exhibition catalogs
Maps -- Paris (France)
Photographs
Citation:
Romare Bearden papers, 1937-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.bearroma
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Romare Bearden papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ed3f5b60-2e93-4f30-af75-dbd95d060a90
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-bearroma
Online Media:

Dr. D.M. Zimmerman, Mrs. Geraldyne Zimmerman, MR. H.B. Paisley

Collection Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Bunch, Lonnie G.  Search this
United States. Department of Agriculture  Search this
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.  Search this
Extent:
1 Videocassettes (Video 8)
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Videocassettes (video 8)
Date:
1993 August 19
Scope and Contents:
Mr. Zimmerman, is the retired superintendant of Buildings and Grounds, Mrs. Zimmerman a retired professor of Mathematics, and Mr. Paisley a retired Agricultural Extension Agent
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Collection Citation:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection / Series 1: Oral Histories / South Carolina State University (SCSU)
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b0c173ee-48a1-482f-8e5f-5f0b3ca93ad9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0614-ref56

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