Les Paul Videohistory Project Collection
name: label: Interviewee
content: Paul, Les
label: Interviewee
content: Eastman, William
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewer
content: McGovern, Charles
topic: label: Topic
content: Electric Guitar
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Guitars
label: Topic
content: Inventors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Created for the Lemelson Center in 2005.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Paul, Les
label: Interviewee
content: Eastman, William
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewer
content: McGovern, Charles
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content: Les Paul Videohistory Project Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Video recordings, transcripts, and footage logs for the Lemelson Center affiliated Les Paul Project.  Interviews were conducted with Les Paul in Mahwah, New Jersey; at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards ceremony, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and backstage at the Iridium Building in New York City.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jazz guitarist and inventor, born in Wisconsin in 1915. He developed the solid-body electric guitar, and numerous other technological innovations in music including overdubbing, delay effects and multitrack recording.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2005-2006
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Lemelson Center for the Study of invention and innovation Industry, December 5, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1121
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Transcripts and Logs Transcripts and Logs, 2005			

Series 2: Moving Image Moving Image, 2005-2006
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison L. Oswald, archivist, December 2007.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Video recordings comprising the research for the Smithsonian-affiliated Les Paul Project. Interviews were conducted with Les Paul in Mahwah, New Jersey at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards ceremony; the Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio; and backstage at the Tridium Building in New York City. Charles McGovern and Will Eastman conducted the interviews.