Historical Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Richards, Oscar W., Dr.
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content: Oscar W. Richards Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1848-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0343, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains files maintained by Richards for his consulting work on the history of microscopes.  These materials appear to have been largely organized by Richards based upon the organization he was consulting for.  Series includes correspondence, illustrations of microscopes, conference programs and proceedings, photographs and photographic negatives, patents, trade literature, and scholarly articles.