David Gittens Innovative Lives Presentation
name: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Creator
content: Gittens, David
label: Names
content: Gyro 200 Company.
topic: label: Topic
content: Autogiros
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Made for the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Creator
content: Gittens, David
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content: David Gittens Innovative Lives Presentation
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gittens's Ikenga 5302 has several applications--aerial photography, aerial surveying, air courier, border patrol, cattle herding, commuting, crop spraying, flying doctors, intelligence gathering, pipe line inspection, postal service, reconnaissance, and search and rescue. The name Ikenga is derived from Ibomythology in Eastern Nigeria and refers to the creative life forces of humanity.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.35 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: May 7, 1997
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This video documentation was created by the Innovative Lives Program of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation May 7, 1997. The collection was transferred to the Archives Center on July 8, 1997.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0598
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Lectures
label: Type
content: Slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into four series.

Series 1: Original videos, 1997

Series 2: Master videos, 1997

Series 3: Reference Videos, 1997

Series 4; Photographs, 1997
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, July 21, 1997.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series 1: Original Videos, was digitized in 2015. See repository for details.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Lectures -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Original and reference videos documenting an NMAH children's program by David Gittens, the inventor of the Ikenga 5302 gyroplane.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Ikenga 5302 gyroplane is part of National Air and Space Museum's collections, housed at the Garber facility, Silver Hill, Maryland.