Project Bionics Artificial Organ Documentation Collection, [videotapes]
name: label: Creator
content: American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
label: Interviewee
content: Jarvik, Robert K., 1946-2025
label: Interviewee
content: Kolff, Wilhelm, 1911-
label: Interviewer
content: Kondratas, Ramunas A.
label: Interviewer
content: McKellar, Shelley
label: Creator
content: National Library of Medicine
label: Interviewee
content: Topaz, Stephen
label: Interviewee
content: Watson, John (M.D.)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society
topic: label: Topic
content: Artificial organs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection made for National Museum of American History through a collaborative effort of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the National Museum of American History, and the National Library of Museum.
creator: label: Creator
content: American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
label: Interviewee
content: Jarvik, Robert K., 1946-2025
label: Interviewee
content: Kolff, Wilhelm, 1911-
label: Interviewer
content: Kondratas, Ramunas A.
label: Interviewer
content: McKellar, Shelley
label: Creator
content: National Library of Medicine
label: Interviewee
content: Topaz, Stephen
label: Interviewee
content: Watson, John (M.D.)
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content: Project Bionics Artificial Organ Documentation Collection, [videotapes]
abstract: label: Summary
content: A series of interviews conducted jointly by the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the National Museum of American History, and the National Library of Medicine. The interviews are of scientists and others involved in the invention and development of artificial internal organs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Project Bionics was a multi-year project to engage, educate, and provide services to researchers, scholars and the general public about artificial organs, past, present, and future.  The project recognized individual and corporate contributions to artificial organ history; identified individuals and their contributions to the improved quality and length of life; collected and preserved the records of leading scientists and practitioners in the field; linked past accomplishments to present and future developments; and encouraged education, scholarship, and research on artificial organ history.  The project was a collaborative effort of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the National Museum of American History, and the National Library of Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Museum's Division of Science, Medicine, and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) in 2003.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0841
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Dvds
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Project Bionic Information, undated

Series 2: Original Videos, 2002

Series 3: Reference Videos, 2002
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2005.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: DVDs
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 2000-2010
label: Genre/Form
content: Videocassettes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 7 ½ hours of original BetaCam SP and ½" VHS videos documenting Dr. Willem Kolff, a pioneering doctor in the area of artificial organ innovations and 4 ½ hours of original mini digital video and reference dvds documenting Robert Jarvik.