S. Newman Darby Innovative Lives Presentation
name: label: Creator
content: Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 (inventor)
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
topic: label: Topic
content: Inventors
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content: Sporting goods industry -- 1950-1990
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content: Inventions -- 20th century
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content: Windsurfing -- Inventions -- 1950-1990
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content: Boats and boating -- 1950-1990
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content: Aquatic sports -- 1950-1990
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content: Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection transferred by Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
creator: label: Creator
content: Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 (inventor)
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: S. Newman Darby Innovative Lives Presentation
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Newman Darby, born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, invented windsurfing in 1964 when he connected a sail to a board by means of a universal rope joint. The windsurfer was ultimately patented by Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Drake in 1970 and became known as windsurfer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Videocassettes
label: Extent
content: 1 Electronic discs (CD)
unitdate: label: Date
content: April 9, 1999
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Videohistory created by the Innovative Lives Program of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Transferred to the Archives Center in 2003.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0838
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Videocassettes
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content: Electronic discs (cd)
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content: Oral history
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content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1990-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Presentation by Newman Darby discussing windsurfing and his invention and development of the sailboard. Materials include original, master and reference videotapes and photographs.