Inventors Oral History Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewer
content: Bedi, Joyce
label: Interviewer
content: Daemmrich, Arthur
label: Interviewer
content: Oswald, Alison
label: Interviewer
content: Ott, Katherine
label: Interviewee
content: Hamilton, Marilyn, 1949-
label: Interviewee
content: Hyatt, Gilbert P. , 1938-
label: Interviewee
content: Lindahl, Lisa
label: Interviewee
content: Miller, Hinda
label: Interviewee
content: Reid, Tahira N.
label: Interviewee
content: Smith, Polly Palmer
topic: label: Topic
content: African American engineers
label: Topic
content: Brassieres -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Computer science
label: Topic
content: Disabilities
label: Topic
content: Double Dutch
label: Topic
content: Electrical engineering
label: Topic
content: Electrical engineers
label: Topic
content: Inventors
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Mechanical engineers
label: Topic
content: Mechanical engineering and engineers
label: Topic
content: Microprocessors
label: Topic
content: Running
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Sports bra
label: Topic
content: Women inventors
label: Topic
content: wheelchairs
label: Topic
content: Inventors, Black
creator: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewer
content: Bedi, Joyce
label: Interviewer
content: Daemmrich, Arthur
label: Interviewer
content: Oswald, Alison
label: Interviewer
content: Ott, Katherine
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content: Inventors Oral History Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Born digital video oral history interviews and transcripts with inventors and others associated with the invention process. The interviews document a variety of subjects and disciplines.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Further accruals are expected. The repository continues to add interviews to this collection on a regular basis.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 855.63 Gigabytes (Interviews include .mp4, video/.mxf and .wav files. )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020-2021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1504
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Born digital
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series, alphabetical by last name of interviewee.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Born digital
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 2010-2020
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

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Disability Reference Collection (NMAH.AC.1319)

Folia Water Materials (NMAH.AC.1407)

Materials at the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Program/Project Records, 1994-2017 (SIA Acc. 19-100)

Interview with Theresa Dankovitch, inventor of the Folia water filter.

Interview with David Stone, inventor of Ferrock, a carbon-negative substitute for concrete. Also includes interviewee Richard Pablo. 

Interview with Amy Prieto, inventor of a rechargeable battery. 

Interview with John Warner, co-founder of the field of green chemistry.

Program/Project Records, 1989-2010 (SIA Acc. 12-582)

Interview with Remo Belli, jazz drummer who developed and marketed the first successful synthetic drumheads and founded the Remo company.

Interview with Arthur Ganson, inventor, kinetic sculptor and musician.

Audiovisual Records, 1995-2014 (SIA Acc. 16-092)

Interview with Gary Fisher, inventor of the modern mountain bike. 

Lemelson Center, Program/Project Records, 2006-2015 (SIA Acc. 16-043)

Interview with Doreen Lorenzo, former president of Quirky. 

Interview with Corinna E. Lathan, co-Founder of AnthroTronix, Inc., a biomedical research and development company with a focus on assistive technologies.