Paul MacCready Innovative Lives Presentation
name: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewee
content: Judd, Michael
label: Interviewee
content: MacCready, Paul, 1925-
topic: label: Topic
content: Solar energy -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Gliders (Aeronautics)
label: Topic
content: Physics -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Engineering -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Created by the Innovative Lives Program of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewee
content: Judd, Michael
label: Interviewee
content: MacCready, Paul, 1925-
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content: Paul MacCready Innovative Lives Presentation
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born September 25, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut. He began flying in his teens and received formal flight training from the Navy during World War II. After the war, MacCready earned a physics degree from Yale University and a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from California Institute of Technology.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002-11-08
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Lemelson Center to the Archives Center on June 24, 2003.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0842
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Betacam sp (videotape format)
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Videotapes
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection  unprocessed.
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: BetaCam SP (videotape format)
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 2000-2010
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 2000-2010
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection includes nine (9) original Beta Cam SP videos documenting interviews with Paul MacCready, the father of human powered flight. MacCready invented the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross.