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Creator::
Multhauf, Robert P.  Search this
Extent:
7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Scrapbooks
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1947-2004 and undated
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the papers of Robert P. Multauf, historian of science and former curator of chemistry and director of the National Museum of History and Technology. These materials consist of correspondence, both professional and personal, including correspondence with the History of Science Society and the Society for History of Technology; research notebooks; manuscripts of published and unpublished works, including work on the growth of technology and the origins of European firearms; research notes; and personal materials, including materials from junior high and high school, military records, teaching appointments; and traveling materials from trips to Japan and Europe. These materials are arranged in the following subseries: 1) Correspondence; 2) Research; 3) Smithsonian; 4) Personal; and 5) Albums and scrapbooks.
Topic:
Technology -- History  Search this
Firearms -- Europe -- History  Search this
Europe -- Description and travel  Search this
Japan -- Description and travel  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Scrapbooks
Black-and-white photographs
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-059, Robert P. Multhauf Papers
Identifier:
Accession 05-059
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Robert P. Multhauf Papers
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa05-059