Call Number:

066

Repository:

Science History Institute Archives

Extent:

.44 linear feet (1 box)

Preferred Citation:

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Science in American Life Exhibition Files, Science History Institute, Othmer Library, Archives Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..

Date:

1992-2006 (inclusive)

Creator:

Lang, C. Marvin and Smithsonian Institution

Form:

Archival materials

Abstract:

This is small collection of background materials to a exhibition mounted by the Smithsonian and sponsored initially by the American Chemical Society.

Science in American Life was originally conceived by the American Chemical Society as a celebration of the accomplishments of chemistry and chemists and as a potential recruiting tool for a future generation of chemists. As it turned out, the Smithsonian curators, who were social historians and not working chemists, presented what the A.C.S. saw as a less-than-flattering depiction of their profession. Since the A.C.S. had signed on only as sponsors and science advisers and did not have veto power over the show's content they had to live with the results.

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1085625~S6

The material gives a good idea of what this exhibition looked like in its earliest stages.