Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology: Recent submissions

  • Wheels and Wheeling: The Smithsonian Cycle Collection 
    Smith Hempstone, Oliver; Berkebile, Donald H. (1974)
    The bicycle, with a history that spans nearly two centuries, has frequently been looked upon in the United States as a child's plaything. Recent trends seem to indicate that Americans may come to follow the example of those ...
  • Stone Money of Yap: A Numismatic Survey 
    Gillilland, Cora Lee C. (1975)
    This synopsis of the history and role of <i>rai</i> or stone money of Yap within the cult, ure of the islands has been drawn from the accounts of early travelers, anthropologists, and administrators in the Western Pacific. ...
  • History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse&amp;apos;s Indian Root Pills 
    Shaw, Robert B. (1972)
    For nearly a century a conspicuous feature of the small riverside village of Morristown, in northern New York State, was the W. H. Comstock factory, better known as the home of the celebrated Dr. Morse&amp;apos;s Indian ...
  • Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification 
    Cooper, Grace Rogers (1973)
    The first time I had reason to question the date of a thirteen-star flag was in 1947. The one examined was stitched by machine and, because of that, obviously was not an eighteenth-century flag. The stars were arranged in ...
  • Alfred, the First Continental Flagship 1775-1778 
    McCusker, John J. (1973)
    <I>Alfred</I>, as one of the first ships of the Continental Navy of the United Colonies, as the flagship of the first American fleet, as the first ship to hoist the Grand Union Flag of the United Colonies, and the first ...
  • Keyed Bugles in the United States 
    Eliason, Robert E. (1972)
    Keyed bugles are soprano brass instruments with side holes and keys like a clarinet or saxophone. They flourished for several decades after 1810 when the Royal Kent Bugle was patented, and before valved instruments became ...
  • Bridgeport's Gothic Ornament: The Harral-Wheeler House 
    Golovin, Anne Castrodale (1972)
    Imposing dwellings in the Gothic Revival style were among the most dramatic symbols of affluence in mid-nineteenth-century America. With the rise of industrialization in this period, an increasing number of men from humble ...
  • Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology 
    Schlebecker, John T. (1972)
    Museums must collect and exhibit the tools, implements, and machines which farmers use in their business. These items, however, seldom make up the core of real agricultural activity. The catalog here presented shows something ...
  • Living Historical Farms Handbook 
    Schlebecker, John T. (1972)
    On living historical farms men farm as they once did during some specific time in the past. The farms have tools and equipment like those once used, and they raise the same types of livestock and plants used during the ...
  • Girard Estate Coal Lands in Pennsylvania, 1801-1884 
    Hoffman, John N. (1972)
    This monograph traces the historical development and consolidation of tracts of land on the frontier of Pennsylvania in the late eighteenth century. The tracts under discussion were a part of a land grant given to William ...
  • Political Cartoons in the 1848 Election Campaign 
    Serio, Anne Marie (1972)
    The Harry T. Peters “America On Stone” Lithography Collection in the Smithsonian Institution contains over 150 lithographed election cartoons and caricatures. These cartoons, dating from the mid-nineteenth century before ...
  • Consul General&#39;s Shanghai Postal Agency 1867-1907 
    Koffsky, Peter L. (1972)
    This paper is the result of eight weeks&#39; research, largely in the materials at the National Archives, with the purpose of reconstructing the historical development of the United States postal service in China, 1867-1907. ...
  • Feedback Mechanisms in the Historical Collections of the National Museum of History and Technology 
    Mayr, Otto (1971)
    Among the seemingly endless variety of machinery that might be listed under the heading <i>automatic control</i>, feedback mechanisms stand out as a distinct group because, although differing widely in outward appearance, ...
  • Small Arms Ammunition at the International Exposition Philadelphia, 1876 
    Lewis, Berkeley R. (1972)
    As the hundredth anniversary of the independence of the United States approached, extensive plans were made to celebrate that occasion by an International Exhibition to be held in 1876 in Philadelphia. A major consideration ...
  • Roebling's Delaware & Hudson Canal Aqueducts 
    Vogel, Robert M. (1971)
    The nineteenth-century American civil engineer, John A. Roebling, is best remembered for his crowning work, Brooklyn Bridge, built to his design by his son, Washington, following the elder Roebling's death in 1869. Although ...
  • Hold The Fort&amp;excl; The Story of a Song from the Sawdust Trail to the Picket Line 
    Scheips, Paul J. (1971)
    This is a history of a gospel song, which I first learned about a decade and a half ago while a historian in the Department of the Army&amp;apos;s old Signal Corps Historical Division. I have been occupied with the ...
  • Snetzler Chamber Organ of 1761 
    Fesperman, John T. (1970)
    The chamber organ described in this booklet was acquired by the Division of Musical Instruments in 1968 from descendants of the original owner, Dr. Samuel Bard (1742-1821) of New York and Hyde Park. Signed and dated “John ...
  • Copp Family Textiles 
    Cooper, Grace Rogers (1971)
    At the time this exhibit was proposed, the Copp collection of textiles and other family memorabilia, although unique in its scope of everyday household textiles, had received little exposure since its receipt in the late ...
  • History of Letter Post Communication Between the United States and Europe, 1845-1875 
    Hargest, George E. (1971)
    It is the purpose of this book not only to describe the postal services between the United States and Europe, but also to explain their development. The period considered begins with the subsidization of United States steam ...
  • Constellation Question 
    Chapelle, Howard I. (1970)
    This unusual volume has an unusual history. It began as a monograph by Mr. Howard I. Chapelle—essentially the present Part 1—and as a paper by Mr. Leon D. Polland—presented before sections of the Society of Naval Architects ...

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