Productions, 1989-1991

Object Details

Notes: For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization: Unarranged
Summary: This accession consists of 18 video elements (1" magnetic masters, Beta masters, dubs and burn-ins, VHS copies); and 4 audio elements (1/4" audiotapes) documenting the interactive video, "300 Years of American Papermaking," that accompanied the National Museum of American History exhibition of the same name. The exhibition commemorated the building of the first paper mill in the American colonies in 1690 near Germantown, Pennsylvania, by William Rittenhouse and his partners; the men and women who contributed to the industry's astonishing growth; and the manifold utilitarian and artistic uses of paper products.
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Creator: Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications
Uniform title: 300 Years of American Papermaking (Video recording : 1990)
Subject: Rittenhouse, William 1644-1708; National Museum of American History (U.S.) Exhibitions; 300 Years of American Papermaking (Exhibition) (1990-1991: Washington, D.C.)

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See more items in: Productions 1938-2009 and undated [Smithsonian Productions]

Topic: Interactive video; Papermaking; Museum exhibits; Video recordings--Production and direction; Documentary videos