Bibliographies from the National Museum of American History

Compiled by D. Chris Cottrill
Reference Librarian
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
National Museum of American History Library
Updated: April 13, 2005

• America on the Move

Teachers and parents can use the resource guides, lessons, and activity plans to teach children (K- Middle School) about transportation in American history.

American Presidency: Bibliographies of Recently Published Books
This bibliography was written in conjunction with the American Presidency exhibition and is age and grade specific.
• Artificial Anatomy: Papier-Mâché Anatomical Models

Resources on Anatomy, Papier- Mâché, Preservation, and Trade Catalogs.
• "Doubtless as Good:" Thomas Jefferson's Dreams of American Wines Fulfilled

This short bibliography, prepared by staff at the National Museum of American History, includes books on the material culture of viniculture, some historic works on American winemaking not included in the Gabler bibliography, and some relevant works on American culture and taste.
• Edison After Forty

This listing includes Edison's Papers, book-length studies, childrens books, and museums.

• Fast Attacks & Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War

Selections for further reading on the growth and development of the U.S. Nuclear Navy.
• Feather Trade Bibliography

A collection of readings and web sites on the development of the American Conservation Movement.
• Freeze Frame: Eadweard Muybridge’s Photography of Motion

Information on the collection, links, and readings on Muybridge and his work on locomation.
• From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution

Bibliography on the History of the Smithsonian Institution.
• The History of Polio
  A bibliography of print and non-print resources, a glossary of terms and a collection of related web links.
• Invention at Play

This exhibit focuses on the similarities between the way children and adults play and the creative processes used by innovators in science and technology.  The resources here are detailed and extensive.
• July 1942: United We Stand

Suggested readings on World War II American home front life, magazine history, and the "United We Stand" campaign.
• Lighting a Revolution: A Bibliography of Lighting

A collection of books, articles, and web sites on the history and technology of electrical lighting.

• Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s

A brief resource list for a unique subject.

• Parthia: The Forgotten Empire Bibliography

This bibliography is part of the National Numismatic Collection's virtual exhibition on Parthian drachmas.
• Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974

A short list of readings on the Nixon presidency.
• Powering a Generation of Change

This bibliography lists books, journal articles, and reports documenting the story of electrical power restructuring in North America.

• Science Service

This [1979 thesis] study examines the first decade of Science Service, an institution for the popularization of science in Washington, D.C., during the tenure of Edwin E. Slosson as director, from 1921 to 1929. A selected bibliography is included.

• Santos: Substance and Soul

There are nine separate reading lists on topics related to the history, culture, preservation, and identification of Santos objects.

• Separate Is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education
  The annotated bibliography includes information about related Web resources and teacher materials, as well as fiction and non-fiction books for children, young adults, and adults.
• Slates, Slide Rules, and Software: Teaching Math in America

A collection of reference resources on the tools used in teaching mathematics in the United States from the 1800s onward.
• Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project

A variety of material on the War of 1812, patriotism, textiles and the history of the "Stars & Stripes."
• Tracking the Buffalo: Stories from a Buffalo Hide Painting

A collection of books for elementary and middle school age children on bison and Native American culture.
• West Point in the Making of America

There are eight subject categories from this exhibition reading list on West Point graduates and their contributions to the nation in peace and war.
• Within These Walls

An annotated reading list for elementary and middle school students and an extensive bibliography for older students interested in the themes related to the Ipswich House exhibition.