Enola Gay Exhibition Records
Object Details
- Creator:
- National Air and Space Museum
- Topic
- Aeronautical museums
- Museum exhibits
- World War, 1939-1945
- Atomic bomb
- Creator:
- National Air and Space Museum
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- Enola Gay Exhibition Records
- Extent
- 15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Date
- circa 1988-1995
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Identifier
- Accession 96-140
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Clippings
- Manuscripts
- Floppy disks
- Drawings
- Brochures
- Black-and-white photographs
- Electronic records
- Citation
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-140, National Air and Space Museum, Enola Gay Exhibition Records
- Genre/Form
- Clippings
- Manuscripts
- Floppy disks
- Drawings
- Brochures
- Black-and-white photographs
- Electronic records
- Descriptive Entry
- This accession consists of a collection of files documenting the Enola Gay exhibition and aspects of the controversy which followed. The files include the correspondence of the Director of the Museum, Martin Harwit; the Department of Aeronautics; the curator, Michael Neufeld; and the Exhibit Project Coordinator, Victor Govier. Also included are many scripts under the original title of the exhibition, The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the end of World War II. There is a great deal of correspondence with veterans groups and the public. Some photographs and exhibition drawings are also included. Comment cards completed by visitors to the exhibition can be found in Accession 96-036.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510610418-1503510610424-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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