Inventor Name
Electric Guitar Video
Repository
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601/Room 1100
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-3270
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Physical Description
7.50 cu. ft.: 10 boxes
Summary
This week-long event explored the intersection of technology and music in the 20th century; it included oral and video histories, exhibitions, concerts, and a symposium discussing the cultural significance of the electric guitar as instrument, technology, and symbol. Original master and reference videos documenting the program "Electrified, Amplified and Deified: The Electric Guitar: Its Makers, and Its Players" as part of the Lemelson Center series of New Perspectives.
Finding Aid
http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC0610.html