Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Silvio A. Bedini : oral history, 1982Biographical NoteMuseum curator; interviewee b.1917
Scope and ContentsChildhood; interest in horology and in collecting scientific instruments, experience in cryptography; discussion of his publications; preserved documents of Thomas Jefferson and early methods for reproducing documents; research at The Vatican; work at The Smithsonian Institution: difficulties in acquisitions, discussion of various collections and exhibits, especially rare books, problems with replicas and fakes, museum management, the future of the Smithsonian Institution
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988
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