Reminiscences of Silvio A. Bedini : oral history, 1982.

Biographical Note

Museum curator; interviewee b.1917.

Scope and Contents

Childhood; 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.

Subjects

• Bedini, Silvio A.
• Collectors and collecting.
• Exhibitions.
• Horology.
• Imitation in art.
• Interviews.
• Jessup, Frederick Peterson, 1920-2005, interviewer.
• Museum curators--Interviews.
• Museums.
• Oral histories.
• Rare books.
• Reproduction of money, documents, etc.
• Scientific apparatus and instruments.
• Smithsonian Institution.

Access Conditions

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