Donors 



121 



U.S. Department of Energy (through 

 John Ryan): energy efficient ballast, 

 compact fluorescent lamp with 

 a prototype recessed luminaire, 

 and an experimental flywheel 

 with a display rack, 1977—83 

 (1999.0324); energy efficient 

 ballast demonstrator, ca. 1980, and 

 a sample light pipe section, ca. 

 1994(1999.3071). 



U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. 

 Geological Survey, Albuquerque 

 Seismological Laboratory (through 

 Charles R. Hutt, Ph.D.): 4 

 seismometers, 4 galvanometers, a 

 test set, tecorder, time and power 

 console, and a transformer, all part 

 of a World Wide Standardized 

 Seismic Network station set up in 

 1 96 1 to monitor a nuclear test ban 

 treaty (1999.0275). 



U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. 

 Mint (through Philip N. Diehl): 

 12 U.S. coins of 1997 including a 

 5 -coin proof set, a 5 -coin proof 

 prestige set, and 2 silvet dollars 

 commemorating the U.S. Botanic 

 Garden (1997. 0081); (through 

 Maria R. Goodwin): 7 commem- 

 orative coins and 5 proof coins of 

 the U.S., 1997—98 (1998.0094). 



U.S. Legislative Branch, Library of 

 Congress, Exchange & Gift 

 Division, American-British 

 Exchange Section (through Joseph 

 P. Molnar): 469 copyrighted 

 textiles including 332 fabric 

 samples, 68 needlework craft kits, 

 56 scarves, 9 mats and mat sets, a 

 pillow cover, T-shirt, biker's safety 

 cape, and a pair of draperies 

 (1995. 3100). 



U.S. Panama Canal Commission, 

 Operations Support Division 

 (through Col. Robert J. Sperberg): 

 pintel ball on which a canal lock 

 gate rotated, removed from Gatun 

 Locks on the Panama Canal in 1999 

 (1999.0317). 



Unknown: Upjohn Company drug 

 case (2000.0120). 



Frangois Van Hoof: 2 uniface lead 

 impressions of the dies used to 

 produce the 1863 Russian 2-kopek 

 piece by the Royal Belgian Mint 

 (1999.0287). 



Violette Verdy: 10 ballet costume 

 items worn by Ms. Verdy during 



her career as a pritna ballerina, 

 1948-75 (1998.0055). 



Teodoro Vidal: 1,279 objects of Puerto 

 Rican traditional material culture 

 (1997.0097); 35 sets of Puerto 

 Rican religious imagery, 

 photographs, archival material, 

 posters, and replicas (1997.3059). 



Maria von Matthiessen: 2 silver 

 gelatin photogtaphic prints made 

 by Ms. von Matthiessen titled 

 "The Rose Madonna," 1990, and 

 "Jack in the Banyan Tree," 1998 

 (1999.0044). 



Watkins-Johnson Company (through 

 Claudia D. Kelly): 3 traveling wave 

 tubes (1999.031 1). 



Estate of Edith Watson (through 

 Leslie S. Simmons): 1 cubic foot 

 of archival material documenting 

 the invention of the telescoping 

 shopping cart by Orla E. Watson, 

 patented in 1949 (2000.3030). 



Robert M. Webster: "Tick-Off tick 

 remover and grasper patented by 

 Mr. Webster in 1995 (2000.0006). 



Harold Wegweiser: custom made cue 

 stick by Dan Dishaw of burled 

 maple inlaid with turquoise, ivory, 

 and ebony with gold rings and a 

 leather wrap, 1999(1999.0220). 



James Whitmore: 20 costume items 

 worn by Mr. Whitmore in 3 

 stage performances including 2 

 bandannas, 2 lariats, a cowboy hat, 

 trousers, shirt, boots, and a belt 

 from Will Rogers, USA, 8 mustaches 

 and a tube of mustache wax from 

 Bully, and a cane and pair of 

 eyeglasses from Give 'Em Hell, 

 Harry (2000.0081). 



State of Wisconsin, Department of 

 Health and Family Services, 

 Division of Care and Treatment 

 Facilities, Winnebago Mental 

 Health Institute (through Diane 

 Meschefske): 3 keys hand-made by 

 psychiatric patients in attempts to 

 leave the institute (2000.0014). 



William L. Withuhn: cap labeled 

 "Low Rider" worn by a member of 

 the restoration team for the 

 lowrider automobile "Dave's 

 Dream," 1990-92 (1995. 0160). 



Edward W. Wolak: 19 pieces of 

 woman's clothing worn by Mr. 

 Wolak 's wife, Helen Tabb Wolac, 

 1978-97 (1999.01 50). 



Ella H. Wright: sculptograph hand- 

 colored relief photograph portrait 

 of Julia Watkins Sims, ca. 1880 

 (1998.0260). 



Helena E. Wright: Polio Pioneer 

 button and membership certificate, 

 1954 (2000.0003). 



James F. Young: Apple Newton 

 Message Pad hand-held computer 

 with 1 5 components and 

 accessories (1999.0290); 6 sets of 

 documentation for the Apple 

 Newton Message Pad computer 

 (1999.3055). 



Wilbur P. Young: 7 reels of 16mm 

 motion picture film (1999. 3081). 



Zenith Electronics Corporarion 

 (through John I. Taylor): 2 circuit 

 boards, a faceplate, indoor field test 

 antenna, paperweight, and a set of 

 political convention buttons, all 

 related to Zenith's high definition 

 television tests, 1991—96 

 (1997.0075). 



Dr. Raymond A. Zilmskas: UNSCOM 

 hat, T-shirt, and arm band, a poster 

 of Saddam Hussein, and a 100- 

 dinars note of Iraq (1999. 0107). 



National Museum of the 

 American Indian 



Donors of Financial Support 

 $1,000,000 or more 



The Ford Foundation 

 Christian A. Johnson Endeavor 



Foundarion 

 The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal 



Nation 



$500,000 or more 



Mr. Eugene Victor Thaw (Eugene V & 

 Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust) 



$100,000 or more 



The Ahmanson Foundation 



Anonymous 



Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Congdon 



Mrs. Eleanor B. Niebell 



The David and Lucile Packard 



Foundation 

 Turner Foundation, Inc. 



