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Links
About
Elevators and their history:
- First and foremost, a larger compendium
of elevator-related links than will be posted
here, courtesy of one Lawrence Kestenbaum. Includes general information
as well as history, cartoons, safety information, and a few book
recommendations. I haven't duplicated too many of his links here
, so it's worth checking out.
- More information about the Otis
Elevator Company.
- Another recent exhibit on elevators, at The National Building
Museum (in Washington, D.C.) entitled "Up,
Down, Across" (Additionally, the exhibition catalogue
for "Up, Down, Across" is
owned by Northwestern
University Library. It can be found
in the
Art
Collection,
at call
number
L 721.833 U65.)
- The website of the online Elevator
Museum run by Elevator
World Magazine.
- More specifically, there is an article on
the site that addresses the topic of Chicago's role in elevator
history (including the dates and locations of its first steam
and hydraulic elevators) -- the one by Ray Berry, on this
page. (However, there does seem to be a typo on this page
in the date on the steam elevator -- it should be 1864, not
1964.)
- A brief discussion of historic Chicago
elevator accidents, at the Chicago
Public Library site.
- And to prevent such things from occurring...the website of the Elevator-Escalator
Safety Foundation
- They say there are blogs about everything now. Possible proof:
a blog devoted
to the history of elevators and escalators.
About (or related to) the Exhibit Contents
- The city of Chicago's excellent general guide to Chicago
landmarks, many of which featured
prominently in the exhibit
- A recent (1999) photo and brief discussion of the
elevators in the Eiffel Tower
- A part of the Otis
website discussing the relationship between
the Eiffel Tower and Otis Elevator
- A little more about the movies (in addition to the Internet
Movie Database links in the History
& the Arts section):
- A few of the many sites with something to say about elevators
in space:
- Straight from the source, at NASA.gov
- The Institute for
Scientific Research, in West Virginia,
has researchers working on the problem at NASA's behest. Its
site also has nifty animations.
- "Space Elevator Takes Off," from the BBC, August
2002
- "To the Moon in a Space Elevator?" by Steve Kettman,
at Wired.com,
February 2003
- "Space Elevators Get a Lift," from www.spacedaily.com
- More
about Charlie and the
Great Glass Elevator at RoaldDahlFans.com.
- Because you love it...the official Muzak™ website.
- Because
you want to know more about it...a brief history
of Muzak™ from the BBC.
- And finally, because you actually can't stand a second of it...a
UK site entirely devoted to helping people effectively complain
about annoying Muzak™.
Credits
For
the exhibit:
- Curators: Rochelle
Elstein, Bibliographer for Communications, Jewish Studies, Journalism,
Performance Studies, Radio/TV/Film, Religion, and Theater; Harriet
Lightman, Bibliographer for History, Economics, Philosophy, and
French & Italian
Literatures; and Bob
Michaelson, Head Librarian, Seeley
G. Mudd Library for Science & Engineering.
- Special thanks to R. Russell Maylone, Curator, Charles
Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, for suggesting
numerous materials for inclusion in the exhibit, and for helping
to define
its scope, and to Lesa Dowd, Conservation Technician, Preservation
Department, for her work preserving and presenting the
print materials
exhibited.
- The media portion of the exhibit was prepared by Kristy Muday
(Digital
Media Services), Carol Anthony (Mitchell
Multimedia Center), Melissa Jacobi (Network & User
Support Services), and Jessica
Joslin (SESP '06), based on a design
by Muday. Although the actual media clips shown in the "live" exhibit
are not available on this web site, you can learn more about the
media portion of the exhibit by clicking here.
- Also of great help in the launch of the exhibit were Jeeyuhn
Yoon Kang, Collection
Management Office Supervisor; Dave Strain,
Library Facilities Manager;
Russ Clement, Art Librarian;
Beth Clausen, Head, Government
Publications & Maps Department; Roberto Sarmiento,
Head, Transportation
Library; Leslie Bjorncrantz, Curriculum
Collection;
Jeanette Casey, Acting Head, Music
Library; Peter Devlin, Personnel Librarian;
and Martha Jackson, SPCH '05.
- With very few exceptions, all materials on display in the exhibit
can be found in the collections of Northwestern University's Libraries.
For the website:
- Web Design and most digital photos: Elisabeth Jones, Collection
Management Office Assistant.
- Written content of "History & the Arts" pages:
Rochelle Elstein, Harriet Lightman, and Bob Michaelson (with light
editing for the
web by Elisabeth Jones).
- Elevator button photo: Kristy Muday.
