Files nominating Oliver Evans to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984-1987.

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Files nominating Oliver Evans to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984-1987.

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The file consists of documents assembled as part of Mortenson's campaign to have Delaware-born inventor Oliver Evans inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. It includes the nomination forms, letters soliciting the support of state officials, and a disbound copy of Mortenson's pamphlet, "Oliver Evans: America's First Automobile Maker and Driver" (1984). Also included is correspondence with Albert J. Pyle (1896-1990), including his unpublished, "The First Automobile and Other Inventions of Oliver Evans," and material on his 1985 gift of three Evans steam models to the University of Delaware. Both Mortenson and Pyle focused heavily on Evans's steam dredge "Orukter Amphibolos," although recent scholarship has attempted to strip away the mythology surrounding this device. Evans was finally admitted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2001 on the basis of the high-pressure steam engine.

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Pyle, Albert J., 1896-1990.

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Mortenson, C. Walter (Carl Walter), 1915-1996

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Carl Walter Mortenson (1915-1996) was a Wilmington, Del., attorney. From the description of Files nominating Oliver Evans to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984-1987. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 654375618 ...

National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation

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Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819

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Born near Newport, Del., Evans received little formal education but taught himself mechanics and mathematics, devoting his life to inventing machines. In 1787 he received a patent from Delaware for a system that automated flour milling; published The Young Mill-Wright & Miller's Guide in 1795; and devoted many years to developing the steam engine, including a steam boat launched in 1805. Evans and his family moved to Philadelphia in 1793 where he remained. From the description of...