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• The American Ideology of National Science, 1919-1930 (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1971), by Ronald C. Tobey (page images at Pitt)
• The recent progress of astronomy; especially in the United States. (Harper & brothers, 1856), by Elias Loomis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Science and the new world (1526-1800) an exhibition to illustrate the scientific contributions of the new world and the spread of scientific ideas in America. (Henry E. Huntington library and art gallery, 1937), by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and Theodore Hornberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early American science : needs and opportunities for study (Russell & Russell, 1955), by Whitfield J. Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Century of science in America, with special reference to the American journal of science, 1818-1918 (Yale University Press; [etc., etc.], 1918), by Charles Schuchert and Edward Salisbury Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of science in America; the role of science in the growth of our country (Simon and Schuster, 1944), by Bernard Jaffe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yankee science in the making. (Little, Brown, 1948), by Dirk J. Struik (page images at HathiTrust)
• The origins of American science (New England). (Cameron Associates, 1957), by Dirk J. Struik (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leading American men of science (H. Holt and company, 1910), by David Starr Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beginnings of natural history in America. An address delivered at the sixth anniversary meeting of the Biological society of Washington (Printed for the Society, 1886), by G. Brown Goode (page images at HathiTrust)
• A memorial of George Brown Goode, together with a selection of his papers on museums and on the history of science in America. (Govt. print. off., 1901), by Randolph Iltyd Geare, G. Brown Goode, S. P. Langley, United States National Museum, and Washington Joint commission of the scientific societies of Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Correspondence between Spencer Fullerton Baird and Louis Agassiz--two pioneer American naturalists. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1963, 1963), by Spencer Fullerton Baird, Elmer Charles Herber, and Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientists against time. (M.I.T. Press, 1968), by James Phinney Baxter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beginnings of American science. The third century. An address delivered at the eighth anniversary meeting of the Biological society of Washington. (Printed for the Society, 1888), by G. Brown Goode (page images at HathiTrust)
• The making of America (De Bower, Chapline & Co., 1907), by Robert M. La Follette (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of astronomy (Harper & Bros., 1850), by Elias Loomis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address of George Bentham ... president : read at the anniversary meeting of the Linnean society on Friday, May 24, 1867. Printed at the request of the fellows. (Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1867), by George Bentham and Linnean Society of London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address of George Bentham, Esq., President, read at the anniversary meeting of the Linnean Society on Friday, May 24, 1867. ([New Haven, 1867), by George Bentham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The recent progress of astronomy : especially in the United States (Harper, 1851), by Elias Loomis (page images at HathiTrust)
• American contributions to chemistry. An address delivered on the occasion of the celebration of the centennial of chemistry, at Northumberland, Pa., August 1, 1874. (Collins, 1874), by Benjamin Silliman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of science in America; the role of science in the growth of our country (Simon and Schuster, 1946), by Bernard Jaffe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Uncle Sam, wonder worker; being the story of strange feats performed by the government in its work in behalf of the ninety millions (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1913), by William Atherton Du Puy (page images at HathiTrust)

• A History of Federal Science Policy from the New Deal to the Present (2010), by William A. Blanpied (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Understanding progress as process : documentation of the history of post-war science and technology in the United States, (distributed by the Society of American Archivists, 1983), by Joint Committee on Archives of Science & Technology (U.S.), Clark A. Elliott, and Society of American Archivists (page images at HathiTrust)
• A History of science policy in the United States, 1940-1985 report (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Task Force on Science Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The National Science Board : a history in highlights 1950-2000 (National Science Board, 2000), by Deborah Shapley and National Science Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A History of science policy in the United States, 1940-1985 : report (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1986), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Task Force on Science Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relation of the national government to science. Speech of Hon. James A. Garfield...in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, February 11, 1879. (s.n., 1879), by James A. Garfield (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual-Use Anthropology (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, c2016), by David H. Price (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reflections of a Technocrat: Managing Defense, Air, and Space Programs During the Cold War (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2006), by John L. McLucas, contrib. by Kenneth J. Alnwick and Lawrence R. Benson
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Men Behind Hitler: A German Warning to the World, by Bernhard Schreiber, trans. by H. R. Martindale (illustrated HTML at Wayback Machine)

• A History of the Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images ah HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Understanding progress as process : documentation of the history of post-war science and technology in the United States, (distributed by the Society of American Archivists, 1983), by Joint Committee on Archives of Science & Technology (U.S.), Clark A. Elliott, and Society of American Archivists (page images at HathiTrust)

• New York Academy of Sciences (The author, 1887), by Herman L. Fairchild, Charles Sedgwick Minot, and Gilliss Brothers & Turnure (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chemistry in Old Philadelphia (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1919), by Edgar F. Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The National Science Foundation and pre-college science education, 1950-1975 : report (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by Library of Congress. Science Policy Research Division, Langdon T. Crane, and Research United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Studies in history and technology (Washington, 1969), by Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Scientists against time (Little, Brown and company, 1946), by James Phinney Baxter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Science in the United States: mathematics, physics, chemistry, psychology, botany, zoology, medicine, engineering, geology, geography, archaeology (League of Nations, 1925), by Henri Reverdin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The making of America. (J. D. Morris and company, 1905), by Robert M. La Follette and William Matthews Handy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventions and scientific discoveries (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1964), by Historic Sites Survey (U.S.) and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalog of artifacts on display in the NBS museum (U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1977), by H. L. Mason (page images at HathiTrust)

• National Health Museum Site Selection Act : report (to accompany H.R. 3171). (U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pharmacy museums (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1956), by George B. Griffenhagen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pharmacy museums and historical collections on public view in the United States and Canada (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1981), by Sami Khalaf Hamarneh and Ernst Walter Stieb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pharmacy museums and historical collections in the United States and Canada (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1988), by George B. Griffenhagen and Ernst Walter Stieb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pharmacy museums and historical collections on public view, U.S.A. (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1972), by Sami Khalaf Hamarneh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pharmacy museums and historical collections. (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1999), by George B. Griffenhagen, Beth D. Fisher, Ernst Walter Stieb, and American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Les musées d'histoire naturelle aux États-Unis. (Brussels, 1907), by Hector Lebrun (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Natural history museums of the United States and Canada (University of the State of New York, 1903), by Frederick J. H. Merrill (page images at HathiTrust)

• The role of the research museums : hearing before the Task Force on Science Policy of the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, April 17, 1985 (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Task Force on Science Policy (page images at HathiTrust)

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