Guide to the Bill Nye Papers - Smithsonian Institution

Archives Center, National Museum of American HistoryP.O. Box 37012Suite 1100, MRC 601Washington, D.C. [email protected]://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Guide to the Bill Nye PapersNMAH.AC.1383Alison Oswald

2016

https://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Table of Contents

Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 3

Series 1: Personal Materials, 1964 - 2014.............................................................. 3Series 2: Subject Files, 1971 - 2009....................................................................... 5Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1981 - 1981, 1987 - 2003.................................................... 8Series 4: Bill Nye the Science Guy, 1989 - 1998..................................................... 9Series 5: The Eyes of Nye, 1998 - 2003............................................................... 15Series 6: Fan Mail, 1995 - 2001............................................................................ 17Series 7: Photographs, 1969 - 2000...................................................................... 18Series 8: Press Clippings, 1973 - 1973, 1988 - 2004............................................ 20

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Collection Overview

Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Title: Bill Nye Papers

Date: 1970 - 2014

Identifier: NMAH.AC.1383

Creator: Nye, Bill (Creator)

Extent: 12 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Language: English .

Summary: The collection documents Bill Nye's early life, his Science Guy personaand its development for his television program Bill Nye the ScienceGuy.

Administrative Information

Acquisition InformationCollection donated by Bill Nye, April 28, 2016.

Separated MaterialsArtifacts related to Bill Nye are located in the following curatorial divisions: Division of Home andCommunity Life; Division of Work and Industry; Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division ofCultural and Community Life) and the Division of Medicine and Science.

Related MaterialsMaterials in the Archives CenterMr. Wizard Papers (AC1326)

Preferred CitationBill Nye Papers, 1970-2014, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

RestrictionsCollection is open for research.

Reference copies for audio and moving images materials do not exist. Use of these materialsrequires special arrangement. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographsand negatives.

Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information has been renderedunreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainderof the collection has no restrictions.

Conditions Governing UseReproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights mayapply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

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Biographical / Historical

William Sanford "Bill" Nye, (November 27, 1955-), was born in Bethesda, Maryland to Edwin D. Nyeand Jacqueline B. Jenkins. Nye graduated from Cornell University (1977) with a degree in mechanicalengineering and moved to Seattle to work for Boeing as a mechanical engineer (1977-1985). Nye alsoworked stand-up comedy and in 1985 joined Seattle's local comedy show Almost Live! During a 1987 episodeof Almost Live! Nye wore a science lab coat and conducted an experiment launching the "Bill Nye the ScienceGuy" persona. From 1993-1998 Nye hosted Bill Nye the Science Guy. The show aired on PBS and waslater syndicated to local television stations.

Scope and Contents

The collection documents Bill Nye's early life, his Science Guy persona and its development for his televisionprogram Bill Nye the Science Guy. Included in the collection are patents, awards, speeches, subject files,correspondence, email, fan mail, photographs, scripts and promotional materials for television shows, andvideo recordings.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into eight series.

Series 1: Personal Materials, 1964-2014

Series 2: Subject Files, 1971-2009

Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1981, 1987-2003

Series 4: Bill Nye the Science Guy, 1989-1998

Series 5: The Eyes of Nye, 1998-2003

Series 6: Fan Mail, 1995-2001

Series 7: Photographs, 1969-2000

Series 8: Press Clippings, 1973, 1988-2004

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

Subjects:

Science -- Study and teachingTelevision -- educational showsTelevision personalities

Types of Materials:

Clippings -- 20th centuryLaboratory notebooks -- 1970-2000Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.Photographs -- 20th century

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Container Listing

Series 1: Personal Materials, 1964 - 2014

Scope andContents:

This series contains personal materials related to Bill Nye such as report cards, diplomas,and his records of inventive pursuits. Nye holds four United States patents and onedesign patent, Digital Abacus (D 399,522), Toe shoe (US 6,895,694), Educational Lens (US5,515,203); Toe shoe (US 7,254,904); and Throwing technique trainer (US 7,771,294).

Box 1, Folder 1 Resumes and references, 1985

Box 28, Folder 1 State of Washington, Department of Licensing (professional engineer), 1983 -1983

Box 1, Folder 2 Business card, undated

Box 1, Folder 3 District of Columbia Public School report cards, 1964 - 1967

Box 1, Folder 4 Boy Scouts, 1969 - 1970

Box 1, Folder 5 Sidwell Friends School diploma, 1973

Box 1, Folder 5A Sidwell Friends Bulletin, 1988 - 1988

Box 1, Folder 6 Cornell University (commencement program and invitation), 1977

Box 1, Folder 7 Star Trek Convention, 1975

Box 1, Folder 8 Boeing Company (job offer), 1977

Box 1, Folder 9 Balance area elevator feel actuator (invention disclosure for BoeingCompany), 1979

Box 1, Folder 10 Lens made from water-filled plastic bag (patentability), 1992 - 1993, 1986 -1986

Map-folder 1 Tomahawk midcourse guidance unit, preliminary layout (for Sundstrand DataControl Inc.), 1986 - 19861 Drawing

Map-folder 1 Knob assembly drawings, 1988 - 19883 Drawings

Box 1, Folder 11 Briefcase design, 1992

Box 1, Folder 12 Trip strip for use in connection with a golf and motorcycle helmet (patentapplication), 1996

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Box 1, Folder 13 Digital abacus patent (D399,522), 1997 - 1998

Box 1, Folder 14 Toe shoe patent (US 7,254,904), 2007

Box 2, Folder 1 Commencement speeches, 1998 - 1999Notes: Speeches for Johns Hopkins University, California Institute

of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and GoucherCollege.

Box 2, Folder 2 Letters , 1994 - 2014Notes: Includes letters from William Clinton, Al Gore, Michael Eisner,

Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Carl Sagan.

Box 2, Folder 3 Win Ben Stein's Money (award), undated

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Series 2: Subject Files, 1971 - 2009

Scope andContents:

This series consists of subject files, arranged alphabetically. Many of the materials relateto Nye's work to promote science, publicity appearances, speeches delivered, events heattended and/or presented at. Other files containi information on topics such as comedy, andephemera. Also included are materials about Nye's early television work with Almost Live!a weekly comedy show on Seattle's KING-TV that aired from 1983-1999. Nye joined AlmostLive! in 1986 with his persona of the "Science Guy" emerging on an episode in 1987. Nyebecame a regular feature, playing a variety of roles, combining his knowledge of scienceand engineering with comedy. In 1992, Almost Live! went national on the Comedy CentralChannel and was hosted by John Keister.

Box 2, Folder 4-6 Almost Live!, 1985 - 1989

Box 2, Folder 7 Almost Live! Win a date with Bill Nye Contest, 1989

Box 2, Folder 8 Almost Live! (show routines), 1989 - 1990

Box 2, Folder 9 Big Foot, 1971 - 1988

Box 3, Folder 1 Bike Tech (newsletter), 1986 - 1988

Box 3, Folder 2 Bow ties, 2006, 2009 - 2009

Box 3, Folder 3 Brick breaker, 1992

Box 3, Folder 4 Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Carl Sagan Discovery Center, 1999 July 13

Box 3, Folder 5 Comedy (notes), 1987

Box 3, Folder 6 Disney, New Mickey Mouse Club, 1989 - 1990

Box 3, Folder 7 Earth Maui Nature Summit, 1997

Box 3, Folder 8 Energy Tips, 1991

Box 3, Folder 9 Esoteric Language III, undated

Box 3, Folder 10 Fabrics educational video (Gore-Tex), [1995?]

Box 3, Folder 11 First Night Erie, 1996

Box 3, Folder 12 Green Cross Millenium Awards, 1999

Box 3, Folder 13 Greystone Films, 1999

Box 3, Folder 14 Harlequin Enterprises Limited/Delta Education (Professor Pete), 2000

Box 3, Folder 15 Hovercraft, 1991


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Box 3, Folder 16 Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems Conference (New York University),1999 April

Box 3, Folder 17 Jeopardy! (appearance by Bill Nye), 1999

Box 4, Folder 1 Jake's Attic (reprise of Mr. Wizard), 1998

Box 4, Folder 2 Joke (base information), 1980, 1987 - 1987

Box 4, Folder 3 Jokes of the Future, 1989

Box 4, Folder 4 Junior Ranger Award, Carlsbad Caverns, 1997

Box 4, Folder 5 Kalakala Foundation, 1999

Box 4, Folder 6 King's Broadcasting Company (Almost Live!), 1985 - 1986

Box 4, Folder 7 King Broadcasting Company (Bill Nye the Weather Guy), 1974, 1990 - 1990

Box 4, Folder 7A KXRX Radio and Television of Pasco, Washington (Nye notebook) , 1990 -1992

Box 4, Folder 8 Mars sundial, 2000

Box 4, Folder 9 Microsoft (script), undated

Box 4, Folder 10 Muse (review by Nye), 1999

Box 4, Folder 11 National Information Infrastructure (video), 1995

Box 4, Folder 12;

Box 5, Folder 1;

Box 28, Folder 2

NRG Pictures, Ellen's Energy Crisis (show proposal for EPCOT Center), 1995

Box 5, Folder 1 NRG Pictures, Inc. (Universe of Energy) agreements, 1995

Box 5, Folder 3 Nye, Bill (television specials), 2000

Box 5, Folder 4 Paranormal, 1987 - 1991

Box 5, Folder 5 PorchLight Entertainment (clippings and press releases) , [1990s?]

Box 5, Folder 6 Publishers (correspondence), 1988 - 1992

Box 5, Folder 7 Renaissance Weekend, 1997 - 1999

Box 5, Folder 8 Sagan Planet Walk (dedication ceremony), 1997 November


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Box 5, Folder 9 Science education policy, 1998

Box 5, Folder 10 Seattle Mariners (Junior Mariners) science of baseball with Bill Nye theScience Guy, 1999

Box 5, Folder 11 Seattle Millenium Project, 1999

Box 5, Folder 12 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Technical Conference,1999

Box 6, Folder 1-2 Speech scripts, 1989 - 1992

Box 6, Folder 3 Steane, Douglas (S.P.E.L.L. Bound, Inc.), 1998

Box 6, Folder 4 Sundial Productions, LLC, 2003 - 2003, 1998

Box 6, Folder 5 Sundial Society, 1998

Box 6, Folder 6 Sun-Mate Corporation (science educational products), 1998

Box 6, Folder 7 Target Stores (Earth Day), 1992 - 1993

Box 6, Folder 8 Toysmart.com, 1999 - 2000

Box 6, Folder 9 TV Ontario, 1995 - 1996

Box 6, Folder 9 U.S. Space and Rocket Center, 1997

Box 6, Folder 10 Young American, 1988 - 1991

Box 6, Folder 11 Ephemera, 1997 - 1997, 1991

Box 6, Folder 12 Miscellaneous, 1994 - 1994


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Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1981 - 1981, 1987 - 2003

Scope andContents:

This series consists of scrapbook materials that include photographs, press clippings,programs, invitations, awards, correspondence, and name badges for events and programsNye attended and/or where her served as a speaker.

Box 7, Folder 1 Scrapbook, 1981













Box 7, Folder 14 Scrapbook, 2000 - 2001




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Series 4: Bill Nye the Science Guy, 1989 - 1998

Scope andContents:

This series consists of scripts, budgets, learning objectives, topics for shows, schedules, andnotes for the Bill Nye the Science Guy television show that aired from 1993 to 1998 on PBSand other syndicated stations. Co-created by Bill Nye, James McKenna and Erren Gottlieb,the show was produced by McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, Inc, in partnership with KCTS-TV Seattle, and distributed by Buena Vista Television, a division of Disney. The materialsare arranged alphabetically. The thity-nine scripts for the show are arranged numbered,arranged chronologically, and found at the end of the alphabetic listing.

Box 7, Folder 17 Adventures in Boating with Bill Nye the Science Guy, undated

Box 7, Folder 18 Agreements, 1990 - 1992

Box 7, Folder 19 Back to the Future, 1992

Box 7, Folder 20 Ballard Computer, Inc. (television spot), 1989

Box 7, Folder 20A Big Blue Ocean, 1999 October 8

Box 7, Folder 21 Bill's goals, 1997 - 1999

Box 7, Folder 22 Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blast of Science, 1993

Box 8, Folder 1 Bill Nye the Science Guy/Chrysler, The Back is Where It's At, 1997 February 51 Videocassettes (VHS)

Box 8, Folder 2 Bill Nye's Climate Lab, 2011 - 2012

Box 8, Folder 3 Bill Nye the Science Guy's Simply Super Science Guide, 1993 May 4

Box 8, Folder 4 Bill Nye supplemental, undated

Box 8, Folder 5 Correspondence (television-related) , 1986 - 1988

Box 8, Folder 6 Demonstrations and notes, 1975, 1998 - 1998

Box 8, Folder 7 Discovery scope of science, 1999

Box 8, Folder 8 Disney Educational Productions, 1999

Box 8, Folder 9 Disney video leasing library (brochure), undated

Box 9, Folder 1 Earth science design specifications, 1995

Box 9, Folder 2 Electric vehicles, 1998 - 1999

Box 9, Folder 3 Family Fun Science (calendar), 1999


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Box 9, Folder 4 Family Fun Science, 19981 Videocassettes (VHS)

Box 9, Folder 5 Flip your lid demonstration, undated

Box 9, Folder 6 Great Dig Dinosaur Dig, 20021 Book

Box 9, Folder 7 Great Big Book of Tiny Germs, 20051 Book

Box 9, Folder 8 KOIN-TV (Daniel Marchant) agreement, 1989 - 1990

Box 9, Folder 9 LA's Best (science program), 1994

Box 10, Folder 1 Lab Book of Science, 1996

Box 10, Folder 2 Lab Book of Science, 1997

Box 10, Folder 3 Mckenna/Gottlieb Producers, Inc. , 1990 - 1991

Box 10, Folder 4 Mouse pad, undated

Box 10, Folder 5 National Science Foundation proposal for Bill Nye the Science Guy series,1995

Box 11, Folder 1 National Science Foundation proposal for Bill Nye the Science Guy series,1995

Box 11, Folder 2-3 National Science Foundation proposal for Bill Nye the Science Guy specials,1995

Box 11, Folder 4 National Science Foundation performance and effectiveness review, 1998 -1999

Box 11, Folder 5 Newsmaker Interviews, Inc. , 1988 - 1989

Box 11, Folder 6 Notebook about the show, 1992 - 1993

Box 11, Folder 7 Nye Laboratories (teachers kit), 1990s

Box 12, Folder 1 The Open House Show (NBC), 1989

Box 12, Folder 2 Outreach and promotion kit, 1996

Box 12, Folder 3 Outreach and promotion kit, 1997 - 1998

Box 12, Folder 4 Outreach and promotion kit, 1998


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Box 12, Folder 5 Outreach, image and focus research, 1994 - 1998

Box 12, Folder 6 Pilot script , 1992

Box 12, Folder 7 Playing cards, undated

Box 12, Folder 8 Popular Science, 1993 January 19

Box 12, Folder 9 Press kit, 1993




Map-folder 1;

Box 28, Folder 3-5

Promotional materials (includes Kleenex, cereal boxes and posters), 1996 -1996

Box 13, Folder 2 R.M.S. Queen Mary, 1951, 1992 - 1992

Box 13, Folder 3 Rules for the show, 1992

Box 13, Folder 4 Science Guy pilot episode, 1990

Box 13, Folder 7 Science of Sex, 1993

Box 13, Folder 5 Science Party (book manuscript) notes, 1992

Box 13, Folder 6 Science Party, 1992

Box 13, Folder 8 Simone Enterprises, Inc. (Gameday newspaper column), 1992

Box 13, Folder 9 60 Seconds of Science (scripts), 1997

Box 13, Folder 10 Stationery (logo), undated

Box 13, Folder 11 Stop the Rock game (Pacific Interactive) press kit, 19961 Electronic discs (CD)

Box 13, Folder 12 A Study of Bill Nye the Science Guy, outreach and image, 1998

Box 13, Folder 13 Talking rain (radio spot), 1992

Box 28, Folder 6 Target Earth (bag), undated

Box 13, Folder 14 Teachers Guide, 1994


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Box 13, Folder 15 Teachers Guide, 1995 - 1996



Box 14, Folder 3 Trademark for Bill Nye the Science Guy, 1995, 1999 - 1999

Box 14, Folder 4 Water for Life , 1990 - 1991

Box 14, Folder 5 Way Cool Moments in Science (brochure), undated

Box 14, Folder 6 White House Conference on Children's Television, 1996

Box 14, Folder 7 Miscellaneous notes and clippings, 1989 - 1990

Box 14, Folder 8 Bill Nye the Science Guy Sampler (from KCTS Television), undated1 Videocassettes (VHS)

Box 14, Folder 9 Topics and learning objectives for season two, 1993 - 1994

Box 14, Folder 10 Topics and learning objectives for season two, 1994 - 1995

Box 14, Folder 11 Learning objectives and notes, 1995

Box 15, Folder 1 #2-03, Oceanography, 1994 March 11

Box 15, Folder 2 #2-04, Heat, 1994 March 4

Box 15, Folder 3 #2-05, Insects, 1994 March 5

Box 15, Folder 4 #2-06, Balance, 1994 March 18

Box 15, Folder 5 #2-07, The Sun, 1994 March 22

Box 15, Folder 6 #2-08, The Brain, 1994 April 5

Box 15, Folder 7 #2-09, Forests, 1994 March 29

Box 15, Folder 8 #2-10, Communication, 1994 April 18

Box 15, Folder 9 #2-11, Momentum, 1994 April 8

Box 15, Folder 10 #2-12, Reptiles, 1994 April 14

Box 15, Folder 10 #2-11, Atmosphere, 1994 April 1954

Box 15, Folder 12 #2-14, Respiration, 1994 May 17


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Box 15, Folder 13 #2-15, Planets and Moons, 1994 May 24

Box 15, Folder 15 #2-16, Pressure, 1994 August 15

Box 15, Folder 16 #2-17, Plants, 1994 May 27

Box 16, Folder 1 #2-18, Rocks and Soil , 1994 June 3

Box 16, Folder 2 #2-19, Energy, 1994 June 19

Box 16, Folder 3 #2-20, Evolution, 1994 July 26

Box 16, Folder 4 #2-22, Friction, 1994 July 30

Box 16, Folder 5 #2-23, Germs, 1994 July 29

Box 16, Folder 6 #2-24, Climate, 1994 August 26

Box 16, Folder 7 #2-25, Waves, 1994 August 15

Box 16, Folder 8 #2-26, Ocean Life, 1994 August 24

Box 16, Folder 9 #2-27, Mammals, 1994 October 31

Box 16, Folder 10 #2-28, Spinning Things, 1994 October 16

Box 16, Folder 11 #2-29, Fish, 1994 August 7

Box 16, Folder 12 #2-30, Human Transportation, 1995 January 31

Box 16, Folder 13 #2-70, Flowers, 1996 April 10

Box 16, Folder 14 Wetlands (script), 1989

Box 16, Folder 15 #2-31, Wetlands, 1994 September 14

Box 17, Folder 1 #2-31, Wetlands, 1995 February 14

Box 17, Folder 2 #2-31, Wetlands, 1995 February 20

Box 17, Folder 3 #2-32, Birds, 1995 February 15

Box 17, Folder 4 #2-33, Populations, 1995 February 23

Box 17, Folder 5 #2-34, Animal Locomotion, 1995 March 3

Box 17, Folder 6 #2-35, Rivers and Streams, 1995 February 22


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Box 17, Folder 7 #2-36, Nutrition, 1995 March 14

Box 17, Folder 8 #2-38, Earthquakes, 1995 March 15

Box 17, Folder 9 BN 2-39, Nutrition, 1994 October 6


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Series 5: The Eyes of Nye, 1998 - 2003

Scope andContents:

The Eyes of Nye was a science program created by Bill Nye in 2005 for public television'sKCTS, a local Seattle PBS affiliate.

Box 17, Folder 10 Miscellaneous notes, 2002

Box 17, Folder 11 National Science Foundation (award), 1998, 2001 - 2002

Box 17, Folder 12 KCTS Television (psychic), 2003

Box 17, Folder 13 Film production costs, 2002

Box 17, Folder 14 Dressers/wardrobe, 2001

Box 17, Folder 15 Schedule, 2002 April-2002 May

Box 17, Folder 16 Logos for show, 2002

Box 17, Folder 17 Budget (pilot), 2002 - 2003

Box 17, Folder 18;

Map-folder 1

Budget (notes and meetings), 2002

Box 17, Folder 19 Schedule, 2002 August-2002 September

Box 17, Folder 20 Schedule, 2003 March

Box 17, Folder 21 Wilson, Doug, undated

Box 18, Folder 1 KCTS Television, 2002

Box 18, Folder 2 Lyrics for the show, undated

Box 18, Folder 3 National Science Foundation advisors, 2002

Box 18, Folder 4 Producers, prop makers (resumes and notes), 2002

Box 18, Folder 5 Trademark for Nye Files, 2002

Box 18, Folder 6 The Amazing Sea Monkeys, 2002 - 2003

Box 18, Folder 7 Nanotechnology (articles), 2002

Box 28, Folder 7 Promotional posters, undated

Box 18, Folder 8 Show topics, 2002 - 2003

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Box 18, Folder 9-10 Cloning episode (scripts), 2002

Box 18, Folder 11 Transportation, episode 6 (learning objectives and notes), 2002 - 2003

Box 18, Folder 12 Transportation, episode 6 (final), 2003 January 6

Box 18, Folder 13 The Search for Cures, 2003 January

Box 19, Folder 1 Addiction and Evolution, 2003 May

Box 19, Folder 2 #102, Pseudoscience, 2003 January 30

Box 19, Folder 3 #102, Pseudoscience (online edit), 2003 May 23

Box 19, Folder 4 #103, Global Climate Change, 2003 February

Box 19, Folder 5 #103, Global Climate Change, 2003 May 22

Box 19, Folder 6 104, The Science of Sports, 2003 January 22

Box 19, Folder 7 105, Evolution of Sex, 2003 January 22

Box 19, Folder 8 105, Evolution of Sex (online edit), 2003 May 23

Box 19, Folder 9 107, Antibiotics, 2003 May 8

Box 19, Folder 10 108, Astrobiology, 2003 August 8

Box 19, Folder 11 108, Astrobiology (learning objectives and notes), 2003

Box 19, Folder 12 109, Addiction (online edit), 2003 June 30

Box 20, Folder 1 110, Nuclear Energy, 2003

Box 20, Folder 2 110, Nuclear Energy (online edit), 2003 August 8

Box 20, Folder 3 111, The Future of Population (learning objectives and notes), 2003 April

Box 20, Folder 4 112, Race (notes), 2003 May

Box 20, Folder 5 113, Genetically engineered food (learning objectives and notes), 2003 May

Box 20, Folder 6 Photographs, 2002 - 2003


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Series 6: Fan Mail, 1995 - 2001

Scope andContents:

This series contains handwritten, typescript, and email fan mail addressed to Bill Nye.The majority of the fan mail is from children, especially science classes across the UnitedStates and Canada thanking and praising Nye for his efforts to promote science. Othermaterials include drawings, posters, sketches, photographs, and one bow tie. The materialsare arranged chronologically.

Box 20, Folder 7 Fan mail, 1995

Box 20, Folder 8-9 Fan mail, 1996


Box 21, Folder 2 Fan mail (bow tie)

Box 21, Folder 3 Fan mail , 1997

Box 21, Folder 4-6 Fan mail , 1998



Box 23, Folder 4 Fan mail , 1999

Box 23, Folder 5 Fan mail (Ellicott City, Maryland), 2000

Box 23, Folder 6 Fan mail (Jeffreson Elementary School, Allentown, Pennsylvania), 2000

Box 23, Folder 7 Fan mail (Sycamore Middle School, Gridley, California), 2000

Box 23, Folder 8 Fan mail (Tillamook Junior High School, Tillamook, Oregon), 2000

Box 23, Folder 9-11 Fan mail, 2000


Box 24, Folder 2 Fan mail (Alcott School, Riverside, California), undated

Box 24, Folder 3-5;

Map-folder 1

Fan mail , undated


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Series 7: Photographs, 1969 - 2000

Box 24, Folder 6 Uncle (negative), undated

Box 24, Folder 7 Almost Live!, [1991?]

Box 24, Folder 8 Blue Angles, undated

Box 24, Folder 9 Boeing Company (aircraft and equipment), undated

Box 24, Folder 10 Cameron, Candace, 1993

Box 24, Folder 11 Christmas cards, undated

Box 24, Folder 12 Comedy Clubs, undated

Box 24, Folder 13 Clinton, William, 1997

Box 24, Folder 14 Daytime Emmy Awards, 1996 - 1997

Box 24, Folder 15 Elklen's Energy/Universe of Energy, 1995 - 1995

Box 24, Folder 16 Disney (Buena Vista television), 1993 - 1993, 1989

Box 24, Folder 17 Environmental Media Awards, 1997

Box 24, Folder 18 Glass blowing, undated

Box 24, Folder 19 Gore, Al, 1996

Box 24, Folder 20 Herbert, Don (Mr. Wizard), 1998

Box 25, Folder 1 Juvenile assistant for show (slides), 1996 May

Box 25, Folder 2 King-TV , 1993

Box 25, Folder 3 NASA, 1997

Box 25, Folder 4 Nye, Bill , 1969 - 1985

Box 25, Folder 5 Nye, Bill (head shots), circa 1980s

Box 25, Folder 6 Nye, Bill (head shots), 1988

Box 25, Folder 7;

Map-folder 1;

Box 28, Folder 8

Nye, Bill , 1990s

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Box 25, Folder 8 Nye, Bill , 1997 September 29

Box 25, Folder 9 Nye, Bill (head shots), undated

Box 25, Folder 10 Nye, Bill (acting resume contact sheets), 1989

Box 25, Folder 11 Nye, Bill , 2000

Box 25, Folder 12 Philbin, Regis and Kathy Lee Gifford, undated

Box 25, Folder 13 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1998

Box 25, Folder 14 Seattle Mariners, [1998?]

Box 25, Folder 15 Siskel, Gene and Ebert, Roger, undated

Box 25, Folder 16 TV Ontario, undated

Box 25, Folder 17 1997 October-1997 November

Box 25, Folder 18 Miscellaneous, undated


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Series 8: Press Clippings, 1973 - 1973, 1988 - 2004

Scope andContents:

This series contains press clippings primarily from newspapers, but also includes magazinearticles about Nye's career. The materials are arranged chronologically.

Box 25, Folder 19 Press Clippings, 1973













Box 27, Folder 2-3 Press Clippings, 2000




Box 27, Folder 7 Press Clippings, undated

Box 27, Folder 8 Press Clippings


Documents

Guide to the Bill Nye Papers - Smithsonian Institution