Crouch, Tom
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Air and Space Museum staffCrouch, Tom
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Air and Space Museum staffTechnology and society, U.S. social history, aerospace history.
Positions
- Senior Curator, NASM Aeronautics Division 1974 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Ohio University
- M.A., University of Miami
- Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- First to Glide. Bungee Cord. 41:5-9. 2015
- High Fliers. Air and Space. 30:2. 2015
- Mementos of the First Flights. Air and Space. 30:16-17. 2015
- No Requiem for the Space Age: The Apollo Moon Landings and American Culture, by Matthew D. Tribbe. Journal of American History. 102:299-300. 2015
- First Flight Photo. Air and Space. 29:24-25. 2014
- Jumping Into History. Air and Space. 29:20-21. 2014
- What You Can See in the Photo for the First Flight. Air and Space. 28:22-23. 2014
- [Book review:] Airship design development disaster, by John Swinfield. Technology and Culture. 55:501-502. 2014
- "Channeling John Jeffries,". Air and Space. 26:12-13. 2013
- "The Beauty of Space, Times 3,". Air and Space. 26:16-17. 2013
- "Who Flew First?". Air and Space. 26:25-26. 2013
- Harold Melvin Agnew (1921-2013). Nature. 503:40-41. 2013
- Lincoln's Air Force. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. 108-111. 2013
- The Other War. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. 271-273. 2013
- Amelia Found?. American Heritage. 62:48-55. 2012
- Weswtward Ho! The First Flight from California to Hawaii. Timeline. 29:42-53. 2012
- Chauffeur of the Skies: Roy Knabenshue and the Gas Bag Era. Timeline. 28:24-41. 2011
- NASA ART: 50 years of exploration. Physics Today. 64:42-47. 2011
- The Aero Club of Washington: Aviation in the Nation's Capital, 1908-1924. Washington History. 21:36-56. 2011
- The Aeronautic Society of New York and the Birth of American Aviation, 1908-1918. New York History. 92:268-289. 2011
- A Brave Thing: The Engineers Club of Dayton. Timeline. 27:22-37. 2010
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Blog Posting
- Using Science to Solve an Object Mystery 2018
- Celebrations in the Sky 2017
- Clouds in a Bag: The Evelyn Way Kendall Balloon and Early Aviation Collection 2017
- Four Fantastic Aeronauts 2017
- Lost Balloons 2017
- Science From a Balloon 2017
- Take to the Air in the Smithsonians Balloon 2016
- Fans of the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- A New High Altitude Jump 2014
- Remembering Frederick Ira Ordway, III 2014
- The Big Jump 2014
- Civil War Planes 2013
- The Flight Claims of Gustave Whitehead 2013
- Blimp! 2012
- Neil, Flat Stanley and Me 2012
- Watching the War From Above 2012
- The Spirit of '76 2011
- I'M ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille 2010
- Robert Goddard and the Smithsonian 2010
- Robert McCall (1919-2010) 2010
- The Long, Lonely Leap 2010
- The Saga of Lunar Landscape 2010
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Book
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Chapter
- Foreword. VII-VIII. 2018
- Crouch, Tom D. 2017. ""Oh, the Humanitty"." In Zeppelin Hindenburg: An Illustrated History of LZ-129. Grossman, Dan, Ganz, Cheryl, and Russell, Patrick, editors. 8–9. Gloucestershire: Stroud. 2017
- Crouch, Tom D. 2016. "Dreams of Aerial Navigation." In Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War. Hacker, Barton C., editor. 205–244. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 2016
- Les années perdues des frères Wright : 1905-1908. 64-80. 2016
- Foreward. Lost in Oscar Hotel: There is Something in the Air. 1-4. 2014
- Crouch, Tom D. 2013. "C.A.A. Dellschau: An Outsider Artist and the Dream of Flight." In Analyzing Art and Aesthetics. Goodyear, Anne C. and Weitekamp, Margaret A., editors. 168–186. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 9 in Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology. 2013
- Charles A.A. Dellschau and the Dream of Flight. Charles A.A. Dellschau, 1830-1923. 62-71. 2013
- Civil War Plans for Planes. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. 263-265. 2013
- Tribes at War. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. 131. 2013
- Wars In The West. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. 352. 2013
- Crouch, Tom D. 2013. "“C.A.A. Dellschau: An Outsider Artist and the Dream of Flight,”." In Analyzing Art and Aesthetics. Goodyear, Anne Collins and Weitekamp, Margaret A., editors. 168–186. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2013
- Crouch, Tom D. 2011. "Capable of Flight: The Wright-Smithsonian Controversy." In Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography. Neufeld, Michael J. and Spencer, Alex M., editors. 84–101. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. 2011
- Crouch, Tom D. 2011. "Flight and the Smithsonian." In Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography. Neufeld, Michael J. and Spencer, Alex M., editors. 18–83. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. 2011
- Crouch, Tom D. and Daso, Dik A. 2011. "The Smithsonian and the Enola Gay." In Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography. Neufeld, Michael J. and Spencer, Alex M., editors. 317–325. Washington DC: National Geographic Society. 2011
- Crouch, Tom D. and Maxwell, Ted A. 2011. "The World's Most Popular Museum." In Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography. Neufeld, Michael J. and Spencer, Alex M., editors. 260–317. Washington DC: National Geographnic Society. 2011
Presentations
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Exhibit
- Russo, Carolyn J. and Crouch, Tom (Curators). 2013. "High Art: A Decade of Collecting." Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2013 - 2014.
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Presentation
Contact
Location
- National Air & Space Museum Academic Department
