Liebhold, Peter
Fellowship Advisor National Museum of American History staffLiebhold, Peter
Fellowship Advisor National Museum of American History staffCulture of work, management practice, manufacturing technology, methods and motivations of technological change, immigration and migration, visual culture
Positions
- Curator, Division of Work and Industry , National Museum of American History 2016 -
- Chair, Division of Work and Industry , National Museum of American History 2005 - 2016
- Curator, Division of History of Technology, National Museum of American History 1988 - 2005
Background And Education
Education And Training
Awards And Honors
- 2010 Outstanding Public History Project Award , conferred by National Council on Public History, 2010
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Feingold, Ellen, Frederick-Frost, Kristin, Liebhold, Peter, Lord, Alexandra, Ott, Katherine, Perry, Tony, Saha, Abeer, Sherman, Roger, and Wallace, Hal. 2023. "These Objects Tell the Story of Human-Driven Climate Change." Smithsonian Magazine, Jun 24, 2023, Washington, DC. 2023
- Liebhold, Peter. 2011. "Levi's Lobby, an exhibition review of the Levi Strauss lobby exhibition in San Francisco, CA." The Public Historian, (1) 82. 2011
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Blog Posting
- Liebhold, Peter. 2017. "Coming of Age: Young women and the FFA." O Say Can Youi See? May 24. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/young-women-and-ffa. 2017
- Liebhold, Peter. 2016. "Populism and the World of Oz." O Say Can You See? November 2. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/populism-oz. 2016
- Liebhold, Peter. 2016. "Preston Tucker's sedan: Showcasing a beautiful business failure." O Say Can You See? August 10. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/preston-tuckers-sedan-showcasing-beautiful-business-failure. 2016
- Liebhold, Peter. 2016. "Remembering Forest Mars Jr." O Say Can You See? July 28. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/remembering-forrest-mars-jr. 2016
- Liebhold, Peter. 2015. "Is America Exceptional? A business history curator's perspective." O Say Can You See? http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/america-exceptional-business-history-curators-perspective. 2015
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Book
- Allison, David K., Davis, Nancy, Franz, Kathleen, and Liebhold, Peter. 2015. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America. Smithsonian Books. 2015
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Review
- Liebhold, Peter C. 2023. [Book review] "Chronicles of Mechanical Engineering in the United States, edited by Thomas H. Fehring and Terry S. Reynolds." Technology and Culture, 64, (2), 649–650. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2023.0102. 2023
Contact
Location
- National Museum of American History Department
