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History Publications
This page provides links to the official NBS/NIST history books: Measures for Progress, A Unique Institution, and Responding to National Needs. It also includes links to articles relating to NBS/NIST history that were published in the Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and other publications.
Official NIST Histories
Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards. (1966)
A Unique Institution: The National Bureau of Standards, 1950-1969. (1999)
Journal of Research of NIST
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.111.003
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.112.004
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.119.004
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.104.017
NIST Connections
These articles originally appeared in NIST Connections, the NIST employee newsletter. All of the articles listed here are written by Information Services Office Staff.
Dinner Is on Us: NIST and the Creation of Fiestaware
By Keith Martin, Librarian
The Rediscovery of the NBS Crime Lab Or How an NBS Dental Materials Researcher Became ‘Detective X’