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8 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Electronics.

  1. Harrell V. Noble papers, 1923-2003

    2,000 items. 9 containers plus 2 oversize. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Engineer. Correspondence, biographical material, awards, speeches and writings, photographs, artifacts, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Noble’s career in electronic engineering.

  2. Du Mont Laboratories records, 1930-1960

    41,000 items. 139 containers. 56 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Firm organized by Allen B. Du Mont in 1935 devoted to electronic television and communications engineering; television receiver and manufacturing business sold to Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation in 1958; remainder of the firm merged with Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation in 1960. General correspondence, administrative files, interoffice correspondence, financial records, sales and advertising files, television and government hearing material, and miscellaneous records relating chiefly to the development and commercial use of the television cathode ray tube. Includes personal papers of founder Allen B. Du Mont.

  3. Lee de Forest papers, 1884-1955

    375 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Radio pioneer and inventor. Correspondence, diaries, technical notes and other material relating to De Forest's inventions in radio and electronics and their effect in sound recording and transmission, efforts to exploit his discoveries through various business ventures, and his competition with Guglielmo Marconi in the field of wireless communication.

  4. John Dougall Metcalfe papers, 1878-1996

    2,400 items. 7 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    United States Navy officer. Family papers, correspondence, journals, notes, writings, photographs, maps, orders, memorabilia, employment applications and résumés, and other material relating primarily to Metcalfe's naval career from 1941 to 1963.

  5. Harald T. Friis papers, 1921-1976

    600 items. 8 containers. 5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Radio engineer and inventor. Correspondence and other papers relating to Friis's work on radio transmission, radio astronomy, and microwaves.

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  6. Charles H. Townes papers, 1898-2014

    129,250 items. 468 containers plus 2 classified and 4 oversize . 187.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 98 digital files (6.38GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Physicist, astrophysicist, and educator. Correspondence, computation notebooks, technical memoranda and notes, patents, teaching files, astronomical observations, grants and projects, subject files, legal files, speeches, writings, biographical material, awards, printed matter, photographs, digital files, microfilm, and other papers relating to Townes's career beginning in 1948.

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  7. Jack S. Kilby papers, 1878-2003

    34,500 items. 107 containers plus 21 oversize. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Engineer and inventor. Correspondence, memoranda, patents and related material, drawings, blueprints, transparencies, photographs, subject files, speeches, writings, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Kilby's inventions and projects while an engineer and later a consultant for Texas Instruments. The papers also document Kilby's work as a consultant and adviser to various companies and organizations.

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  8. Thomas T. Goldsmith papers, 1914-1991

    40,250 items. 115 containers plus 1 oversize. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Physicist, electrical engineer, and television pioneer. Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, organization charts, patents, bids and proposals, contracts, research notes, schematics, catalogs, technical manuals, project files, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Goldsmith's career in television technology.

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