Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers 1924-1992

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Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers 1924-1992

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The Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers (1924-1992) contains biographical material, financial records, news clippings, speeches, journals, article reprints, patents, research notes, workbooks, daily activity notes, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, and awards. Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) was a researcher, writer, and a pioneering developer of television, radar technology, peacetime applications of nuclear fusion, and the infant incubator. The last section of material in this collection contains the selected papers of his wife, Elma G. (Pem) Farnsworth (1908-2006). It includes biographical information, correspondence, notes, and the media-related articles from 1972 to 1992. Completing this section is her biography of her husband, . Distant Vision: Romance and Discovery on an Invisible Frontier

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971

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Inventor of television (Farnsworth) and financier (Everson). Philo T. Farnsworth, born 1906, was the inventor of television. His first transmission was in 1927 in San Francisco. George Everson, born in 1885, was Farnsworth's original financial backer and secretary of the television company they formed. Everson also was recruiter of scientific personnel for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, 1942-1954. From the description of The Philo ...

Farnsworth, Elma G., 1908-2006

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Farnsworth Television and Radio

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