Philo T. Farnsworth and George Everson Papers 1914-1999

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Philo T. Farnsworth and George Everson Papers 1914-1999

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This collection is composed primarily of George Everson's papers documenting his work with Philo T. Farnsworth's television company. Also included are items showing Everson's work at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California and his personal life.

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Arizona State University Libraries Special Collections

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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 ...

Everson, George, b. 1885

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Author who wrote "The Story of Television." From the guide to the George Everson letters, 1974-1975, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born in southwestern Utah to Lewis and Serena (Bastian) Farnsworth on August 19, 1906 in a log cabin that his grandfather, a follower of Brigham Young, had built. As a child, Farnsworth enjoyed reading science books and magazines and had converted most of the family's appliances to use el...