Charles Vincent Litton Papers, 1912-1972

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Charles Vincent Litton Papers, 1912-1972

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Letters written to Litton and copies of letters by him; notes; notebooks; reports; blueprints and drawings; patents; etc. concerning vacuum tubes and machinery built by Litton and his various businesses; the operation of the companies; Litton's theories of physics; and materials related to personal business matters.

Number of containers: 13 boxes, 6 cartons, 7 oversize folders

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Bancroft Library

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Litton, Charles Vincent, 1904-1973.

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Biography Charles Vincent Litton was born, March 13, 1904, in San Francisco, California to Charles A. and Alice J. (Vincent) Litton. As a boy he had been fascinated with radio—at the age of 12 he had his own "wireless house" in back of his parents' house in Redwood City-and so, it was not surprising that he went on to study electrical engineering. He received his A.B. from Stanford University in 1924 and his E.E. in 1925. After gr...