The Philo T. Farnsworth-George Everson collection, 1914-.

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The Philo T. Farnsworth-George Everson collection, 1914-.

Primarily contains the papers of George Everson, including personal, professional and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles and photographs concerning Farnsworth and television. Includes the original manuscript, reviews and correspondence about The story of television: the life of Philo T. Farnsworth written by Everson. Contains Everson's papers relating to his association with Ernest O. Lawrence and the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. A copy of Everson's unpublished autobiography is also included.

8.5 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965532

Arizona State University Libraries

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Capehart-Farnsworth Company.

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Farnsworth Electronics Company.

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Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

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Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Nobel prizewinning physicist, inventor of the cyclotron and the founder and first director of the University of California Radiation Laboratory, was born on August 8, 1901 in Canton, South Dakota. His parents Carl Gustavus and Gunda Jacobson Lawrence were the children of Norwegian immigrants. Ernest Lawrence attended St. Olaf College and later the University of South Dakota, where he received his A.B. degree in 1922. He had originally thought to become a medical doctor, ...

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 Television and Radio Corporation.

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Everson, George, 1885-

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The Eversons were a prominent Syracuse family and benefactors of the arts. From the description of George B. Everson collection, [ca. 1900] (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155423891 Author who wrote "The Story of Television." From the description of Letters, 1974-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486886 From the description of George Everson photographs, 1900-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367959755 ...

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

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Farnsworth Television, Inc.

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