Papers, 1929-1981.

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Papers, 1929-1981.

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The George Town Papers consist of the records of his committee activities with professional organizations and federal government agencies relating to radio and television. Among these are: Federal Communications Commission matters relating to television allocation, related FCC press releases and reports (1945-66); proceedings of the Joint Technical Advisory Committee (1948-53); National Bureau of Standards reports on television and radio expansion (1956-60); Radio Technical Planning Board (1944, 1946); and Television Allocation Study Organization meeting minutes, field panel survey activities, coordinating committee materials, and miscellaneous reports. A small amount of biographical and retirement-related files are included.

7.56 linear ft. (18 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Joint technical advisory committee

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Radio Technical Planning Board.

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United States. Federal Communications Commission

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Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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Electronic Industries Association

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Iowa State University. College of Engineering

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This collection contains files on College of Engineering alumni, faculty, and staff who received awards given out by the College of Engineering, Iowa State University, and the ISU Alumni Association. The files consist of material that was included in the award nomination packet such as nomination forms, correspondence, and biographical information. The material in this collection is limited to only those nominations that were successful award winners. The College of Engineering Honors and Awards...

United States. National Bureau of Standards.

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After World War II the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978. From the description of Computer Literature Collection, 1956-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat re...

Television Allocation Study Organization.

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Town, George R.

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Dean and Professor, Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1949-1977. George R. Town graduated from Troy Conference Academy, Poultney, Vermont in 1922. From 1922-1929 he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, where he received an electrical engineering degree in 1926 and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1929. He worked for the Arma Engineer Company in 1933, was an instructor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1933-1936, and manager of engineering and r...