Herbert B. Van Etten correspondence with Lee de Forest, 1933-1957.

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Herbert B. Van Etten correspondence with Lee de Forest, 1933-1957.

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Contains correspondence between Van Etten and Lee de Forest, 1951-1957, mostly concerning personal matters, but with references to their work together and de Forest's legal battles with Edwin H. Armstrong concerning patents of devices invented for radio. Included with this is correspondence between de Forest and Carl Dreher over an article which Dreher wrote for Harper's Magazine. Also, information regarding Van Etten's 30-year class reunion at Stevens Institute of Technology and a letter to classmate Samuel H. Lott summarizing his life since graduation, 1933.

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Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890-1954

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