William Gundry Broughton papers, 1875-1964.

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William Gundry Broughton papers, 1875-1964.

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Personal correspondence includes letters to parents and to Walter Scott Goll, a friend, from Cornell, Schenectady, and Pittsfield, Mass., also Goll's letters to Broughton, mostly 1919-34. Later letters discuss private airplanes, sailing, photography, and ham radio broadcasting, with related materials. Professional papers include student notes in engineering and business courses, business correspondence, office records, memoranda, design data, requisitions, and printed and mimeographed technical material, with emphasis on work as district sales manager for broadcasting equipment. Also early technical information on amateur radio and accounts. Family papers include letters to his father Henry Primm Broughton (Cornell '90) and wife Jane Tinkham Broughton from relatives and friends; letters and papers regarding People's Fuel Gas Company, Crown Point, Indiana, 1914-19, of which Broughton was president; and documents, papers, printed material, and photographs relating to his father's association with wireless pioneer Nikola Tesla in the 1890's, and to his membership in clubs of early radio operators.

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Goll, Walter Scott.

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Broughton, Jane Tinkham.

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Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College

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General Electric Company (Schenectady, N.Y.)

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People's Fuel Gas Company (Crown Point, Ind.)

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Broughton, William Gundry, 1902-

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Engineer. William G. Broughton was an engineer for the General Electric Company in Schenectady. He graduated from Cornell University Class of 1924. From the description of William Gundry Broughton papers, 1875-1964. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074200 ...

Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943

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Nikola Tesla (b. July 10, 1856, Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia)-d. January 7, 1943, New York, New York) was a Serbian-American inventor. electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. Tesla was best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. ...

Broughton, Henry Primm.

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