George Harmon papers, 1959-1985.

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George Harmon papers, 1959-1985.

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Consist of subject files, correspondence, product literature, press releases and newsletters, magazine clippings, and periodicals and books concerning the research and development of microfilm and corresponding companies and organizations. Subject files include material on the National Microfilm Association, particularly for the years 1969 to 1971, the International Micrographic Congress (1965-1982), the development of the FR80 computer output microfilm recorder, and work for the Western Electric Company and Information International, Inc. Principal correspondents include D.M. Avedon, O.G. Banks, L.J. Kiersky, M. Mandel, V.B. Phillips, J.R. Robertson, V.D. Tate, J.R. White, F.L. Williford, D.R. Wolf, and C.P. Yerkes.

12.4 ft. (13 boxes).

University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

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National Microfilm Association

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After World War II a highly competitive information industry expanded into new formats: microcards, microfiche, aperture cards, and experimental retrieval machines. The National Microfilm Association, founded in 1944, sought to set standards for microreproduction and to protect the industry from foreign competition, unscrupulous entrepreneurs, and opposition from the paper and printing industries. From the description of National Microfilm Association records, 1944-1989 (bulk 1944-19...

Kiersky, Loretta J.

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Yerkes, Charles E.

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Williford, Frederick Leighton

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Phillips, Van B.

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Harmon, George M. (George Marion), 1934-

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Electrical engineer active in the fields of micrographics and computer applications for information storage and retrieval. Officer of the National Microfilm Association, 1969-1971. From the description of George Harmon papers, 1959-1985. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68304301 From the description of Papers, 1959-1985. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364960 ...

Robertson, John R., Kodak executive.

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Wolf, David Raymond.

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Mandel, Milton.

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Banks, Otis Gordon, 1936- .

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White, John Robert

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Tate, Vernon Dale (1909- ).

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Historian, librarian, and archivist; editor of the Journal of Documentary Reproduction, 1938-1942; Secretary, National Microfilm Association, 1946-1948; Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1956; President, American Documentation Institute, 1948-1949; Executive Secretary, National Microfilm Association, 1952-1973; Librarian, U.S. Naval Academy; 1956-1967; in 1963 named a Fellow of the National Microfilm Association; Archivist, U.S. Naval Academy, 1967-1969; Archivis...

International Micrographic Congress.

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Avedon, Don M. (Donald M.)

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