Papers, 1914-1991 (bulk 1956-1966).

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Papers, 1914-1991 (bulk 1956-1966).

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Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, organizational charts, patents, bids and proposals, contracts, research notes, schematics, catalogs, technical manuals, project files, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Goldsmith's career in television technology at Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories as director of research and development, and subsequently at Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation and Metromedia, Inc., and as professor of physics at Furman University. Includes material on the development and application of cathode ray tubes and oscilloscopes, military electronics industry, Du Mont Broadcasting Network, Du Mont Foundation, and Du Mont Television Network. Persons represented include Frederick Bedell, Robert C. Burt, Allen B. Du Mont, Gary Newton Hess, Jacob H. Ruiter, Lawrence Wood, and V. K. Zworykin.

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Zworykin, V. K. (Vladimir Kosma), b. 1888.

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Bedell, Frederick, 1868-

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Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation

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Du Mont Broadcasting Corporation

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Du Mont Foundation

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Goldsmith, Thomas T. (Thomas Toliver), 1910-2009

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Physicist, electrical engineer, and television pioneer. From the description of Papers, 1914-1991 (bulk 1956-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70937628 From the description of Papers of Thomas T. Goldsmith, 1914-1991 (bulk 1956-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74984769 Biographical Note 1910, Jan. 9 Born, Greenville, S.C. ...

Metromedia, Inc.

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Du Mont Television Network

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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965

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Du Mont was an electrical engineer and television pioneer who worked for the Westinghouse Lamp Company, 1924-1928, and the DeForest Radio Company, 1928-1931, before establishing his own firm, Du Mont Laboratories Inc., to manufacture cathode ray tubes. The company began the production and sales of television receivers in the United States in 1937. After World War II, Du Mont was unable to compete effectively with other manufacturers. The company was sold to Fairchild in 1960 and Du Mont became a...

Ruiter, Jacob H.

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Furman University

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Burt, Robert C.

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Hess, Gary Newton

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