Records of Other RCA Divisions 2464.80

Records of other RCA divisions 2464.80

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Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Records of other RCA divisions 2464.80

Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 5 Administrative Information ...... 6 Related Materials ...... 6 Controlled Access Headings ...... 8 Collection Inventory ...... 8 Joseph Giardina NBC collection ...... 8 Edward O. Johnson papers ...... 9 Loren F. Jones papers ...... 11 William H. Offenhauser, Jr. papers ...... 16 RCA Americom Library records ...... 17 RCA Patent Law Department files on Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company, Inc...... 19 Arthur F. Van Dyck diaries, journals, and notebooks ...... 20 Richard W. Young papers ...... 22 General ...... 22

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Summary Information

Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: RCA Corporation Title: Records of other RCA divisions ID: 2464.80 Date [inclusive]: 1908-2001 Physical Description: 7 Linear Feet General Physical (AVD portion only) 27 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 37 Description (AVD photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. 40 photographic prints : b&w ; portion only): 3 x 5 in. and smaller. 15 inkjet digital prints : color ; printed on office paper. 3 inkjet digital prints : b&w ; printed on office paper. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: The Radio Corporation of America (renamed RCA Corporation in 1969) was best known for its pioneering radio and television development and manufacturing. In addition to consumer electronics, RCA was a major player in the development of electronics for industrial and military applications. The Records of other RCA divisions include documentation of RCA's research and development before the Second World War, as well material from the famous patent dispute case Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company.

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Historical Note

The Radio Corporation of America (renamed RCA Corporation in 1969) was best known for its pioneering radio and television development and manufacturing. In addition to consumer electronics, RCA was a major player in the development of electronics for industrial and military applications. It was also prominent in radio and television broadcasting, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NBC. Originally created in 1919 as a government sponsored radio monopoly, RCA operated until 1986, when it was acquired by GE and broken up.

For more information, see the historical note for accession 2069, RCA Corporation records: http:// findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/2069.xml

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Scope and Content

This collection contains records from various RCA divisions, including the papers of five RCA researchers, records from the RCA Americom Library, and legal files in the famous patent dispute case Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company.

The correspondence, diaries, writings, and other materials from Loren F. Jones, William H. Offenhauser, Jr., and Arthur F. Van Dyck are particularly valuable for their documentation of RCA research and development prior to the Second World War.

This collection is organized into nine series: Joseph Giardina NBC Collection; Edward O. Johnson papers; Loren F. Jones Papers; William H. Offenhauser, Jr. papers; RCA Americom Library records; RCA Patent Law Department files on Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Arthur F. Van Dyck diaries, journals, and notebooks; Richard W. Young Papers; and General.

The Joseph Giardina NBC collection is composed of correspondence, invoices, tests, schematics, and notes related to the broadcasting tower on top of the Empire State Building. The collection also contains correspondence and patents related to Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company.

The Edward O. Johnson papers consist of Johnson's research, correspondence, and technical reports while at RCA. His correspondence includes weekly activity reports to his supervisor and letters to colleagues.

The Loren F. Jones papers contain correspondence, diaries, patents, and writings documenting his career at RCA, especially from the 1930s to 1950s. Particularly valuable is the correspondence and writings that document his unique perspective of the Soviet Union gained during his work on the Moscow television station in 1937-1938.

The William H. Offenhauser, Jr. papers are composed of notes, schematics, and correspondence from his work at RCA Photophone on recording sound on motion picture film. The papers include licensing agreements, meeting reports on the progress and problems of Photophone technology, parts catalogs, RCA press materials like the booklet, "RCA, who we are and what we do," and a copy of his patent for "Sound Reproduction" by light (2,018,315). Of special note is a list of movie theaters with sound motion picture projection rooms in New York in 1928.

The RCA Americom Library records consist of directories, catalogs, promotional materials, internal publications, and memos of RCA Americom.

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The RCA Patent Law Department files on Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company, Inc. contain court-issued documents, correspondence, depositions, and notes regarding the case as housed by RCA's Patent Law Department.

This collection contains photocopies of Arthur F. Van Dyck's professional diaries, journals, and notebooks related to his work with RCA, Marconi Wireless, General Electric, and the U.S. Navy.

The Richard W. Young papers include RCA ephemera and reports. Also included are liquidation reports for the CORAC Junior Achievement Company sponsored by RCA.

The General series includes RCA advertisements, photographs, internal publications and reports, and ephemera documenting the varied history of RCA.

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Arrangement

This collection is organized into nine series:

I. Joseph Giardina NBC Collection

II. Edward O. Johnson papers

III. Loren F. Jones Papers

IV. William H. Offenhauser, Jr. papers

V. RCA Americom Library records

VI. RCA Patent Law Department files on Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

VII. Arthur F. Van Dyck diaries, journals, and notebooks

VIII. Richard W. Young Papers

IX. General

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives

PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library

Provenance In 2009, along with the rest of the archival collections of the David Sarnoff Library, the Records of other RCA divisions were donated to the Hagley Museum and Library.

Access Restrictions This collection contains material from the Manuscripts and Archives Department (M&A) and the Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department (AVD). Box prefixes indicate which department holds an individual file or item.

Records subject to 25-year time seal.

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Related Materials

Related Material The Records of other RCA divisions are part of the David Sarnoff Library collection (Accession 2464). The collection includes nineteen other finding aids:

Consumer electronics history collection (Accession 2464.79), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

David Sarnoff Library records (Accession 2464.73), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

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Charles B. Jennings photographs, scrapbook boards, and other materials (Accession 2464.21), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Alexander Magoun advertising collection (Accession 2464.81), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America engineering drawings (Accession 2464.83), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Astro-Electronics Division records (Accession 2464.70), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Camden records (Accession 2464.76), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Harrison records (Accession 2464.71), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Missile and Surface Radar Division photographs (Accession 2464.31), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA News and Information Department photographs (Accession 2464.68), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA product information (Accession 2464.77), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA publications (Accession 2464.82), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Solid State Division records (Accession 2464.75), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA technical reports (Accession 2464.69), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA/Thomson Lancaster records (Accession 2464.74), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

David Sarnoff papers (Accession 2464.55), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

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Robert W. Sarnoff papers (Accession 2464.04), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

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Controlled Access Headings

• Electronic industries • Research, Industrial. • Electronics -- Research • Patents

Collection Inventory

Joseph Giardina NBC collection, 1937-1953 Biographical Note

Joseph Giardina is the CTO/CEO of a radio frequency services company, DSI RF Systems, Inc., in Somerset, New Jersey. While working atop the Empire State Building in the 1980s he found a variety of abandoned RCA and NBC documents. Giardina donated some of these documents to the David Sarnoff Library.

The Empire State Building has had a transmitting antenna atop its structure since its construction was completed in 1931. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) began experimental transmissions from the antenna in December of 1931 and by 1939 the first regular television broadcasts were introduced. Engineers from both RCA and NBC were involved in the research, testing, design, and construction of the Empire State Building broadcasting tower. In 1950 RCA Chairman David Sarnoff and New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer drove the first rivets into the base of the Empire State Building's broadcast tower which allowed for the installation of multiple TV/FM antennas. Presently, Empire State Building Broadcasting offers technical facilities to the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut designated market area for radio, television, and point-to-point broadcasting.

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Provenance:

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Donated to the David Sarnoff Library by Joseph Giardina.

Processing Notes: Processing Notes

Processed by Ashley Giordano, 2016.

Controlled Access Headings: • Television broadcasting • Radio broadcasting • Giardina, Joseph • National Broadcasting Company Title/Description Instances Antenna invoices, materials, plans, schematics, and test readings, box M&A folder 24 1945-1946 August 27undated 1215

Armstrong V. RCA & NBC related patents, notes, and box M&A folder 25 correspondence, 1937 November 9-1953 February 11 1215

Channel-use authorization related correspondence, 1946 May box M&A folder 26 17-1947 September 13 1215

Circuit schematics, operation instructions, and notes, 1946 August box M&A folder 27 19-September 16undated 1215

FM license revision notes, 1944 March 30 box M&A folder 28 1215

Oscillator diagrams and test notes, 1947 July 18-December 8 box M&A folder 29 1215

Phase compensator test correspondence, notes, and data, 1945 box M&A folder 30 May-1949 April 26 1215

Signal receiving and transmission notes and data, 1943 December box M&A folder 31 14-1944 March 16 1215

Signal receiving location notes, 1943 December 9-10undated box M&A folder 32 1215

Sketch of proposed Empire State Building television tower, drawer M&A folder 4 undated 120

Vestigial sideband monitor correspondence, reports, notes, and box M&A folder 33 sketches, 1945 March 30-1947 July 11 1215

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Edward O. Johnson papers, 1948-19751983 Biographical Note

Edward O. Johnson was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1919. In 1939, he entered the chemical engineering curriculum at Pratt Institute, but left to serve in the Navy during World War II. Johnson's enlistment as an electronic - Page 9- Records of other RCA divisions 2464.80

equipment maintenance chief changed his interests and when his service ended in 1945, he re-entered Pratt, but in electrical, rather than chemical, engineering. After graduating with a B.S.E.E. in 1948, Johnson was hired by RCA Laboratories.

Johnson worked prolifically in the fields of gaseous discharges and semiconductor devices, earning 30 patents, authoring 35 technical papers, and receiving two RCA Outstanding Achievement Awards. He continued his education, taking graduate coursework at Princeton University and completing a year of study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Johnson was committed to industry standards and he served as chairman for several Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) committees on solid state devices. His achievements, education, and professional service moved him up the organizational ladder, and in 1964 he became manager of Technical Programs, RCA Electronic Components when the semiconductor and tube divisions were combined. Johnson's managerial duties divided his time between the facilities at Harrison, Somerville, and Princeton. In 1975, RCA appointed Johnson as the Director of RCA Research Laboratories in Tokyo, Japan. He left RCA when the Tokyo lab was purchased by Corning Glass Works in 1982, but stayed on as Corning's director until his retirement two years later. He died in Princeton in 1989.

Scope and Content

Ninety-two of Johnson's lab notebooks (1946-1957) from his time at RCA Laboratories can be found in Record group 26 of the David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09). In addition, Johnson's role in the sale of the RCA research laboratory in Tokyo to Corning in 1982 can be found in Record group 3, Series XI of the same finding aid.

Arrangement

Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.

Processing Notes: Processing Notes

Processed by Rachael A. Beyer, 2014.

Controlled Access Headings: • Johnson, E. O. (Edward O.), 1919-1989 Title/Description Instances Biographical data (resume, fingerprints), 1950s-early 1970s box M&A folder 1 922

General correspondence, 1973 box M&A folder 2 922

Index of E.O. Johnson files, 1983 box M&A folder 3 922

Notes, volume 1 [consists entirely of reports and publications by box M&A folder 4 Johnson], 1948-1950 922

Notes, volume 2 [consists entirely of reports and publications by box M&A folder 5 Johnson], 1951-1952 922

Notes, volume 3 [consists entirely of reports and publications by box M&A folder 6 Johnson], 1953-1954 922

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Notes, volume 4 [consists entirely of reports and publications by box M&A folder 7 Johnson], 1951-1957 922

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1965 box M&A folder 8-9 922

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1968 box M&A folder 10-12 922

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1969 box M&A folder 13-14 922

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1970 box M&A folder 15-16 922

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1971 box M&A folder 1-2 923

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1972 box M&A folder 3 923

Project correspondence (chronological files), 1973 box M&A folder 4 923

Projects: automotive electronics, 1972-1975 box M&A folder 5 923

Projects: cameras, 1973-1974 box M&A folder 6 923

Projects: facsimile, 1974 box M&A folder 7 923

Projects: photocells and other optoelectronics, 1970-1974 box M&A folder 8 923

Projects: satellite television, 1969-1974 box M&A folder 9 923

Projects: timekeeping, 1973-1975 box M&A folder 10-12 923

Proposal for Advanced CMOS Circuits (PP 70-019A), 1974 box M&A folder 13 January 8 923 Creator: Johnson, E. O. (Edward O.), 1919-1989

RCA memos and internal reports, 1955-1974 box M&A folder 14 923

RCA reprints and publications, 1954-1971 box M&A folder 15 923

RCA reprints and publications, 1972-1974undated box M&A folder 16 923

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Biographical Note

Loren F. Jones was born as Lorraine F. Jones in Kirkwood, Missouri on July 4, 1905. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in 1926 and began his career as a test engineer at General Electric in Schenectady the same year. From 1928 to 1929, Jones attended the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

In 1930, he was transferred to RCA Camden, but was immediately sent to Rome for five months to manage the installation of RCA's "Radio Roma" broadcast transmitter. After the successful conclusion of this project, which culminated with Benito Mussolini making Italy's first trans-Atlantic radio broadcast, Jones was sent to Moscow for several weeks.

Returning to Camden, Jones spent the next six years developing and installing radio and television broadcast transmitters, including the pioneering Empire State Building television system in 1931.

When the Soviet Union requested RCA assistance in establishing a television system in Moscow, Jones was the obvious choice. In 1937-1938, at the height of Stalin's purges, he spent eleven months supervising the installation of Moscow's first television station.

Back in the United States, Jones rose to senior positions in RCA. When the RCA Victor Division established the New Products Division in 1945, Jones was appointed Manager. Over the next two decades, he held a variety of posts, including Manager of Product Planning for RCA Industrial Electronic Products.

In the early 1960s, Jones joined the New Business Programs unit at the David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton. In 1969, he was appointed Director of Education Development and retired the following year.

After his retirement, he worked as a consultant and died in 1999.

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically.

Provenance: Provenance

Donated to the David Sarnoff Library by Dayton L. Jones in 2004.

Processing Notes: Processing Notes

Processed by Daniel Michelson and David Burdash.

Controlled Access Headings: • Jones, Loren F., 1905-1999 Title/Description Instances BIZMAC computer system (renamed the RCA 501), 1953-1958

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box M&A folder 4 1072

The Call published by Kirkwood High School, Vol. 5, No. 7 box M&A folder 5 (includes article on L. F. Jones), 1922 February 10 1072

Colonial claims of Matilda Fontaine Berkley Jones, undated box M&A folder 6 1072

"Early Computer Activities at RCA" by T. A. Smith, undated box M&A folder 7 1072

Ephemera (including diplomas and radio operator's license), box M&A folder 8 1928-1940s 1072

Essay on TV patents by L. F. Jones, 1989 August box M&A folder 9 1072

Falcon Aero Club by laws, circa 1932 box M&A folder 10 1072

"Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control" by P. J. Herbst, 1947 July box M&A folder 11 1072

General Electric diary, 1930 box M&A folder 12 1072

The Hot Wire published by the Saint Louis Radio Association box M&A folder 13 [Jones member of Traffic Committee], 1921-1922 1072

"An IFR Sight Plan" by J. E. Grambart, 1963 September box M&A folder 14 1072

Installation of television antennas on top of Empire State Building, box AVD1 folder 4 1931

Internal correspondence, 1953-1960 box M&A folder 15 1072

"L. F. Jones, RCA-Victor Engineer, Inspects New Transmitter-- box M&A folder 16 Famed for Work Throughout Europe and America" (Worcester 1072 Telegram), 1930s

Letter of congratulation from David Sarnoff, 1947 September 15 box M&A folder 17 1072

Memoirs, undated box M&A folder 18 1072

Memoirs, book 1: "Random Memories of My Youth to 1927" by box M&A folder 19 L. F. Jones, 1995 September 1072

Memoirs, book 2: "More Memories - Booklet No. 2" by L. F. box M&A folder 20 Jones and Mary Jones, 1996 July 1072

Memo-Play ephemera, 1951 box M&A folder 3 Language of the Material: English. 1152

Microwave committee at GE, 1942 box AVD1 folder 1

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Name change from Lorraine F. Jones to Loren F. Jones, 1935 box M&A folder 21 December 1072

"The New Thrust in Electronics" (speech by Jones to the Western box M&A folder 22 Electronic Manufacturers Association in San Francisco), 1960 1072 June 14

"Notes of Work at GE and RCA" by L. F. Jones (includes printed box M&A folder 23 version and detailed notecards), 1926-1939 1072

Patents -- air traffic control, 1947-1950 box M&A folder 24 1072

Patents -- cabinet for preparation and serving of hot beverages, box M&A folder 25 1950 July 18 1072

Patents -- contrast control apparatus, 1948-1955 box M&A folder 26 1072

Patents -- home protection system, 1966-1967 box M&A folder 27 1072

Patents -- hum reduction in amplifier networks, 1939 June 6 box M&A folder 28 1072

Patents -- identification of own aircraft in radar-television PPI box M&A folder 29 picture, 1945 July 1072

Patents -- image former for digitally coded labels, 1968 April box M&A folder 30 1072

Patents -- incomplete listing, undated box M&A folder 31 1072

Patents -- instrument landing system, 1949 December 6 box M&A folder 32 1072

Patents -- noise suppressor for aircraft engines, 1967 November 28 box M&A folder 33 1072

Patents -- position locating system, 1953 December 1 box M&A folder 34 1072

Patents -- selective communication system between ground station box M&A folder 35 and a plurality of mobile stations, 1950 July 4 1072

Patents -- spark plug, 1945 March 27 box M&A folder 36 1072

Patents -- vibratory motor for an electric watch, 1952-1957 box M&A folder 37 1072

Personal correspondence, 1931-1939 box M&A folder 38 1072

Personal correspondence, 1940-1949 box M&A folder 39 1072

Personal correspondence, 1950

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box M&A folder 40 1072

Personal correspondence, undated box M&A folder 41 1072

Personnel audit for L. F. Jones, 1943 October 1 box M&A folder 42 1072

Phonobook, 1952 December-1953 March box M&A folder 43 1072

Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Vol. 22, No. 10 box M&A folder 44 (includes article by Jones), 1934 October 1072

Proposal for "A New Entertainment Service for Airline box M&A folder 45 Passengers" by L. F. Jones, circa 1955 1072

Proposal for "New Educational Services by Means of Electronics" box M&A folder 46 by L. F. Jones, 1955 September 15 1072

Proposal for "New Electronic Services for the Consumer" by L. F. box M&A folder 47 Jones, 1955 September 15 1072

"Reminiscences of an Engineer" by L. F. Jones (Proceedings of box M&A folder 48 the Radio Club of America, Inc.), 1989 May 1072

"Report of Trip of April 4-10, 1951 to San Francisco and Los box M&A folder 49 Angeles" by L. F. Jones, 1951 April 13 1072

"The Research Approach to World Problems" by L. F. Jones, 1949 box M&A folder 50 1072

"Ship Navigation in Fog-Bound Harbors" by L. F. Jones, 1951 box M&A folder 51 July 25 1072

"Some RCA Anecdotes" by L. F. Jones, 1988 March box M&A folder 52 1072

Statement before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign box M&A folder 53 Commerce by L. F. Jones, 1940s 1072

Teleran, 1945-1964 box M&A folder 54 1072

"Traffic Control by Pictorial Situation Display" by L. F. Jones, box M&A folder 55 1949-1950undated 1072

Unidentified portraits, circa 1930s box AVD1 folder 3

"Video Disc Markets" by L. F. Jones, 1968 July 11 box M&A folder 56 1072

Work in Italy: letters to mother, 1930 June-Decemberundated box M&A folder 57 1072

Work in USSR: contracts, 1937 May 14 box M&A folder 58 1072

Work in USSR: general, 1936-19381989

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box M&A folder 59 1072

Work in USSR: letters to mother, 1930-1931 box M&A folder 60 1072

Work in USSR: letters to mother, 1937 box M&A folder 61 1072

Work in USSR: letters to mother, 1938 box M&A folder 62 1072

Work in USSR: letters to mother (envelopes), 1937-1938 box M&A folder 63 1072

Work in USSR: photographs of studio and antenna, circa box AVD1 folder 2 1937-1938

Work in USSR: travel documents and receipts, 1937-1938 box M&A folder 64 1072

Work in USSR: writings by L. F. Jones, 1937-1982 box M&A folder 65 1072

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William H. Offenhauser, Jr. papers, 1928-1972 Biographical Note

William Henry Offenhauser, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1904. He earned degrees at Columbia College and the Engineering School of Columbia University, and began working at RCA Photophone as an electrical engineer shortly after graduation. Offenhauser's work focused on developing and improving the transmission of sound to film via light – a technology vital to producing sound motion pictures. He transferred to RCA Victor in 1931, and left the company some time before 1942, after which his research focused on sound motion picture standards, particularly on picture-sound synchronization.

Offenhauser was awarded the John Grierson International Gold Medal Award in 1977 by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), authored several books, and received 70 patents. He died in Connecticut in 1995.

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.

Processing Notes:

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Controlled Access Headings: • Offenhauser, William H. Title/Description Instances History of sound motion pictures (research materials and letter box M&A folder 21 sent to Dr. Walter of Eastman Kodak in 1968 regarding project 114 on early sound motion pictures) (includes photos, artifact), 1929-193119681972

RCA press material, 1935-1951 box M&A folder 22 114

RCA stockholder reports, 1935-1937 box M&A folder 23 114

Research and correspondence, 1928-1929 box M&A folder 24 114

Research and correspondence, 1930 box M&A folder 25 114

Research and correspondence, 1931 box M&A folder 26 114

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RCA Americom Library records, 1974-1988 Historical Note

In 1975, RCA founded RCA American Communications (RCA Americom). Later that year, Americom launched SATCOM F1, a communications satellite with twice the capacity of competing technology. Americom's key customers were television networks. SATCOM was especially instrumental in launching successful cable networks HBO, Showtime, and TBS.

RCA Americom had "earth stations," ground centers that controlled the satellites, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, New York, and Camden, New Jersey. The in-house publication of RCA Americom was Satellite Circuit, issued quarterly.

The RCA Americom library was founded in 1982 to provide technical resources to employees. Its holdings included 300 books and 170 periodicals, it provided technical services, and the librarian was Anita Labib.

RCA Americom became GE Americom when General Electric acquired RCA in 1986. It has been a subsidiary of SES Global since 2001.

Scope and Content

The RCA Americom Library records consist of directories, catalogs, promotional materials, internal publications, and memos of RCA Americom.

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Arrangement

Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.

Provenance: Provenance

The successor to RCA Americon, SES Americom, donated the RCA Americom Library records to the David Sarnoff Library in 2001.

Separated Material: Separated Material

Extensive runs of serials were separated to the Published Collections Department for cataloging.

Processing Notes: Processing Notes

Processed by Rachael A. Beyer, July 2014.

Controlled Access Headings: • RCA Americom Title/Description Instances GE - RCA merger (press releases, internal memos), 1986-1987 box M&A folder 5 919

Information Center Newsletter (resources), 1985-1986 box M&A folder 6 919

Internal correspondence (memos, announcements), 1980-1985 box M&A folder 7 919

Library catalogs (books, videos, new material newsletters), box M&A folder 8 1981-1986 919

Library services (locating information and service staff, post- box M&A folder 9 production price lists), 1978-1987 919

News articles (clippings, magazines), 1981-1988 box M&A folder 10 919

Presentations, 1979-1983 box M&A folder 11 919

Press releases, 1982-1986 box M&A folder 12 919

Professional development (educational opportunities, improving box M&A folder 13 skills), 1981-1984 919

Publications (articles, technical papers, other RCA publications), box M&A folder 14-15 1974-1987 919

RCA subdivisions directory, 19791985 box M&A folder 16 919

RCA TACNET telephone directory, 1984

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box M&A folder 17 919

RCA technical documentation and data directory, 1986 box M&A folder 18 919

Sales literature (brochures, pamphlets), 1978-1985 box M&A folder 19 919

Technical Excellence Newsletter (employee education and box M&A folder 20 improvement), 1984-1986 919

Technical Excellence seminars (announcements, meeting box M&A folder 21 minutes), 1984 919

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RCA Patent Law Department files on Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., 1948-1959 Historical Note

In 1948, Edwin H. Armstrong, inventor of FM radio, filed suit against the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) for theft and patent infringement. The case was filed in United States District Court for the District of Delaware, as Civil Action No. 1139, Edwin H. Armstrong v. Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company. RCA and NBC eventually settled the suit for $1 million in December of 1954, but it was too late for Armstrong who, mentally and financially depleted from years of court battles over his inventions, committed suicide earlier in the year.

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.

Related Material: Related Material

1) A published version of the decision is available:

Armstrong, Edwin H., Philip James McCook, et al. United States District Court for the District of Delaware: Edwin H. Armstrong, plaintiff, against Radio Corporation of America and National Broadcasting Company, defendants, civil action no. 1139. New York: Commerce Reporting Co., 1954.

2) The Edwin H. Armstrong papers are housed at the Columbia University Special Collections, and contain his personal papers regarding the case, as well as other FM patent infringement suits against other radio companies. An electronic finding aid is available at: http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/4078687.

Processing Notes:

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Controlled Access Headings: • Patent suits • Evidence (Law) • Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890-1954 • National Broadcasting Company Title/Description Instances Court-issued documents, RCA nos. 1-20 (docket entries, motions, box M&A folder 4 affidavits, and depositions filed, motions for discovery, indices of 1092 documents), 1948-1949

Court-issued documents, RCA nos. 21-27 (docket entries, box M&A folder 5 motions, affidavits, and depositions filed, motions for discovery, 1092 indices of documents), 1949

Court-issued documents, RCA nos. 28-45 (docket entries, box M&A folder 6 motions, affidavits, and depositions filed, motions for discovery, 1092 indices of documents), 1949

Court-issued documents, RCA nos. 46-71 (docket entries, box M&A folder 7 motions, affidavits, and depositions filed, motions for discovery, 1092 indices of documents), 1949-1953

Depositions of Benjamin Abrams, Dorman D. Israel, and box M&A folder 8 Raymond Herzog, 1952-1959 1092

Emerson exhibits, RCA nos. 1-31A-E, 1944-1952 box M&A folder 9 1092

General (Armstrong's statement, RCA chronologies, "Armstrong's box M&A folder 10 errors"), 1947-1951 1092

Material compiled for Messrs. Crews, Relson, and F. Mueller, box M&A folder 11 1949-1955 1092

Notebook digests (J.D. Black, examiner), 1949-1953 box M&A folder 12 1092

Patents, referential (assignee: Armstrong, patents not in suit), box M&A folder 13 undated 1092

Witness list, 1954 box M&A folder 14 1092

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Arthur F. Van Dyck diaries, journals, and notebooks, 1909-1923 Biographical Note

Arthur F. Van Dyck was born in New York on May 20, 1891. After earning his Ph.D. from Yale in 1911, he did research for the National Electric Signalling Company until 1912. From 1912 until 1914 Van Dyck was a member of the Research Department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. After teaching electrical - Page 20- Records of other RCA divisions 2464.80

engineering at the Carnegie Institute from 1914 to 1917 he became an Expert Radio Aide for the U.S. Navy and was stationed at the New York Navy Yard and at the Navy Department in Washington until 1919. Van Dyck then joined the Marconi Company in 1919 where he was in charge of the Engineering Department. From 1920 to 1922 Van Dyck was in charge of radio receiver design for General Electric in New York.

In 1922 Van Dyck became associated with the Radio Corporation of America as a member of RCA's Technical and Test Department. Van Dyck was then promoted to manager of the Technical and Test Department in 1929 before being put in charge of the new License Laboratory in New York City in 1930. He held this position until World War II when he spent three years on active duty with the U.S. Navy. From 1946 until his retirement from RCA in 1956 Van Dyck was a Staff Assistant to the Vice President and Technical Director, Dr. C.B. Jolliffe. Van Dyck was a charter Associate member of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) and served as president in 1942. Arthur Van Dyck died in June of 1978.

Scope and Content

This collection contains photocopies of Arthur F. Van Dyck's professional diaries, journals, and notebooks related to his work with RCA, Marconi Wireless, General Electric, and the U.S. Navy.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically.

Provenance: Provenance

Donated to the David Sarnoff Library by Alan Douglas.

Processing Notes: Processing Notes

Processed by Ashley Giordano, 2015.

Controlled Access Headings: • Van Dyck, Arthur F., 1891-1978 Title/Description Instances Photographs, 1909–1911 box M&A folder 10 1145

Daily journal, 1910 June 20–September 30 box M&A folder 11 1145

Daily journal, 1911 June 28–September 2 box M&A folder 12 1145

Daily journal, 1911 September 3–December 22 box M&A folder 13 1145

Daily journal, Peru trip Volumes I and II, 1912 March 6–May 7 box M&A folder 14 1145

Journal, Navy, 1918 November 26–1919 February 26 box M&A folder 15 1145

Notebook, Marconi Wireless #1, 1919 June 2–July 10 box M&A folder 16 1145

Notebook, Marconi Wireless #2, 1919 July 10–October 2 - Page 21- Records of other RCA divisions 2464.80

box M&A folder 17 1145

Notebook, Marconi Wireless, 1919 October 2–1921 February 12 box M&A folder 18 1145

Notebook, General Electric Co. No. 4, 1921 February 21– box M&A folder 19 November 23 1145

Journal, 1921 December 2–1923 May 9 box M&A folder 20 1145

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Richard W. Young papers, 1944-1968 Biographical Note

Richard W. Young attended Newark College of Engineering before working for RCA in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Scope and Content

The Richard W. Young papers include RCA ephemera and reports. Also included are liquidation reports for the CORAC Junior Achievement Company sponsored by RCA.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Processing Notes: Processing Notes

Processed by Ashley Giordano, 2015.

Controlled Access Headings: • Young, Richard W. Title/Description Instances CORAC reports and ephemera, 1958-1959 box M&A folder 12 1142

RCA ephemera, 1944-1968 box M&A folder 13 1142

"The Relocation of Factory 2 (Harrison) Tube Department" by box M&A folder 14 Richard W. Young, 1953 December 1 1142

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General, 1908-2001

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Scope and Content

This series includes RCA advertisements, photographs, internal publications and reports, and ephemera documenting the varied history of RCA.

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically.

Title/Description Instances 25 Year Club annual dinner, 19671985 box M&A folder 14 1243

"A Supplement to the Early History of Compatible Color box M&A folder 15 Television" by Arthur V. Loughren, 1974 February 8 1243

Advertisements, 1908-1963undated box M&A folder 1 1268

Advertisements, 1917-1985undated box M&A folder 3 1151

Advertisements, 1928-1982undated box M&A folder 2 1163

Advertisements, 1980 box M&A folder 16 1243

Advertisements: corporate ad campaign, 1984 October 17-1985 box M&A folder 1 June 6 1163

Advertisements: portraits of Victor Red Seal recording artists, box M&A folder 6 undated 1162

Advertisements: portraits of Victor Red Seal recording artists, box M&A folder 2 undated 1268

Annual meeting transcript, 1978 May 2 box M&A folder 17 1243

Applied Research Project 106 on Thermoelectric Materials: box M&A folder 18 annual report (Semiconductor and Materials Division, Materials 1243 Advanced Development Laboratory), 1958 October 1

Beck, Francis X., Jr.: "Some Reminiscing -- A Few Years Before the U.P.C.", 2001

Beck, Francis X., Jr.: "Some Reminiscing -- A Few Years Before box M&A folder 18A the U.P.C.", undated 1243

Brown, Bob photographs, circa 1952-1988 box AVD1 folder 7 Scope and Content

Images of researchers and salespeople for RCA in Tokyo, Japan; Taiwan; Somerville, New Jersey; Liege, Belgium; Hamburg, Germany; and London, England.

Certificate of incorporation, 1973 December 31

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box M&A folder 19 1243

Corporate affairs directory, 1986 box M&A folder 20 1243

"Corporate Time-Sharing VMOS Cobol Primer" (Corporate box M&A folder 21 Information System Center, Software Services), 1974 May 1243

Dental insurance plans, 19841987 box M&A folder 22 1243

Directory [known as the red book], 19601966 box M&A folder 23 1243

Directory [known as the red book], 19681985 box M&A folder 24 1243

Drawings for NBC 49th and 50th Street marquises, 1933 drawer M&A folder 5 September 120

Drawings for proposed radio-phono-television cabinet, 1950 drawer M&A folder 5 January 120

Employee insurance benefit plans, 1950-1961 box M&A folder 25 1243

Ephemera: general, 1927-1981undated box M&A folder 26 1243

Ephemera: Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company stock box M&A folder 27 certificate, 1913 1243

Ephemera: Marconigrams, undated box M&A folder 28 1243

Ephemera: RCA Victor Records merchandise bag, undated box M&A folder 1 1162

Ephemera: Simkin collection (postcards and blotter pads), 1917-1950s

"Forecasting and Strategic Planning for the Pre-Recorded Music box M&A folder 29 Industry" by Sandra Jardim, 1982 April 1243

Group life insurance plan, 1951 October box M&A folder 30 1243

Health and life insurance plan, 1978 October box M&A folder 31 1243

Income savings plans, 19781985 box M&A folder 32 1243

"Investigation of Electron Focusing and Resolution in Aperture box M&A folder 33 Mask Type Color Kinescopes" by John Evans, Jr., 1958 April 1243

Kinescope plant in Jaguare, Brazil, circa 1960s-1970s box AVD1 folder 8

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Scope and Content

Depicts workers washing and inspecting picture tubes as well as various other steps in the production process.

"Local or 'Spot' Air Conditioning", 1953 December box M&A folder 34 1243

"Market Potential of Products Based on Liquid Crystal Dynamic box M&A folder 35 Scattering" by Edward J. Homer (Product and Marketing 1243 Planning) [donated by author, 1999], 1970 March 30

New York Offices telephone directories, 19701972 box M&A folder 36 1243

Newspaper clipping on the Videocomp 70-820 (RCA Graphic box M&A folder 36A Systems Division), 1966 September 4 1243

Newspaper clippings, 1927 box M&A folder 9 1216

Newspaper clippings on shortwave radio development, box M&A folder 10 1934undated 1216

Nipper cartoon [gift of William Glaser, 2004], undated box M&A folder 37 1243

Princeton inventor recognition dinners, 1983-1986 box M&A folder 38 1243

"Product Distribution and Traffic Indirect Standards box M&A folder 39 Program" (Electronic Components and Devices Division), 1966 1243 January 1

RCA Communications: "List of Authorized Frequencies for the box M&A folder 11 Point-to-Point Services", 1957 December 1 1216

RCA Exhibition Hall, Radio City, New York: monthly report, box M&A folder 40 1949 May 1243

RCA Frequency Bureau annual report, 1960 box M&A folder 41 1243

RCA Global Communications, Commercial Planning: "Major box M&A folder 42 Worldwide Communications Facilities", 1970 February 12 1243

"The RCA Organizational Realignment for an Expanding Future", box M&A folder 43 1954 May 1243

"RCA Plan for Health", 1985 box M&A folder 44 1243

RCA Victor advertisement in Arabic, circa 1940 box M&A folder 21 1216

Retirement plans, 1941-1983 box M&A folder 45 1243

Rosenthal, Michael P.: student papers, 1973-1974

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box M&A folder 46 1243

Technical Communications Programs manual: communications box M&A folder 47 guides, 1969-1975undated 1243

Technical Communications Programs manual: RCA policy and box M&A folder 48 TPA notices, 1973-1986 1243

Technical Communications Programs manual: 1986 revisions, box M&A folder 49 1986 1243

Television manufacturing plant in Jaguare, Brazil, circa box AVD1 folder 5 1960s-1970s Scope and Content

Includes views of the gun assembly area, welding of the stem and gun, the ultra-sonic wash, the white room, and span setting.

Tests of antennas at WBAB 1440 (Babylon, New York) and tower box M&A folder 50 specifications, 19571963 1243

"Trade-Marks: Usages, Practices and Procedures", 1946 May box M&A folder 51 1243

Tube equipment sales organization, undated box M&A folder 52 1243

Wiggins, Grace RCA Cherry Hill photographs, circa 1956-1971 box AVD1 folder 6 Scope and Content

Depict the exterior of RCA Cherry Hill, New Jersey and some of the employees who worked there.

Young, Harry: "Incidents Over the Years", 19911999 box M&A folder 53 1243

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