George H. Clark Radioana Collection NMAH.AC.0055 Robert Harding 1990 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 6 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 5 Brief Company Histories From The Radio Industry, 1900-1930s.................................... 9 Names and Subjects .................................................................................................... 17 Container Listing ........................................................................................................... 18 Series 1: Library Operating System, 1915-1950.................................................... 18 Series 2: Apparatus Type Numbers, 1916-1931.................................................... 20 Series 3: Photographic Lists, 1925-1928............................................................... 21 Series 4: Biographies of Radio Personages, Technical, 1898-1948...................... 22 Series 5: History of Radio Companies, 1895-1950.............................................. 104 Series 6: Shore Stations, 1900-1940................................................................... 130 Series 7: Marine Stations, 1900s-1930s.............................................................. 136 Series 8: Broadcasting Stations, 1910s-1940s.................................................... 137 Series 9: Amateur Stations, 1910s-1940s............................................................ 138 Series 10: Miscellaneous Information, 1911-1919............................................... 139 Series 11: Radio Antiques, 1892-1938................................................................ 140 Series 13: Specifications of Radio Apparatus, 1910s-1930................................. 141 Series 14: General History, 1899-1950s.............................................................. 142 Series 15: Radio Companies Catalogues & Bound Advertisements, 1873-1941............................................................................................................. 143 Series 16: Log Books, 1902-1923........................................................................ 144 Series 17: Radio Companies' House Organs, 1896-1942................................... 146 Series 18: Prime Movers, 1904-1911.................................................................. 147 Series 19: Batteries, 1898-1934........................................................................... 148 Series 20: Rectifiers, 1875-1935.......................................................................... 149 Series 21: Motor Generators, 1898-1936............................................................. 150 Series 22: Nameplates of Apparatus, 1928......................................................... 151 Series 23: Switchboards and Switchboard Instruments, 1910-1935.................... 152 Series 24: Radio Frequency Switches, 1905-1933.............................................. 153 Series 25: Transmitter Transformers, 1893-1936................................................ 154 Series 26: Operating Keys, 1843-1949................................................................ 155 Series 27: Power Type Interrupters, 1902-1938.................................................. 156 Series 28: Protective Devices, 1910-1925........................................................... 157 Series 30: Message Blanks, 1908-1938.............................................................. 158 Series 31: Transmitter Condensers, 1849-1943.................................................. 159 Series 32: Spark Gaps, 1899-1943...................................................................... 162 Series 33: Transmitter Inductances, 1907-1922.................................................. 163 Series 34: Transmitter Wave Changers, 1907-1924............................................ 164 Series 37: Arc Transmitters, 1907-1940.............................................................. 165 Series 38: Vacuum Tube Type of Radio Transmitter, 1914-1947........................ 166 Series 39: Radio Transmitter, Radio Frequently Alternator Type, 1894-1940...... 167 Series 41: Vacuum Tubes, Transmitting Types, 1905-1948................................ 168 Series 43: Receiving Systems, 1904-1934.......................................................... 169 Series 45: Broadcast Receivers, 1907-1948........................................................ 170 Series 46: Code Receivers, 1901-1948............................................................... 172 Series 47: Receiving Inductances, 1898-1944..................................................... 173 Series 48: Receiving Condensers, 1871-1946..................................................... 174 Series 49: Audio Signal Devices, 1876-1947....................................................... 175 Series 50: Detectors, 1878-1944......................................................................... 177 Series 51: Amplifiers, 1903-1949......................................................................... 179 Series 52: Receiving Vacuum Tubes, 1905-1949................................................ 180 Series 53: Television Receivers, 1928-1948........................................................ 182 Series 54: Photo-Radio Apparatus, 1910-1947................................................... 183 Series 59: Radio Schools, 1902-1945................................................................. 184 Series 60: Loudspeakers, 1896-1946.................................................................. 185 Series 61: Insulators, 1844-1943......................................................................... 186 Series 62: Wires, 1906-1945................................................................................ 187 Series 63: Microphones, 1911-1947.................................................................... 188 Series 64: Biography, 1925-1948......................................................................... 189 Series 66: Antennas, 1877-1949.......................................................................... 190 Series 67: Telautomatics, 1912-1944................................................................... 192 Series 69: Direction Finding Equipment, Radio Compasses, 1885-1948............. 193 Series 71: Aircraft Transmitters, 1908-1947........................................................ 194 Series 72: Field or Portable Transmitters, 1901-1941......................................... 195 Series 73: Mobile Radio Systems, 1884-1946..................................................... 196 Series 74: Radio Frequency Measuring Instruments, 1903-1946........................ 197 Series 75: Laboratory Testing Methods and Systems, 1891-1945....................... 198 Series 76: Aircraft Receivers, 1917-1941............................................................ 199 Series 77: Field Portable Receivers, 1906-1922.................................................. 200 Series 78: Spark Transmitter Assembly, 1909-1940............................................ 201 Series 79: Spark Transmitter System, 1900-1945............................................... 202 Series 82: Firsts in Radio, undated...................................................................... 203 Series 85: Distance Records and Tests, 1898-1940............................................ 204 Series 87: Photographs of Radio Executives, and Technical Types, 1857-1952............................................................................................................. 205 Series 90: Radio Terms, 1857-1939.................................................................... 206 Series 92: Static Patents and Static Reducing Systems, 1891-1946................... 207 Series 93: Low Frequency Indicating Instruments, 1904-1946............................ 208 Series 95: Articles on Radio Subjects, 1891-1945............................................... 209 Series 96: Radio in Education, 1922-1939.......................................................... 210 Series 98: Special Forms of Broadcasting, 1921-1943........................................ 211 Series 99: History of Lifesaving at Sea by Radio, 1902-1949.............................. 212 Series 100: History of Naval Radio, 1888-1948................................................... 213 Series 101: Military Radio, 1898-1946................................................................. 215 Series 102: Transmitting and Receiving Systems, 1902-1935............................. 216 Series 103: Receiving Methods, 1905-1935........................................................ 217 Series 108: Codes and Ciphers, 1894-1947........................................................ 218 Series 109: Schedules of Broadcasting and TV Stations, 1905-1940.................. 219 Series 112: Radio Shows and Displays, 1922-1947...........................................