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MS COLL/ARMSTRONG MOST OF THIS COLLECTION IS SHELVED 0FF-SITE Edwin Howard Armstrong Papers, 1890-1972 248 linear ft (ca. 218,000 items in 575 boxes, 1 Flat Box, 2 Scroll Boxes, 10 phono discs, & 5 tape reels) Biography: A major figure in the history of electrical engineering due to his contributions to the development of electronic circuitry used in radio, radar and television. Of his many inventions and developments the most important are: 1 the regenerative or feedback circuit (1912) the first amplified radio reception 2 the superheterodyne circuit (1918) the basis of modern radio and radar 3 the superregeneration circuit (1922) a very simple high-power receiver now used in emergency mobile service 4 frequency modulation FM (1933) static-free radio reception of high fidelity. Summary: Professional and personal files including Armstrong's correspondence with professional associations, other engineers, and friends, his research notes, circuit diagrams, lectures, articles, legal papers, and other related materials. More than half the files concern his many lawsuits, primarily with Radio Corporation of America, over infringement of the Armstrong patents. Litigation continued until 1967. Other files deal with his work in the Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory at Columbia University, 1913-1935, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at his radio station at Alpine, N.J., the use of FM in television, his involvement in Federal Communications Commission hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corporation. Also, letters to H.J. Round. 1990 ADDITION: Files from the firm of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore. Files, dating from the late 1920s to the 1960s, pertaining to Professor Armstrong's litigation with Lee de Forest over the regeneration patents; his suit against RCA and other infringers of his FM patents; the original letters patent, among which are those for his FM system; and financial matters relating to the Armstrong laboratories, the FM station in Alpine, New Jersey, other real estate properties, and his estate. Finding Aids: Contents list, 32 pages Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, and researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects.
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Transcript of Edwin Howard Armstrong - Columbia University · Web viewEdwin Howard Armstrong Papers, 1890-1972...
MS COLL/ARMSTRONG
MOST OF THIS COLLECTION IS SHELVED 0FF-SITE
Edwin Howard Armstrong Papers, 1890-1972248 linear ft (ca. 218,000 items in 575 boxes, 1 Flat Box, 2 Scroll Boxes, 10 phono discs, & 5 tape reels)
Biography: A major figure in the history of electrical engineering due to his contributions to the development of electronic circuitry used in radio, radar and television. Of his many inventions and developments the most important are:
1 the regenerative or feedback circuit (1912) the first amplified radio reception2 the superheterodyne circuit (1918) the basis of modern radio and radar 3 the superregeneration circuit (1922) a very simple high-power receiver now used in
emergency mobile service 4 frequency modulation FM (1933) static-free radio reception of high fidelity.
Summary: Professional and personal files including Armstrong's correspondence with professional associations, other engineers, and friends, his research notes, circuit diagrams, lectures, articles, legal papers, and other related materials. More than half the files concern his many lawsuits, primarily with Radio Corporation of America, over infringement of the Armstrong patents. Litigation continued until 1967. Other files deal with his work in the Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory at Columbia University, 1913-1935, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at his radio station at Alpine, N.J., the use of FM in television, his involvement in Federal Communications Commission hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corporation. Also, letters to H.J. Round.
1990 ADDITION: Files from the firm of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore. Files, dating from the late 1920s to the 1960s, pertaining to Professor Armstrong's litigation with Lee de Forest over the regeneration patents; his suit against RCA and other infringers of his FM patents; the original letters patent, among which are those for his FM system; and financial matters relating to the Armstrong laboratories, the FM station in Alpine, New Jersey, other real estate properties, and his estate.
Finding Aids: Contents list, 32 pages
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, and researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects.
Restrictions on Use: Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.
Provenance: Gift of the Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation, 1977.Gift of Keith E. Mullinger, 1983. Gift of Pennie & Edmonds, 1984. Gift of Jerry Granat, via the Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation, 1985. Gift of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore, 1990. Gift of the C.U. Amateur Radio Club (W2AEE) via Henry Alvestad, 1992.
Processing History: Processed by Henry Rowen 12/77; BRC 3/79; BRC 4/85; HR 3/86; AH 1991; HR 6/92
Microfilm Information: No material on microfilm
Physical Location: Off-Site [except for Cataloged Material; Boxes 493-495; Flat Box & Scroll Boxes]
RLIN ID: NYCR89-A22
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 2 of 32
ORGANIZATION OF THE PAPERS
PAGE:I CATALOGED CORRESPONDENCE 3
II CATALOGED MANUSCRIPTS 3
III ARRANGED FILES 3
IV SUBJECT FILES 4
V ARMSTRONG ESTATE 24
VI ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION 24
VII PHOTOGRAPHS 24
VIII PHOTOSTATS 25
IX PRINTED 25
X RECORDINGS 25
XI 1981 ADDITION RECORDS OF LITIGATION 27
XII 1990 ADDITION 28
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 3 of 32
I. CATALOGED CORRESPONDENCE
Armstrong, Edwin HowardBurger, Warren EarlBush, VannevarButler, Nicholas MurrayCoudert, Frederic René, Jr.De Forest, LeeDe Voto, Bernard AugustineDewey, Thomas EdmundDonovan, William JosephEisenhower, Dwight DavidFarley, James A.Fermi, Enrico & Harold UreyFerrié, Gustave AugusteFuller, Alvan TuftsHoover, Herbert ClarkKaempffert, Waldemar BernhardLa Guardia, Fiorello HenryLodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.McCormick, Robert RutherfordMarconi, GuglielmoMaxim, Hiram PercyMurray, Thomas EdwardNorthrop, John HowardPaley, William S.Pupin, Michael IdvorskyRockefeller, William GoodsellSarnoff, DavidStimson, Henry LewisStokowski, LeopoldSulzberger, Arthur HaysTyson, LeveringWeeks, RaymondWoodbridge, Frederick James EugeneYoung, Owen D.
II. CATALOGED MANUSCRIPTS
Lewis, Harold Miller"Laboratory Notebook"
III. ARRANGED FILESBOX
2 - 4 General correspondence & documents1910-1954
5 - 8 Laboratory correspondencel930-1947
9 - 12 Miscellaneous correspondence1939-1971
13 - 17 Correspondence - carbon copies1940-1954
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 4 of 32
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18 - 21 Articles & other writings by EHAmss. & printed copies
22 Early laboratory notes
23 Misc. notes
24 Financial papers
25 Adair, George P.
IV. SUBJECT FILE
25 Adams, Edmond et al.
25 Admiral CorporationLitigation
25 Aircraft
25 Allen, Edward W., Jr.
25 Allsop, Ray
26 - 28 Alpine, N.J. FM radio station: general file29 Alpine, N.J. FM radio station: equipment30 Alpine, N.J. FM radio station: facsimile transmission testing31 Alpine, N.J. FM radio station: meter readings & antenna32 - 37 Alpine, N.J. FM radio station: logbooks, 1939-1956
38 Amaral, João B. do
38 American Broadcasting Company
38 American Institute of Electrical Engineers
38 American Telephone & TelegraphLitigation
38 Ancient history
38 Armstrong, Marion (Mrs. Edwin H.)
MAP 14/16/01 Armstrong Research CorporationStock Certificates (some assigned)1 volume
38 Arvin Industries, Inc.Litigation
38 Associated Musicians of Greater New York
38 Atlantic Monthly
38 Audio fairNew York, 1952
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 5 of 32
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38 Austin, Louis W.
39 Avco Manufacturing CorporationLitigation
40 Bailey, D.K. et al.
40 Baker, Ray Stannard
40 Ballentine, Charles Stuart
40 Barber, N.F.
40 Barker, R.H.
40 Barkhausen
40 Bartley, Robert T.
40 Beale, F.S.
40 Becker, J.A.
40 Beers, George L.
40 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.
40 Bell Sound Systems, Inc.
40 Bendix Aviation CorporationLitigation
4l Bennington, T.W.
41 Beveridge, H.H.
41 The Blue Network
41 Bricout, P.A.
41 The British Broadcasting Corporation
41 Broadcasting
41 Broadcasting Magazine
41 Brown, George H.
41 Browning Laboratories, Inc.
41 Burghard, George
41 Burlingame, Roger
42 Caldwell-Clements, Inc.
42 Callendar, M.V.
42 Canadian Marconi Company
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 6 of 32
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42 Capen, William H.
42 Capitol Broadcasting Company
42 Carlson, W.L.
42 Carnahan, C.W. et al.
42 Carroll, Thomas J.
42 Carson, John R.
42 Carter, P.S.
43 The Chase National Bank
43 Cherry, R.O.
43 Chinn, H.A.
43 Cocking, W.T.
43 Colebrook, F.M.
43 Collins Radio Company
44 Columbia UniversityGeneral
45 - 46 Columbia UniversityEHA's student papers & notes1910-1913
47 CBS
46 Conly, John M.
46 Consumers' Research & Consumers' Union
47 Continental Network (1)
48 Continental Network (2)
48 Cords, Otto
48 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia)
48 Court, W.P.N.
48 Courtney, Jeremiah
48 Coy, Wayne
48 Crain, Harry M.
48 Cravath, Swaine & Moore
48 Crossley, A.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 7 of 32
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48 Crowder, Fred
48 Damm, Walter J.
48 Davis, William H.
48 Day, James R.
49 - 57 De Forest litigation
57A De Forest litigation - 2 scrapbooks
58 Dellinger, J.H.
58 DeMars, Paul A.
58 Denny, Charles R.
58 Dickieson, A.C. & T.J. Grieser
58 Diemer, G. & K.S. Knol
58 Dillard, Everett L.
59 Dodge, Marcellus Hartley
59 Doerfer, John C.
59 Dominick & Dominick
59 Dow, Lohnes and Albertson
59 DuMont, Allen B.
59 DuMont Laboratories, Inc. litigation
59 Dunlap, Orrin E.
59 Dunmore, F.W.
59 Dunn, Gano
59 Durr, Clifford J.
59 Eales, H.
59 Echoscope
59 Educational FM
59 Educational institutions - correspondence
60 Eisenhower, Dwight D.
60 Eitel-McCullough, Inc.
60 Electrical & Musical Industries Limited (EMI)
60 The Electrician
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 8 of 32
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60 Electrical Communication
60 The Electrical Review
60 Electronics [magazine]
60 Elster, J. & H. Geitel
61-63 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation:general
64-92 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation : exhibits
93-98 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation : notebooks, 21 volumes
99-101 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation : patents
102 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation : service manuals
103-110 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation : transcripts, 3 copies in 15 volumes
111 & 112 Emerson Radio and Phonograph CorporationLitigation : transcript summaries, 2 copies in 6 volumes
113 Engstrom, E.W.
113 Espenschied, Lloyd
113 Everitt, W.L.
113 Facsimile
113 Fada Radio & Electric Company, Inc. litigation
113 Fake FM sets
113 Fancher, H.B.
113 Farren, L.I.
113 Fassbender, H. & G. Kurlbaum
113 Faught, Millard C. (The Faught Company)
113 Fink, D.G.
113 Fine, Harry
113 Fleming, J.A.
113 Fletcher, Harvey & Rogers H. Galt
113 Flowers, John Wilson
113 Fly, James Lawrence
114 Foreign correspondence
114 Forman, Albert J.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 9 of 32
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114 Fortune MagazineArticle on EHA & othersFebruary 1948
114 The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia)
114 Freeland, E.C.
114 Freeman, R.L.
115 FM (Frequency modulation) - general116 FM Association116 FM bibliography116 FM Broadcasters, Inc.116 FM Broadcasting116 FM Clinic (New York, 1949)116 FM - Lecture course, AIEE, 1940116 FM - RCA report, Dec 1939116 FM Survey117-118 FM testing
119 Friede, Herbert A.
119 Friis, H.T.
119 Friis, R.W. & K.D. Smith
119 Fyler, G.W. & J.A. Worcester, Jr.
119 Gavin, M.R.
119 General Radio Company
119 German Broadcasting
119 Germanium diodes
119 Gernsback, Hugo
119 Gerth, F. & W. Scheppmann
119 Gilfillan Brothers, Inc.Litigation
119 Gillingham, George O.
119 Gilman, G.W.
119 Gleissberg, W.
119 Godley, Paul
119 Goldberg, Harold & Edward L. Crosby, Jr.
119 Goldmark, Peter C.
119 Gould, Jack
119 Gouriet, G.G.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 10 of 32
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119 Grammer, George & Byron Goodman
119 Grant, John
119 Granlund, J.
119 Graphs, charts, etc.
FLAT BOX 439 Graphs, charts, etc.
120 General Electric
121 Gresky, Gerhard
121 Grieser, T.J. & A.C. Peterson
121 Grimes, David
121 Gross Distributors, Inc.
121 Grosskopf, J.
121 Guillemin, E.A.
121 Gunter, Frank B.
121 Guy, Raymond F.
121 Hahnemann, W.
121 Halstead, William S.
121 Hanson, O.B.
121 Haase, A.P.
121 Hastings Instrument Company, Inc.
121 Hathaway. J.L.
121 Hazeltine, Alan
121 Heinl News Service (Robert D, Heinl)
121 Hennock, Frieda B.
122 Hickman, C.N.
122 High fidelity
122 Hill, D.R.
122 Hilliard, Vance
122 Hirschmann, Ira A.
122 Hoffman Radio CorporationLitigation
122 Hogan, John V.L.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 11 of 32
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122 Holcomb, Philo, Jr.
122 Hoover, Herbert C.
122 Horne, Josh
122 Huber, G.H.
122 Hughes, J.W.
122 Hund, August
123 IF converter
123 Institute of Radio Engineers
123 Institute of Radio Engineers Australia
123 Insurance Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee
123 International Business Machines Corporation
123 International Telecommunications ConferenceAtlantic City, 1947 1947
123 International Telephone and Telegraph CorporationLitigation
l24 Jaffe, David Lawrence
l24 Jansky & Bailey
l24 Jefferson, H.
l24 Jett, E.K.
l24 Johnson, Edwin C.
l24 Johnson, J.B. & F.B. Llewellyn
l24 Johnston, R.F. & A.G. Ratz
l24 Jolliffe, C.B.
l24 Jones, Robert F.
l24 Jones, Thomas M.
l24 Journal of the Society of Motion Picture EngineersReprints
125 Kalmus, Henry P.
125 Keall, O.E.
125 Keen, A.W.
125 Kilgour, C.E. & J.M. Glessner
125 Kiplinger Magazine
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 12 of 32
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125 Kirke, H.L.
125 Klappenbach, Willy
125 Klipsch, Paul W.
125 Lafferty, J.M.
125 Landon, Vernon D.
125 Lange, F.
125 Laval University
125 Lawson, D.I.
125 Lee, Robert E.
125 Lemke, William
125 Levy, M.
126 Licensed FM broadcasters
126 Licensed manufacturers
126 Lindridge, C.D.
126 Link, Fred M.Litigation
126 Litigation matters
126 Loest, W.
126 Long Island Forum
126 Loughlin, B.D.
126 Lovell Foot, J.B.
126 Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council
126 McArthur, E.D.
126 McCormack, Alfred
126 McKenzie, Alexander A.
127 Marconi, Guglielmo
127 Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.
128 Marique, Jean
128 Marks, M.
128 Maurice, D. & J.H. Slaughter
128 Measurements
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 13 of 32
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128 Megaw, E.C.S.
128 Meissner, A.
128 Meissner Manufacturing Division
128 Melman, I.J.
128 Miller, Llewellyn
128 Milstien, V.N.
128 Mimno, Harry Rowe
128 Morehouse, Terry B.
128 Morrison, J.F.
128 Mortley, W.S.
128 Motorola, Inc.Litigation: general
129 Motorola, Inc.Litigation: briefs, etc.
130-135 Motorola, Inc.Litigation: transcripts1961/196270 volume
136 Multiplex
136 Multiplex Development Corporation
136 Municipal Signal Engineer
136 National Association of Broadcasters
136 The National City Bank of New YorkCheck stubs1935-1942
137 The National City Bank of New YorkCheck stubs1942-1949
138 National Defense Research Committee
138 National Patent Planning Commission
138 National Television System Committee
138 Nelson, James R.
138 New high-frequency allocations
138 New York-Boston microwave television relay
138 New York City - WNYC-FM
138 New York Times
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 14 of 32
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138 Nicholson, M.G.
138 Noble, Daniel E.
138 Norton, Kenneth A.
138A Nowak, A.
138A Olson, H.F.
138A Oman, N.J.
138A Orchard, H.J.
138A Packard-Bell Company litigation
139-142 Patents: general143-145 Patents: "misc."146-149 Patents: "originals - USA & Foreign"150-151 Patents: "reprints - USA & Foreign"
152 Pattison, D.R. et al.
152 Penn-Allen Broadcasting Company
152 Pennsylvania Turnpike police radio installation
152 Personalities in science
152 Personnel
152 Peters, Ralph G.
152 Petersen, Chester F.
152 Peterson, E.
152 Philco CorporationLitigation (1)
153 - 154 Philco CorporationLitigation
155 Philharmonic Radio & Television CorporationLitigation
155 Philips Transmitting News
155 Phillips, Edward C.
155 Phillips, M. Lindeman
155 Phonevision
155 Pieracci, Roger J.
155 Pierce, J.R. & A.L. Hopper
155 Pinkerton, D.C. & N.H. Shepherd
155 Plummer, Curtis B.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 15 of 32
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155 Plump, E.H.
155 Pollack, Dale
155 Popov, Alexander S.
155 Porter, Paul A.
156 Preece, W.H.
156 Pratt, Haraden
156 Press Wireless, Inc.
156 Price, Pattie
156 Priest, Conan A.
156 Production
156 Promotion
156 Propaganda
156 Propagation
SCROLL BOX 2 & 3 Radio propagation graphs9 graphs
157 Public relations
157 Pupin, Michael Idvorsky
157 QST (magazine)
157 Radar
157 Radiation
157 Radio & Television, Inc.Litigation
158 The Radio Club of America Inc.
FLAT BOX 439 The Radio Club of America Inc.Manuscripts & illustrations
159-170 Radio Corporation of America (RCA)Litigation: general
171-179 RCALitigation: Armstrong estate
180-182 RCALitigation: blueprints & designs
183 & 184 RCALitigation: correspondence1935-1953
185-193 RCALitigation: Crosby, Murray G.
194-233 RCALitigation: documents
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 16 of 32
BOX
234-240 RCALitigation: documents (abstracts)
241 RCALitigation: documents (Broadcast Receiving Set Licenses)
242 RCALitigation: documents (indexes)
243-245 RCALitigation: exhibits
572 RCA/NBCAbstract Classified9 folders
572 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 1-1993 folders
572 RCA/NBCAbstract Chronological No. 11931-1948
572 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 200-3492 folders
572 RCA/NBCAbstract Chronological No. 2
1931-1948573 RCA/NBC
Exhibits No. 350-5492 folders
572 RCA/NBCAbstract Chronological No. 3
1931-1948573 RCA/NBC
Exhibits No. 559-5992 folders
573 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 600-7492 folders
573 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 750-9994 folders
246-248 RCA/NBCLitigation: exhibits: no. 1000-l354
573 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 1-2002 folders
573 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 201-3562 folders
574 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 357-5222 folders
574 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 523-5783 folders
574 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 579-7493 folders
574 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 750-8993 folders
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 17 of 32
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574 RCA/NBCExhibits No. 900-10994 folders
249-263 RCA/NBCLitigation: exhibits: A-Z
264 RCA/NBCLitigation: exhibits: correspondence
265 RCA/NBCLitigation: exhibits: indexes
575 RCA/NBCExhibits-index A-Z4 folders
575 RCA/NBCAlphabetical Index to RCA Documents7 folders
266-272 RCA/NBCLitigation: exhibits: photostats
273 & 274 RCA/NBCLitigation: Hansell, Clarence W.
275 & 276 RCA/NBCLitigation: microfilms
277 RCA/NBCLitigation: Motions before the Delaware Court
278-291 RCA/NBCLitigation: patents
292-298 RCA/NBCLitigation: photostats
299-304 RCA/NBCLitigation: photostats, carbons, etc.
305-307 RCA/NBCLitigation: "publications"
308-412 RCA/NBCLitigation: transcripts
413-419 RCA/NBCLitigation: transcripts - digests
420 Radio-craft (magazine)
420 The Radio Craftsmen, Inc.Litigation
420 Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (1)421 Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (2)
422 Radio file annual
422 Radio stations-broadcasting companies, correspondence1952-1954
422 Radio Technical Commission for Marine Services
422 Radio Technical Planning Board
422 Radio and Television Manufacturers Association1950-53
422 Ragazzini, John Ralph
422 Rand, Ayn
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 18 of 32
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422 Raytheon Manufacturing Co.
422 Real estate
422 Reception
422 Reedy, George E.
422 Regenerative circuit case correspondence
423 Rhombic antennas
423 Ridenour, Louis N.
423 Rider, John F.
423 Ring, Andrew J.
423 Robinson, Hugh
423 Rockwell, Robert J.
423 Roddam, Thomas
423 Roder, Hans
423 Roetken, A.A. et al.
424 Round, Henry J.
425 Royal Society of Arts
425 Runge, W.
425 Runyon, C.R., Jr.
425 Russell, J.B., Jr. & F.M. Gager
425 Rust, N.M. et al.
425 Rye Beach, N.H.
425 Salinger
425 Salisbury, Winfield W.
425 Sandeman, E.K.
425 Sarnoff, David
425 Sashoff, S.P. & Joseph Weil
426 Schairer, Otto
426 Schrage, Wilhelm E.
426 Schuchmann, P.
426 Scott, Herbert J.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 19 of 32
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426 Scott Radio Laboratories
426 Seeley, Stuart William
426 Semm, A.
426 Sentinel Radio CorporationLitigation
427 Shannon, Claude E.
427 Shielded rooms
427 Short wave
427 Shouse, James D.
427 Shute, E.R.
427 Simon, I.
427 Simon, Leslie E.
427 Skinner, Cook & Babcock
427 Slaby, A.
427 Sleeper, Milton B.
427 Smith, C.H.
427 Smith, David B. & William E. Bradley
427 Smith, P.H.
427 Soucy, Chester I.
427 Southampton, N.Y.
427 Spingarn, Jerome H.
427 Sponsor (magazine)
427 Squier, George O.
427 Stanton's Electronic & Communications Digest
428 Static experiments1927
429 Steinman, David B.
429 Sterling, George E.
429 Stetson, Harlan T.
429 Stevenson, A.R. & Simon Ramo
429 Stokowski, Leopold
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 20 of 32
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429 Stricker, Adam K., Jr.
429 Stromberg-Carlson Company
429 Strutt, M.J.O.
429 Stumpers, Frans Louis Henri Marie
429 Sturley, K.R.
430 Sullivan, John F.
430 Summerhayes, H.R., Jr.
430 Superheterodyne case
430 Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.Litigation
430 Sylvania - War Dept. equipment
430 Swift, Gilbert
430 Swinton, A.A. Campbell
43l Tarzian, Sarkes
43l Taylor, A. Hoyt
43l Technical Appliance Corporation (TACO)
43l Tele-tech
43l Television
432 Terman, Frederick Emmons
432 Tesla, Nikola
432 Thatcher, Everett W.
432 Thomson, Elihu
432 Thomson, J.J.
432 Tiberio, Ugo
432 Tillman, J.R.
432 Tilton, Edward P.
432 "Titanic" disaster
432 Tobey, Charles W.
432 Trains - radio
432 Turner, P.K.
432 U-H-F technique
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 21 of 32
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432 Underhill, Charles R.
433-439 United States. Air ForceContracts
FLAT BOX 439 United States. Air ForceContracts: account books (3 volumes)Note: No. AF19(604)-899 & No. W28.099.Ac14
BOX440-442 United States. Air Force
Contracts: bills paid1946-1954
443 United States. Air ForceContracts: National City Bank accounts
444 United States. Air ForceContracts: Project Lincoln (MIT)
445 United States. Army
446 United States. ArmyAEF1917-1919
447 United States. Atomic Energy Commission
447 United States. Bureau of Standards (Dept. of Commerce)
448 United States. Congress. House of Representatives
449-45l United States. Congress. Senate
452 & 453 United States. Federal Communications CommissionGeneral
454 & 455 United States. FCCApplications, permits, etc.
456 United States. FCCAllen's confidential memo
456 United States. FCCAnnual reports, excerpts
456 United States. FCCCorrespondence
457-463 United States. FCCDocket no. 3929 - 9572
464 United States. FCCHoover Commission Report
464 United States. FCCJoint statement ... "functional music"
464 United States. FCCLicenses
464 United States. FCCMembers
464 United States. FCCPolicies
465 United States. FCCPrinted misc.
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 22 of 32
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466 United States. FCCReports of proceedings...
466 United States. FCCRules & regulations
467 United States. FCCStatistical studies
467 United States. FCCTechnical Information Division
467 United States. FCCTechnical papers
467 United States. FCCTelevision - color
467 United States. FCCTelevision Engineering. Conference, 1948
468 United States. FCCTelevision Engineering Conference Report1948
468 United States. FCCTelevision hearings1948
469 United States. FCCTelevision hearings1948
470 United States. Federal Trade Commission
470 United States. President's Communications Policy Board
470 United States. Securities & Exchange Commission
470 United StatesMisc. governmental agencies
471 Upton, Robert W.
471 Vallarino, A.R. et al.
471 Van Beuren, J.M.
471 Van Scoyoc, J.N. & J.L. Murphy
471 Van Weel, A.
471 Walker, Paul A.
471 Walter, Francis E.
471 Ward, H.M.
471 Warner, K.B.
SCROLL BOX 2 W2AGProfile map Yonkers to W. Hamilton Beach & map of radio coverage tristate area
471 WBAM - computed contour map
471 Weagant, R.A.
471 Webster, Edward M.
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471 Weeden, W.N.
471 Weir, I.R.
471 Wells-Gardner & Co., Inc.Litigation
471 Western Electric Company
471 Western Society of Engineers
471 Western Union Telegraph Company
472 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing CompanyLitigation
472 Weston EngineeringNotes
472 Whitaker, J.N. & R.E. Mathes
472 Whitehead, J.W.
472 Whitney, Philip
472 Wigan, E. Ramsay
472 (John) Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishers
472 Williams, F.C.
472 Wilmotte, Raymond M.
472 Wilson, Charles E.
473 Winlund, E.S.
473 Wireless World
473 Woodyard, J.R.
473 Wynn, Taylor & Blattmachr
473 Yacht transmitter
473 The Yankee Network
473 Young, Filson
474 Zenith Radio CorporationCongressional correspondence & activities
474 Zenith Radio CorporationCorrespondence with Zenith personnel1954/1955
474 Zenith Radio CorporationEngineering & technical
474 Zenith Radio CorporationFCC
474 Zenith Radio CorporationFM production
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475 Zenith Radio CorporationFM reception
475 Zenith Radio CorporationHerriott, Irving
475 Zenith Radio CorporationHowland, John
475 Zenith Radio CorporationKelsey, E.
475 Zenith Radio CorporationLoop antennas
475 Zenith Radio CorporationMcDonald, Eugene F., Jr.1940-1951
476 Zenith Radio CorporationMcDonald, Eugene F., Jr.1952-1954
476 Zenith Radio Corporation"The Major"
476 Zenith Radio CorporationMisc.
476 Zenith Radio CorporationMisc. correspondence
476 Zenith Radio CorporationPhonevision
477 Zenith Radio CorporationRCA litigation
477 Zenith Radio CorporationRadiorgan
477 Zenith Radio CorporationTelevision
477 Zenith Radio CorporationWright, Joseph S.
477 Zenneck, Jonathan
477 Zetrouer, W.F. & W.J. Kessler
477 Zuhrt, Harry
V. E.H. ARMSTRONG ESTATE
478-483 E.H. Armstrong estate: misc. legal papers relating to the many legal suit pendingat the time of Major Armstrong's death
VI. ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
484 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation: misc. papers
VII. PHOTOGRAPHS
485 Equipment
485 Equipment - Zenith Corp.
486 Groups
486 Groups - Early family
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FLAT BOX 439 Photographs: Marconi Station, MA; equipment; Dinner for George Burghard, 20Jan. 1928; Wedding photos. Evelyn K. Peterson & Thelma Stead; Radio Club of America. Banquets 19 Nov. 1919, (with article transcript from "Wireless Age"), 22 April 1921 & 5 Dec. 1947; Mt. Washington; Annual Meeting of the F.M. Broadcasters, Inc., 1944
BOX487 Miscellaneous
487 Persons
487 Places (1)488 Places (2)489 Places (3) - Alpine, NJ490 Places (4) - New York City
491 & 492 Negatives
493-495 Negatives - glass & lantern slides [ON-SITE]
VIII. PHOTOSTATS
496-501 Photostats
IX. PRINTED
502-525 Clippings526 & 527 Clippings (photostats)FLAT BOX 439 Clippings (photostats)
528 Early catalogs
575 Fortune [magazine]February 1928 (contains article on Armstrong)
575 The Radio Club of AmericaThe legacies of Edwin Howard Armstrong
529 & 530 Radio Photofact Service
530 L. LessingMan of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong
575 Lewis, TomEmpire of the AirHarperCollins, 1992
531 Miscellaneous
X. RECORDINGS
10 records, 6 reels of tape & 1 cassette
PHONO DISKS (Microgroove recordings made at 78 rpm) Archival copies: Researchers must use tape recording made
from these disks
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--I - 12"
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Labelled " W 2 A G - Freq vs Ampl "1930
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Labelled " Comm. bcst. vs freq. mod."Empire StateWEAFEHA1938
--8 - 12"
Numbered 1 thru 8, recorded on one side only, as follows:
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 1: Major Armstrong: T1 0-300' 5/17/48: Haddonfield AM-FMComparison 1935; transcribed from original films Ipana Program - Frank Crummet Warner Quinlan Glee Club
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 2: Cut 2: Major Armstrong: T1 0 - 300' 5/17/48 [Same as No. 1]
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 3: Major Armstrong: T2 300 - 800' 5/7/48 [Continuation of Record No. 1]
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 4: Major Armstrong: Cut 2 T2, 5/17/48 [Same as No. 3]
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 5: Major Armstrong: T3 375 - 600', 5/17/48 [AM-FMComparison transcribed from films. Town Hall - Frank Crummet
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 6: Major Armstrong: T3 Cut 2 375-600', 5/17/48 [Same as Record No, 5]
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 7: Major Armstrong: T4. 600 - 860', 5/17/48 [Continuation of Record No. 5]
Cabinet 726 Drawer B-1 Disc No. 8: Major Armstrong: T4 Cut 2 600-86O', 5/17/48 [Same as Record No. 7]
TAPE RECORDINGS
BOX571 No. 1: No. 5 RCA Test Cuts
7 Oct. 1957571 No. 1: Noyau 50, parts of no. 2-3 recording571 No. 1: W2AG Continental (dance music)581 No. 1: Information carrier: FM-AM571 No. 1: c. 1. (archival copy)571 No. 1: c. 2. (listening copy)571 No. 2. Haddonfield discs (no. 1-8; W2AG & Empire State WEAF; 2 discs)571 No. 3a, 3b, 4: NBC, 2 July 1947. Magnetophone recordings.
c. 1. (3 reels; archival copies)c. 2. (1 cassette; listening copy)
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 27 of 32
XI. 1981 ADDITION RECORDS OF LITIGATION
Edwin H. Armstrong & Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Plaintiffs vs. DeForest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co., Defendant:
BOX
532 1: Briefs2: Briefs & Opinion3: Record & Opinion (with USCCA (2nd)U.S.District Court - So. District of New York
532 1: Record & Opinion (with USDC-SDNY) [lacking]2: Transcript of Record3:.Briefs & OpinionsU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - 2nd Circuit
533 4:.Transcript of Record & Briefs (Under Prelim Inj. RED-l7)5. Briefs (Morton)6:.Record of DeForest Contempt Proceedings
Edwin H. Armstrong & Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Plaintiffs vs. Irving Langmuir & General Electric Co., Defendant-Appellants and Lee DeForest; DeForest Radio Telephone and Telegraph Co.; Alexander Meissner; Secretary of the Navy; American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Defendants-Appellees:
533 Transcript of Record and Briefs (Under Rev. Sec. 4915)U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - 2nd Circuit
Edwin H.Armstrong, Appelland vs. Lucien Levy, Appellee:
533 Interference No. 52,088Patent Appeal Docket No. 20851. Briefs and RecordCourt of Appeals of the District of Columbia
534 Interference No. 41,709Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
DeForest vs. Meissner vs. Armstrong vs. Langmuir
534 Volume ITranscript of recordU.S. Patent Office & Court of Appeals, D.C.
534 Volume IITranscript of recordU.S. Patent Office & Court of Appeals, D.C.
534 Volume IIIBriefs Before Examiner & BoardU.S. Patent Office & Court of Appeals, D.C.
534 Volume IVBriefs Before Commissioner & Court of AppealsU.S. Patent Office & Court of Appeals, D.C.
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XII. 1990 ADDITION
Files from the firm of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore
BOX535 Correspondence, General:
Includes: Photostats of agreement between W.D. Sullivan and N.Y. Maclean re: FM radio station Copies of Patent Nos. 2524760 and 2524761
Feb. 1954-April 1955
536 Correspondence, General:Includes: Western Union Telegraph Company - Quarterly Reports of Radio CircuitsWill Of Emily Gertrude ArmstrongMemorandum of Agreement between E. H. Armstrong and Canadian Marconi Co.Proposed Agreement between Marion Armstrong and John BoseDraft Agreement between Marion Armstrong and John Bose
May 1955 - Dec. 1957
537 Correspondence, General:Includes: United States Letters Patent 3-24-59 Japanese Patent Application Statement of Actions pending of E.H. Armstrong written by William D. SullivanCopies of Stipulation of Dismissal Foundation Charter and By- Laws of Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation, Inc.
Jan. 1958- Dec. 1980
537 Alpine Station Inventory: includes Proceedings of Institute of Radio Engineers Feb. 9, 1954-Dec. 1955
538 Columbia Laboratory MattersNew York, Feb. 25, 1954 - May 18, 1956
538 Biography by Lawrence Lessing (includes drafts of biography) May 5, 1954 - Aug. 1956
538 Foreign Matters (includes: Statement of Policy from Patent B Association, Inc.Hearings on Bill HR 3534)March 12,1954 Sept. 10,1956
538 Settlement of Infringement Cases July 1954 - Jan. 3, 1956
538 Income Tax Questions (includes: Power of Attorney)March 29, 1954 - May 23, 1955
538 Government ContractMay 12, 1954 - July 5, 1956
538 Freed Electronics and Controls CorporationFeb. 19, 1955 - May 3, 1957
538 CB Fischer of Radio Engineering Products CorporationSept. 11, 1939 - June 23, 1954
539 Multiplex Services Corporation (includes: Folder-Information Packet FromMultiplex)
April 15, 1955 - March 9, 1956
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539 Court of Claims Tax RefundsFeb. 13, 1963 - June 13, 1966
539 Real Estate: Apartment 7-A 485 Park Ave. NY: Sept. 1955 - Nov. 1955
539 Real Estate: Rye Beach, N.H.April 14, 1955 -. Nov. 5, 1958
539 Real Estate: Yonkers PropertySept. 17, 1954 - Oct. 20, 1958
539 Real Estate: Alpine StationMarch , 1954 -April 14, 1954
539 Real Estate: Alpine, N.J. PropertySept. 27, 1951- May 13, 1952
539 Real Estate: Alpine, N.J. PropertyJune 2 1950 - Sept. 17, 1964
539 Real Estate: Catskill MountainNov. 23, 1948 - Jan. 6, 1956
540 Closing of Alpine Station (includes: Correspondence File - Memoranda; MemorialProgram; Fan Mail re: Closing; Answer Form from Marion Armstrong)
March 4, 1954 - March 18, 1954
541 General memoranda (includes: Memo to Mr. Schneiderman; Photographs ofcemetery plots and contract with the Kesico Cemetery; Annual Report of Scudder Fund of Canada, Ltd.
Feb. 5, 1954 - Feb. 15, 1963
541 Miscellaneous (includes: Alpine Station Inventory; Foreign Matters; AT&TNegotiations; A Tribute by Columbia University; Settlement of Cases; Miscellaneous Pamphlets)
March 1954 - Oct. 1955
541 Real Estate (includes: Alpine Property; Catskill Property) June 13, 1953 - May 1963
542 Office Files: Probate & General--Government Contract (Air Force)--Wynn, Taylor, & Blattmacher vs. Estate of E.H. Armstrong re: professional services--Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARE): Organization and General
Matters: March , 1954--Accounting: Surrogate's Court- New York County, re: Administration of Estate:
Sept. 7, 1954--Subpoena - Dept. of Justice: July , 1957--Agreements & Releases (includes: John Bose - Employment Agreement:
July 25, 1957; International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. Agreement: July 25, 1957; Release to Western Electric Company and AT&T: July 25, 1957
542 Insurance Policies
532 Insurance Correspondence and Memoranda
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 30 of 32
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543 Drafts of Heads of Agreement between Telefunk & Marion Armstrong August 9, 1954
543 Miscellaneous Marerial from McCormack's Office (includes: Armstrong vs. RCASettlement Papers; Armstrong Tax Memoranda)
Jan. 2, 1958
543 Articles and Newspaper Clippings, re: Court Cases & Death
543 Copies of Will
543 Armstrong Holds (includes: Charts of Patents)
543 Miscellaneous Material from McCormack's Office (includes: Arrnstrong vs. RCASettlement Papers; Armstrong Tax Memoranda)
Jan. 2, 1958
543 Articles and Newspaper Clippings, re: Court Cases & Death
543 Copies of Will
543 Armstrong Holds (includes: Charts of Patents)
544 Emily G. Armstrong Estate (includes: Hospital, cemetery, & miscellaneous bills;Income tax returns: 1938-1945; Bank Statements; Check books)
544 Edwin H. Armstrong Estate: Early Writings1933-1935
544 Marion Armstrong: Antique Business
545 Margaret DeGraff: Purchase of Alpine, NJ Property
545 E.H. Armstrong: Sale of Alpine, NJ Lots
545 E.H. Armstrong: Probate & General
545 E.H. Armstrong: Federal Estate Tax
545 E.H. Armstrong: Income Tax
545 E.H. Armstrong: Foreign Drafts
545 E.H. Armstrong: Court of Claims - Tax Refunds
546 Tax Information
546 Working Papers - Income Tax1954 - 1965
547 Tax Information
547 Working Papers -- Income Tax1966 - 1968
547 Federal Estate Tax
547 New York Estate and other Transfer Tax
E.H. ARMSTRONG Page 31 of 32
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548 Tax Returns1946 - 1949
548 Income Tax Returns1948 - 1968
548 US "Income Taxes Withheld" & "FICA Taxes "Combined1950 - 1953
548 Tax Bills from Alpine, NJ1952 - 1963
548 Photographs from Alpine Tax Exhibit
548 Annual Federal Tax Return: 1952 Federal Unemployment Tax Act
548 NYS Unemployment Tax Returns1952 - 1953
548 NJ Unemployment Insurance Returns and Compensation1944-45, 1953
548 NJ Quarterly Reports: 1952 Employers' and Workers' Contributions
549 Bank Statements1921 - 1934
550 Bank Statements1935 - 1948, 1951 - 1952
551 Dominick & Dominick Bank Statements1948 - 1954
551 Alpine & Columbia Laboratory Account checkbooks1952 - 1954
552 Checkbooks1924 - 1954
552 Savings Account Books1951
553 Cancelled Checks1952 - 1953
553 Columbia Laboratory Account1952
553 Bank Statements and Cancelled checks
554 Financial Records (includes: "FM Development" Connected Bills, 1924 - 1940)1924 - 1948
555 Financial Records (includes: FM Royalties of Model 19116)1947 - 1950
556 Financial Records1949 - 1953
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557 Financial Records1952
558 Financial Records1953
559 Financial Records1949 - 1955
560 Financial Records - Estate1953 - 1965
561 Financial Records Estate1954 - 1956
562 Financial Records - Estate1954 - 1963
563 Financial Records - Estate
563 Fiduciary Work Files
564 Real Estate Documents (includes maps)
565 Original Patents, Europe566 Original Patents, South America567 Original Patents: United States567 Original Patents: Australia567 Original Patents: Great Britain567 Original Patents: Canada
568 Armstrong "Feed-Back" Invention, Documents and Court RecordsWestinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company vs. DeForest Radio includes: Memoranda of Law - Dec. 1927Memoranda of Fact - Dec. 1927
569 Armstrong "Feed-Back" Invention, Documents and Court RecordsWestinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company vs. DeForest Radioincludes: List of unexpired patents owned by Westinghouse--Office File: Correspondence--Office File: Documents - Supreme Court: of U.S.
Petition for Hearing 1928Petition for Writ of Certiorari 1928.Opinions and Decrees Holding Armstrong Patent No.1,113,149.DeForest Notes 1912 - 1914.Petition for Writ of Certiorari 1927.Respondents' Brief in Opposition to Petition for Writ 1927
--F.H. Wood Personal File, Working Papers
570 Armstrong "Feed-Back" Invention, Documents and Court Records--Includes: Documents from U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Third Circuit,
1927 - 1930--Second Circuit, 1927US. Patent Office - Brief for CraigPhotocopies of Supreme Court Documents (Covers Only)Documents from U.S. Supreme Court, 1927, 1928, 1930
