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Herbert B. Van Etten correspondence with Lee de Forest, 1933-1957.
BANC MSS 2000/112 czLOCAL
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Title:
Herbert B. Van Etten correspondence with Lee de Forest, 1933-1957History of science and technology collection
Creator/Contributor:
Van Etten, Herbert B., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Lott, Samuel H., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Dreher, Carl, 1896-1976, CorrespondentAbstract:
Contains correspondence between Van Etten and Lee de Forest, 1951-1957, mostly concerning personal matters, but with references
to their work together and de Forest's legal battles with Edwin H. Armstrong concerning patents of devices invented for radio.
Included with this is correspondence between de Forest and Carl Dreher over an article which Dreher wrote for Harper's Magazine.
Also, information regarding Van Etten's 30-year class reunion at Stevens Institute of Technology and a letter to classmate
Samuel H. Lott summarizing his life since graduation, 1933.
Date:
1933 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Radio -- United States -- Biography
Inventors -- United States -- Biography
Inventeurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
Inventors
Radio
United States
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Stevens Institute of Technology.
Federal Telegraph Company.
Federal Telegraph Company.
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Stevens Institute of Technology.
Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard) -- 1890-1954
Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard) -- 1890-1954
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Included in: History of science and technology collection.
Herbert B. Van Etten worked for many years in the field of communications, most notably the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Co. In 1912, while at the Federal Telegraph Co., he was the assistant of Lee De Forest, who was credited with inventing and
developing much of the technology used in radio, film, and television. Van Etten was responsible for recording information
in notebooks, which were used as evidence in the patent disputes between de Forest and Edwin Armstrong.
Type:
biographyBiographies.
Physical Description:
print
1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2000/112 czLOCAL