10. Audio
- Scope and content:
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Sound recording and communication: magnetic tape, reels, machines, heads (non-instrumentation, mostly), phonographs, radios, amplifiers, pre-amps, microphones, speakers, headphones, public address systems, intercoms, motion picture sound, dictation, transcription services, tape duplication, spectrum analysis, tone encoding. See also telecommunications, data, noise measurement, film, video, misc. A/V
Includes Ampex Corp., Amega, Altec Lansing (division of LTV Ling Altec, Inc.), Amperex Electronic Corp., Astro-Science Corp., CBS Laboratories (division of Columbia Broadcasting, Inc.), Cognitronics Corp., DeJur Grundig, Dictaphone Corp., Digidesign Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Electro-Voice, Ferroxcube Corp., Fidelity Sound Company, General Radio Company ("Experimenter"), Gotham Audio Corp. (+Infotronic Systems Inc. division), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (ITT), Korting (division of Matthew Stuart & Company, Inc.), Leach Corp., Lanier Electronic Laboratory, Inc. (Carrivoice), Ledex (Bramco Controls Division), Magne-Head (division of General Instrument Corp.), MagnaSync Corp. (subsidiary of Monogram Industries, Inc.), Memorex Corp., Michigan Magnetics (subsidiary of VSI Corp.), Miles Reproducer Company, Inc., Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company (3M), Norelco, Nortronics Co., Inc., Norfolk-Hill, Ltd. (distributor of Stuzzi Memocord), Sony Corporation of America, Switchcraft, Inc., Talk-a-Phone Company, Telex Acoustic Products, Uher Werke, Visual Electronics Corp., Voca Corp., Wollensack (3M-Revere Mincom Division), Zelex Marketing Corp.
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Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Parent terms of access:
- While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022