De Forest (Lee) (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924, 1919-1924

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Summary

Title:
Lee De Forest (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924
Dates:
1919-1924
Creators:
Abstract:
Extent:
(Boxes: 1 ov)
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Preferred citation:

Lee De Forest (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

One scrapbook of clippings, letters and photographs pertaining to De Forest and his inventions. There are articles by and about De Forest. The bulk of the clippings are about his invention of sound film. There are also clippings and ephemera pertaining to Thomas A. Edison's 75th birthday celebration (1924) and a letter from Edison to De Forest on the same subject. Fragile.

Biographical / historical:

Iowa-born inventor, received a B.S. and Ph.D. from Yale. Worked on apparatus for radio telegraphy. Invented the triode (1906), the prototype of all electronic amplifiers. Among his other inventions were sound film and colored television. Lived in Palo Alto from 1910-1913 and moved back to California in 1930. Died in Hollywood in 1961. [Hart, Companion to California.]

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:
1919-1924
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Lee De Forest (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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