Everest (F. Alton) papers, 1937-1941, 1971, bulk Bulk, 1937-1941

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Summary

Title:
F. Alton Everest papers
Dates:
1937-1941, 1971, bulk Bulk, 1937-1941
Creators:
Everest, F. Alton (Frederick Alton), 1909-2005
Abstract:
F. Alton Everest was an audio and acoustical engineer from the 1930s to the 1980s. The collection consists of a small amount of materials related to his early career and ephemera from the 17th Film Festival in Asia in 1971.
Extent:
1.0 linear ft. (2 boxes and 1 flat box)
Language:
and English, German, Chinese, and French.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], F. Alton Everest papers (Collection 2154). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of material related to the career of audio engineer F. Alton Everest. The collection includes photographs and publications documenting the technical aspects of early television and ephemera documenting the 17th Film Festival in Asia (1971). Over 100 photographs represent early television equipment, both in the US and abroad. The periodicals are German, French, British and American publications, mostly about early television development in the 1930s. Included are a small number of reprinted articles written by Everest, about television engineering, from the journal Communication (1939-1940). Additionally there is a scrapbook and other ephemera from the 17th Film Festival in Asia, for which Everest served as a juror.

Biographical / historical:

F. Alton Everest was born in Oregon in 1909. He received a BSEE from Oregon State University (1932); an electrical engineering degree from Stanford (1936) and studied physics at the graduate level at UCLA (1946-1947). He taught in the Electrical Engineering Department at Oregon State (1936-1945). During World War II, he was attached to the University of California Division of War Research at San Diego where studied underwater sound transmissions. (1945-1971). He co-founded and from 1945-1971 directed production for the Moody Institute of Science, a Christian ministry which produced a number of award-winning science films. In the 1970s, he taught in the Communication Department at Hong Kong Baptist College (1970-1973). Later in his career, Everest worked as an acoustical consultant and authored many works about acoustic design. Everest died in Santa Barbara, CA in September 2005.

Acquisition information:
Gift of F. Alton Everest, 1988.
Arrangement:

There is no specific arrangement to the collection.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Sound engineers--Archival resources.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Michele James with assistance from Julie Graham; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
©2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-10-15T09:49-0700 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], F. Alton Everest papers (Collection 2154). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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