Henri Gaston Busignies Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Busignies, Henri Gaston, 1905-1981 (electronic/communications engineer)
label: Names
content: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
place: label: Place
content: Nutley (N.J.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio detection finders
label: Topic
content: Radar
label: Topic
content: Telecommunications engineers
label: Topic
content: Electronic engineers -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Electronics
label: Topic
content: Communications, Military
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Busignies, Henri Gaston, 1905-1981 (electronic/communications engineer)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Busignies, electronic-communications engineer, came to the United States from France in 1940 and was naturalized in 1953. He held several positions at the Paris laboratories of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation(ITT), 1928-1941, where he was involved with the development of direction finders, radar, and instrument landing and at the Federal Telecommunications Laboratories of ITT at Nutley, New Jersey, 1941-1946. He received a certificate of commendation for his outstanding service with the United States Navy in 1947 and the Presidential Certificate of Merit in 1948.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1905-1981
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (Now the Division of Work and Industry), March 30, 1984.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0098
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Papers
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Robert Harding, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Papers
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Documentation of Gaston's role in the development of radio direction finders during World War II.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Related objects in the Division of Work and Industry (Electricity and Nuclear Energy collections).