Virgil Eldon Bottom Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Bottom, Virgil Eldon
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Electrical engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Virgil E. Bottom, 1998, January 20.
creator: label: Collector
content: Bottom, Virgil Eldon
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content: Virgil Eldon Bottom Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Virgil Eldon Bottom was a leading figure in the use of quartz crystal technology for frequency control in radio communication, particularly for use by the military. In early radio quartz was frequently used to help hold the frequency.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1983.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now Division of Work and Industry), 3/26/85
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0148
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into five series: (1) Correspondence, 1969-1983; (2) Printed materials; (3) Photographs, 1942-1945; (4) Clippings; (5) Audio Tapes.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This collection consists of letters from Virgil Bottom requesting information about the early days of the quartz crystal industry in the United States and letters from "Old Timers" in the industry received by Bottom in response to his request of December 10, 1980; print materials, including a "History of the Quartz Crystal Industry in the United States" by Bottom; photographs; clippings; and two audio tapes.