Telecommunications for Venezuela
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
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content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952-1957 and undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0018, Series 10
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials in this series are concerned with helping to organize a nationwide telecommunications system of Venezuela that would  provide toll and long distance calls, telephone messages, a teleprinter circuit system, and a national TV system.  DuMont Laboratories, Inc., was to develop and build this system, and developed new division of the company, DuMont Venezuela, to accomplish this.  There is no information on whether the proposal was accepted.  Materials consist of Du Mont's proposal to the government of Venezuela and two general information books on Venezuela.  Materials are arranged by volume number.