C. Willard Geer Scrapbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Geer, C. Willard, 1902-1975 (physicist)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
label: Names
content: University of Southern California
topic: label: Topic
content: Color television
label: Topic
content: Physicists
label: Topic
content: Tri-color television device
label: Topic
content: Television
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the Division of Electricity, 3/30/84.
creator: label: Creator
content: Geer, C. Willard, 1902-1975 (physicist)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Southern California, 1943-1968. In 1944, he was granted the basic patent in color television for his tri-color television device which enabled the practical production of color images by television receiving apparatus. He held fourteen additional patents on the television.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944-1962
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now 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.0096
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Diagrams
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Legal documents
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Robert Harding, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Diagrams
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal documents
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1940-1970
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two notebooks (scrapbooks) of clippings, correspondence, original United States patents, briefs on hearings of patent interference suits, drawings of color television tubes, photographs of Geer and his model of the receiving tube, licensing agreement proposal on the sale of patent rights to the (Bob) Hope Enterprises, and biographical information.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Related artifacts in the Division of Work and Industry (electricity collections).