Gerald Connop Gross Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gross, Gerald Connop (radio engineer)
label: Names
content: Federal Communications Commission.
label: Names
content: Federal Radio Commission.
label: Names
content: International Telecommunication Union.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
place: label: Place
content: Bern (Switzerland)
topic: label: Topic
content: Communication -- Research
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Radio engineers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was purchased from Walter Grossman circa 1980.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gross, Gerald Connop (radio engineer)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Gross (1903- ), radio engineer, served with the Federal Radio Commission and later as Chief of the International Division of the Federal Communications Commision (FCC). In 1945, he was appointed Vice Director of the International Telecommunication Union in Bern, Switzerland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1946.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
label: Container
content: Box 2
label: Container
content: Box 3
label: Container
content: Box 4
label: Container
content: Box 5
label: Container
content: Box 6
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Electricity, 3/30/84.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0095
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Legal documents
label: Type
content: Publications
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1981
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal documents
label: Genre/Form
content: Publications
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This collection documents the history of the development of international communications. Includes official correspondence, 1926-1945, while Gross was at the F.C.C.; clippings; photographs; publications; legal documents; radio licenses; reports from international conferences; and F.C.C. reports and circulars.