Charles Townes Innovative Lives Presentation
name: label: Interviewee
content: Townes, Charles, Dr., 1915-
label: Speaker
content: Berger, Sondra
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewer
content: Nahory, Robert E.
title: label: Topic
content: Innovative Lives Program (NMAH public program series)
topic: label: Topic
content: Electronics -- 1960-2000
label: Topic
content: Masers
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Physics -- 1960-1990
label: Topic
content: Astronomy -- 1960-2000
label: Topic
content: Nobel Prizes
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 1930-2000
label: Topic
content: Physicists -- 1930-2000
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Created by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, 1998.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Townes, Charles, Dr., 1915-
label: Speaker
content: Berger, Sondra
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: Charles Townes Innovative Lives Presentation
abstract: label: Summary
content: Taped presentation of Charles Townes, inventor of the MASER, the Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Townes was born in Greenville, S.C., July 28, 1915. Graduated from Furman University (1935), Duke University (1936), and the California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1939). Appointed to faculty of Columbia University, 1948, where he conceived the idea for the maser. Received Nobel Prize for physics for advances in quantum electronics, 1964.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1998-12-02
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Oral history was created by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Transferred to the Archives Center December 2, 1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0673
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Betacam sp (videotape format)
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into four series. 

Series 1: Original videos, 1998

Series 2: Master videos, 1998

Series 3: Reference videos, 1998

Series 4; Digital images, 1998
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 1999.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 1990-2000
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content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: BetaCam SP (videotape format)
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1980-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Videotaped interview with Charles Townes, inventor of the MASER (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). The interview was part of the "Innovative Lives" public program series. Videotapes include VHS and Beta Cam SP formats.