The Clapper
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Joseph Enterprises, Inc. (San Francisco, California)
label: Collection Creator
content: Pedott, Joseph, 1932-2023
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content: Joseph Pedott Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 - 1985
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0898, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains correspondence, legal documents, advertising, packaging and blueprints related to the manufacture and marketing of the clapper. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and details the finances and manufacture of the Clapper. The majority of correspondence addresses parts/components and the associated drawings from the Taiwan Electronics Mfg. Corporation and the Taiwan William Computer Mfg. Corporation. There is some correspondence with Pedott's attorney about trademark issues surrounding the Clapper.  The legal documents pertain to a 1984 breach of contract between Joseph Enterprises, Inc., and Real Time Technology Ltd., regarding the timely supply of a sonic control switch for the Clapper. The advertising materials contain a 1988 script for video and audio spots and the photographs depict the Clapper's many uses.