Publicity
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gerber, H. Joseph, 1924-1996
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content: Heinz Joseph Gerber Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949 - 1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1336, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 4: Publicity, 1949-1995, is arranged into three subseries: Subseries 4.1: Articles, Subseries 4.2: Clippings, and Subseries 4.3: Publicity. The series contains journals and magazines, newspaper and magazine clippings, and publicity for the Gerber Variable Scale. Articles are mostly from engineering and industrial trade journals and discuss the Variable Scale and Gerber's other inventions. There are also several issues of R.P.I. alumni magazines that discuss Gerber and his achievements since graduating in 1947. Clippings are primarily from newspapers and a few magazines, and discuss topics such as Gerber's inventions, accomplishments, awards, and role in the Young Man in a Hurry broadcast. Publicity materials were created shortly after the founding of Gerber Scientific Instruments in 1947 and consist of manuals, photographs, form letters, and articles promoting Joseph Gerber and his Variable Scale. Materials are arranged chronologically within each subseries.