Electricity and Modern Physics Photonegatives
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
label: Names
content: Radio Corporation of America.
label: Names
content: Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
label: Correspondent
content: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
label: Names
content: Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, b. 1906
label: Names
content: Marconi, Guglielmo, Marchese, 1874-1937
label: Names
content: Marconi, Maria, Marchesa
label: Names
content: Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio -- Apparatus and supplies
label: Topic
content: Radio -- History
label: Topic
content: Engineers
label: Topic
content: Phonograph
label: Topic
content: Telegraph, Wireless
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Source unknown. Found in collections.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
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content: Electricity and Modern Physics Photonegatives
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs, negatives, and glass plates. The collection is in cold storage. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890 - 1930
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to Archives Center from the Division of the History of Technology (now the Division of Work and Industry) in 2000.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0715
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series and are arranged by topics.  The folder titles in the container list were taken from the image enclosures.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Yauntilaa Lancaster, intern, Ramona Williamson, volunteer, Erin Molloy, volunteer; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2012.  Finding aid written by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2012.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white negatives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, radio equipment, inventors, and phonographs. The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) engineers and some equipment are especially well represented. Many of the  negatives are unidentified and undated.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials held in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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