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Sound / Interview with Harold Elliott / Douglas Perham at New Almaden Museum

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Title
Interview with Harold Elliott / Douglas Perham at New Almaden Museum
Creator
Rasmussen, Erv
Elliott, Harold F
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
California Revealed from History San Jose
Rights Information
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Description
Interview with engineer Harold Elliott discussing his personal background, education at Stanford University, work with Federal Telegraph Company in Palo Alto (Calif.), and later work with Galvin Manufacturing Corporation and Motorola. In the second half of the recording, Douglas Perham continues a tour of his electronics collection at New Almaden Museum. Part of the Perham Collection of Early Electronics.
Type
sound
Format
Sound
1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Interviews
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
2003-47-14
casjhsj_000074
Language
English
Subject
Engineers--Biography
Electronics--History
Collectors and collecting
Museums
Telegraph, Wireless--History
Radio--History
Federal Telegraph Company
Galvin, Paul, 1895-1959
Galvin Manufacturing Corporation
Place
New Almaden (Calif.)
Palo Alto (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Provenance
History San Jose
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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