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Title
Interview with Arthur E. Harrison
Creator
Green, Warren
Harrison, Arthur Elliot
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
California Revealed from History San Jose
Rights Information
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Description
Interview with Arthur E. Harrison in which Harrison discusses his work on klystron tubes at Stanford University and San Carlos (Calif.) in the late 1930s and early 1940s with Russell and Sigurd Varian. This work was supported by the Sperry Corporation, who incorporated klystron technology into their radar and microwave products. Date of the interview is unknown; likely circa 1970. Part of the Perham Collection of Early Electronics.
Type
sound
Format
1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Interviews
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
2003-47-44
casjhsj_000070
Language
English
Subject
Electronic industries--History
Electronics
Klystrons
Sperry Rand Corporation. Sperry Gyroscope Division
Varian, Sigurd Fergus, 1901-1961
Varian, Russell Harrison, 1898-1959
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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