"At Cliff's house with Cliff, Arch, Harold, and Pem" 1/4/75 Side 2., 1975

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Scope and Contents

She talks about the difficulty of understanding what Phil's patents actually mean. This mostly stems from the fact that patents name what they do, but not the context for what they do in a more complex combination.
One of them remarks that they would sometimes doubt what he said but because his track record was so good they would go along with them regardless.
She tells a story of being in Germany in 1939 and their uncomfortable experience because their sailings were cancelled repeatedly.
They remark that the difficulty in writing the biography for Pem is not finding out when Phil was doing things, but finding out how that timeline related to other companies and individuals.
They talk about some of the early processes they used and developed.

Dates

1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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