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"Steve Hafer in SLC" 6/19/75 Side 1 Part 1., 1975

 Item — track: 13

Scope and Contents

  1. She tells the same story about the still in Hollywood from Disc 11.
  2. She tells a story about people following his speaking tour, and people who followed him to each appearance he gave despite the fact that his speech was the same at each stop.
  3. She tells the story of RCA battling in 1937 in court with Phil over who had invented television first. They were able to call on Justin Tollman, who was his chemistry teacher as a freshman in high school in 1922.
  4. They were able to locate him and bring him to the deposition and he was able to accurately describe and write what Phil had told him about fifteen years earlier. RCA did not win the case and was awarded nothing, and Phil felt it was largely because of Justin Tollman.

Dates

  • 1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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Extent

From the Collection: 45 CD

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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