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"Agnes and Ethyl Rush" 9/1/75 Side 1., 1975

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Scope and Contents Pem says that Phil's father was very interested in astronomy and was constantly studying it and this knowledge was passed on to Phil. Phil's father, Lewis, went on a mission after he had his children and his wife had a bad heart. He went without any money or extra clothes and was able to live off of the generosity of people. His first wife died and he then was married to a woman named Serena. ...
Dates: 1975

"Agnes and Ethyl Rush" 9/1/75 Side 2., 1975

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Scope and Contents Pem says she has briefs of the case where Phil won the decision against RCA in the invention of the electric television. She says they spent about thirty thousand dollars defending themselves and were thankful that RCA chose not to appeal the ruling in a civil court because she and Phil didn't have much more money and would have struggled to continue to fight. They talk about missing books of day...
Dates: 1975

"Agnes and Ethyl Rush" 9/1/75 Side 2 Part 2., 1975

 Item — track: 17
Scope and Contents Pem says that they were unable to stand being in Maine after the house burned down, but they eventually went back and built a cabin on the pond that their house had overlooked in 1966. At one time they owned over 3000 acres of land in Maine. They tell stories about a man named Herb Metcalf. They talk about Ruth and how impressed they are with her despite her struggles with age or...
Dates: 1975