Technology
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0648
Abstract
The Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers (1924-1992) contains biographical material, financial records, news clippings, speeches, journals, article reprints, patents, research notes, workbooks, daily activity notes, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, and awards. Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) was a researcher, writer, and a pioneering developer of television, radar technology, peacetime applications of nuclear fusion, and the infant incubator. The last section of...
Dates:
1924-1992
Athol Graham video collection
Collection
Identifier: A1036
Abstract
The audio visual component of this collection is comprised of several relatively low quality but fascinating clips of hot rod related footage and several reels of 8mm home movie film relating to Utah and the Bonneville Salt Flats as well as Graham's late 1940s mission to New Zealand.
Dates:
1940s-1980s
Byron A. Hunter photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0504
Abstract
The Byron A. Hunter photo collection consists of various older pictures of students in classrooms, sports teams, families, and newspaper clippings along with several more recent pictures of reunions with his classmates, and letters of thanks with graduation photos included.
Dates:
1940-1980
Loren E. Morey papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1860
Abstract
The Loren E. Morey papers (1826-1983) contain correspondence, notes, articles, publications, notebooks, pamphlets, brochures, and news clippings related to hot air balloons and rocket systems. Loren E. Morey received a Ph.D in chemistry from Columbia University in 1944. He worked for Hercules Powder Company for twenty-five years beginning in 1950. While at Hercules, he participated in the development of several military rockets including the Nike Ajax, Little John, Terrier, and Talos.
Dates:
1826-1983
Loren E. Morey photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0870
Abstract
The Loren E. Morey photograph collection contains images related to hot air balloons and rocket systems.
Dates:
1940-1980
Simon Ramo papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0660
Abstract
The Simon Ramo papers (1930-2011) includes correspondence, biographies, writings, speeches, articles, minutes, programs, newsletters, interviews, annual reports, certificates, and other papers. Ramo is a computer scientist, businessman, co-founder of TRW Inc., author, and tennis expert.
Dates:
1930-2011
Harold F. Silver papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1551
Abstract
The Harold F. Silver papers (1941-1998) contains financial records of the Silver Corporation, requests for charitable contributions, documents relating to the sale of sugar processing machinery patents to American Factors Associates, and drawings of a continuous coal mining machine designed by Silver and built by Silver Engineering Works (1941-1946). Silver was a Utah and Colorado inventor, businessman, philanthropist and civic leader. He invented the continuous coal miner, a non-flammable dry...
Dates:
1941-1998
Harold F. Silver photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0785
Abstract
The Harold F. Silver photograph collection contains stock graphs of various companies.
Dates:
1950-1980
Thomas G. Stockham papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1491
Abstract
The Thomas G. Stockham papers (1951-1994) provide information about the personal and professional life of Thomas Greenway Stockham, Jr. (b. 1933). The papers include personal documents, correspondence, teaching and business records, scientific and technical reports and manuals, project notes, and published and unpublished documents. Stockham is best known for his development of digital sound, his contributions to computer image processing procedures, and his work on the Watergate tapes.
Dates:
1951-1994
William Robert Sutherland dissertation [microform]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1429
Abstract
The William Robert Sutherland dissertation (1966) consists of a microfilm copy of his Ph.D. dissertation titled The On-Line Graphical Specification of Computer Procedures, which he completed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dates:
1966