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031/07. Staff

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 031/07

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Marvin Camras papers, 1938-1964

 Collection
Identifier: 031.07.05
Abstract Marvin Camras Papers Acc. No. 1998.053 in IIT Archives/Paul V. Galvin Library/Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago, IL 60616 Finding Guide to Professional Papers (1938-1985) Transcript of Oral History [See Acc. No. 1998.119 for the oral history transcript.] Compiled and edited by Thomas J. Misa, ca. 1985 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This project began at the initiation of Anita Anderson, Special Collections Librarian at IIT's Galvin Library [since retired].... We are indebted to John Kalvelege who...
Dates: 1938-1964

Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

 Collection
Identifier: 031.07.10
Description of the Collection

Various black and white images (prints, negatives, contact sheets) of Marvin Camras, some with wire and tape recorders; some head shots. One shows him in a posed laboratory setting wearing an Armour Research Foundation lab coat. One color slide with TV set. One with Marvin (and Isabella Camras?) holding "Magnetic Society Information Storage Award." (NOTE that additional photos of Camras will be found in other collections. See 1998.053 for complete listing.)

Dates: 1940-1980; Majority of material found within 1940-1980

Marvin Camras t-shirt, 1990

 Collection
Identifier: 031.07.08
Description of the Collection

T-shirt (white with black and red silk-screened image) with photo of Marvin Camras and reading "IIT's Very Own/Marvin Camras/Father of Magnetic Recording." Shirt has been autographed by Camras. Artifact.

Dates: 1990

Marvin Camras wire recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 031.07.07
Description of the Collection 109 spools of magnetic wire recordings, presumed to be test samples for experiments conducted by Marvin Camras while developing wire recording technology at Armour Research Foundation. Spools (3½" diameter) and containers are labeled with various numbers and occasional text; e.g., one reads: 387, W477, 270/1926, HALF to w[?]ear; another reads: No - 208, 1.- B. 90% red., W389. Inventory of Spool Numbers...
Dates: circa 1940-1950

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