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Father of Radio

 Collection
Identifier: 038.01.27
Description of the Collection

Digital version in PDF format of the out-of-print autobiography FATHER OF RADIO by Lee de Forest, originally published by Wilcox & Follett (Chicago), 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Institutional chronologies collection, 1963-1993

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.67
Description of the Collection Six typed chronologies containing timelines of institutional histories of Armour Institute of Technology (1892 - 1940), Lewis Institute (1896-1940) and Illinois Institute of Technology (1940 - present). Each covers a different time range and each was apparently compiled from different sources, though much of the information is repeated and consistent from one chronology to the next. While many of the events concerning IIT and its predecessors and affiliates listed in these...
Dates: 1963-1993
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Lee de Forest recording, 1958

 Collection
Identifier: 038.01.26
Description of the Collection Fifteen minute audio recording of Lee de Forest speaking on his 85th birthday (August. 26, 1958) to thank over 60,000 Ham radio operators who sent him QSL cards in honor of his birthday. It was recorded by Harry Leonard, audiologist for Fox Studios, and played over Ham radio ARRL Headquarters in Harper, Conn. De Forest comments about how impressed he was at receiving the thousands of birthday greetings as a sign of "the high regard which radio amateurs hold toward myself." He recounts a bit...
Dates: 1958
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course records, 1942-1943

 Collection
Identifier: 011.01.02
Description of the Collection Materials related to the Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course at Illinois Institute of Technology during WW II. Includes information on staff, classes offered, enrollment statistics; samples of certificates awarded (by the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Course (ESMWT): Advanced Electronics and Ultra High Frequency Techniques; Radio Measurements and Electronics; by the War Department, U. S. Army: Radio Operators; Radio Technician); course outlines;...
Dates: 1942-1943
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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