Inventor Name
Pierce, George Washington
Repository
Harvard University
Harvard University Archives
Pusey Library
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
617-495-2461
http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/
Physical Description
46 containers
Summary
Pierce graduated from Harvard in 1899 and taught physics and communication engineering at Harvard. Includes correspondence with patent attorneys and others, concerning patent difficulties and routine matters, and related material, such as patents, legal briefs and memoranda of agreement. Other papers include financial records, chiefly records of royalties and personal account books, and correspondence about Harvard research, publications, and work with Lee de Forest, regarding height of reflecting layer in atmosphere, with related notes and drafts of research fellow, John A. Pierce. Some manuscript notes and drafts of G.W. Pierce, concerning electric waves, are included in the papers. Also includes a notebook and 5 reels of film. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.