Inventor Name
Radio Pioneers Project
Repository
Columbia University
Oral History Research Office
801 Butler Library, Box 20
535 W. 114th St., MC 1129
New York, NY 10027
212-854-7083
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/
Physical Description
25 interviews
Summary
A comprehensive record of the early history of radio contributed by engineers, station and network executives, government officials, writers, directors, and performers. Scientific matters discussed include types of sending apparatus, early experiments with wireless, radio antennas, wireless and radio transmitters, the Alexanderson alternator, early experiments with television, transmitters for radio stations, mobile radio units, problems of engineering in network broadcasts, manufacturers' laboratory research, and the effects of WWII on radio engineering.
Finding Aid
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/rpioneer.html