Edwin H. Armstrong papers, 1886-1982, bulk 1912-1954

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Series II: Writings of EHA, 1913-1953

These records are organized chronologically. Many are standard publications written by E.H. Armstrong, some are annotated. There are drafts with annotations which are typically addresses or speeches. Also included are newspaper articles, statements and testimony.



Box 20 Folder 1 Notorized Feedback Circuit Diagram--Photostat, 1913 January


Box 20 Folder 2 Electrical World Diagram of Operating Features of the Audion,, 1914 December 12


Box 20 Folder 3 Diagram of Reactance Tube, 1915


Box 20 Folder 4 The Audion as a Detector Amplifier, 1915 (German), 1915


Box 20 Folder 5 "Some Recent Developments In the Audion Receiver,", 1915 March 3


Box 20 Folder 6 "Study of Heterodyne Amplification By the Electron Relay," Typed Publication with Corrections, [1916]


Box 20 Folder 7 "A Study of Heterodyne Amplification By the Electron Relay,", 1916 October


Box 20 Folder 8 "Operating Features of the Audion,", 1917 August 17


Box 20 Folder 9 "A New System of Short Wave Amplification, 1921


Box 20 Folder 10 "The Super-Heterodyne: Its Origin, Development, and Some Recent Improvements,", 1921 February


Box 20 Folder 11 "Some Recent Developments of Regenerative Circuits,", 1922 June


Box 20 Folder 12 "Method of Reducing the Effect of Atmospheric Disturbances,", 1927 August 27


Box 20 Folder 13 New York Herald Tribune--"Major Armstrong Gives Views on Audion History,", 1930 December 21


Box 20 Folder 14 New York Times--"Tube That Gave Radio A Magic Touch,", 1931 February 8


Box 20 Folder 15 Disclosure of Television System, 1933 May 8


Box 20 Folder 16 Westhampton Beach Log, 1934 June 9


Box 20 Folder 17 Dutch Patent Application, 1934-1935


Box 20 Folder 18 Predication Made Before Radio Club of America, 1935-1936


Box 20 Folder 19 New York Times Prediction," , 1936 January 5


Box 20 Folder 20 "A Method of Reducing Disturbances In Radio Signaling By a System of Frequency Modulation"--Annotated,, 1936 May


Box 20 Folder 21 Federal Communications Commission (FCC)--Testimony Before the, Docket No. 3929 1936 June 17, 3929, 1936 June 17


Box 20 Folder 22 Improved System For Reinforcing Signal with Respect to Ignition Noise--Diagram,, 1937


Box 20 Folder 23 New York Times Armstrong's Challenge Regarding Orin E. Dunlap's Article on W2XMN,, 1939 January 1


Box 20 Folder 24 FCC, Testimony Before, Docket No. 5805--Includes Excerpts, 1940 April 22


Box 20 Folder 25 Radio Today "Major Armstrong Clears Up Point in FM-Tele Issue," Letter to the Editor,, 1940 May


Box 20 Folder 26 Electrical Engineering "Evolution of Frequency Modulation"--Inscribed,, 1940 December


Box 20 Folder 27 "Frequency Modulation and Its Future Uses,", 1941


Box 20 Folder 28 Advertisement--"An Important Message to the Radio Trade Regarding FM Receivers,", 1941


Box 20 Folder 29 Offer to the War Department of Free Use of FM Patents--Clippings and Answers From Secretary's of War and Navy,, 1941


Box 20 Folder 30 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science "Frequency Modulation and Its Future Uses," 1941 January


Box 20 Folder 31 "The New Radio Freedom"--Paper Read at the Franklin Institute on Receipt of Medal,, 1941 May 21


Box 20 Folder 32 "Vagaries and Elusiveness of Invention"--Edison Medal Acceptance Speech,, 1943 January 27


Box 20 Folder 33 Broadcasting "Like Story of the Superheterodyne, A Set for Every Purse,", 1943 April 26


Box 20 Folder 34 Scientific Monthly "Nikola Tesla,", 1943 April


Box 20 Folder 35 FM Broadcasters, Inc--Address to the Fifth Annual Meeting at the Commodore Hotel,, 1944 January 26


Box 20 Folder 36 The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, Testimony Before--"The History of Frequency Modulation"--As Printed in FM Radio-Electronics Engineering 1944 March


Box 20 Folder 37 American Newspaper Publishers Association--"The Story of FM Broadcasting,", 1944 April 27


Box 20 Folder 38 FM and Television "The Original Disclosure of FM, Part 1,", 1944 June


Box 20 Folder 39 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Address Before the--"Ingenuity,", 1944 July


Box 20 Folder 40 FM Radio "Electronics Mathematical Theory vs. Physical Concept,", 1944 August


Box 20 Folder 41 FM and Television "High Points of FM History,", 1944 August


Box 20 Folder 42 National Association of Broadcasters, Executive War Conference, Address to--"The Postwar Future of Broadcasting,", 1944 August 31


Box 20 Folder 43 Memorandum Written "In Response to the Commission Request for Added Details and Reasonsfor My Protest of the Commission's Action..."--In Regards to Frequency Shifts--Typed Paper Regarding Ancient Propagation Discoveries--Typed Speech Prepared for IRE To Return Medal of Honor, With Corrections, 1945, undated, 1945, undated


Box 20 Folder 44 FCC Briefs--Docket No. 6651 1945 February 21, April 18, 25, 6651, 1945 February


Box 20 Folder 45 New York Herald Tribune "Major Armstrong's Proposal" Regarding FM Inventor Offers Profits To End Dispute,", 1945 March


Box 20 Folder 46 FCC, Testimony Before the--Docket No. 6768 1945 August 1, 6768, 1945 August 1


Box 20 Folder 47 Broadcasting "Armstrong Attacks FCC Data on FM,", 1945 November 19


Box 20 Folder 48 New York Times "FM Still Open To Study," Response to Jack Gould's "FM Growing Pains,", 1945 November 23


Box 20 Folder 49 Coverage and Correspondence Regarding FM Briefs to FCC, 1946-1948


Box 20 Folder 50 FCC, Testimony Before the--Docket 6651 1954 January 18, 6651, 1954 January 18


Box 20 Folder 51 Army Life "Inventor Lauds Army Training,", 1946 February


Box 20 Folder 52 Heinl News Service--"Major Armstrong Takes Exception to Mr. Jett's FM Statement,", 1946 February 6


Box 20 Folder 53 Radio Manufacturers Association of Canada, Address Before the, At the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, PQ,, 1946 May 31


Box 20 Folder 54 New York Times "FM, Production Underway Despite Delays,", 1946 June 19


Box 20 Folder 55 Broadcasting "Armstrong Challenges Shouse on FM,", 1946 July 1


Box 20 Folder 56 Tide "In Support of FM Radio,"--Includes Correspondence,, 1946 September 6


Box 20 Folder 57 Broadcasting "Armstrong Questions Cosgrove's Reason For August Decline in FM Set Output,", 1946 September 28


Box 20 Folder 58 Broadcasting "Armstrong Says Setmakers Behind Broadcasters on FM,", 1946 October 21


Box 20 Folder 59 Printer's Ink "Clarification From Major Armstrong," Regarding "NAB's Sessions Run Gamut of Radio Problems as Trammell Urges Higher,", 1946 November 29


Box 20 Folder 60 FCC--Docket No. 8487--Briefs, Statements and Correspondence, 1947


Box 20 Folder 61 Advertisement--"What's All This Talk About FM?,", 1947 January-February


Box 20 Folder 62 Sub-Committee of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Testimony Before--S. 1333 1947 June 25, 1333, 1947 June 25


Box 20 Folder 63 International Communications Conference--Address to in Atlantic City, 1947 August 6


Box 20 Folder 64 NAB Address--"Some Ancient History of the Radio Art," in Atlantic City, 1947 September 17


Box 20 Folder 65 Frequency Modulation Association, Radio Address to, in Chicago, Illinois,, 1947 October 15


Box 20 Folder 66 Laval University Speech--Includes Original Notes, 1948


Box 20 Folder 67 RCA's Attempt to Hamper FM Development--Testimony Regarding, 1948 May 1


Box 20 Folder 68 "Radio Broadcasting-1922-Looking Backward"--Published in Radio Craft 1948 June


Box 20 Folder 69 Articles Regarding Controversy With Jolliffe on Discovery of Long Distance, Short Wave Propagation FM and Telephone,, 1948 July-September


Box 20 Folder 70 Electronics Magazine Remarks on Jim Day's "Serrasoid FM Modulator,", 1948 August 11


Box 20 Folder 71 "A Study of the Operating Characteristics of the Radio Detector and Its Place In Radio History"--Paper Read Before the Radio Club of America, Inc.--Includes Correspondence,, 1948 November 19


Box 20 Folder 72 Statement to Infringers of FM Patents, 1948 December 15


Box 20 Folder 73 Sponsor Magazine FM Discussion, 1949 June 20


Box 20 Folder 74 "FM Broadcasting: Past, Present and Future"--Paid Statement in the Radio and Televison Retailing 1949 August


Box 20 Folder 75 Broadcasting "Questions FM to Cuba,", 1949 November


Box 20 Folder 76 FCC--Docket No. 9501--Memoranda For Amendment of Section 3.261 Governing Hours of Operation of FM Broadcast Stations,, 1949 December


Box 20 Folder 77 New York Times "Radio's Wave Band,", 1950 March 18


Box 20 Folder 78 Advertisement--"The Position of FM-1950," Radio and Television Retailing 1950 July


Box 20 Folder 79 Radio Daily "Claims FM First,", 1950 September 14


Box 20 Folder 80 Electronics Magazine "Backtalk,", 1950 October


Box 20 Folder 81 Proceedings of the Radio Club of America "The Short Story of the First Trans-Atlantic Short Wave Message,", 1950 October


Box 20 Folder 82-83 Marconi Review "Wrong Roads and Missed Chances-Some Ancient Radio History"--Address for Receipt of the Washington Award,, 1951 March, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 84 New York Herald Tribune Radio Coverage of the United Nations, 1951 March 7, 24, 1951 March, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 85 New York Times "Diplomacy on TV"--Includes Correspondence,, 1951 August 30


Box 20 Folder 86 US Naval Institute Proceedings "Wireless in Warfare"--Includes Correspondence,, 1952 January


Box 20 Folder 87 Letter to the New York Times Hearing in the Journal of the Patent Office Society Regarding Defining Inventions, 1953


Box 20 Folder 88 Columbia Alumni News "Just A Few Tons of Ice...,", 1953 March


Box 20 Folder 89-90 Subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee, Testimony Before--H.R. 3534 1953 June 9-10, 3534, 1953 June 9-10, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 91 Speech--"The Spirit of Discovery"--An Appreciation of the Work of Marconi, AIEE Convention--Includes Correspondence and Photographs,, 1953 June 15


Box 20 Folder 92 New York Times "Defining Inventions"--Includes Correspondence,, 1953 August 30


Box 20 Folder 93 News Release on System of Multiplex Transmission, 1953 March 17


Box 20 Folder 94 "Some Recent Developments in the Multiplexed Transmission of Frequency Modulated Broadcast Signals"--With John H. Bose,, 1953


Box 20 Folder 95 Discussion of Allen Paper, undated


Box 20 Folder 96 Draft Material for FM Paper With Handwritten Notes, Drawings and Diagrams--Includes Notes on Mentor Michael I. Pupin,, undated