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Creator:
Beakes, William Edgar  Search this
Harris, Charles Cohill, 1898- (radio engineer)  Search this
Names:
Tropical Radio Telegraph Company.  Search this
United Fruit Company.  Search this
Fessenden, R.A.  Search this
Extent:
1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Blueprints
Technical drawings
Reports
Scrapbooks
Date:
1904-1961
Scope and Contents note:
Correspondence, notes, articles, and photographs assembled by Harris on the history of the United Fruit Company and Tropical Radio Telegraph Company (TRT), 1904-1961. Also includes manuscript histories of companies; material on the application of teletypewriters to radio circuits; blueprints, schematics, reports, and manuals concerning the technical work on TRT; and a scrapbook of William Edgar Beakes, president of TRT, 1939-1943.
Arrangement:
Collection arranged into one series.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles Cohill Harris (b. 1898) in St. Louis, Missouri was a radio engineer and executive who served in various capacities in the Tropical Radio Telegraph Company, a subsidiary of the United Fruit Company, 1916-1963.
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Electric equipment  Search this
Communications  Search this
Radio engineers  Search this
Radio  Search this
Electrical engineers  Search this
Technical literature -- Electric equipment  Search this
Electrical science and technology  Search this
Telegraph, Wireless  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence -- 20th century
Blueprints -- 20th century
Technical drawings
Reports
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Citation:
Charles Cohill Harris Collection, ca. 1906-1976, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0049
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Charles Cohill Harris Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b24211d4-b00f-4ac2-a49c-f7f188f61a2d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0049