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Direction Finding Equipment, Radio Compasses

Catalog Data

Collection Creator:
Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1885-1948
Scope and Contents note:
Series 69 contains abstracts; articles; blueprints; booklets; correspondence, 1916-1928; descriptions; diagrams; illustrations; instruction sheets; maps; newsclippings; operating instructions; photographs; reports; sales catalogues; sketches; studies; elementary and technical notes; and wiring diagrams of direction finding equipment. Among the types covered are the pilot cable; radio compass; radio range; Loran; Shoran; Dellini Tosi system; and transmitting types of direction finders, such as Becon. See Series L for index to photographs in Bound Volumes.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but a portion of the collection remains unprocessed and is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs, negatives, and slides.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
George H. Clark Radioana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0055, Series 69
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George H. Clark Radioana Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88c9e312f-c360-4f94-95c3-4c22fb19ee0e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0055-ref1632