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RCA/Thomson Lancaster Records 2464.74
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Summary Information
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Historical Note
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA)'s Picture Tube Division, later known as the Video Component
and Display Division, was headquartered at a company research and production facility on New Holland
Avenue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The site had originally been a military electronics production plant
owned by the United States Department of the Navy and operated by RCA during the Second World
War. After its purchase of the site from the Navy in 1949, RCA used the property to support its efforts
in the race to perfect a color television set. The firm was in direct competition with CBS, which also
had models under development. Employing RCA's innovative shadow mask tube technology, the first
commercially functional color televisions in the world rolled off the assembly lines at the Lancaster plant
on March 25, 1954.
For years thereafter, the plant researched and produced display tubes, developmental products, stamped
metal parts, cathodes, heaters, phosphors, and shadow (aperture) masks, spearheading many of the
significant developments in color picture tube technology. In 1982, RCA developed a color tube system
called COTY (Combined Optimum Tube Yoke)-29 and a year later debuted COTY-FS (full square),
which featured a technologically sophisticated rectilinear screen. In 1984, the company debuted a line of
monochrome and color data-display computer monitors. The Lancaster plant became the headquarters of
the Thomson tubes and displays North America tube division after the acquisition of RCA's consumer
electronics division by Thomson Consumer Electronics (later Thomson Multimedia), a state-controlled
French technology firm, in 1987. The Lancaster Research and Development Center, as it was then
known, oversaw glass production at Scranton, PA, and Circleville, OH, as well as tube production at
Marion, IN, and Mexico City, Mexico. By the year 2000, Thomson manufactured and sold more than 16
million color picture tubes annually.
Despite this volume, Thomson struggled to stay competitive in the television market as the industry
changed in the 1990s and 2000s. They shifted production from cathode ray tubes to wide screens for
digital and HDTV as well as flat tube technology, but the company eventually closed its consumer
electronics operations. The Lancaster plant shut down in 2005.
Materials in the collection document a diverse array of activities at the RCA/Thomson Lancaster
plant between the facility's early days of operation and its closure. Drafts and final copies of product
specifications relate technical characteristics of many of RCA/Thomson television tubes, as well as
insight on research, development, and executive functions at the plant. Product promotional literature
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including trade brochures and advertisements intended for public consumption offer an overview of
marketing and publicity of RCA and Thomson products. Corporate magazines, newsletters, annual
reports, and other print publications document major events in company history. Published service
guides trace the development of RCA tubes over time. Printed and manuscript materials donated to the
collection by early researchers and technicians shed light on professional life at the plant.
Audiovisual materials include black and white as well as color photographs, negatives, lantern slides,
35mm slides, transparencies, videocassettes, and video reels. These primarily deal with development,
production, and publicity of picture tubes at RCA and Thomson in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from about
1950 until about 1990. There are also photographs of picture tube and television production in RCA
plants in China and Brazil.
The collection is arranged into thirteen series: Ellie Adams papers; Company serials; Gary Gendal
papers; Istvan Gorog papers; Lab notebooks; A.M. Morrell papers; Product promotional literature;
Martin R. Royce papers; Service guides and parts directories; Technical data; General; Audiovisual; and
Photographs.
Ellie Adams papers contain print publications collected by Ellie Adams as well as a manuscript poem
Adams wrote upon the scrapping of a piece of electrical machinery named "LEO" in 1973, which
was circulated widely among staff. Adams made manuscript notes on the verso of front covers of two
publications in which he reflects on his career: "A Novel Ultra-High-Frequency High-Power-Amplifier
System" by L.L. Koros, and "Simplified Methods for Computing Performance of Transmitting Tubes" by
W.G. Wagener.
Company serials series contains corporate publications printed by General Electric (once an owner of
RCA's consumer electronics brand) and Thomson Consumer Electronics.
The Gary Gendel papers include manuals and publications related to his work on the COSMAC VIP
microprocessor while at RCA Solid State Division in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Istvan Gorog papers document Gorog's years as General Manager of the Lancaster Research &
Development Center. They include operational records, such as departmental memos, executive
summaries, and progress reports, as well as records of the plant's efforts to develop cathode ray tube
(CRT)-based television technologies to compete with products manufactured by overseas companies. An
electrophotographic phosphor screening (EPS) project, dating to the early 1990's, supported a broader
initiative called "Eagle" that intended to produce a family of Thomson (CRT) televisions with high image
quality. Both projects played central roles in an institutional reorganization effort called "TIGER" that
aimed to reestablish the company's market leadership position it had lost to competitors. Other papers,
including the "Ice Tea project" series, document business ventures aimed at expanding and refining
Thomson's operations.
Lab notebooks series, sometimes referred to as engineering notebooks or research records, served as the
official record for research conducted at Lancaster. By clearly showing the process and dates of research,
the notebooks were essential evidence in patent applications.
Most notebooks are highly technical and difficult to follow without subject expertise. However,
researchers sometimes inserted reports, correspondence, or meeting records into the books. More
frequent are printouts, charts, and photographs pasted onto the pages.
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Notebooks are arranged alphabetically by scientist and then by notebook number. Notebooks with
prefixes (C&P- or L-) are listed first. Note that the notebooks are physically arranged entirely by
notebook number.
Albert M. Morrell papers are mostly scientific publications by other authors. A few unpublished
documents relate to Morrell's professional responsibilities at RCA/Thomson.
The Product promotional literature series contains advertisements and other promotional literature for
RCA/Thomson products between 1960 and 2003.
Martin R. Royce papers consist primarily of published research and data from others within RCA and
other engineering organizations, including a steam table, reports on RCA phosphors, and a history of
the shadow mask aperture tube. Personal items include a 1964 RCA Engineering Achievement Award
presented to Royce, as well as a technical paper he authored, titled "Study of Particle Size and Its Effect
on Screen Efficiency."
The Service guides and parts directories series contains service manuals and parts directories published
by RCA for purchase and use by technicians and dates between 1939 and 1980.
Technical data series is arranged in seven subseries: Electronic Industries Association (EIA); Picture tube
cumulative file; Tube specification process files; PIX publications; ST publications; TPS publications;
and General. RCA/Thomson's color television research and development enterprises resulted in the
production of many new tube models, which were designed to comply with industry standards. The
company prepared tube specification publications (also known as "data sheets") that outlined each
model's technical features. The technical data series includes internal correspondence, rough drafts, and
final drafts of many of these documents, as well as print and manuscript materials related to the sharing
of that technical information with standards-setting organizations. The collection also includes a variety
of other internal and external technical publications written and used by RCA/Thomson employees as
part of their research.
The General series includes materials documenting life at the RCA/Thomson Lancaster plant. Files
include various commemorative documents honoring RCA/Thomson history and achievements, external
publications about the color television industry, employee training materials, competitor product
literature, employee manuscript presentation notes, company brochures, procedures manuals, conference
and symposium reports, financial statements, annual reports, activity reports, press releases, memoranda,
and internal correspondence.
The Audiovisual series consists of films and videos dating from 1985 to 2009. These materials promote
the work and the products of the RCA Thomson Lancaster Picture Tube Plant. The film "Lancaster
Tube Plant" is an edited fully produced program depicting the work in the plant and explains some of
the technology of the picture tube. Another film, "Lancaster Tube Man," includes footage from the
plant and a credit sequence, possibly to be used in the edited film. Of note is a video explaining "How
a Picture Tube Works" and another that discusses the future of picture tubes ("Thomson Americas
Tube Operations"). The film, "Lancaster Tube Plant" has been digitized and it is noted in the scope and
contents of the film where the digital surrogate exists.
Some of the video material is on Digital Betacam which cannot be viewed at this time.
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The Photographs series is organized into eight subseries: Picture tube and electron gun models;
Promotional material and research papers; Design; Production; Buildings and grounds; Gallium arsenide
and germanium laser experiments; RCA Picture Tube Division and RCA electronic components and
devices.
The Picture tube and electron gun models subseries includes diagrams and images of picture tubes
and electron guns. Each diagram has a unique identification number. These images appear to depict
developed products.
The Promotional material and research papers subseries is comprised of newspaper articles, short
research papers, staged photographs, and various other promotional ephemera. These include images by
Jack Moscony for a 1999 article on HDTV, a press release for the Society of Information Display (SID),
picture tube product guide images from the 1960s through the 1980s, as well as a few newspaper articles
and press releases about color picture tubes in 1983.
The Design subseries depicts television designs from the 1950s to the 1990s. The majority of images
show the evolution on the picture tube and electron gun. This includes the shape and appearance as well
as the technical changes from black and white to color. A lot of images are cutaways of picture tubes and
electron guns to show how the television works. As well as general images there are also a few from the
work of individuals including Jack L. Sullivan, Len Smolsky, and M. Cunningham.
The Production series are photographs that document the manufacturing of televisions at the RCA/
Thompson factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as well as factories in Marion, Indiana, China and Brazil.
There are diagrams explaining the American 'Chainless' Conveyor system and how it made picture
tube production easier and more efficient. Other images depict the conveyor system in operation on
the factory floor. Additionally there is information about a pilot run of color television manufacturing
in Marion, Indiana. There are also small transparencies that show the Scranton Blemish Gauge
and Convergence Gauges. Another set of images depicts assembly and inspection of picture tubes
(televisions). Also, a set of slides follows the manufacturing process of a picture tube including the
metalized bead suppressor, heating, cathodes, washing and drying of parts, shadow mask manufacturing,
and shipping.
The Buildings and grounds subseries depicts external and internal images of the Lancaster buildings.
The images include construction of the building, external photographs of the complete building, and a
photograph of employees getting lunch in the cafeteria in the 1960s.
The Gallium arsenide and germanium laser experiments subseries predominantly contains graphs and
charts measuring visibility and reflectivity. They show Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Diode Emissions,
Tunnel Assisted Emissions, and levels of emission and absorption under the Fermi Level. The
Germanium experiments show the Reflectivity of Pure Germanium as well as Arsenic Doped and Tin
Doped Germanium.
The RCA Picture Tube Division subseries consists of presentation slides of graphs and charts related to
color television, picture screen dimensions, in-line guns, CRT guns, and screen evolution. There are also
presentations slides from four technical seminars about 19VGZP22, RCA Precision In-line System, and
two about COTY-29
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RCA electronic components and devices subseries contain slides related to management policies. The
images are of lab facilities in Lancaster, Indianapolis and manufacturing at Yam II Scranton and other
unidentified locations.
Arrangement
V. Lab notebooks
X. Technical data
XI. General
XII. Audiovisual
XIII. Photographs
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement
Manuscripts and Archives
PO Box 3630
Wilmington, Delaware 19807
askhagley@hagley.org
URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Access Restrictions
This collection contains material from the Manuscripts and Archives Department (M&A) and the
Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department (AVD). Box prefixes indicate which
department holds an individual file or item.
All materials are subject to a 25-year time seal measured from date of creation, except series II.
Company serials and series VII. Product promotional literature.
Film materials, negatives and slides are housed in cold storage and must reacclimate prior to viewing
(Film Cans 1-2, Boxes AVD8 and AVD9). Please contact the Audiovisual Collections and Digital
Initiatives Department at least 48 hours in advance of research visit.
Boxes M&A 925 to M&A 987 are stored offsite. Please contact the Manuscripts and Archives
Department at least 48 hours in advance of research visit.
Provenance
The bulk of the records were donated to the David Sarnoff Library by Thomson in 2006. In 2009,
along with the rest of the archival collections of the David Sarnoff Library, the collection was donated
to the Hagley Museum and Library.
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Related Materials
Related Material
The RCA/Thomson Lancaster records are part of the David Sarnoff Library collection (Accession
2464). The collection includes nineteen other finding aids:
Consumer electronics history collection (Accession 2464.79), Manuscripts and Archives Department,
Hagley Museum and Library.
David Sarnoff Library records (Accession 2464.73), Manuscripts and Archives Department and
Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09), Manuscripts and Archives Department
and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
Charles B. Jennings photographs, scrapbook boards, and other materials (Accession 2464.21),
Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives
Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
RCA Astro-Electronics Division records (Accession 2464.70), Manuscripts and Archives Department
and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
RCA Camden records (Accession 2464.76), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual
Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual material
(Accession 2464.78), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum
and Library.
RCA Harrison records (Accession 2464.71), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual
Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
RCA Missile and Surface Radar Division photographs (Accession 2464.31), Audiovisual Collections
and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
RCA News and Information Department photographs (Accession 2464.68), Audiovisual Collections
and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
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RCA product information (Accession 2464.77), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley
Museum and Library.
RCA publications (Accession 2464.82), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and
Library.
RCA Solid State Division records (Accession 2464.75), Manuscripts and Archives Department and
Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
RCA technical reports (Accession 2464.69), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum
and Library.
Records of other RCA divisions (Accession 2464.80), Manuscripts and Archives Department and
Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
David Sarnoff papers (Accession 2464.55), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual
Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
Robert W. Sarnoff papers (Accession 2464.04), Manuscripts and Archives Department and
Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
O'Hara RCA Thomson Company Collection, 1900-2006, M 0962 OMB 0115, Indiana Historical
Society, Indianapolis, IN. Link to finding aid.
• Electronic industries
• Household electronics
• Television
• Vacuum-tubes
• Research, Industrial.
• Laboratory notebooks
• Electronics -- Research
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Collection Inventory
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Provenance:
Provenance
The papers were donated to the David Sarnoff Library by Ellie Adams.
"Data Book RCA Radiotron RCA-868", 1931 May 20 box M&A folder 6
1000
The Old Timer's Bulletin: Official Journal of the Antique Wireless box M&A folder 8
Association, Inc., 1993 February 1000
Poem by Ellie Adams in loving memory of "LEO" power supply, box M&A folder 9
and photograph of "LEO" , 1973 1000
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"A Short History of the Super Power Tube Activity at the RCA box M&A folder 14
Lancaster plant" by John R. Eshbach, circa 2000 1000
Tube specification sheet: "High-Voltage, Beam Tetrode Regulator box M&A folder 16
Tube," S94000D, 1982 September 1000
"White Paper: A Search for a Very High Power CW Amplifier" by box M&A folder 17
Jere Stabley, 1983 1000
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Title/Description Instances
Connections: The Thomson Multimedia Magazine, 1995 April- box M&A folder 32
May 1007
5, no. 15; v. 5, no. 16; v. 5, no. 17; v. 5, no. 18; v. 5, no. 19; v. 5,
no. 20; v. 5, no. 21; v. 5, no. 22; v. 5, no. 23; v. 5, no. 24, 1990
January-1990 December
Informations Thomson: "Toward the 90s" , 1988 January box M&A folder 33
1007
TCE World: v. 1, no. 4; v. 2, no. 7; v. 2, no. 8; v. 2, no. 9; v. 2, no. box M&A folder 35
11; v. 2, no. 12; v. 2, no. 13; v. 3, no. 2; v. 5, no. 3; v. 5, no. 4; v. 1007
5, no. 5; v. 6, no. 1; v. 6, no. 2; v. 6, no. 3; v. 6, no. 4; v. 6, no. 5;
v. 6, no. 6; v. 7, no. 1, 1990-1994
TCE World News Monthly Review (executive newsletter): v. 3, no. box M&A folder 36
3; v. 3, no. 5; v. 3, no. 6; v. 3, no. 7; v. 3, no. 8; v. 3, no. 10; v. 3, 1007
no. 11; v. 4, no. 3; v. 4, no. 7; v. 4, no. 8; v. 4, no. 9; v. 4, no. 10;
v. 4, no. 11; v. 4, no. 12, 1992 June-1992 December
Thomson Magazine, 1989-1991 box M&A folder 37
1007
Thomson World Roundup: v. 2, nos. 7-8; v. 2, no. 12; v. 3, no. 3; box M&A folder 39
v. 3, no. 10; v. 3, no. 6; v. 3, no. 5; v. 3, nos. 7-8; v. 3, no. 9; v. 3, 1007
no. 11; v. 3, no. 12; v. 4, no. 1; v. 4, no. 2; v. 4, no. 3; v. 4, no. 4,
1991 July-1993 April
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developed both hardware and software programs for RCA products such as the COSMAC VIP microprocessor.
Gendel left RCA Solid State in 1990 to pursue an independent business venture.
In 1995, Gendel began working as Member of the Technical Staff for the Sarnoff Corporation (formerly the David
Sarnoff Research Center) in Princeton, New Jersey. There, his research on image processing for two projects, Sensar
and VideoBrush, earned him a promotion to Senior Member of the Technical Staff. In 2006, Gendel left the Sarnoff
Corporation.
While working at RCA Solid State division and the Sarnoff Corporation, Gendel authored multiple articles, earned
the David Sarnoff Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, was awarded two Emmys for his work in digital
television, and received three patents.
Arrangement
Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.
Processing Notes:
Processing Notes
Processed by Rachael A. Beyer, September 2014.
COSMAC VIP, games (digital alarm clock, "The Game of Life," box M&A folder 20
program sheets, scripts, schematics), 1977-1981 1000
COSMAC VIP, instruction manuals, drafts (supersound, tiny box M&A folder 22
basic, eprom programmer, expansion keypad & color/sound 1000
board), circa 1977
COSMAC VIP, user manuals (user's guide, game manual, game box M&A folder 23
manual II), 19781980 1000
VIPER, special issue: "PIPS for VIPS", undated box M&A folder 24
1000
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Ten of Gorog's lab notebooks (1964-1984) from his time at RCA Laboratories can be found in Record group 26 of
the David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09)
Arrangement
Contents of the series are divided into six subseries:
C. EAGLE project
D. EPS project
F. General
Historical Note
Istvan Gorog gathered progress reports from lead Lancaster facility employees on a monthly basis, from which
he prepared both lengthy dossiers as well as executive summaries to share advancements with other company
officials.
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
Title/Description Instances
Monthly progress reports, 1994 January-June box M&A folder 27
1000
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 32
engineering, 1997 January-June 1000
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 1
engineering, 1997 July-December 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 2
engineering, 1998 January-June 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 3
engineering, 1998 July-December 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 4
engineering, 1999 January-June 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 5
engineering, 1999 July-December 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 6
engineering, 2000 January-March 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 7
engineering, 2000 April-June 1001
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Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 9
engineering, 2000 October-December 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 10
engineering, 2001 January-March 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 11
engineering, 2001 April-June 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 12
engineering, 2001 July-September 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 13
engineering, 2001 October-December 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 14
engineering, 2002 January-March 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 15
engineering, 2002 April-June 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 16
engineering, 2002 July-September 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 17
engineering, 2002 October-December 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 18
engineering, 2003 January-March 1001
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 1
engineering, 2003 April-June 1002
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 2
engineering, 2003 July-September 1002
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 3
engineering, 2003 October-December 1002
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 4
engineering, 2004 January-March 1002
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 5
engineering, 2004 April-June 1002
Monthly progress and executive summary reports TTD- box M&A folder 6
engineering, 2004 July-September 1002
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Historical Note
EAGLE was a focus mask program intended to produce a family of Thomson cathode ray tube (CRT) television
tubes with high image quality. In theory, EAGLE tubes could convert more electrical power into light than
competing models, increasing tube efficiency and image quality. Intended to surpass plasma and liquid crystal
display quality, it incorporated new Thomson propriety technologies including electrophotographic phosphor
screening (EPS), electronically active masks, and "deep print-down" matrix processes. Company executives
viewed the project as a bid to stay competitive with consumer electronic giants including Sony by entering the
high-end television market. At the time of the Lancaster plant's closure in 2006, the EAGLE project had been field
tested with positive results in Frankfurt (Germany) and Paris but not brought to market in the form of a consumer
product.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Title/Description Instances
Front end physics: Sarnoff monthly reports (EAGLE), 1997 box M&A folder 9
January 1002
Patents: Eagle project patent index, 1990 April 17-2000 March box M&A folder 10
14 1002
Presentation on EAGLE: by Istvan Gorog in Osaka, Japan, 2001 box M&A folder 16
April 18-19 1002
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Presentation on EAGLE II: status by P.M. Heyman, R.W. box M&A folder 23
Nosker, L. Yang, B.J. Thaler, J.R. Matey, W.C. Stewart, J.J. 1002
Michalchuck, and "Analysis of Eagle Mask Leakage and
Charging with a Partially Conductive Insulator" by W.C.
Stewart and R.W. Nosker, 1999 June 11
Review of EAGLE part 1: by Istvan Gorog in Anagni, Italy and box M&A folder 24
correspondence (2 copies), 2001 February 22 1002
Review of EAGLE part 2: by Istvan Gorog in Lancaster, 2001 box M&A folder 25
March 20 1002
Review of EAGLE part 3: by Istvan Gorog in Lancaster and box M&A folder 26
correspondence, 2001 April 25 1002
Review of EAGLE part 4: by Istvan Gorog, 2001 May 9 box M&A folder 27
1002
Review of EAGLE part 5: LRP and EAGLE planning by Istvan box M&A folder 28
Gorog and P. Ravinet in Lancaster, 2001 June 12 - 14 1002
Review of EAGLE part 8: by Istvan Gorog in Lancaster, 2001 box M&A folder 1
August 24 1003
Review of EAGLE part 9: by Istvan Gorog in Lancaster, 2001 box M&A folder 2
October 18 1003
Review of EAGLE part 10: product road map and EAGLE info box M&A folder 3
by Istvan Gorog in Lancaster and correspondence, 2001 October 1003
23
Review of EAGLE part 11: gen III category B 2002 box M&A folder 4
deliverables, 2001 November 1 1003
Review of EAGLE part 12: gen III, EAGLE and related box M&A folder 5
systems, 2001 December 13 1003
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Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Title/Description Instances
EPS program review, 1994 February 24 box M&A folder 16
1003
EPS program review and correspondence, 1994 September 28 box M&A folder 17
1003
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EPS program review presented to Mr. Max Pellacci, 1995 June box M&A folder 19
28 1003
EPS program review presented to Mr. Max Pellacci, 1995 box M&A folder 20
September 201995 1003
Patents related to EPS project: index, 1995 April 11 box M&A folder 21
1003
EPS team meeting (minutes and meeting materials), 1993 box M&A folder 23
December 13 1003
EPS team meeting (minutes and meeting materials), 1994 April box M&A folder 24
19 1003
EPS team meeting (minutes and meeting materials), 1994 June box M&A folder 25
23 1003
EPS team meeting (minutes and meeting materials), Marion, box M&A folder 26
Indiana, 1994 November 38 1003
Presentation on EPS for Alain Prestat, 1995 October 24 box M&A folder 27
1003
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
Title/Description Instances
"Ice Tea", 2003 November box M&A folder 29-30
1003
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Project ice-tea plant visits proposed workplan, 2003 December box M&A folder 33
2-8 1003
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
Title/Description Instances
"Beliefs Audit Results: Thomson CRT" by Boston Consulting box M&A folder 34
Group, 1999 January 27 1003
Reorganizing engineering meeting in Boston, 1999 June 281999 box M&A folder 2
July 27 1004
Report on reorganizing engineering in Foshan, Japan, 1999 July box M&A folder 3
1 1004
Report on product strategy in Boulogne, France, 1999 December box M&A folder 7
21 1004
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TDM phase II visioneering report, 2001 June 5-8 box M&A folder 9
1004
General, 1994-2003
Scope and Content
The general subseries includes business plans and summaries, product plans and recommendations, teleconference
materials, and other research and corporate records that document the activities of the Thomson's Lancaster
Research & Development Center from 1998-2003.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Title/Description Instances
ATO true flat product recommendation and correspondence, box M&A folder 10
1999 June 23 1004
Business plan proposal for year 2000 in Lancaster by Istvan box M&A folder 11
Gorog, 1999 October 31 1004
Business plan proposal for year 2001 in Lancaster by Istvan box M&A folder 12
Gorog, 2000 October 2 1004
DOS/SLIM gen III review with Anders Frisk, COO, Genesis box M&A folder 16
Microchip Corp., by I. Gorog, R.H. Miller, and P.M. Ritt in 1004
Lancaster, 2003 August 25
Engineering budget for year 2000, 1999 November 3 box M&A folder 17
1004
Long-range SBUA product development meeting, 2001 January box M&A folder 19
30 1004
Samsung/Thomson proposal for production in Brazil, 1998 box M&A folder 22-23
March 13 1004
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February 2 1004
SBU key components engineering update for January 1999, box M&A folder 26
1999 January 26 1004
SBU key components product planning meeting, 1999 June 4 box M&A folder 27
1004
TDM ramp-up chron log, 2002 March-April box M&A folder 28-29
1004
TDM ramp-up chron log (with index), 2002 June box M&A folder 2-3
1005
TDM ramp-up chron log (with index), 2002 September - box M&A folder 5
December 1005
TDM ramp-up teleconferences, 2002 July 16-2002 October 10 box M&A folder 6
1005
Television product strategy for 1999/2001, 1999 March 10 box M&A folder 8
1005
Training manual-CRT version III, 2002 January-2004 May box M&A folder 9
1005
Most notebooks are highly technical and difficult to follow without subject expertise. However, researchers
sometimes inserted reports, correspondence, or meeting records into the books. More frequent are printouts, charts,
and photographs pasted onto the pages.
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Arrangement
Notebooks are arranged alphabetically by scientist and then by notebook number. Notebooks with prefixes (C&P- or
L-) are listed first.
Note that the notebooks are physically arranged entirely by notebook number.
Title/Description Instances
Engineering notebooks log, 1950s-2000s box M&A
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Notebook no. 71846: Eagle II screening, mask and insulator, box M&A
1998-1999 984
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box M&A
981
Notebook no. 70907: EPS - including Marion start up, box M&A
1994-1995 982
Notebook no. 70915: EPS - Marion start up - Marion process box M&A
implementation, 1995 982
Notebook no. 71613: Eagle II screening - EPS phosphor, 1998 box M&A
983
Notebook no. 61591: Bar Code Coatings - Soft Art (Iron Oxide/ box M&A
Graphite) Funnel Coatings, 1981 977
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box M&A
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975
Notebook no. 59270: Light Output Studies - Cap Temperature - box M&A
ILEM Monitor - Light Trimmer, 1985-1999 975
Notebook no. 50507: I.C. Filter Dev. - Phosphor Slurry Dev. - box M&A
Dixon, 1973-1981 969
Notebook no. 54084: PVA aging - TTEG - Dixon - Graphite- box M&A
Japanese Pat. Checks - NTC development, 1975-1981 971
Notebook no. 54863: NTC Matrix, Slurry, and Film - PAA and box M&A
PVP resist - Dixon Graphite - NTC screen bake, 1976-1981 971
Notebook no. 55835: Pigmented Resist - RFF - Dixon - Yale box M&A
slurry with R/B test, etc. - Fluorescence - Disodium addition to 972
resist, 1977-1981
Notebook no. 56665: R/B tests with Yale Prepigmented - RFR box M&A
Tosheba, Dixon, St'd resist - H#O cooling of panel, 2X2 slide 972
slurry works, 1978-1981
Notebook no. 58538, 1980-1984 box M&A
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958
Notebook no. L-6062: CP2461 first ticket on rare earths box M&A
screening: yttrium oxide, europium; yttrium vanadate: europium 959
- CP2463 rare earths on lab Hi L/O green blue, 1964
Martin, Randall W., 1970-1971
Notebook no. 44474, 1970-1971 box M&A
967
Notebook no. 40584: In-Line Gun, Other W.A.F., 1969 box M&A
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Phillabaum, Milan J.
Notebook no. 70445: P870, circa 1994 box M&A
981
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Notebook no. C&P-2: CP3644 tacky dot screening - CP3645 box M&A
Improved dot definition, 1970-1971 958
Notebook no. C&P-5: DS2242 film tests on CGE #2 - CP3678 box M&A
NASA tube - DS2282 Hazeltine tube - CP3681 partial screen 958
bake between filming & aluminizing, 1971-1972
Notebook no. C&P-6: CP3684 filming on CGE #2 - CP3686 box M&A
improve l/0 on matrix II screens - CP3690 dusted screens 958
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Notebook no. C&P-9: Van Ormer demo tubes part 1: CP3808 to box M&A
CP3816 inclusive, CP3819 and CP3820, CP3823 and CP3824, 958
1973-1974
Notebook no. C&P-10: Van Ormer demo tubes part 2: CP3808 box M&A
to CP3816 inclusive, CP3819 and CP3820, CP3823 and 958
CP3824, 1973-1974
Notebook no. C&P-11: CP3759 pigmented phosphors part 1: box M&A
phosphor powder and tube data, 1973-1974 958
Notebook no. C&P-13: Continuation of CP3759 slide data part box M&A
3: standard phosphors also TIC coated slide data, 1973-1974 958
Notebook no. L-6081: Rare earth red phosphor screening and box M&A
filming tests with styrene and styrene copolymers: CP2507, 959
CP2508, CP2512, CP2515, CP2545, CP2476 (supplement),
CP2569, CP2578, 1964-1965
Notebook no. L-6093: CP-2583 tamol 731 life test - CP-2591 box M&A
Rauland film - CP-2609 pilot 19" - CP-2618 high Cd in 959
ZuCdS:Ag - CP-2649 Princeton - CP-2651 C.R. Burg's ticket -
CP-2562 stirring vs. water (J.J. Piascinski), 1965
Notebook no. L-6117: CP2654 film test 19" short fast spin, box M&A
double films - CP2662 (MRRoyce) Hi pH milling - CP2663 959
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Notebook no. L-6200: CP2978 film test (part 2), 1966-1967 box M&A
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Notebook no. L-6256: CP3197 WEP single vs. double filming - box M&A
CP3203 Whsilvers RULP life test - CP3208 WEP Latin square 959
RULP - CP3213 TAS evaluate Sylvania screens, 1968
Notebook no. L-6272: CP 3217 anti blister filming and slurry box M&A
compositions for optimum light output, 1968 959
Notebook no. L-6273: CP 3223 F.J. Hinnenkamp CuAl green box M&A
and RULP film tests in factory factory run #1 thru #10, 1968 959
Notebook no. L-6274: CP 33243 T.A. Saulnier CuAl green and box M&A
RULP film tests in factory (continuation of CP 3223) factory run 959
#11 thru #20, 1968
Notebook no. L-6275: CP3269 RULP filming, 1968 box M&A
959
Notebook no. L-6279: Rare earth phosphor data (1965) - settled box M&A
slides all colors (1967), 1965-1967 959
Notebook no. L-6283: CP 3302 pilot plant filming - CP 3329 box M&A
factory film tests - CP 3353 21CYP22 tube type phosphors with 959
RULP filming, 1968
Notebook no. L-6285: Thermogravimetric and differential box M&A
thermal analysis curves for Kelzan, polyvinyl pyrolidone, ceron 959
(AN) and (N), Atlantic gelatine, Darex MF, Nordland glue,
Polyox, 1968
Notebook no. L-6303: CP 3363 filming - CP 3366 red sulfide box M&A
on std. GR-BL - CP 3373 (SP) M.D. tube - CP 3390 willemite- 959
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Notebook no. 18918: 21" round frames 23" rectangular frames box M&A
25" rectangular frames, 1962-1964 961
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Notebook no. 50863: Pilot Plant Work - Fabrication of Blues & box M&A
Green - Green-Red Onions, 1973-1983 969
Notebook no. 63611: D-117 to D-370 - Blue Z-926 - Z-285 box M&A
- P-11 - F-2130 - Green Z-900 [illegible] - Philips & G.E. - 978
F-2126 - Z-940 - Z-910 - Z-941, 1983
Notebook no. 63621: D-1758 to D-2046 - ZnS:Cu-Cl etc. - EPS box M&A
preparations - Chemical Reclaim Procedures, 1988-1989 978
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Shulka, P.
Notebook no. 2144, undated box M&A
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Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Provenance:
Provenance
Morrell donated the papers to the David Sarnoff Library on May 17, 2006.
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"The Definition of Picture Quality in Black-and-White and Colour box M&A folder 13
Television" by Dr. Ing. Peter Neidhardt, Berlin, Deutschland 1005
(Germany), circa 1960
"Electrolytic Tank, Design and Applications" by Phyllis A. box M&A folder 14
Kennedy and Gordon Kent, 1956 November 1005
"Filament and Heater Characteristics" by Cecil E. Haller, 1944 box M&A folder 16
1005
"High Resolution Cathode Ray Tube Evaluation" by Data box M&A folder 18
Corporation, 1964 April 1005
Legal document: Tiley-Law 35 U.S.C. 146, District Judge Lane, box M&A folder 21
1967 1005
"Limit Theorems: Practical Tool for Project Evaluation" by Hilary box M&A folder 22
Moss, 1956 February 1005
"Line Contour Measurement of Spot Size and Beam Bundle, and box M&A folder 23
Preparation of Experimental Tubes for Test" by R.P. Stone and 1005
W.A. Urban, 1967
"A New 100-Watt Triode for 1000-Megacycles" by W.P. Bennett, box M&A folder 24
E.A. Eshbach, C.W. Haller, and W.R. Keye, circa 1945 1005
Philco Report No. 259: The Effect of Space Charge in the Anode box M&A folder 25
Region of a CRT on the Spot Size" by E.D. Banta, 1969 July 31 1005
"Properties of Getters in Electron Tubes" by J.S. Wagener, circa box M&A folder 26
1960 1005
"Properties Required for High Current Density Cathodes" by J.H. box M&A folder 27
Affleck, 1975 1005
RCA television picture tube division color picture tube technical box M&A folder 28
orientation seminar materials, 1971 April 26-27 1005
"Relation Between Picture Size, Viewing Distance and Picture box M&A folder 29
Quality with Special Reference to Colour Television and to Spot- 1005
Wobble Techniques" by L.C. Jesty, circa 1960
"Report on Twentieth Annual Conference Physical Electronics" box M&A folder 30
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960 March 24-26 1005
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"Television Raster Nomograph" by Chester W. Young, 1957 April box M&A folder 33
1005
"Using the Laser to Determine the Position of the Precision-In- box M&A folder 34
Line Gun Assembly" by P.B. Simon and L.E. Siepietowski, 1974 1005
September 17
"Videocolor/RCA Technical Review," Anagni and Lyon, 1983 box M&A folder 35
May 3-6 1005
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Title/Description Instances
1996 color picture tube product line, 1995 December box M&A folder 1
1006
1997 entertainment color picture tube product line, 1996 box M&A folder 2
December 1006
Available electron guns and picture tube components, 1997 box M&A folder 4
1006
Color picture tube operations product line and components box M&A folder 6
promotional literature, 2000 1006
Color picture tube product lines, 2003 January box M&A folder 7
1006
Colour picture tubes for television, 1997 August box M&A folder 8
1006
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Display and component product lines, 2000 January box M&A folder 13
1006
Hi-Lite color picture tubes ID1304, circa 1968 box M&A folder 18
1006
Manta tube line product information and press kit, 1999 box M&A folder 19
September 1006
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Silverama advertisement: "Quality makes the difference!" , circa box M&A folder 36
1960 1006
Silverama advertisement: "We talk quality in our picture tube box M&A folder 37
advertising to your customers" , circa 1960 1006
"Thomson consumer electronics: first in digital television", 1997 box M&A folder 39
December 1006
Thomson digital precision pitch tube for multimedia applications, box M&A folder 40
1998 May 1006
Tube division product line promotional literature, 1994 box M&A folder 44
1006
Vistascreen color picture tube product line, 1990 May box M&A folder 47
1006
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Vistascreen color picture tube product line, 1992 January box M&A folder 49
1006
Vistascreen color picture tube product line, 1993 May box M&A folder 50
1006
Vistascreen color picture tube product line, 1994 box M&A folder 51
1006
Vistascreen color picture tube product line, 1995 box M&A folder 52
1006
Vistascreen product line: J21397 - advanced information, 2000 box M&A folder 54
February 1006
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
Provenance:
Provenance
The papers were donated to the David Sarnoff Library by Martin R. Royce.
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Final report on research and development leading to new and box M&A folder 58
improved radar indicators by H.W. Leverenz, 1945 July 31 1006
"Review of Dusting and Slurry Screening" by A.E. Hardy, 1965 box M&A folder 60
June 11 1006
"The Shadow Mask Color Picture Tube: How It Began - An box M&A folder 61
Eyewitness Account of Its Early History" by H.B. Law, 1976 July 1006
"Steam Tables: Properties of Saturated and Superheated Steam" box M&A folder 62
by Combustion Engineering-Superheater, Inc., 1940 1006
"Study of Particle Size and Its Effect on Screen Efficiency" by box M&A folder 63
M.R. Royce, 1985 March 21 1006
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
Title/Description Instances
"Practical Television by RCA", 1939 box M&A folder 64
1006
"Service Parts Directory for RCA Victor TV Receivers", 1950 box M&A folder 66
1006
"Service Parts Directory for 1950 and 1951 RCA Victor TV box M&A folder 67
Receivers", 1951 1006
"RCA Service Parts Directory for 1952 RCA Victor Receivers", box M&A folder 2
1952 1007
"Color Television Receiver Model CT-100 Chass No. CTC2 Mfr. box M&A folder 5
No. 274 Service Data", 1954 1007
"Practical Color Television for the Service Industry", 1954 box M&A folder 6
1007
"RCA Service Parts Directory for RCA Victor Television box M&A folder 7
Receivers", 1954 1007
"Large Screen Color Receiver: Supplement to Practical Color box M&A folder 8
Television for the Service Industry", 1955 1007
"RCA Service Parts Directory for RCA Victor Television box M&A folder 11
Receivers, 1955-1956-1957", 1958 1007
"RCA Receiving Tube Manual," pages 9-10, circa 1965 box M&A folder 15
1007
"Product Technical Training" manual and "Compact Color box M&A folder 17
Television" manual, 1967 1007
"Field-Service Guide for RCA Color-TV Receivers, 1969-1970: box M&A folder 20
CTC-22 through CTC-40", 1969 1007
"Field-Service Guide for RCA Color-TV Receivers, 1971-1792, box M&A folder 22
CTC-39X through CTC-55", 1971 1007
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"Reference Guide to Color Picture Tubes: The How and Why of box M&A folder 25
Field Replacement, Setup, Testing", 1974 1007
"RCA Color Picture Tubes: The How and Why of Field box M&A folder 26
Replacement, Setup, Testing", circa 1975 1007
Arrangement
The series is arranged in seven subseries:
D. PIX publications
E. ST publications
F. TPS publications
G. General
manufacturers. The main function of the organization was to establish standards for consumer electronics
design and production. Members, including RCA/Thomson, registered their new products with the EIA's Type
Administration Office.
Title/Description Instances
A48AAB36X01, 1994 box M&A folder 17
991
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Brazil and Mexico types for commercial index, 1985-1987 box M&A folder 36
991
EIA Japan type designation system for cathode-ray tubes, box M&A folder 38
19931999 991
EIA and CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) publications, box M&A folder 39
19982001 991
Joint Electron Device Engineering Councils (JEDEC) box M&A folder 16-17
registration files, 1965-1983 999
Joint Electron Device Engineering Councils (JEDEC) box M&A folder 1-3
registration files, 1965-1983 1000
RS-209 (EIA standards for electron tubes), 1968-1984 box M&A folder 5
992
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RS-493 (EIA standard: recommended practice for conversion of box M&A folder 9
U.S. to metric dimensions for color and monochrome cathode 992
ray tubes and their component parts), 1982 June 28
Source codes, 1987-2001 box M&A folder 10
992
TEP-195 method for calculating refractive gain for color tubes, box M&A folder 15
1986-1987 992
Title/Description Instances
Tube model desktop rotary file ("Rolodex"), circa 1988-2002 box M&A
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Internal correspondence: data bulletins, 1995 January 11-June box M&A folder 3
23 996
M33AAA, M33ACL, M48 families data bulletins, 1978-1997 box M&A folder 4
996
In addition to their type numbers, some folder labels feature the abbreviation "Comm. Eng. P-file," which stands
for "commercial engineering permanent file." The term was used to indicate the permanent repository for product
data bulletins. No clear difference exists between the contents of "p-file" data bulletin process files and those not
so labeled. The term is found on folders housing the documents.
Title/Description Instances
15GP22, 1954 box M&A folder 1
925
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19VAQP22, 1970-1971
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21GUP22, 1967
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23VBKP22, 1970-1971
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25VCWP22, 1973-1974
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25VEYP22, 1977-1979
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25VHCP22, 1981-1982
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A33AAS50X, 1982
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A38-10X, 1968
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A42-268X, 1978
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A48AAB22X, 1985-1991
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A48AAB60X, 1984-1985
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A48ABW65X, 1985
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A51-130X, 1972
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A51ABU10X, 1983-1986
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A51ACG27X, 1985
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A51ACG65X, 1986-1988
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A63ABA00X, 1982-1983
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A63ABP50X, 1983-1984
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A63ADT15X405, 1995
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A63AHC26X, 1995-2002
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A66ABU39X, 1986-1987
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A66ADT23X01, 1995
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A67-510X, 1975
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A68ACC12X, 1987
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A68AEG11X01, 1989-1990
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A68AEG21X02, 1991
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J20120, 1976
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J20265, 266, 270, 271, and 272, 1980 box M&A folder 67
945
J20594 13V/90-degree med. res. data display dot trio, 1985 box M&A folder 72
945
J20595 11V/90-degree high res data display dot trio, 1985 box M&A folder 73
945
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M90AHN14X12 DPP DB coordination with Anagni, 1997-1998 box M&A folder 38-39
946
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Title/Description Instances
PIX advertising and correspondence, 1958-1970 box M&A folder 41
947
PIX application information: beam indexing tubes application box M&A folder 42
report by Ian Macwhirter, technical information from Sylvania, 947
assorted magazine and newspaper articles on television
technology, RCA color bar generator (type WR-61B) product
specifications, RCA color bar/dot/crosshatch generator (type
WR-64A) product specifications, portable tester for color
kinescopes, color television receiver manufacturing clinic for
RCA receiving set licensees, Bloomington, Indiana, 1954-1963
PIX performance specifications index sorted by PIX number, box M&A folder 43
PIX 309A-B, 339; 1000; 1100; 1150-1157; 1200-1208; 947
1250C-1257B, 1977-1990
PIX performance specifications index sorted by PIX number, box M&A folder 44
1300B-1314; 1350A-1354; 1400A-1412; 1450A-1455, 947
1984-1994
PIX performance specifications index sorted by PIX number, box M&A folder 45
1500-1504; 1550-1551A; 1600-1601; 1650A-1654A; 947
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PIX-300 commercial engineering color picture tube guide and box M&A folder 47
correspondence, 1972 April 10-1975 November 11 947
PIX-301 RCA picture tube data folder, 1969 box M&A folder 50
947
PIX-303 RCA color picture tube engineering note: shielding and box M&A folder 51
degaussing considerations for RCA rectangular color picture 947
tubes, 1969
PIX-304 RCA color picture tube engineering note: application box M&A folder 52
recommendations for RCA hi-lite matrix color picture tubes, 947
1969
PIX-305 RCA color picture tube engineering note: X-radiation box M&A folder 53
characteristics of future RCA color picture tubes, 1969 947
PIX-309 RCA color picture tubes performance specifications, box M&A folder 4
1970 948
PIX-309A RCA color picture tubes performance specifications, box M&A folder 5
1977 948
PIX-310 color picture tube engineering note: recommended box M&A folder 8
setup techniques for RCA A67-150X-110-degree rectangular 948
color picture tube, 1970
PIX-311 color picture tube engineering note: convergence box M&A folder 9
circuitry for the RCA A67-150X 110-degree, narrow neck color 948
picture tube, 1970
PIX-312 color picture tube engineering note: RCA large-screen box M&A folder 10
narrow-neck 110-degree color television system, 1970 948
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PIX-314 color picture tube engineering note: a transistor frame box M&A folder 12
deflection circuit for use with the RCA PST yoke, 1970 948
PIX-315 color picture tube engineering note: 110-degree box M&A folder 13
deflection system for the RCA PST yoke using vacuum tubes, 948
1970
PIX-316 proposed design concept: PST deflection yoke mount, box M&A folder 14
1970 948
PIX-318 PST yoke connections: RCA XD-4422-J yoke, 1970 box M&A folder 15
948
PIX-319 color picture tube engineering note: line deflection box M&A folder 16
system for RCA PST yoke using silicon controlled rectifiers, 948
1970
PIX-320 color picture tube engineering note: solid-state frame box M&A folder 17
deflection circuit, 1970 948
PIX-321 color picture tube engineering note: a thyristor line- box M&A folder 18
scan and EHT system for the RCA A67-150X color picture tube, 948
1971
PIX-322 color picture tube engineering note: a transistor frame- box M&A folder 19
scan system for the RCA-A67-150X color picture tube, 1971 948
PIX-325 industry color tube summary data, 1971 box M&A folder 20
948
PIX-325B industry color picture tube characteristics chart, 1972 box M&A folder 21
948
PIX-325E industry color picture tube characteristics chart, 1975 box M&A folder 22
948
PIX-328 color picture tube engineering note: field service purity box M&A folder 24
and convergence adjustments precision in-line color picture tube 948
assemblies with integral tube components, 1974
PIX-328A color picture tube engineering note: field service box M&A folder 25
purity and convergence adjustments precision in-line color 948
picture tube assemblies with integral tube components, 1975
PIX-329 color picture tube engineering note: shielding and box M&A folder 26
degaussing considerations for RCA precision in-line color 948
picture tubes incorporating internal magnetic shields, 1974
PIX-331 the RCA large-screen 110-degree precision in-line box M&A folder 27
system, 1974 948
PIX-332 vertical deflection block diagram convergence control box M&A folder 28
circuit diagram, horizontal deflection block diagram, and video 948
drive and bias block diagram, 1974
PIX-333 RCA super arch mask, 1976
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PIX-334 precision in-line color television system, 1976 box M&A folder 30
948
PIX-338 performance specifications for tube type 25VHDP22, box M&A folder 34
1981 948
PIX-339 RCA color picture tubes performance specifications, box M&A folder 35
19771982 948
PIX-340 product quality, reliability and safety, 1982-1984 box M&A folder 36
948
PIX-341A evolution of color TV picture tubes at RCA, 1983 box M&A folder 38
948
PIX-343 trimmer magnet assembly data display sheath p&c, box M&A folder 40
1984 948
PIX-344 sheath purity and convergence system, 1984-1985 box M&A folder 42
948
PIX-345 RCA application note: raster distortion correction for box M&A folder 43
RCA 27V/110-degree COTY-SP color picture tubes, 1984 948
PIX-347 color cathode-ray tube safety considerations, 1986 box M&A folder 45
948
PIX-348 high voltage discharge protection for color cathode-ray box M&A folder 46
tubes 948
PIX-349 degaussing recommendations for 13V 90-degree color box M&A folder 47
data display CRT assemblies, 1986 948
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PIX-351 RCA application note: raster distortion correction for box M&A folder 49
RCA 27V/110-degree COTY-SP color picture tubes, 19841987 948
PIX-500 picture tube screen and faceplate blemish gauge, box M&A folder 50
undated 948
PIX-500B picture tube screen and faceplate blemish and box M&A folder 51
convergence gauge, 1973-1989 948
PIX-502 register optimizing device for color picture tubes, 1979 box M&A folder 53
948
PIX-503 convergence error measurement gauge for color picture box M&A folder 54
tubes, 1979-1986 948
PIX-503-1 addendum to PIX 503, PIX-507 convergence error box M&A folder 55
measurement gauge adjustment procedure, 1986 948
PIX-504 register optimizing device with digital readout, 1979 box M&A folder 56
948
PIX-506S computer-controlled register optimizing device for the box M&A folder 59
setup of color picture tubes (ROC-2S), 1982-1983 948
PIX-507 convergence error measurement gauge for color picture box M&A folder 60
tubes, 19791983 948
PIX-509 liquid-crystal display anode current meter, 1983 box M&A folder 62
948
PIX-513, 514, 515 sheath beam bender magnetizer, 1986 box M&A folder 66
948
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PIX-1950 A48AAB40X Shanghai Vacuum Electron Device Co., box M&A folder 43
Ltd., 1991 953
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ST publications, 1963-1985
Scope and Content
ST publications report on research undertaken and technical developments achieved by members of the RCA
research staff relating to color television technology. They generally deal with topics broader in scope than
individual tube models. See the "Designation Systems" key for more specific details (M&A box 998, folder 19).
Title/Description Instances
ST-2538 "A 19-inch, 114-degree, Line-Operated All Transistor box M&A folder 11
TV Receiver" by R.A. Santilli, H. Thanos, and C.F. Wheatley, 956
1963 July
ST-2814 "Development of the RCA 25-Inch 90 Degree box M&A folder 12
Rectangular Color Picture Tube" by A.M. Morrell and A.E. 956
Hardy, 1964 November
ST-2831 "The Colorimetry of Color-Television Picture-Tube box M&A folder 13
Phosphor Screens" by A.E. Hardy, 1966 January-February 956
ST-2839 "Color Television Screening by the Slurry Process" by box M&A folder 15
T.A. Saulnier, Jr., 1966 January-February 956
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ST-4860 "New RCA Color Picture Tube System for Portable box M&A folder 26
TV Receivers" by R.L. Barbin and R.H. Hughes, 1972 June 13 956
ST-4889 "Developments in Cathode-Ray Tubes for the Schmidt box M&A folder 27
Projector" by Norman W. Patrick, 1972 October 956
ST-5015 "The RCA Large Screen 110-degree Precision In-Line box M&A folder 28
System" by W.H. Barkow and J. Gross, 1974 October 15 956
ST-5016 "Design Principles of the RCA 110-degree Precision box M&A folder 29
In-Line Tube" by A.M. Morrell, 1974 October 15 956
ST-5046 "Design Principles of the RCA Large-Screen 110- box M&A folder 30
degree Precision In-Line Color Picture Tube" by A.M. Morrell, 956
1975
ST-5068 "Contoured-Line Screens for Color Pictured Tubes" by box M&A folder 31
A.M. Morrell, 1977-1979 956
ST-5079 "A Novel High Voltage Bipotential CRT Gun Design" box M&A folder 32
by R.H. Hughes and H.Y. Chen, 1978-1979 956
ST-5086 "Recent Trends in Color Picture Tube Design", box M&A folder 33-34
1978-1979 956
ST-5102 "A Color Picture Tube Design Trends" by A.M. box M&A folder 35
Morrell, 1980-1981 956
ST-5105 "A High Performance Color CRT Gun with an box M&A folder 36
Asymmetrical Beam Forming Region" by H.Y. Chen and R.H. 956
Hughes, 1980
ST-5111 "Technology Quiz-Color Picture Tubes" , 1981 May box M&A folder 37
956
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ST-5125 "An Overview of the RCA COTY-29 Tube System box M&A folder 39
- An Improved Generation of Color Picture Tubes" by A.M. 956
Morrell, 1982-1984
ST-5131 "RCA COTY-29 Tube System" by A.M. Morrell, 1983 box M&A folder 40
956
ST-5136 SID Conference, Kobe, Japan, 1983 October 3 box M&A folder 41
956
ST-5142 "Development of the RCA Square-Planar Color Picture box M&A folder 42
Tube" by F.R. Ragland, Jr., R.J. D'Amato, and R.H. Godfrey, 956
1984
ST-5142 27V/110 SP IEEE talk, 1984 box M&A folder 43
956
ST-5161 "High Resolution Gun Designed for a New Generation box M&A folder 44
of Color Data Display Tubes" by H.Y. Chen, 1985 956
Title/Description Instances
TPS-101 M90AHN14X1 generic, 1997-1998 box M&A folder 45
956
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General, 1930-2003
Scope and Content
The technical data general file contains internal and external manuscripts and print publications of a technical
nature, either written or used by RCA/Thomson Lancaster employees as part of the color picture tube development
process. The subseries also contains four "color tube systems advanced development notebooks," dating between
circa 1950 and 1977, which hold historical documents addressing shadow mask tube development from the
perspectives of key RCA researchers including H.B. Law, A.M. Morrell, D.D. Van Ormer, H.C. Moodey,
and C.W. Thierfelder. Other technologies described in the notebooks include the sensing tube, focus mask,
chromatron, thin tubes, flat tubes, and panel TVs. Other important files housed in the technical data general
subseries include data sheet drawings, developmental color tube indices, picture tube application notes, product
notices, Thomson product demonstration logs, and U.S. patents and Derwent abstracts relating to picture and
display tubes.
Title/Description Instances
110-degree symposium sample package, 1970 box M&A folder 1
988
715-C pulse amplifier tetrode tentative data, 1949 box M&A folder 2
988
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AN-174 application note: design-maximum system for rating box M&A folder 12
electron tubes, 1958 August 988
"Application and Reliability Laboratory SICOS Status Report", box M&A folder 13
1968 April 1 988
Basic concepts of the aperture mask color tube by the Cathode box M&A folder 14
Ray Tube Operation, 1987 988
"Brazed Cathode Construction for Color Picture Tubes" by C.H. box M&A folder 15
Mattson and institutional correspondence, 1959 July 8-1966 988
September 22
"Cataphoretic Deposition of Thoria on Tantalum" by C.P. box M&A folder 16
Hadley, 1956 March 988
"Cathode Coatings for Oxide-Coated Cathodes", 1960 March box M&A folder 16A
988
Cathode ray tube testing method report, 1931 July 9 box M&A folder 19
988
Code key to RCA electron tube design, 1947-1960 box M&A folder 20
988
"Color Picture Tube Engineering: Six Technical Papers by RCA box M&A folder 21
Scientists and Engineers", 1965-1966 988
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Color tube systems advanced development notebooks, book 1, box M&A folder 23
D, circa 1950-1978 988
Color tube systems advanced development notebooks, book 2, box M&A folder 24-25
E-I, circa 1950-1979 988
Color tube systems advanced development notebooks, book 3, box M&A folder 26-27
J-1 through J-6, circa 1950-1979 988
Color tube systems advanced development notebooks, book 4, box M&A folder 28
J-7 through J-13, circa 1950-1979 988
Controlling cutoff of low G2 types with "GKC", circa 1960 box M&A folder 32
988
"Derivation of Ideal Electrode Shapes for Electrostatic Beam box M&A folder 1
Focusing" by W.W. Siekanowicz, 1962 March 989
Design of screen-grid resistive bleeder networks, 1958 October box M&A folder 2
15 989
Designation chart ("C.I.E. Color Designation Chart"), 1984 box M&A folder 2A
November 989
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"The Effect of Phosphor Screen Reflectivity upon Television box M&A folder 11
Faceplate Transmission" by G.M. Ehemann, 1968 October 1728 989
"The Effects of Asymmetric Optics on Spot Size and Deflection box M&A folder 12
Defocusing in Picture Tube Electron Guns" by Dennis J. Bechis 989
and H.Y. Chen, 1983
"The Electronic Voltmeter in the Amateur Station" by A.M. box M&A folder 13
Seybold, 1953 June 989
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"Expanded Field Lens Design for Inline Picture Tubes" by R. box M&A folder 16
Casanova Alig and Richard H. Hughes, 1983 989
"Geometry of the Tricolor Tube" by H.B. Law, 1950 September box M&A folder 19
20 989
"Getters and Gettering Techniques" by R.L. Waer, 1954 July 8 box M&A folder 20
989
Glossaries of abbreviations used in connection with RCA color box M&A folder 21
tube design and manufacturing, 1976 December-1981 June 989
"An In-Line Gun for High-Resolution Color Display" by H.Y. box M&A folder 28
Chen, 1982 989
"The In-Line Gun Shadow-Mask Kinescope" by W.R. Barkow box M&A folder 29
and J. Gross, 1968 March 20 989
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Lab dusting chamber and mateer dry powder dispenser box M&A folder 36
diagrams, undated 989
Lancaster CTV application memos, 1954 January 26-1957 June box M&A folder 37
19 989
Lancaster CTV application memos, 1954 January 26-1966 April box M&A folder 38
8 989
"A Low-Wattage Planar Cathode" by T.N. Chin, 1957 box M&A folder 39
November 22 989
Picture tube division product specifications and development box M&A folder 8
information (including plant operations and picture tube 990
history), 1981-1984
"Practical Analysis of Ultra High Frequency Transmission box M&A folder 9
Lines, Resonant Sections, Resonant Cavities, Wave Guides" by 990
J.R. Meagher and H.J. Markley, field engineers, 1943 August
Precision in-line integral tube component display, circa 1960 box M&A
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"A Rapid Method for Estimation of Cathode-Grid Contact box M&A folder 15
Potential" by Andrew G.F. Dingwall, 1960 990
RCA microwave tubes and solid-state oscillators amplifiers, box M&A folder 18
1961 March 990
"RCA Picture Tubes: Twenty Articles by RCA Engineers and box M&A folder 20
Scientists", 1980 990
RCA tri-color kinescopes and associated components, 1953 May box M&A folder 21
27 990
R-F power amplifier, oscillator, class b modulator, 1935 box M&A folder 25
990
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"A Survey of Methods Used to Determine Contact Potentials in box M&A folder 31
Receiving Tubes" by E.R. Schrader, 1957 June 990
Synchronization for color dot interlace in the RCA color box M&A folder 32
television system, 1949 October 990
"Techniques for Determining Cause and Effect in the Presence box M&A folder 35
of Many Variables" by W.G. Hartzell, 1957 May 8 990
"Television Receivers, Related Circuits and Devices: Seventeen box M&A folder 36
Technical Papers by RCA Scientists and Engineers", 19651966 990
"Theoretical Evaluation of Mask Coatings for the Focus Mask box M&A folder 37
Tube" by W.G. Rudy, 1955 November 1 990
"TLC [thin layer chromatography] with less mess," in Kodak box M&A folder 3
Tech Bits, 1965 991
Tube O.D.'s attension band - data and internal correspondence, box M&A folder 6
1985-1995 991
"TV Displays" by H.Y. Chen, R.C. Alig, and D.J. Bechis, 1983
June 9
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U.S. patents and Derwent abstracts relating to picture & display box M&A folder 10
tubes, 1985 June-November 991
U.S. patents and Derwent abstracts relating to picture & display box M&A folder 11
tubes, 1986 January-September 991
General, 1940-2000
Scope and Content
The series includes materials documenting life at the RCA/Thomson Lancaster plant. Files include various
commemorative documents honoring RCA/Thomson history and achievements, external publications about
the color television industry, employee training materials, competitor product literature, employee manuscript
presentation notes, company brochures, procedures manuals, conference and symposium reports, financial
statements, annual reports, activity reports, press releases, memoranda, and internal correspondence.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Title/Description Instances
25th anniversary dinner of Radio Corporation of America, box M&A folder 6
Waldorf Astoria, New York, 1944 December 1 996
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"Broadcast News" color television issue, 1954 January-February box M&A folder 9
996
Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Limited brochure and "This is CPT" box M&A folder 11
description, circa 1971 996
"Color TV Picture Tube Facilities at Lancaster, Pa., Plant: box M&A folder 14
$8,000,000 Expansion", 1964 996
Color television course first session, Hazeltine Corporation, 1951 box M&A folder 15-16
March 5-16 996
Competitor literature: Mullard make the great leap forward, circa box M&A folder 28
1970 996
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Competitor literature: Nippon Electric Glass Co, Ltd., bulbs, box M&A folder 30
19861992 996
Competitor literature: Nippon Electric Glass Co, Ltd., bulbs, 1995 box M&A folder 31
996
Competitor literature: Philips ECG (Sylvania), circa 1984-1994 box M&A folder 1
997
COTY-29 far east presentation part 1: manuscript notes, box M&A folder 8
presentation materials, correspondence, publications, 1982 997
April-1983 February
COTY-29 far east presentation part 2: manuscript notes, box M&A folder 9
presentation materials, correspondence, publications, photographs, 997
research notes and graphs, 1982 April-1983 February
Data services, circa 1980 box M&A folder 10
997
Display tube project business plan, 1981 December 8 box M&A folder 11
997
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"File Index: Cabinets 1, 2, 3" Thomson filing system index, 2005 box M&A folder 15A
July 25 997
Financial statements, annual reports, and activity reports, box M&A folder 16-17
1988-2000 997
Industrial Tube Division: monthly engineering summary progress box M&A folder 17
report, 1970 June 1216
This item has been digitized [ID: EngineeringSummary1970-06].
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) box M&A folder 18
conference presentation materials, 1978 June 5-6 997
Introducing color picture tube manufacturing, circa 1975 box M&A folder 19
997
Letter from Robert J. Campbell to employees, circa 1987 box M&A folder 23
997
Marett, Thomas A., Jr.: files on RCA microprocessors, late 1970s box M&A 14 folder 25-26
"New RCA TV Tube Developed Here Wins Emmy Award," The box M&A folder 29
Lancaster RCA Family, 1961 1007
Newspaper and magazine articles and company profiles, box M&A folder 28
1948-1996 997
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Orbit: The Magazine of Electronics and High Technology, box M&A folder 2
"Tricolour dot system puts colour television into the mass 998
market", 1971 November
Patent suit findings and correspondence, 1966 April 21 box M&A folder 3
998
PIL-54 joint RCA-Videocolor design review at Anagni, Italy, box M&A folder 6
1978 June 19-20 998
Presentation materials, engineering year end review program, box M&A folder 7
1978 December 1 998
Presentation on how a picture tube works and metal etching tool box M&A folder 8
by Buckbee Mears, 1981 July 21 998
Presentations procedure: oral presentations and published articles, box M&A folder 9
technical and nontechnical, 1979 December 20 998
Press clippings which appeared after visit of newspapermen to box M&A folder 10
RCA tube division plant, Lancaster, PA, 1955 April-May 998
Press releases, memoranda, reports, and internal correspondence, box M&A folder 11
1958-1988 998
Procedures manual 300, 400, 700 series, 1975-1986 box M&A folder 14-15
998
Proceedings of the I.R.E. (Institute of Radio Engineers), 1954 box M&A folder 16
January 998
A proposal to the China National Technical Import Corporation box M&A folder 17
for supplying the technology and facilities for the production of 998
color television picture tubes (2 volumes), circa 1973
PT-2 Terms and conditions of sale applicable to the sale of color box M&A folder 18
picture tubes, color television integral tube component systems 998
and data display cathode-ray tubes, 1991 March 1
Publication designation systems (type and publication number), box M&A folder 19
circa 1988 998
RCA color television plans and policies as announced at color box M&A folder 20
symposium for RCA receiving set licensees, Bloomington, 998
Indiana, 1954 March 26
"RCA Lancaster: Color TV, Conversion, and Power Tubes", 1969
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"RCA Performance Specifications for Color Picture Tubes" title box M&A folder 8
page designs, circa 1965 1164
Salaried employees guide to industrial relations policies and box M&A folder 24
practices, 19801984 998
Scranton, PA RCA color picture tube plant dedication news box M&A folder 25
information, 1967 April 14 998
"Snook X-Ray Apparatus" by General Electric Corporation, circa box M&A folder 27
1916 998
Symposium and demonstration of RCA 21-inch color tube, box M&A folder 28
simplified color receiver circuitry, and color equalizer for CA 998
receiving set and receiving tube licenses, 1954 September 15-16
Symposium on the new RCA simplified color television receivers, box M&A folder 29
1956 April 16 998
Symposium on RCA tri-color television picture tube, 1951 June box M&A folder 32
998
Symposium on RCA tricolor television picture tube, 1953 July 15 box M&A folder 33
998
"Television Faces West" by Frank M. Folsom, 1948 August 4 box M&A folder 34
998
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TP-6 terms and conditions of sale applicable to the sale of color box M&A folder 1
picture tube parts, materials, and components, 1991 March 1-May 999
1
Video component and display division, circa 1985 box M&A folder 2
999
Videocolor literature part 3: product and technical information, box M&A folder 5
1970-1974 999
Videocolor literature part 4: product and technical information, box M&A folder 6
1970-1974 999
Videocolor literature part 5: product and technical information, box M&A folder 7
1975-1979 999
Videocolor literature part 6: product and technical information, box M&A folder 8
1975-1979 999
Videocolor literature part 7: product and technical information, box M&A folder 9
1980-1989 999
Videocolor literature part 8: color picture tube data handbook, box M&A folder 10
1990 999
Videocolor literature part 9: color picture tube quick reference list, box M&A folder 11
1995 999
Visuals for Polish contract training, 1977 May 10 box M&A folder 12
999
Zenith Mark IV Seminar "Features of the 19VGZP22", 1976 box M&A folder 15
March 2 999
Audiovisual, 1985-1995
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The film "Lancaster Tube Plant" is an edited fully produced program depicting the work in the plant and explains
some of the technology of the picture tube. Another film, "Lancaster Tube Man," includes footage from the plant
and a credit sequence, possibly to be used in the edited film.
Of note is a video explaining "How a Picture Tube Works" and another that discusses the future of picture tubes
("Thomson Americas Tube Operations").
The film, "Lancaster Tube Plant" has been digitized and it is noted in the scope and contents of the film where the
digital surrogate exists.
Some of the video material is on Digital Betacam which cannot be viewed at this time.
Video, 1994-1995
Title/Description Instances
How a Color Picture Tube Works, undated box AVD1
1 videocassette (VHS) : 1/2 inch. This video has been digitized
[ID: VID_246474_BAVD01_ID01].
English.
Scope and Content
Thomson Consumer Electronics.
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Film, undated
Language of the Material: English.
Title/Description Instances
RCA Lancaster-Tube Man, undated film Can 2
1 reel (400 ft.) : si., b&w & col. ; 16mm.
English.
Scope and Content
Footage from plant. Includes some credits. Some edits are
upside down.
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The Picture tube and electron gun models subseries includes diagrams and images of picture tubes and electron
guns. Each diagram has a unique identification number. These images appear to depict developed products.
The Promotional material and research papers subseries is comprised of newspaper articles, short research papers,
staged photographs, and various other promotional ephemera. These include images by Jack Moscony for a 1999
article on HDTV, a press release for the Society of Information Display (SID), picture tube product guide images
from the 1960s through the 1980s, as well as a few newspaper articles and press releases about color picture tubes in
1983.
The Design subseries depicts television designs from the 1950s to the 1990s. The majority of images show the
evolution on the picture tube and electron gun. This includes the shape and appearance as well as the technical
changes from black and white to color. A lot of images are cutaways of picture tubes and electron guns to show how
the television works. As well as general images there are also a few from the work of individuals including Jack L.
Sullivan, Len Smolsky, and M. Cunningham.
The Production series are photographs that document the manufacturing of televisions at the RCA/Thompson
factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as well as factories in Marion, Indiana, China and Brazil. There are diagrams
explaining the American 'Chainless' Conveyor system and how it made picture tube production easier and
more efficient. Other images depict the conveyor system in operation on the factory floor. Additionally there
is information about a pilot run of color television manufacturing in Marion, Indiana. There are also small
transparencies that show the Scranton Blemish Gauge and Convergence Gauges. Another set of images depicts
assembly and inspection of picture tubes (televisions). Also, a set of slides follows the manufacturing process of a
picture tube including the metalized bead suppressor, heating, cathodes, washing and drying of parts, shadow mask
manufacturing, and shipping.
The Buildings and grounds subseries depicts external and internal images of the Lancaster buildings. The images
include construction of the building, external photographs of the complete building, and a photograph of employees
getting lunch in the cafeteria in the 1960s.
The Gallium arsenide and germanium laser experiments subseries predominantly contains graphs and charts
measuring visibility and reflectivity. They show Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Diode Emissions, Tunnel Assisted
Emissions, and levels of emission and absorption under the Fermi Level. The Germanium experiments show the
Reflectivity of Pure Germanium as well as Arsenic Doped and Tin Doped Germanium.
The RCA Picture Tube Division subseries consists of presentation slides of graphs and charts related to color
television, picture screen dimensions, in-line guns, CRT guns, and screen evolution. There are also presentations
slides from four technical seminars about 19VGZP22, RCA Precision In-line System, and two about COTY-29
RCA electronic components and devices subseries contain slides related to management policies. The images are of
lab facilities in Lancaster, Indianapolis and manufacturing at Yam II Scranton and other unidentified locations.
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