Frederic Eugene Ives and Herbert Eugene Ives papers, 1869-1957 (bulk 1900-1952).
- 5,000 items. 15 1 containers plus oversize. 6.8 linear feet.
- Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1893-1957; Series 2: Printed Matter, 1872-1957; Series 3: Speech, Article, and Book File of Herbert Eugene Ives, 1906-1952; Series 4: Miscellany, 1869-1930; Series 5: Addition, 1934-1953; and Series 6: Oversize, 1905-1950.
Open to research.
Correspondence, journals, speeches, writings, notebooks, patents and patent applications, biographical material, subject files, clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to the inventions of Frederic Eugene Ives and Herbert Eugene Ives. Inventions include improved photographic methods and equipment, such as aerial and color photography, phototelegraphy, and other devices and techniques which were precursors of commercial television. Correspondence includes a discussion of Albert Einstein's theories. Correspondents include, E.E. Butterfield, George Eastman, Albert Einstein, George V, King of Great Britain, Courtney H. Hodges, and Harry S. Truman, and members of the Ives family.
Frederic Eugene Ives, inventor and photographer; and his son, Herbert Eugene Ives, physicist and television pioneer.
Collection material in English and German.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010111
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Butterfield, E. E.--Correspondence. Eastman, George, 1854-1932 --Correspondence. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 --Correspondence. George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 --Correspondence. Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966 --Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 --Correspondence. Ives family--Correspondence.
Aerial photography. Color photography. Photography. Phototelegraphy. Physics. Television.