Clippings - Armat, Thomas., 03/01/1935-11/08/1959

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Identifier: 34197

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison Manufacturing Company.

Bulk dates: 1895 - 1946 Span dates: 1895 - 1978 Extent: .75 LINEAR FEET

Dates

03/01/1935-11/08/1959

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.0 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/12/7R

Container Summary

Clippings by and about Thomas Armat, with references to C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Edison. Includes a copy of the article by Armat published in the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers in March 1935 in which Armat first published his own version of the invention of the motion picture projector. Also includes an entry on Armat in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

ARMAT, THOMAS - CLIPPINGS: Printed Item

ARMAT, THOMAS - ARTICLE BY: Printed Item

"JOURNAL OF THE SOC. OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS" - CLIPPING: Printed Item

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA - CLIPPINGS: Printed Item

JENKINS, C. FRANCIS - CLIPPINGS: Printed Item

NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY - CLIPPING: Printed Item