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S. Joseph Begun Papers,
1888 - 2000 (bulk 1927-1995) |
Extent and Forms of Material: 21 cubic feet: (46 boxes)
Creator: Semi Joseph Begun
Abstract: Semi Joseph Begun was a pioneer in magnetic recording.
The papers document Begun’s professional career in the field of magnetic
recording.
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; archivescenter@si.edu;
202-633-3270; www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Collection Number: AC0535
Processing Note: Processed by Bob Vietrogoski (intern), August
1996; revised by Alison Oswald (archivist), 2002.
© 2007 by the Smithsonian Institution. All rights reserved.
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S. Joseph Begun Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American
History, box number X, folder number XX, digital file number XXXXXXXX
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Semi Joseph Begun, a pioneer in magnetic recording, was born
in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) on December 2,
1905. He earned an M.S. in Engineering in 1929 and a doctorate
in 1933 from the Institute of Technology in Berlin for work related
to magnetic recording. In 1929, he began working for Schuchhardt
A.G., where he designed the first commercially successful magnetic
recorder. Later, he worked for Echophon A.G. and C. Lorenz A.G.,
where he designed the first magnetic tape recorder for use by
the German Broadcasting System. Begun emigrated to America in
1935 and worked in New York City both for the Guided Radio Corporation
and independently. He and Sidney Wolf formed two companies Acoustic
Consultants and Magnetone, a holding company for Begun’s
patents. In 1938, he joined the Brush Development Company in Cleveland,
Ohio. During World War II, Begun served as a member of the National
Defense Research Committee. After the war, he wrote Magnetic
Recording (1949), the first textbook on the subject. In 1952,
the Brush Development Company merged with the Cleveland Graphite
Bronze Company to form the Clevite Corporation. Begun held several
executive positions at Clevite, including Director of Advanced
Development and Vice President for International Operations. He
was a member of Clevite’s Board of Directors and assisted
in the merger between Clevite and Gould National Battery in 1968.
In 1969, Begun formed Science Management, Inc., (SMI) to serve
investment groups and other interested clients with the evaluation
of new and existing products and to appraise management ability
of new ventures with high technology products. In 1971, Begun
founded Auctor Associates, Inc., a consulting firm focused on
high technology markets. In 1983, he founded the Society for Prevention
of Violence, a non-profit educational organization. Begun held
over 50 patents and was the recipient of numerous professional
awards. He died in Cleveland on January 5, 1995.
The S. Joseph Begun Papers contain correspondence, memoranda,
patents, printed matter, reports, speeches and writings, awards,
biographical materials, and autobiographical and historical material
documenting the life and career of S. Joseph Begun.
The first series, Personal Papers, is arranged
alphabetically by general subject and contains materials related
to Begun’s education, biographical files and obituaries,
and awards.
The second and largest series, Professional Files,
is organized in general chronological order. Following broad subdivisions
covering his early activities in Germany and America, these materials
are grouped by corporate affiliation: Brush, the National Defense
Research Committee, Clevite, Gould, Science and Management, Inc.,
and Auctor Associates, Inc. It should be noted that Begun’s
involvement with various organizations often overlaps; his continuous
employment with Brush, Clevite, and Gould means that similar letterheads
may be found under different corporate bodies.
The third series, Writings and Speeches, documents
Begun’s publications and presentations, and includes drafts,
correspondence, programs, printed matter, magazines, and reprints.
It should be stressed that this series is not a bibliography.
The series is arranged chronologically.
The fourth and final series, Autobiographical and Historical
Materials, reflects Begun’s efforts in his last
years to write his autobiography. He wrote drafts, interviewed
former co-workers such as Al Dank and Otto Kornei from the Brush
Development Company, and accumulated a considerable number of
articles and other materials on the history of magnetic recording.
Additional materials include a copy of Begun’s autobiography,
My Years in Magnetic Recording: Dr. Semi Joseph Begun,
as edited by Dr. Mark Clark.
The papers are arranged into four series.
- Series 1: Personal Papers, 1927-1998
- Subseries 1, Academic Records, 1927-1933
Subseries 2, Awards, 1929-1994, undated
Subseries 3, Biographical files, circa1935-1994; 1998
Subseries 4, Correspondence, 1946-1992
Subseries 5, Diary fragments, 1969-1970
Subseries 6, Wire Recorder, 1983-1994
Subseries 7, Financial Records, 1960
Subseries 8, Obituaries, 1995
Subseries 9, Photographs, circa 1940s-1987
- Series 2: Personal Papers, 1927-1998
- Subseries 1, Early Career in Germany, 1929-1949
Subseries 2, Early Career in America, 1935-1948
Subseries 3, Brush Development Company, 1936-1960s
Subseries 4, National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1948
Subseries 5, Electro-Sonic Laboratories, Inc., circa, 1924,
1938, 1953-1962
Subseries 6, Clevite, 1952-1979
Subseries 7, Gould, Inc., 1968-1989
Subseries 8, Science and Management, Inc., circa, 1969-1970
Subseries 9, Auctor Associates, Inc., circa, 1968-1992
- Series 3: Writings and Speeches, 1930-1988
- Series 4: Autobiographical and Historical
Materials, 1888 (bulk 1930-2000)
Some materials in German and Russian.
The bulk of Begun’s papers were donated to the Archives
Center, National Museum of American History by his widow, Ruth
Begun, in July 1995.
Ruth Begun donated additional materials in October 1996 and in
November 2001.
Subjects/Topical:
Magnetic recorders and recording
Form/Genre:
Awards
Biography files
Business records—20th century
Correspondence—20th century
Memoranda
Patents
Photographs—1900-2000
Personal papers—20th century
Professional papers
Reports
Speeches
| Box |
Folder |
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| |
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SERIES
1: PERSONAL PAPERS, 1927-1998 |
| |
|
Subseries 1, Academic Records,
1927-1933 |
| 1 |
1-2 |
"Comprehensive Examination,"
1929 |
| 1A |
1 |
Thesis, 1932 |
| |
2-3 |
Dissertation, 1933 |
| |
4-7 |
Notebook #1, circa 1927-1933 |
| 2 |
1-2 |
Notebook #2, circa 1927-1933 |
| |
3-5 |
Notebook #3, circa 1927-1933 |
| |
6-7 |
Subseries 2, Awards, 1929-1994,
undated |
| 42 |
|
Diplomas and other awards, 1929-1994 |
| 3 |
1-2 |
Subseries 3, Biographical
files, circa 1935-1994; 1998 |
| |
3 |
Subseries 4, Correspondence,
1946-1992 |
| |
4 |
Subseries 5, Diary fragments,
1969-1970 |
| |
4A |
Subseries 6, Wire Recorder,
1983-1994 |
| |
5 |
Subseries 7, Financial
Records, 1960 |
| |
6 |
Subseries 8, Obituaries,
1995 |
| |
7 |
Subseries 9, Photographs,
circa 1940s-1987 |
| |
|
SERIES
2: PROFESSIONAL FILES, 1924-1992 |
| |
|
Subseries 1, Early Career
in Germany, 1929-1949 |
| |
8 |
CIRCA Lorenz, printed matter, 1936,
1949 |
| |
9 |
Dailygraph instruction booklet,
circa 1931 |
| |
10 |
Echophon, 1929-1932 |
| |
11 |
Patents, 1932-1943 (German) |
| |
|
Subseries 2, Early Career
in America, 1935-1948 |
| |
12 |
Correspondence--Acoustic Consultants,
1938-1940 |
| |
13 |
Correspondence--C. Lorenz A.G.,
1935-1936 |
| |
14 |
Correspondence--Federal Telegraph
Company, 1936, undated |
| |
15-16 |
Correspondence--General, 1935-1937,
undated |
| |
17 |
Correspondence--Kallman, Heinz E.,
1936-1941 |
| |
18 |
Correspondence--Kosters, Heinrich |
| |
19-20 |
Correspondence--Pineles, S. Michael,
1936-1944 |
| |
21 |
Correspondence--Saraga, W., 1936-1937 |
| |
22 |
Correspondence--Steudel, H.A., 1936-1937 |
| 4 |
1-2 |
Wolf, Sidney K., 1936-1948, undated
|
| |
3 |
Correspondence--Guided Radio Corporation,
1935-1937 |
| |
4 |
Magnetone--Correspondence, Linguaphone,
1937 |
| |
5 |
Magnetone--License agreements, 1937,
1944-1945 |
| |
6 |
Magnetone--Miscellany, 1935-1940 |
| |
7-8 |
Magnetone--Patents, 1936-1940, undated
|
| |
9 |
Magnetone--"Some Historic
Data," undated |
| |
10 |
Magnetone--Clippings, 1930s-1940s |
| |
|
Subseries 3, Brush Development
Company, 1936-1960s; 1990 |
| |
10A |
History of Brush Development, 1946;
1990 |
| |
11 |
Annual report (typescript), 1947 |
| |
12-15 |
Correspondence--Magnetic Recording
Industries, 1948-1954 |
| |
16 |
Correspondence--"R,"
1947 |
| |
17 |
Correspondence--New employment,
1952-1953 |
| |
18 |
Correspondence--Sonotone Corporation,
1936-1937, 1941-1942, 1952 |
| 5 |
1-6 |
Correspondence and memoranda, 1940-1952 |
| |
7 |
Demonstration of stereo sound for
television, 1954 |
| |
8 |
Export matters, 1947 |
| |
8A |
Legal Case, Armour Research vs.
Brush Development, 1949 |
| |
9 |
Lists of visitors and travel, 1951 |
| |
10 |
Merger agreement, 1952 |
| |
11 |
Play House Theater Committee, 1950 |
| |
12 |
Printed matter, circa 1940s-1960s |
| |
13 |
Product Files--BK-201 Railroad Wire
Recorder, 1946-1948 |
| |
14 |
Product Files--BK-303 Wire Recorder,
1947 |
| |
15 |
Product Files--BK-312 Drum Recorder,
1950-1952 |
| |
16-20 |
Product Files--BK-401 Soundmirror,
1946-1949 (includes photographs) |
| 6 |
1 |
Product Files--BK-403/413 Portable
Tape Recorder, 1947, 1949 |
| |
2-3 |
Product Files--BK-411/414/424 Soundmirror,
1948-1950 (2) |
| |
4 |
Product Files--BK-415 Soundmirror,
1949 |
| |
5 |
Product Files--BK-416 Chassis, 1948-1949 |
| |
6 |
Product Files--BK430 Airport Recorder,
1949-1950 |
| |
7 |
Product Files--BK-443 Soundmirror,
1951-1952 |
| |
8-11 |
Product Files--BK-501 "Mail-A-Voice,"
1947-1950, undated (includes Mail-A-Voice disk and photographs) |
| |
12 |
Product Files--BK-602 Tape, 1949 |
| |
13-14 |
Magnetic recording accessories,
1947-1950 |
| 7 |
1-2 |
Magnetic recording accessories,
1951-1952 |
| |
3-6 |
Magnetic recording media, 1947-1952 |
| |
7-8 |
Magnetic storage devices (computer
memory), 1949 |
| |
9 |
RC-20 Cutter, 1940 |
| |
10 |
TA-2 Transient Analyzer, 1941 |
| |
11 |
Soundmirror--Promotional materials,
printed matter, 1939-1950 |
| |
12 |
Soundmirror--Survey of Soundmirror
outlets, 1949 |
| |
13 |
Soundmirror--Telephone conference
recorder, 1949 |
| |
14 |
Soundmirror--Transcription recorder,
1949 |
| |
15 |
Soundmirror--Promotional literature
and photographs, circa 1945-1950 |
| 8 |
1 |
Reports--"Development of Improved
Magnetic Recording Media," 1947 |
| |
2 |
Reports--"Electron Beam Reproducing
Head for Magnetic Tape Recording," 1953 |
| |
3 |
Reports--Engineering Division reports,
miscellaneous, 1948-1952 |
| |
4 |
Reports--Magnetic Components Division,
1952 |
| |
4A |
Reports--List of firms & labs working
with electronic computers, 1952 |
| 45 |
|
Reports--"Non-Linear Systems,
Incirca, undated |
| 8 |
5 |
Reports--"Organization Chart and
Manual for the Manufacturing, Division of the Brush Development
Company," The Trundle Engineering Company, 1947 |
| |
6 |
Reports--"Plated Magnetic Sound
Carriers," 1944-1945 |
| |
7-8 |
Reports--"Report on the Magnetophone"/
reports on European tape development, 1944-1945 |
| |
9 |
Seismic Recording--Correspondence,
The Texas Company (Texaco) 1953 |
| |
10 |
Seismic Recording--General Correspondence,
1955 |
| |
11 |
Travel Files, Europe, 1950 |
| |
12 |
International Magnetic Sound Meeting,
1952 |
| |
13 |
Clippings, undated |
| |
|
Subseries 4, National Defense
Research Committee, 1942-1948 |
| 9 |
1-3 |
Correspondence and memoranda, 1942-1948 |
| |
4 |
Minutes, 1943-1945 |
| |
5 |
Miscellaneous, 1943-1945 |
| |
6 |
Reports--"Magnetic Disk Recording
. . .," 1943 |
| |
7 |
Reports--"Investigations on New
Magnetic Recording Media," 1945 |
| |
8 |
Reports--"Investigations on New
Magnetic Recording Media," 1945 |
| |
|
Subseries 5, Electro-Sonic
Laboratories, Incirca, 1924, 1938, 1953-1962 |
| |
9 |
Certificate of Incorporation, 1952-1956 |
| |
10-13 |
Correspondence, January 1953-October
1953 |
| 10 |
1-13 |
Correspondence, November 1953-April
1958 |
| 11 |
1-10 |
Correspondence, May 1958-1962 |
| 12 |
1 |
Drawings, blueprints, plans, 1924,
1938, circa 1950s |
| |
2-3 |
Financial statements, 1953-1959
|
| |
4 |
Financial statements, 1953-1959
|
| |
5 |
Minutes, Board of Directors meetings,
1953-1955 |
| |
6 |
Miscellaneous, circa 1953-1961 |
| |
7 |
Otis Elevator Company, 1955-1958,
undated |
| |
8 |
Printed matter, miscellaneous,
circa 1953-1959 |
| |
9 |
Promotional literature, circa 1953-1959 |
| |
10 |
Stock prospecti, 1959 |
| 13 |
1 |
Stockholder reports, 1953-59 |
| |
2 |
Stock-related records, 1953-1961 |
| |
|
Subseries 6, Clevite, 1952-1979 |
| |
2A |
Agreement with ITT Corp., 1964 |
| |
3 |
Annual and Quarterly reports, 1965-1968 |
| |
4-6 |
Corporate announcements, 1963-1969 |
| |
7 |
Corporate publications--Clevite
Ordnance, undated |
| |
8 |
Corporate publications--General,
1967-1969 |
| |
9-14 |
Correspondence, memoranda, statements--1952-1967 |
| 14 |
1-4 |
Correspondence, memoranda, statements--1968-1979 |
| |
5-8 |
Director's statements, meeting
minutes, 1959-1962, 1967-1968 |
| 15 |
1 |
Industrial Research Institute,
1967-1970 |
| |
2 |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc., 1969-1970 |
| |
3 |
Japan files--Correspondence, miscellaneous,
1959-1961; undated |
| |
4-5 |
Japan files--Report of Begun trips,
1959, 1961 |
| |
6 |
Japan files--Clippings, 1959-1963;
undated |
| |
7 |
Japan files--General, 1953-1963;
undated |
| |
8 |
Japan files--NKB Research, 1959-1963 |
| |
9 |
Legal records, Erie Resistor
Corp. & Clevite Corp. vs. United States, 1960 |
| 16 |
1-6 |
Merger files--1968 April-1969 April |
| 17 |
1-4 |
Merger files--1969 May-1969 August
|
| |
5 |
Clippings, 1968-1969 |
| |
6 |
Correspondence and notes, 1968-1969 |
| |
6A |
Publication--"Cleviter,"
1960 |
| |
6B |
Publication--Clevite Journal,
1958 |
| |
7 |
Product Index, 1961 |
| 18 |
1 |
Reports--Military specifications,
Sound Recorder-Reproducer, 1952-1957 |
| |
2 |
Reports--"Magnetic Printing,"
1955 |
| |
3 |
Reports--"Magnetic Inking as Related
to the Graphic Arts, Magnetographic Recording, and High Speed
Printing," 1955-1956 |
| |
4 |
Reports--"Study of High Packing
Density Magnetic Tape Storage Devices," 1956 |
| |
5 |
Reports--"A Survey of Promising
Areas in the Field of Nuclear Energy," 1956 |
| 19 |
1-4 |
Reports--"Tape Packing Factor Study,"
1956-1957 |
| |
5 |
Reports--"Market Survey Report:
Cast and Sintered Bronze Bars and Bushings," 1957 |
| |
6 |
Reports--"Proposal: Investigation
into Methods of Increasing the Information Packing Factor
on Magnetic Tape, 1957 |
| |
7-8 |
Reports--"Status Report on an Advanced
Magnetic Development," 1958 |
| 20 |
1 |
Reports--"Report on Operations
Electronic Research Division," 1961 |
| |
2 |
Reports--Reports on other countries,
miscellaneous, 1961 |
| |
3 |
Reports--"Experimental Study of
Application of Magnetic Recording to Digital Transducers,"
1963 |
| |
4 |
Reports--"Top Management Classification
Manual," Employee Handbook, 1966, undated |
| |
5-6 |
Reports--"Clevite Research Center
Proposed 1968 Operations," 1967 (2 copies) |
| |
7 |
Reports--Clevite Technical Center
Discussions and Mid-Year Reviews, 1968-1969 |
| |
8 |
Reports--"Technical Management
Information Summary," 1969 |
| 21 |
1 |
Reports--"Outlook for Major Military
Equipment Programs: 1970-1974," 1969 |
| |
2 |
Reports--"Clevite Canada Ltd. Mechanical
Products Division 1970 Annual Plan," 1969 |
| |
3 |
Reports--"Clevite de Mexico Annual
Report and Long Range Plan, 1969 |
| |
3A |
Reports--Theory of Magnetography,
undated |
| 43 |
|
Clevite Bearing Division Long Range
Plan & Annual Program, 1969
Clevite Electronic Components,
Division of Clevite |
| 21 |
4 |
Rosters of annual corporate management
meeting, 1960-1966 |
| |
5 |
Roster of Executive & Administrative
& Professional Personnel, 1957 |
| |
6 |
Roster of Executive & Administrative
& Professional Personnel, [1968?] |
| |
7 |
Directory of Executive, Administrative
& Professional Personnel of [Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co.],
1946 |
| 22 |
1-3 |
Stock prospecti, options, disclosure
statements, 1960-1969 |
| |
|
Subseries 7, Gould, Inc.,
1968-1989 |
| |
4-11 |
Correspondence, memoranda, announcements,
1969 August-1970 March |
| 23 |
1-7 |
Correspondence, memoranda, announcements,
1970 April-1988 |
| |
8-9 |
Facsimile systems, 1970 |
| 24 |
1 |
Minutes, 1970 |
| |
2-3 |
Reports--Annual reports, 1968, 1970,
1986-1987 |
| |
4 |
Reports--"Gould's Replacement Parts
Business," 1970 |
| |
5 |
Reports--"Extending the Management
Incentive Plan," 1970 |
| |
6 |
Reports--"Market Evaluation, Piezoelectric
Division," 1970 |
| |
7 |
Reports--Miscellaneous, circa 1980s |
| |
8 |
Reports--"Independent Research
and Development," 1981 |
| 25 |
1 |
Reports--"GLMR Resources Review,"
1981 |
| |
2 |
Reports--Minisupercomputers: An
In-Depth Analysis," 1987 |
| 44-45 |
|
"Product Plans," 1989 |
| 25 |
3 |
"Test and Measurement Instruments
and Systems," 1989 |
| |
4-5 |
Stock prospecti, options, 1969-1971,
1982 |
| |
|
Subseries 8, Science and
Management, Inc., 1969-1970 |
| |
6-10 |
General files--1969 June-1970 August
|
| 26 |
1 |
General files, circa 1969-1970 |
| |
|
Subseries 9, Auctor Associates,
Inc., 1968-1992 |
| |
2 |
Bally--Correspondence and memoranda,
1977-1984; undated |
| |
3 |
Bally--Disclosure form, 1981 |
| |
4 |
Bally--Gunter Wulff printed matter,
1975; undated |
| |
5 |
Bally--Patents, 1968-1979 |
| |
6 |
Promotional materials, circa 1970s-1980s |
| |
7 |
Reports--"The Coin Operated and
Home Electronic Games Market," 1976 |
| 27 |
1 |
Reports--"Strategic Profile,"
1978 & Annual Report, 1982 |
| 46 |
|
Reports--"Year End Review--Executive
Summary Report," 1992 |
| 27 |
2 |
Interlake--Acme Packaging, 1981 |
| |
3 |
Interlake--Annual reports, 1981-1987 |
| |
4 |
Interlake--Arwood Corp., 1984; undated |
| |
5-7 |
Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems
(AGVS)--General, circa 1981-1985 |
| 28 |
1 |
"IK Review 1988," 1987-1988 |
| |
2-5 |
Product literature, circa 1981-1985 |
| |
6 |
"Report on the European Market
for Automated Guided Vehicles," 1981 |
| 46 |
|
"Chem-Tronics, Inc., Annual
Report," 1984 |
| |
|
"Troubleshooting Flow Diagram
Index, 1984-1985" |
| 29 |
1-5 |
Correspondence and memoranda, 1983-1989 |
| |
6-9 |
Hoeganes Corp., 1983-1987 |
| |
10 |
InterViews, 1981-1986 |
| 30 |
1 |
Miscellaneous, circa 1981-1985 |
| |
2 |
Nilsen (U.S.A.) Inc., 1984 |
| |
3 |
Reports--"Investment / Die Casting
Group 1985 Plan Critique," 1984 |
| |
4 |
Reports--"Material Handling & Storage
Products Division 1985 Profit Plan Critique, " 1984 |
| |
5 |
Reports--Other companies, 1985-1986 |
| |
6 |
Reports--Re: Plastics, 1983 |
| |
7 |
Reports--Strategic Plan, 1984 |
| |
8 |
Contracts, 1971 |
| 31 |
1-9 |
Correspondence, 1978 |
| |
10 |
Financial Records, 1971-1972 |
| |
11 |
General Files, 1970-1973 |
| |
12 |
List of Personnel, 1970 |
| |
13 |
Miscellaneous, circa 1970-73 |
| |
14 |
Partnership agreement, 1994-1995 |
| 32 |
1 |
Printed matter, 1971 |
| |
2 |
Promotional literature, 1970-1971;
undated |
| |
3 |
Solicitation letters, 1970-1974 |
| |
4 |
Telephone lists, circa 1971-1986 |
| |
|
SERIES
3: WRITINGS & SPEECHES, 1930-1988 |
| |
5 |
Talk re: the Dailygraph (in German),
circa 1930 |
| |
6 |
"Die Verwendung von Telephon-Aufnahme-Maschinen
Zum Empfang von Schnell-Telegraphie," Sonderdruck, v.
5, 1931 |
| |
7 |
Die Diktiermaschine im Grossbetrieb,"
Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift, v. 9, 3 Marz 1932 |
| |
8 |
"The New Steel Tone Tape Machine,"
Electrical Communication, 15:1, July 1936 |
| |
9 |
"Recent Developments in Magnetic
Sound Recording," Journal of the Society of Motion
Picture Engineers, 28:5, May 1937 |
| |
10 |
"Magnetic Recording-Reproducing
Machine for Objective Study," Journal of the Society
of Motion Picture Engineers, 29:2, August 1937 |
| |
11 |
"On Synthetic Reverberation,"
(with S.K. Wolf), Communications, August 1938 |
| |
12 |
"Magnetic Recording,"
Electronics, 11:9, September 1938 |
| |
13 |
"A New Magnetic Recorder and
Its Adaptations," Journal of the Society of Motion
Picture Engineers, v. 33, November 1939 |
| |
14 |
"Some Problems of Disk Recording,"
Proceedings of the I.R.E., 28:9, September 1940 |
| |
15 |
"New Recording Machine Combining
Disk Recording and Magnetic Recording, with Short Reference
to the Present Status of Each," Journal of the Society
of Motion Picture Engineers, v. 35, November 1940 |
| |
16 |
"General Considerations of
the Crystal Cutter," (with T.E. Lynch), Communications,
December 1940 |
| |
17 |
"General Considerations Regarding
Disc Recording and Playback," circa 1940 |
| |
18 |
"Temperature Controlled Disk
Recording Cutter," Journal of the Society of Motion
Picture Engineers, v. 36, June 1941 |
| |
19 |
"Magnetic Recording and Some
of Its Applications in the Broadcast Field," Proceedings
of the I.R.E., 29:8, August 1941 |
| |
19A |
"A New Instrument for Recording
Transient Phenomena," AIEE, December 1941 |
| |
20 |
"The Correlation Between Elastic
Deformation and Vertical Forces in Lateral Recording,"
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 13:3,
January 1942 |
| 33 |
1 |
"A New Instrument for Recording
Transient Phenomena," Electrical Engineering,
61:4, April 1942 |
| |
2 |
"Recent Developments in the
Field of Magnetic Recording," Journal of the Society
of Motion Picture Engineers, 48:1, January 1947 |
| |
3 |
"Schematic Ringhead & Equipment
Circuit," 1948 |
| |
4 |
Magnetic Recording--Book, (New
York: Murray Hill Books, 1949) |
| |
5 |
Magnetic Recording--Correspondence,
1947-1949, 1958 |
| |
6-8 |
Magnetic Recording--Illustrations,
1949 |
| 34 |
1 |
"Magnetic Recording: Performance
Characteristics and Standards for Magnetic Equipment,"
FM-TV, 9:5, May 1949 |
| |
2 |
"The Limitations of Sound
Recording," Communications, August 1949 |
| |
3 |
"Magnetic Recording,"
Scientific Monthly, 59:3, September 1949 |
| |
4 |
"The Future of Magnetic Recording,"
Brush National Sales Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, October
31- November 1, 1949 |
| |
5 |
"Some Comments on Standardization
and Magnetic Recording Equipment," Brush National, 1949 |
| |
6 |
Brush National Sales Convention,
Cleveland, Ohio, November 2, 1949 (MISSING) |
| |
7 |
Talk re: recording, Watson Laboratories,
Red Bank, New Jersey, November 30, 1949 |
| |
8 |
"The Brush Multi-Channel Airport
Recorder," Airways Communication Conference, Cleveland,
Ohio, January 26, 1950 |
| |
9 |
Talk to students, Case Institute
of Technology, February 22, 1950 |
| |
10 |
"Introduction to I.R.E. Symposium
on Sound Recording," I.R.E. Convention, New York, New York,
March 9, 1950 |
| |
11 |
Talk re: memory devices, Cleveland
I.R.E. section, September 29, 1950 |
| |
12 |
"Europe As I Saw It," Men's Discussion
Group of the Council on World Affairs, November 15, 1950 |
| |
13 |
Talk re: Brush Development Company,
Cleveland Audio Engineering Society, February 21, 1951 |
| |
14 |
Talk re: magnetic recording, Boston
I.R.E. section meeting, May 3, 1951 |
| |
15 |
Speaker introductions, Engineering
Lecture Series, Brush Development Company, Cleveland, Ohio,
October 18 and November 13, 1951 |
| |
16 |
Talk to students, Fenn College,
March 1, 1952 |
| |
17 |
Talk to students, Case Institute
of Technology, May 14, 1952 |
| |
18 |
"A Few Thoughts on Some Important
Electronic Developments," Gilbert MacKay Associates Executive
Forum dinner, New York, New York, June 12, 1952. |
| |
19 |
Talk re: trends in electronic instrumentation,
I.R.E. Symposium at Instrument Society of America Meeting,
Cleveland, Ohio, September 8-12, 1952 |
| |
20 |
"Memory Methods for Magnetic Recording,"
Rochester Section of the Photographic Society of America,
Rochester, New York, February 12, 1953 |
| |
21 |
Talk re: European trip, I.R.E.
Cleveland section, September 24, 1953 |
| |
22 |
Welcoming remarks, Department of
Defense Symposium on Magnetic Recording, Washington, D.C.,
October 12, 1953 |
| |
23 |
Talk re: automation, Acme Steel
Company, Chicago, Illinois, February 19, 1954 |
| |
24 |
"A Survey of Magnetic Recording,"
presented at AIEE Fall General Meeting, Chicago, Illinois,
October 11-15, 1954, published in Communication and Electronics,
January 1955 |
| |
24A |
Paper delivered at SEG program
in Dallas re: geophysical exploration, November 1954 |
| |
24B |
A New Recorder for Geophysical
Exploration Work, 1954 |
| |
25 |
"Magnetic Tape Improves Geophysical
Recordings," Electronics, January 1955 |
| 35 |
1 |
"A New Magnetic Memory Device
for Business Machines," A.I.E.E. Committee on Computing Devices,
A.I.E.E. Winter General Meeting, New York, New York, January
31- February 4, 1955 |
| |
2 |
"The Application of Magnetic Recording
for Geophysical Instrumentation," 10th Annual Instrument
Conference of the Instrument Society of America, Los Angeles,
California, September 12-16, 1955 |
| |
3 |
"Production of Electronic
Circuits by Mechanized Wiring," (with Felix Rosenthal),
Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers Association Symposium
on Automation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1955 |
| |
4 |
Speaker introductions to "High
Fidelity, Good or Bad," Audio Engineering Society Convention,
New York, New York, October 15, 1955 |
| |
5 |
"Introductory Remarks to the Film
Showing the Machine for Mechanized Wiring," November 10,
1955 |
| |
6 |
"Survey of Magnetic Recording,"
Pittsburgh Section of the |
| |
7 |
"Measurement of Research Results,"
National Industrial Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
April 18, 1956 |
| |
7A |
Marketing Activities for Semi-Annual
Meeting of Clevite Corp., June 25, 1956 |
| |
8 |
"Wrapped Electrical Connections
Made Automatically," (with F. Rosenthal, R. F. Krejci,
V. J. Galati), Electrical Manufacturing, December
1956 |
| |
9 |
"Theory of Magnetography," I.R.E.
Convention, New York, New York, March 27, 1958 |
| |
10 |
"Economic and Political Implications
of Electronic Development Abroad," Cleveland I.R.E. Section,
September 8, 1960 |
| |
11 |
"The Application of True Direct
Writing," Cleveland Electronics Conference, January 31- February
2, 1961 |
| |
12 |
"Experiments on Magnetic Tape
Readout With an Electron Beam," (with M. M. Freundlich,
D. I. Breitzer, J. B. Gehman, J. K. Lewis), Proceedings
of the I.R.E., 49:2, February 1961 |
| |
13 |
"The Economic Consequences of
the Development and Application of Semiconductors," Aachen
Institute of Technology, Aachen, Germany, October 13, 1970. |
| |
14 |
"Energy, Technology, and the
Environment," Carroll Business Bulletin, 15:2,
September 1, 1975 |
| |
15 |
"Impact Upon R & D," circa 1975-1976 |
| |
16 |
"The Energy Picture--A Call
for Action," February 1976 |
| |
17 |
"The Energy Crisis and Rationalization,"
[Festschrift in honor of Dr. Kurt Pentzlin(?), 1977(?)] |
| |
18 |
"Approaches to Violence Prevention
and Control by the Begun Institute for Studies of Violence
and Aggression," October 1982 |
| |
19 |
Talk with students, Case Western
Reserve University, December 16, 1982 |
| |
20 |
"Lecture on Economy and Technology,"
November 15, 1988 |
| |
21 |
"Challenges and Opportunities
for Engineers in Time of Rapid Change," circa 1988(?) |
| |
22-23 |
Miscellaneous programs of other
events at which Begun spoke, 1938-1954, 1976, undated |
| |
24 |
Speech given in [California?],
undated |
| |
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SERIES
4: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL, 1888 (bulk 1930-2000) |
| 36 |
1-3 |
Articles about magnetic recording--In
English, 1888-1993 |
| |
4 |
Articles about magnetic recording--Translated
from German, 1988 |
| |
5-7 |
Articles about magnetic recording--In
German, 1930-1987 |
| |
8 |
Articles about magnetic recording--In
Russian, 1959 |
| 37 |
1 |
Articles about magnetic recording--General,
1958-1991 |
| |
2 |
Articles about magnetic recording--By
Robert Angus, 1973 March |
| |
3 |
Articles about magnetic recording--By
Mark Mooney, undated |
| |
4 |
Background Research--Bibliographies
about magnetic recording, undated |
| |
5 |
Background Research--List of Companies,
undated |
| |
6 |
Background Research--Patents, Others |
| |
|
#3,577,191 Magnetic Head Assembly,
1971 May 4 |
| |
|
#3,579,213 Magnetic Head Accessing
Mechanism Utilizing Spring Bias, 1971 May 18 |
| |
|
#3,610,837 Glass Bonded Ceramic
Body for Magnetic Head, 1971 October 5 |
| |
|
Background Research--Patents, Semi
Joseph Begun |
| |
|
#5,474,090 Exercise Monitoring
System Capable of Simultaneous Transmission of Voice & Physiological
Data, 1995 December 12 |
| |
7 |
Background Research--Patent Records
(National Archives photocopies), 1899 |
| |
8-9 |
Background Research--Miscellaneous,
1935-1988 |
| |
10-11 |
Correspondence--General, 1933-1944,
1989 |
| 38 |
1 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Acoustic
Consultants, undated |
| |
2 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, AT
& T, 1989 |
| |
3 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Beasley,
David, 1984-1986 |
| |
4 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Carr,
Jean, 1988 |
| |
5 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Cawley,
Terrence, 1983 |
| |
6 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Clark,
Mark, 1992 |
| |
7 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Cox,
Arthur, 1988-1989 |
| |
8 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Delson,
Max, 1988 |
| |
9 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Engel,
Friedrich Karl, 1986-1989 |
| |
10 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Finkelstein,
Jimmy, 1989 |
| |
11 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Gandy,
James W., 1988-1990 |
| |
12 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 1988-1991 |
| |
13 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Kornei,
Otto, 1989 |
| |
14 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Leitmeyer,
1987 |
| |
15 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Lutz,
Hans, 1988 |
| |
16 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Massa,
Frank, 1988 |
| |
17 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Morton,
David, 1989 |
| |
18 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Page,
Harry, 1988 |
| |
19 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Roys,
H.E., 1978-1979 |
| |
20 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Ruch,
Paul, 1987 |
| |
21 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Shomer,
John, 1987-1988 |
| |
22 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Sobel,
Nat, 1988 |
| |
23 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Stachura,
Don, 1983 |
| |
24 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Sunier,
John, 1988 |
| |
25 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Temmer,
Stephen, 1988 |
| 39 |
1-8 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Thiele,
Heinz, 1982-1994 |
| |
9 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Weber
Furniture Service, Inc., 1984 |
| |
10 |
Correspondence--Alphabetical, Museums,
1984, 1986 |
| |
11 |
Correspondence--Miscellaneous, 1983-1984 |
| 40 |
1-6 |
Photographs--General, circa 1950s-1984,
undated |
| |
7 |
Photographs--Magnetic Recording/German
Magnetone, undated |
| |
8 |
Photographs--National Sales Conference,
1949 |
| |
9 |
Photographs--Howard W. Sams & Co.,
Inc., Photofact, 1983 |
| 41 |
1 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft
History of Magnetic Recording, 1988 |
| |
2 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Outline & Introduction, 1992 |
| |
3 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Preface, undated |
| |
4 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Introduction to book, undated |
| |
5 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Chapter 1, undated |
| |
6 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Chapter 5, undated |
| |
7 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
[Chapter 6? Who Invented High Frequency Biasing?], undated |
| |
8 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Brush Years, 1992 |
| |
9 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Profile of an Entrepreneur, undated |
| |
10 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Draft,
Fragment 1989-1994 |
| |
11 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Background,
1988 |
| |
12 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Background,
Oberlin Smith, 1949-1990 |
| |
13 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Interviews
(general), 1986-1988 |
| |
14 |
Drafts of Book & Chapters--Interviews
with Semi Joseph Begun, 1986; 1988 |
| |
15 |
Book--My Years With Magnetic
Recording: Dr. Semi Joseph Begun, 1995
Book--Magnetic Recording: The Ups and Downs of a Pioneer,
The Memoirs of Semi Joseph Begun, 2000 |
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