Manuscripts

1954 Coffin Award, General Electric. [23rd Annual Convention, Edison Electric Institute]

Description

Format of original: Reel

Includes presentation of the 1954 Charles A. Coffin Award by General Electric. Creator: Edison Electric Institute Speaker: Quinton, Harold A. Speaker: Reed, Philip D. Speaker: Lynch, William W.

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Date

June 13-16, 1955

Call number

SCE MP 138

Creator

Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edison International, December 2005.

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

NOT AVAILABLE. Audiovisual materials are not available for paging until reformatted. Boxes 21-51 and oversize reels housed in cold storage. Please contact Reader Services for more information.

"The Edison Award" presented two Southern California Edison by the Edison Electric Institute (1923, and 1963) - The Charles A Coffin Medal (1923)

Visual Materials

["The Edison Award" presented two Southern California Edison by the Edison Electric Institute (1923, and 1963) - The Charles A Coffin Medal (1923)] [with 8 variants]

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Manuscripts

Format of original: Reel

SCE MP 172

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SCE MP 511

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Manuscripts

Format of original: Reel

SCE MP 022

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Electricity for the Modern Farm; Thomas Alva Edison at General Electric; Herbert Hoover at Greenfield Village, Michigan, 1919-1929

Manuscripts

Compilation reel. First film is "Electricity for the Modern Farm" (c. 1919), contemporary references available online. Followed by Thomas Alva Edison as he tours the General Electric Company lamp laboratories in Schenectady, New York in 1922. Part 1: 15:01-21:03 Footage of Edison with photometer and illuminated lamps; Part 2: 21:59-34:26 Mr. Edison and Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz ride in a car and are greeted by 20,000 employees, footage of Dr. Coolidge explaining process of ductile tungsten, 31:07 women at work in plant with lamps; beginning 34:41-39:16 President Herbert Hoover and dedication of Edison Institute of Technology at Greenfield Village, Michigan, 1929. Format of original: negative

SCE MP 515

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Wind Turbine Dedication and Plant Tour, Riverside County, 1979-1980

Manuscripts

Format of original: Reel. Reel 1: Tour and dedication of wind turbine with Riverside County supervisors, Dec. 16, 1980. Reel 2: Dated May 15, 1979, appears to be a tour of "Trade West Engineering Inc." -- presumably parts of the turbine were engineered at this facility. Color is faded. Creator: Brady, Jack

SCE MP 498

1954 Coffin Award, General Electric. [23rd Annual Convention, Edison Electric Institute]

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