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RCA Global Communications

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alfonse A. Acampora papers, 1957-1997

 Series
Accession: 2464-09Identifier: 2464-09-5.-II.
Scope and Content:

The Alfonse A. Acampora papers record the evolution of important aspects of military and commercial communications systems. His research in the sciences of information technology and image projection for satellite communications and facsimile apparatus is particularly well documented. Most of the collection relates to his work at RCA Globcom.

Three of Acampora's lab notebooks (1973-1984) can be found in Record group 26.

Dates: 1957-1997

Charles B. Jennings photographs, scrapbook boards, and other materials

 Collection
Accession: 2464-21
Abstract:

Charles Jennings (1916-2006) served for more than forty years as RCA Global Communications’ primary liaison in Japan, figuring prominently in the development of post-World War II Japanese communications systems. The collection consists primarily of black and white and color photographs, albums, advertising posters, papers, and unbound scrapbook boards of photographs and ephemera. The images predominantly relate to Jennings’ business and personal life during his time in Japan, addressing the themes of Japanese and trans-Pacific telecommunications activities, particularly relating to RCA; postwar Japanese-American business and informal diplomatic relations; and life in postwar Tokyo.

Dates: 1863-2006; bulk 1946-1999

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Type
Archival Object 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
Artificial satellites 1
Automation 1
Corporate meetings 1
Facsimile transmission -- Equipment and supplies 1
Foreign nationals -- Japan 1