Scope and Content: The Kerns H. Powers papers consist of Powers’ correspondence during his time as Director of the Communications Research Laboratory from 1966 to 1976. Additionally, they include nominations and meeting notes from his tenure as Chairman of the Awards Committee for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). IEEE records also include nominations and meeting notes from Powers’ predecessors.The IEEE and IRE nomination forms provide substantial biographical detail on RCA scientists that supplements files in the Public Affairs Department vertical files.The Kerns H. Powers papers consist mostly of Powers’ correspondence during his time as Director of the Communications Research Laboratory from 1966 to 1976. Also included are RCA Laboratories' business plans from 1971 to 1977 that provide a snapshot of RCA's attempts to handle the daunting challenges of the 1970s.Additionally, the papers include nominations and meeting notes from his tenure as Chairman of the Awards Committee for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). IEEE records also include nominations and meeting notes from Powers’ predecessors.The IEEE and IRE nomination forms provide substantial biographical detail on RCA scientists that supplements files in the Public Affairs Department vertical files.Seven of his lab notebooks (1951-1981) can be found in Record group 26. Amarel, Saul 1968, 1969, 1971 Barton, Loy E. 1955 Belohoubek, Erwin F. 1974 Briggs, George R. 1972 Brown, George H. 1964 Burns, Leslie L. 1964, 1965, 1966 Cohen, Robert M. 1962 Cooke, Harry L. 1970, 1971 Crooks, H. Nelson 1970, 1971 DeVore, Henry B. 1955 Engstrom, Elmer W. 1958, 1962, 1963 Epstein, Jess 1956 Flory, Leslie E. 1956, 1964 Forgue, Stanley V. 1964 Gibson, J. James 1978 Goldberg, Edwin A. 1971, 1972 Good, Lowell H. 1961 Gubin, Samuel 1968, 1969 Hammer, Jacob M. 1976 Handelsman, Morris 1960, 1961, 1963 ...