Edward C. Fox papers, 1957-1999
Part of collection: David Sarnoff Research Center records (2464-09)
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1999
Biographical Note
Edward C. Fox was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1935. He earned a BS and an MS in electrical engineering from MIT in 1957. Following graduation he was appointed Member of the Technical Staff at RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey. Fox’s research focused on magnetic recording in video tape, stereo-disc, optical-disc, and CED-disc recording. Additionally, he worked on automation, holography, and broadcast recording.
Fox was awarded six patents and received an RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement Award for his work on cancelling distortion in Dynagroove stereo discs. He was a member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society. Fox had worked at RCA for more than forty years at the time of his death in Hamilton, New Jersey in 1999.
Scope and Content
The Edward C. Fox papers are composed of detailed daily work diaries, materials related to Fox’s patents, reports, and workplace-related announcements from his tenure at DSRC. The majority of the materials date from the 1980s and 1990s when Fox was working on improving sound reception in ADTV (advanced digital television).
Fifty-seven of Fox's lab notebooks (1957-1987) can be found in Record group 26.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two subseries:
A. Diaries
B. General
Extent
From the Collection: 990 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
Records subject to 25-year time seal.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two subseries:
A. Diaries
B. General
Processing Notes
Processed by Rachael A. Beyer, 2014.
Subjects
Related Names
Subject
- Fox, Edward C. (Person)
Creator
- From the Collection: Sarnoff Corporation (Organization)
- From the Collection: Radio Corporation of America. David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, N.J (Organization)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
