Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, May 9, 1979.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Genre:

Interviews.

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Transcripts.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

19 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 588; Box 58, CD 203.

Place of Publication:

May 9, 1979.

Biography/History:

Engineer and acoustics researcher at Bell Laboratories.

Summary:

Fletcher discusses tests of stereophonic sound at the Academy of Music; his experiences working with Stokowski; Stokowski's openness to experimentation; the awards from the Audio Engineering Society that he and Stokowski won for the work on stereophonic sound; and a meeting with Stokowski in Santa Barbara while Stokowski was building his house there.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on May 9, 1979, Provo, Utah.

Original copy: cassette tape 161; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 203; service copy: one compact disk CD 203. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.