Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 30, 1979.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

McGinn, Robert E., 1941- interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957.

Langmuir, Irving.

Jewett, Frank.

Arnold, H. D.

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.

9 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 708; Box 58, CD 206.

Place of Publication:

July 30, 1979.

Biography/History:

Writer on acoustical engineering, professor at Stanford University.

Summary:

McGinn discusses his research on Stokowski's work on stereophonic sound with Bell Laboratories, the existing correspondence between Stokowski and Frank Jewett and H. D. Arnold, both of Bell Laboratories, and his interest in the correspondence between Stokowski and Irving Langmuir in the Library of Congress. He agrees to share material with Oliver Daniel. He also mentions Harvey Fletcher.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on July 30, 1979, San Francisco, Calif.

Original copy: cassette tape 0.1; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 206; service copy: one compact disk CD 206. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.