Papers of Karl G. Jansky > Bell Labs Series > Bell Labs Jansky-Related Material Unit

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Description: Reprints by Bown and by Oswald related to Jansky's work transatlantic radio telephony.
Start Date: 1927-00-00

Description: Internal Bell Labs correspondence and correspondence with Science about Bell Labs response to 21 September 1956 review of John Pfeiffer's book, "The Changing Universe," and comments therein on why Jansky did not continue radio astronomy work.
Start Date: 1956-10-16

Description: Includes comments by Rep. Davis about Jansky and his radio astronomy work
Start Date: 1963-10-15

Description: R. Kestenbaum's write-up of Jansky's discovery.
Start Date: 1965-04-00

Description: Prepublication copies and related Bell Labs correspondence for Friis article on Jansky's career at Bell Labs.
Start Date: 1965-05-01

Description: Internal Bell Labs correspondence and drafts of text for plaque for Jansky antenna replica at NRAO, Green Bank WV.
Start Date: 1965-06-04

Leland J. Haworth: Dedication of New 140-Foot Radio Telescope at NRAO, 1965
Description: Keynote address by Haworth at dedication of NRAO's 140 foot telescope, Green Bank, WV, October 13, 1965
Start Date: 1965-10-13

Description: Includes brief mention of radio astronomy and Jansky's work.
Start Date: 1965-10-21

Description: Bell Labs internal comments on proposed AT&T ad: "A Sky Noise That Gave Birth to a New Science"
Start Date: 1966-08-23

Description: Correspondence to/from Jesse Greenstein as Greenstein sought information for a short biography of Jansky for "Dictionary of American Biography."
Start Date: 1972-06-20

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