Speeches, addresses, etc.; Armed Forces - Officers; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Lamps; Electric lighting, Sodium vapor; Scientists; Engineers; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972
Frank Polkinghorn delivers a message on behalf of General Back to Mr. Ishizaka and gentlemen. In the address, General Back reminisces about the history of lamps and lighting and the achievements of Thomas Edison. Back closes by saying that he...
Letters; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Supervisors; Supervisors, Industrial; Engineers; Telecommunication; Japan; Management; Engineering
Brigadier General George I. Back, chief of the Civil Communications Section, writes Mr. C. W. Protzman, expressing his appreciation for Protzman's engineering work for the Civil Communications Section in Japan. He says that Protzman has shown the...
Photographs; Armed Forces - Officers; Military uniforms; Women; Tableware; Flower arrangement; Plants; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Men
General Back stands at a table with a flower arrangement. Three unnamed women and an unnamed man sit at the table. "Gen Back" is handwritten on the back of the photograph.
Letters; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; AT & T; College teachers; Electrical engineers
Some excerpts from letters written by General George I. Back, a Japanese university professor, and a visitor to the United States, praising Frank Polkinghorn. The document is in Polkinghorn's original handwriting. The back of the page says,...
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Books; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Armed Forces - Officers; Books; Charts, diagrams, etc.
An administrative organization chart of the General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Tokyo, Japan, dated July 23, 1949. The chart contains a handwritten note referencing the source of the chart.
Photographs; Teleconferencing; Telecommunication; Congresses and conventions; Armed Forces - Officers; Women; Military uniforms; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Men
Priscilla Polkinghorn attends a teleconference with armed forces officers and their wives. Seated from left to right: an unnamed man, Mrs. Haskell, General Stratmeyer, Mrs. S. & General Back, Commander Haskell, and Priscilla Polkinghorn. "547...
Photographs; Teleconferencing; Telecommunication; Congresses and conventions; Armed Forces - Officers; Women; Military uniforms; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Men
Priscilla Polkinghorn attends a teleconference with armed forces officers and their wives. "Taken during The Tela-conferance [sic] - Left to right man unknown, lady Mrs. Haskell, General Stratmeyer, Mrs. S. & General Back, Commander Haskell" is...
Japan; Engineers; Van Zandt, Howard F.; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Teletype
Frank Polkinghorn lists the men who were in Japan with him and their positions. A person by the name of Colonel J. Lattin is also listed. The list is in Polkinghorn's original handwriting. The back of the page is a partial document examining...
American Society for Engineering Education; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Leadership; Associations, institutions, etc.; Radio Corporation of America; AT & T
A booklet printed from right to left in Japanese about the allied occupation of Japan and the American engineers engaged in the mission of the Civil Communication Section (CCS).
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Management; World War II; Japan; Industrial management; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001;...
Kenneth Hopper's article from the September 1985 issue of Quality Progress discussing Japan's new industrial management based on Japanese traditions and American ideals from practicing American industrial managers.
Letters; Authorship; Communication; Manufacturing industries; Management; Engineering; Western Electric Company; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Japan; Cables; Equipment and supplies;...
C. W. Protzman writes Mr. S. E. Brillhart with a summary of the major work he did while working for the Department of the Army from November 1948 to May 1950 in Japan. In Protzman's report, he writes that between 75% and 85% of the manufacturing...
