Diaries; Autobiography; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Japan; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Industrial management; Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan); Telecommunication; Communication; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Management;...
The diary and memoirs of Frank Polkinghorn's two years in Japan as director of the Research and Development Division of the Civil Communications Section (CCS) of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers (SCAP). It consists of: the Preface; Chapter 1:...
Engineering; Engineers; Education; Universities and colleges; College students; College teachers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi; Technology; Scientists; Industries; Research; Laboratories; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers;...
The appendices and exhibits from the report of the engineering education mission to Japan, 1951 July 5 to August 26. It consists of: Appendix A: Institute for Engineering Education; Appendix B: Program of the Mission on Engineering Education;...
Photographs; Dinners and dining; Tableware; Flower arrangement; Military uniforms; Women; Screens; Men
Men and women attend a banquet in Tokyo. Some of the men are dressed in military uniforms. Screens can be seen in the distance. "Banquet Tokyo" is handwritten on the back of the photograph. "547 E" is printed on the back of the photograph.
Frank Polkinghorn stands with five men. From left to right: Frank Polkinghorn, Mr. Kawajiri, Mr. Horiuchi, Mr. Araki, Mr. Morita, and Mr. Kurobe. Wooden poles and buildings can be seen in the distance. "L-R."; "Mr. Polkinghorn"; "[Mr.]...
Photographs; Women; Kimonos; Buildings; Men; College teachers; Families
Professor and Mrs. Morita stand outside. Mrs. Morita is dressed in a kimono. Buildings can be see in the near distance. "JUL 1950" is stamped on the back of the photograph along with "fade pruf [sic] print By Dearing" and illegible words. "Prof...
Telecommunication; Engineers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Telephone systems; Telephone; Business enterprises; Census; College students
Frank Polkinghorn's talk to undergraduate engineers on the various aspects of the communication system in Japan and the telephone system in the United States.
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Anniversaries; Incandescent lamps; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Lamps; Electric lighting, Sodium vapor; Light bulbs
Frank Polkinghorn's remarks at the 60th anniversary of the Matsuda lamp discussing the changes that have taken place since the first incandescent lamps.
Slides (Photography); Universities and colleges; College buildings; College campuses; Trees; Plants; Buildings; Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku; Clocks and watches
Blooming trees grow on the campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. A building stands in the near distance.
United States. Army Air Forces; Government publications; United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command; Travel; Airplanes; Islands of the Pacific; Southeast Asia; Survival and emergency equipment; Maps; Life rafts; Parachutes
The “Passenger Guide” of the Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Pacific Division. It consists of: the Foreward; Cabin Briefing; Over-Water Briefing; General Notes on Life Raft; Parachute Briefing; Medical Briefing; Customs Information;...
Photographs; Men; Cameras; Trees; Automobiles; Bodies of water; Mountains
Charles Protzman stands next to a car while holding his camera up to his eye near a lake. Trees and mountains stand in the distance. A "26" is handwritten on the back of the photograph.
Communication; Engineers; Engineering; Japan; Telephone; United States; Wood poles; Research; Profit; Telephone systems; Telegraph; Business enterprises; Census; College students
A reprint of Frank Polkinghorn's work from the volume 38, number 10, October 1950 issue of the Electrical Review (Denki Hyoron) titled, "A Talk to Future Communications Engineers." Frank Polkinghorn, director of the Research & Development...
