John Albert Rasell Archive

JAR

1938 - 1952

This collection consists of manuscript and typescript notes on the design and production of radio, television and tape recording equipment. They include Technical and Progress Reports issued by EMI, employee records, job sheets, a workbook and section reports. The collection relates to the development and application of technology including magnetic tape recording equipment, television and radio receivers and transmitters, and turntables.

2 boxes, 38 x 29 x 13 cm

The condition of this collection is good. The materials show little sign of damage and have been well housed by the Science Museum archives.

English

This collection was donated to the Science Museum in 1987. The collection was then transferred to the National Media Museum in 2005.

National Science and Media Museum, Bradford

Access is given in accordance with the NMeM access policy. Material from this collection is available to researchers through the museum’s Insight facility.

Copies may be supplied of items in the collection, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NMeM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.

This collection has been catalogued by archivists at the Science Museum, and the cataloguing archivist at the National Media Museum has preserved this original system of arrangement.