W9XK Experimental Television at Iowa

Account of television lecture on home planning, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Art instructor Aden Arnold of the Plastic and Graphics Arts Department sketches a portrait during the course of his lecture on W9XK television, The University of Iowa, 1933

Carl Menzer at the University of Iowa WSUI radio station or the W9XK television station, The University of Iowa, ca. 1925-1930

Clement F. Wade, president of Western Television Corporation, 1930s

Clipping from The University of Iowa news bulletin, January 1936

Correspondence between Carl Menzer of the University of Iowa radio station and the Hon. C.W. Ramseyer, September 15, 1931

Correspondence between F.M. Dawson, P.C. Packer, and Prof. E.C. Mabie and Dean George G. Stoddard, December 12, 1936, and memorandum between E.B. Kurtz and F.M. Dawson regarding television service funding, December 15, 1936

Correspondence between James P. Lynch and University of Iowa Dean of College of Engineering F.M. Dawson regarding television equipment, July 21 and 25, 1933

Correspondence between University of Iowa Dean of College of Engineering Prof. F.M. Dawson and Mr. Lloyd Creswell of Danbury, Iowa, January 25, 1934

Correspondence between University of Iowa Dean of College of Engineering Prof. F.M. Dawson and university president W.A. Jessup, January 13, 1932

Correspondence between University of Iowa Dean of College of Engineering Prof. F.M. Dawson and university president W.A. Jessup, July 27, 1931

Correspondence between University of Iowa Electrical Engineering Prof. E.B. Kurtz and Dept. of Music Prof. P.G. Clapp, October 4, 1941

Correspondence between University of Iowa Electrical Engineering Prof. E.B. Kurtz and University of Iowa president W.A. Jessup, January 24, 1933

Correspondence between University of Iowa Electrical Engineering Prof. James T. Rood and WSUI radio station manager Carl Menzer, June 7, 1929

Correspondence between University of Iowa radio station manager Carl Menzer and Harold A. Lafount of the Federal Radio Commission, and attached letter between Carl Menzer and Senator Smith W. Brookhart, September 15, 1931

Correspondence between U.S. Representative C.W. Ramseyer and University of Iowa Dean of College of Engineering C.C. Williams, January 15, 1932 and January 21, 1932

"E. E. Department pioneers with television station W9XK," March 1933

E.B. Kurtz adjusting telecasting equipment, The University of Iowa, 1930s

E.B. Kurtz and J.L. Potter in front of television transmitter, The University of Iowa, 1933

E.B. Kurtz pointing to chart, The University of Iowa, January 25, 1933

E.B. Kurtz, The University of Iowa, ca. 1930s

E.B. Kurtz tuning a television receiving set at W9XK television station, The University of Iowa, ca. 1933

Edwin B. Kurtz obituary, January 20, 1978

E.G. Blackstone writing shorthand, The University of Iowa, 1933

Electrical Engineering building, The University of Iowa, 1930s

"Electronic television with W9XUI," January 1946

E.M. Lonsdale working on television equipment, The University of Iowa, 1941

Entrance door to W9XK television studio, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Federal Radio Commission examiner Elmer W. Pratt's report, November 25, 1931

Federal Radio Commission order regarding television station permits, August 22, 1928

Illustration broadcast in television lecture on home planning, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Illustration of broadcast of drawing demonstration at The University of Iowa, 1930s

Images from University of Iowa student Master's thesis on television production, 1941

Map/diagram of Midwest, 1930s

Ray C. Kent standing behind camera, The University of Iowa, 1941

Reprint of a newspaper report on experimental television broadcasts at The University of Iowa, 1930s

Reprint of newspaper report on television broadcast demonstration, The University of Iowa, March 3, 1933

"Stop! Look! Listen!" December 5, 1935

"SUI - pioneer in television," January 15, 1939

"SUI to broadcast more detailed pictures," July 25, 1940

"Teaching by television," April 1935

"Television: as in radio work, S.U.I. is pioneer in this vast new field," March 28, 1940

"Television, broadcasting station" manuscript by Raymond Rooney, participant in Federal Writers' Project, written June 25, 1936

Television equipment: bank of photoelectric cells, The University of Iowa, 1933

Television Research Laboratory elevation plan, The University of Iowa, March 7, 1932

Television Research Laboratory floor plan, The University of Iowa, March 7, 1932

Television station call letters, The University of Iowa, 1930s

"The new W9XK television transmitter," January 1934