RCA Technology-Related Research Resources

• Radio Age Archive:  This website contains PDF versions of RCA’s in-house publicity magazine from 1942 through 1957. It is especially useful to see what technical or commercial accomplishments the company wished to publicize and the marketing strategies it used.
• RCA Engineer online index: This online database contains articles from 30 years of RCA Engineer, a technical magazine circulated among RCA’s various operating divisions. Its articles are more technical, but often contain useful biographical information about their authors.
• CED Magic:  The definitive website about the RCA VideoDisc system.  In addition to materials about RCA’s various home video projects and a full catalog of VideoDisc titles, it also boasts a “Who’s Who in VideoDisc” section that draws upon internal company biographies.
• • American Radio History
  • RCA: An Historical Perspective
  • IEEE Oral History Collection: RCA Engineers
  • 1939 World’s Fair: RCA
• Lots of commercials & films on Youtube and the Internet Archive
• The Sarnoff Collection Website
• The Sarnoff Collection Database
• The Sarnoff Collection Bibliography
• Collection Items
  • Exhibit Items
  • Exhibit Texts
  • Exhibition Space Map

Contact Emails

• Emily Croll: crolle@tcnj.edu
• Ben Gross: bgross@chemheritage.org