Sidney Topol Papers

A pioneer in satellite technologies and entrepreneurial leader of Scientific-Atlanta, Sidney Topol's career spanned the nuclear age and space age and helped spur the globalization of telecommunication. His work on microwave systems with Raytheon in the 1950s and with satellite in the 1960s and 1970s helped lay the foundation for overseas broadcasting and made the cable television industry into a practical reality.

Born on Dec. 28, 1924, the son of Polish immigrants, Topol was a first generation American raised in a hard-working family in Dorchester. After an exceptional education at the Boston Latin School, and not yet 17 years old, Topol enrolled at Massachusetts State College in 1941 with the intention of studying chemistry, although Pearl Harbor changed that before his first semester had ended. Shortly after turning 18, he enlisted for service in the Army Air Corps and won admittance into a highly selective program to train meteorologists at the University of Michigan. When that program became over-enrolled just four months later, he chose to become a communications officer and was asked to join an elite group accepted into the radar school at Harvard and MIT, where he learned the details of every airborne radar known at the time. His stint in the Air Corps included nearly a year as a telephone officer in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan, where he was introduced to point to point microwave, and established a solid foundation for his future career.

With the credits he had earned in the service, Topol completed his BS in physics at the University of Massachusetts after only one more semester, and he was immediately hired by the Naval Research Laboratory as a Physicist. Assigned to a pioneering project on helical antennas working out of the radiation lab, Topol thrived at work, but after only two years in Washington, he decided to pursue a graduate degree under Samuel Silver, formerly of MIT but now at the University of California Berkeley. He realized quickly, however, that he enjoyed work more than study, and in 1949, he accepted an offer with Raytheon in Newton, Mass., to work on antenna design, making use of both the radar and antenna training he had received in the military.

Raytheon was an industry leader in communications technology, and Topol soon was author of several patents in antennas, including one that became the standard transportable radar used by NATO. He switched to point to point microwave design in about 1950, having gotten bored with antennas, and became a project engineer for a portable television relay link for electronic news gathering (ENG), and his work had strong implications for transmission in color and for the beginnings of standardization in the industry. The portable link was introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in 1953.

Topol rose quickly at Raytheon, become Engineering Manager and then Director of Marketing for Raytheon-Europe, where he helped form Selenia Telecommunications, a highly-profitable joint venture in microwave technologies with Fin Mecannica, winning an early contract to build a microwave radar network to tie together the radars in Sweden. After several years working as General Manager for Selenia in Rome, he returned to the United States in 1965 to become General Manager of the Communications Division in Norwood, Mass.

Raytheon had begun work on satellite communications in the aftermath of Sputnik, and although he had begun thinking about satellites while in Europe, the technologies were still evolving. At Norwood, Topol helped oversee construction of the first global-scale "earth station" satellite dishes for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), which bounced voice and television transmissions off of stationary orbiting satellites as a means of distributing the signal around the world. The earth stations allowed, for the first time, the transmission of transoceanic television broadcasts without the need for relay links, much less wire connections.

In 1971, Topol was lured away from Raytheon to join a small, twenty-year old telecommunications manufacturing firm in Georgia, Scientific-Atlanta. Given "free rein and the ability to make decisions" autonomously, Topol was able to focus his attention on communications technology, rather than the military applications that were core activities at Raytheon. Drawing on his expertise in satellite systems, Topol recognized an opportunity in the cable television industry, allowing cable companies to use satellite links to deliver content ranging from uncut films to sports broadcasts, but also an opportunity to develop television receiving equipment. By stepping up production of earth stations, he helped make satellite communication cost effective for cable companies, using "forward pricing" -- selling dishes for what they would cost when the economy of scale kicked in rather than the actual cost of production -- he helped spur investment in his approach. During his 19 years with Scientific-Atlanta, Topol oversaw the expansion of the firm from $16 million in sales to over $600 million, due in large part to his success in strategically positioning the company to become a global force in the satellite and cable television industries. As President (1971-1983), CEO (1975-1987), Chairman of the Board (1978-1990), and Director (1971-1997), Topol was instrumental in the merger of cable and satellite, which along with programming developed by HBO and the development of transportable earth stations developed by TelePrompTer an manufactured by Scientific-Atlanta, helped establish satellite-delivered television for the cable industry.

Deeply involved with professional and community organizations, Topol was a key figure involved in the jockeying over the introduction of High Definition Television (HDTV) and was Chair of the Electronic Industries Association Advanced Television Committee (ATV) during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was asked to serve as co-Chair with Ann McLaughlin (former Secretary of Labor) and Jimmy Carter for the Conference on Competitiveness at the Carter Center in Atlanta (1988), and he was Chair of the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council (1993-1995). He slowly retired from Scientific-Atlanta in the 1980s and early 1990s, but was lured into becoming Director and Vice Chairman of Monitor Television Inc. (1991) before settling into a firmer retirement. Even then, he founded the Topol Group LLC, a consulting and investment firm, and expanding his charitable giving, supporting education and peace initiatives in the Middle East, among many other causes.

During his long career, Topol received many awards for his work as an innovator and entrepreneur in the satellite and cable industries, as well as for his philanthropic work. He has been awarded the Corporate Leadership Award by MIT (1980), the Vanguard Award by the National Cable Television Association (1980), the Polly Dunn Award of the Southern Cable Television Association (1991); he was an honoree of the Walter Kaitz Foundation of New York (1991) and of Women in Cable (1990); and he was awarded the Medal of Honor of the Electronic Industries Association (1989), the Association's highest award. Named Man of the Year by Boston Latin School (1982), he was also cited as Executive of Year by the College of Business Administration at the University of Georgia (1989), and is a member of the Satellite Hall of Fame (1991). His alma mater has recognized him with its Alumni Award from the School of Management (1990) and with an honorary doctorate (1985).

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The product of a pioneer in the telecommunications and satellite industries and philanthropist, this collection contains a rich body of correspondence and speeches, engineering notebooks, reports, product brochures, and photographs documenting Sidney Topol's forty year career as an engineer and executive. At Raytheon and Scientific-Atlanta, Topol's insights into communications technologies and his business acumen were instrumental in building modern television broadcasting and the merger of satellite and cable television. The collection offers a valuable record of Topol's role in the growth of both corporations, augmented by a suite of materials stemming from Topol's tenure as Chair of the Electronic Industries Association Advanced Television Committee (ATV) in the 1980s and his service as Co-Chair of a major conference on Competitiveness held by the Carter Center in 1988. Since retiring from corporate life in the 1990s, Topol has been active in philanthropic work in Atlanta, Boston, and Washington, D.C.

The records for Topol's years at Raytheon and Scientific-Atlanta are relatively robust, providing insight into Topol's strategic thinking with regard to the development of satellite communications, cable television, and High Definition Television (HDTV). At Raytheon, Topol was a key figure in the development of microwave systems and in the installation of 100 foot earth stations for Intelsat, which became the major gateway for traffic to satellites and which allowed, for the first time, live television coverage in the United States from overseas.

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Series 1. Biographical 1962-1997 1 box

Materials relating to Sidney Topol's life and activities, including his vitae, newsclippings, interviews, and a transcript of an oral history conducted by E. Stratford Smith for the National Cable Center and Museum (1990-1991). This series also contains a handful of talks, presentations, and short articles by Topol, arranged chronologically (1972-1991), including transcripts of his testimony before congressional subcommittees on behalf of the electronics industry regarding high definition television (1988); his talk as recipient of the Electronic Industries Association's Medal of Honor (1989); and the Palmer lecture at Penn State University on Post-broadcast telection (1990).

Series 2. Correspondence 1951-1996 10 boxes

Business and professional correspondence beginning during Topol's days as a project engineer at Raytheon, when he shepherded the development of electronic news gathering equipment, and extending through his later positions with the company developing the European market General Manager of the Communications Division, through his days as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at Scientific-Atlanta, spearheading its role as a leader in the cable and satellite television industry.

Additional correspondence can be found in Series 3 (Subject Files), Series 4 (Raytheon), Series 6 (EIA/HDTV), and Series 7 (Carter Center), as well as in the Board of Directors files in Series 5 (Scientific-Atlanta).

This series is arranged chronologically by year, with an annual list of correspondents as kept in notebooks by Topol's office staff. In some years letters were kept separately from telexes and memoranda.

Series 3. Subject files 1967-1995 14 boxes

Dating primarily from the mid-1980s to 1992, the subject files reflect the varied interests and activities of Sidney Topol during the years when he might be considered a statesman of the telecommunications industry. These files include materials pertaining to his leadership on trade missions to China and the Soviet Union, as well as his role as advisor to the federal government agencies on legislation and policy regarding international competitiveness and trade. Some files document his political activities in both an advisory and supporting role and occasionally, as in the noted Renaissance Weekends, in a social role.

The series also includes files relating to Topol's participation in industry associations such as the Electronic Industries Association and National Cable Television Association, and his commitments to education, as a participant in the Education Summit (1989), and as a member of the board for a number of institutions and programs, and as a participant in a wide array of conferences and symposia, including his stint as a Fellow at Harvard's Center for Business and Government at the Kennedy School of Government.

Finally, the subject files document Topol's contributions to the business, civic, and cultural life in both Atlanta and Boston, as well as the honors and awads he received during his career.

Series 4. Raytheon Company 1950-1974 1 box

Beginning with Topol's earliest days at Raytheon, this series includes a series of engineering notebooks, correspondence, proposals, reports, product brochures, and calendars documenting his work in Europe and the United States.

Additional materials documenting some of the more important products developed by Topol at Raytheon, as well as photographs from various stages of his career there, are located in Series 8, while Series 2 contains most of his professional correspondence from this period.

Series 5. Scientific-Atlanta 1960-1997 13 boxes

Records of Topol's work as an executive with Scientific-Atlanta, including Annual reports (1960-1995), Board of Directors meeting materials (1971-1997), minutes of meetings, supporting documents, correspondence, reports and financial reports, and records of three committees: the Human Resources and Compensation (1985-1989), Pension Investment (1989, 1993), and the Audit Committee (1983-1995). In addition to a series of documents used in strategic planning (1980-1994), the collection includes a set of report by McKinsey and Co. on corporate opportunities and priorities (1982).

Two boxes of materials that are restricted until 2022 include information on executive compensation. Other materials in the collection relating to Topol's time at Scientific-Atlanta can be found in Series 3 (Subject files) and Series 2 (Correspondence)

Series 6. Electronic Industries Association HDTV Committee 1985-1994 2 boxes

Files from Topol's period as Cahir of the Electronic Industries Association HDTV Committee, including correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, newsclippings, newsletters, drafts of reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the implementation of advanced tele4vision in the United States (1992), and related materials.

Series 7. Carter Center Consultation on Competitiveness 1979-1989 2 boxes

Topol's files as Co-Chair of a conference on competitiveness held by the Carter Center in 1988. The series includes planning materials, correspondence, conference papers and publications, and related materials. Participants included Roy Ash, Aden Bement Jr., Derek Bok, Richard E. Cavanaugh, Michael Dertouzos, Joseph Duffey, William Farley, Robert W. Galvin, C. Jackson Grayson Jr., George N. Hatsopoulos, Matina S. Horner, Mel Levine, Alan Magazine, Albert Shanker, Lawrence Summers, Brian Turner, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Paul Volcker, An Wang, and Murray Weidenbaum.

Series 8. Audiovisual materials 1944-1992 2 boxes

In addition to photographs of Topol taken for publicity purposes, the series includes two albums of photographs documenting important Raytheon products developed by Topol: the PTRL, the first ENG Mode, System Testing (1951-1953) and the KTR Microwave Relay System equipment (ca.1956). Other photographs from Topol's time at Raytheon include some images from Selenia in Italy and Capdo, the Communications Division in Norwood, Mass.

Among the photographs from Topol's time at Scientific-Atlanta are ones that document a visit from Senator Sam Nunn and others, signing an order with William J. Bresnan of TelePrompTer (1977), a press conference held at Nieman Marcus when a Scientific-Atlanta earth station was the premier offering in the Christmas Catalogue (1979), trips to China (1980 and 1985), and White House briefing session meetings with President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush.

The series also includes videotapes of interviews with Topol, speeches and presentations, and awards events, several that relate to Scientific-Atlanta or the cable television industry, and an audiotape of panel discussion concerning HDTV and competitiveness.

Series 1. Biographical 1962-1997 1 box

Vita, biographical data 1980-1997

Interview in Georgia Trend 1989

Oral history, conducted by E. Stratford Smith for the National Cable Center and Museum 1990-1991

Interview: "Leading the charge at the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council," Mass High Tech 1993

"Scientific Atlanta," Harvard Business School 1979

"The impact of satellite technology on cable TV" 1990

"Overview of commercial satellite communications" 1979

Newsclippings 1962-1978

Newsclippings 1979

Newsclippings 1980

Newsclippings 1981-1985

Newsclippings 1986-1989

Newsclippings 1990-1997

"Key articles, Scientific-Atlanta" 1965-1991

Trends and directions: cable TV and satellite undated

Remarks at annual shareholders meeting, Scientific-Atlanta 1972

Remarks at annual shareholders meeting, Scientific-Atlanta 1973

"Applications of space technology to communications, earth resources and meteorological satellite ground stations" 1974

"Industry trends and economic directions in satellite communications" 1974

"Communications in the wired city," IEEE Communication Systems and Technical Conference 1974

"Industry trends and economic directions in satellite communications" 1976

Meeting notes, New Court Securities Corporation, New York 1976

"Upward trends in telecommunications, marketing and finance" 1976

Scientific-Atlanta Boston Stockbrokers Club 1976 Oct. 11

"The growth and future of satellite communications" 1977

"New communications and control products for the home" 1977

Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts 1978

"Small earth station satellite communications in the USA," International Astronautical Congress 1979

Tsai and Co., New York 1979

Georgia Tech Colloquium on Strategic Planning 1980

Presentation and discussion, New York Society of Security Analysts 1981

"The cable satellite connection for entertainment and business," International Association of Satellite Users 1981

Trends and directions 1982

Southern Technical Institute commencement 1982

"Trends for the future -- satellite and cable television," Financial Times Conferences on World Telecommunications, London 1983

Tsai Forum discussion, New Yrpl 1984 Nov. 28

Federal Reserve group, Atlanta (presentation) 1985

"Learning from the past and looking into the future," Small Earth Station Symposium, Intelsat Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 1987

New York Society of Security Analysts 1987

American Association for the Advancement of Science 1988

"Tied aid credit issue," foreword by Sidney Topol 1989

Statement before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 1988 Sept. 7

"Consumer electronics, HDTV, and the competitiveness of the US economy," preface by Sidney Topol 1989

Electronic Industries Association Medal of Honor 1989

Palmer Lecture: "Post-broadcast television," Penn State University 1990

High definition television (some thoughts) 1992 Feb. 1

"Satellite television's global impact," CFIA Communications Seminar 1990 Oct. 29

Marconi Council 1990

Satel Conseil, Parts 1 and 2 1990

Kaitz Foundation dinner 1991 Sept. 25

Video Outlook (Cable labs) 1991

"Satellite communications -- still emerging," Microwave Journal (editorial) Undated

Series 2. Correspondence 1951-1996 10 boxes

Correspondence 1951-1962

Correspondence 1963-1971

Correspondence 1972-1976

Correspondence 1976-1977

Correspondence 1978

Correspondence 1978-1980

Correspondence 1980

Correspondence 1980-1982

Correspondence 1982-1985

Correspondence 1985-1990

Series 3. Subject files 1967-1995 14 boxes

Ace Awards 1988

ACTV 1991

Addresses/lists 1992

Advanced Communications Engineering, Inc. (ADCOM) 1987

Advanced Television Systems (ATS) Workshop, Paris, France 1992

Alexander, Cecil 1991

Algeria 1982-1985

Alpha Industries, Inc. 1992

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1991

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Forum 1988

American Business Conference 1988

American Business Conference 1988

American Business Conference, Washington, D.C. 1988

American Business Conference 1989

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Conference 1990

American Jewish Committee 1991

American Marketing Association 1986

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 1988

American Vocational Association 1985

Annenberg Washington Program Forum 1989

Apple Corps, Inc. 1984

Ashoka 1991

Ashoka 1992

Aspen Institute 1992

Aspen Institute 1992

Aspen Institute 1992

Aspen Institute 1992

Association for Corporate Growth 1979

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce trip 1987

Atlanta District Export Council 1979-1987

Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education 1990

Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education, Science and Technology Committee 1988-1989

Australia 1983-1986

Baptist meeting 1983

Barry College visit 1983

BICC, David Booth visit 1983

Bloch dinner 1989

Boston Ballet 1991

Boston Latin School 1984-1990

Boston Latin School 1991

Boston Latin School 1991

Boston Latin School 1991-1992

Boston University 1990

Bretton Woods Committee Governors' Meeting 1989

Cable News Network (CNN) 1989

CablePAC 1991

Cable Summit Conference 1984

Cable Television Administration and Marketing Society, Inc. (CTAM) 1986

Cable Television Administration and Marketing Society, Inc. (CTAM) 1986

Card and gift lists 1989-1992

Carnegie Foundation 1992

Carter Center of Emory University 1987-1988

Carter Center, "Middle East Consultation: A look to the future"

Carter Center, Board of Councilors 1987-1990

Carter Center 1990-1991

Carter Center, USSR television 1991

Carter Center 1992

Casey, William (CIA) breakfast 1986

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 1988

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 1989

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 1990

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Quadrangular Forum 1990

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 1991

Chief Executive Officers' School (IBM) 1982

CEO Forum 1982

CEO Forum 1982

Certificate in Management Program 1986

Chase Manhattan luncheon 1980

China trip 1977

China trip: Electronic Industries Association (EIA) press releases 1977

China (People's Republic): visit to Scientific-Atlanta 1978, 1987

China (People's Republic): SATCOM 1979

China (People's Republic): trip with Governor George Busbee 1980

China trip 1985

China: WJS 1986

Christmas cards 1991

City of Hope dinner: Sidney Topol 1989

Clark Atlanta University Board of Trustees 1988-1989

Clark Atlanta University Business School Advisory Board 1980/1989

Clark Atlanta University 1990

Clark Atlanta University 1991

Clark Atlanta University 1991

Clark Atlanta University 1991

Clark Atlanta University 1991

Clearpoint Research Foundation 1989

College recruiting 1984

Commerce Department 1989

Committee of 200 1986

Communications and Information Conference 1990

Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) 1980-1987

Community Antenna Television Association (CATA) 1985

Comoros 1986-1988

Conference Board Southeastern 1982

Conference Board Inc. 1990

Conference for Senior Executives of High Tech Companies 1989

Consulting 1991

Conte, Silvio O. dinner, UMass Amherst 1987

Contel Board of Directors 1984

Council of Competitiveness 1988-1989

Council of Competitiveness 1990-1991

Cowen and Company: meeting 1985

Cowen and Company: Computer and Telecommunications Industry Conference 1986

Cowen and Company: Doral Country Club 1987

Cox Cable: Managers meeting 1982

D.C. connections 1991

Defense. Task Force on Foreign Ownership 1988-1990

Democratic Leadership Council 1986

Democratic Leadership Council: Dallas 1986

Democratic Leadership Council: Fall Conference 1989

Democratic National Committee: Democratic Business Council 1988

Democratic National Committee: Democratic Business Council 1988

Democratic National Committee: Democratic Business Council 1989

Democratic National Committee: Democratic Business Council 1990

Democratic National Convention 1988

Ditchley Conference 1989

Dowden Center Advisory Board 1990

Dowden Center dedication: University of Georgia visit 1990

DVS Visit 1982

Eastern Cable TV Trade Show 1983

Eastern Cable TV Trade Show: Atlanta 1985

Eastern show: Southern Cable Television Association (SCTA) presentation 1987-1990

East-West Trade Policy Center 1987-1990

East-West Trade Policy Center: Conference 1988

East-West Trade Policy Center: Workshop and luncheon 1989

Eckman, Ray: Retirement parties 1986

Economic Development, Atlanta/Teacher Business Roundtable 1987

Edelson Technology Associates 1980

Education 1988-1989

Education Summit 1988

Education Summit 1989

Educational Television Advisory Committee 1981-1982

Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 1982, 1987

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Board of Governors 1988

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Spring conference 1988

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Telecommunications Industry Association Board of Directors 1988

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): ATV Multiport Receiver Subcommittee 1988-1989

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Spring conference 1989

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Exports talk 1989

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Medal of Honor 1989

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Spring conference 1990

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Telecommunications Industry Association meeting 1990

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Consumer electronics show (Sidney Topol key note address) 1991

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Telecommunications Industry Association Board of Governors 1991

Electronic Industries Association (EIA): Board of Governors 1992

Electronic Industries Foundation 1991

Electronics and Aerospace Systems Conference (EASCON) 1981

ELTA 1986

Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 1982

Emory University Business School 1976-1986

Emory University Board of Visitors 1979-1986

Emory University Business School: National Dialogue Series 1983

Emory University Business School: Task Force on Computers Advisory Board 1986-1987

Emory University Business School Club breakfast meeting 1987

Emory University Business School: John Robson lunch 1987

Emory University Business School Center for Leadership and Career Studies 1989-1991

Emory University Business School Dean's Advisory Council 1989-1991

Emory University Business School CCLC CEO Leadership workshop 1991

Employee breakfast meetings 1983-1987

European trip 1986

Export-Import Bank of the United States: Advisory Committee 1989

Export-Import Bank of the United States: Conference for Bankers and Exporters 1989

Export-Import Bank of the United States visit 1988

Export-Import Bank of the United States: Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Competitiveness of Export Financing 1989

Export NOW Advisory Committee 1988

Export NOW Advisory Committee 1989

Export PAC Promotion Board 1983

Federal Reserve Bank 1985

Federal Reserve Bank conference 1991-1992

Feldstein, Martin: luncheon 1981

Financial contracts 1987

Financial Times conference 1983

First Atlanta: Board 1991

First Boston: High tech conference 1985

First Liberty Institute 1990-1991

Food Marketing Convention 1987

Forbes article (by Chakravarty) 1982

Fowler, Blair 1985

Frazer, Mel and Associates 1980

Gabon 1986-1987

GATT 1989

General Cinema: Richard Smith 1983

General Electric 1977

Georgia Association of Broadcasters 1982

Georgia Education Leadership Academy 1988

Georgia Military College 1987-1988

Georgia Southern: Presentation 1989

Georgia State: Executive MBA class 1984

Georgia Tech 1990

Georgia Tech: Colloquium on Strategic Planning 1980

Givens, Will (articles) 1979-1980

Global Broadcasting Foundation 1987

Golden Jubilee Commission in Telecommunications 1985

Goldman-Sachs 1990

Golf outing: Scientific-Atlanta 1982

Governor's International Award 1980

Griffin Corporation 1977-1979

Haifa University proposal Undated

Handy Associates 1980-1982

Harris, Burt 1992

Harvard Business School 1973-1984

Harvard Business School: Address 1982

Harvard Business School: Senior Executive Session, Corporate Strategy 1984-1985

Harvard Business School graduates 1986

Harvard Business School 1987-1992

Harvard Business School: World Trade and Global Competition Colloquium 1991

Harvard Business School: Case study on Scientific-Atlanta 1979

Harvard Business School: Case studies 1992

Harvard: classes 1989

Harvard Club 1990

Harvard: Correspondence 1989

Harvard: Correspondence, part 1 1990

Harvard: Correspondence, part 2 1990

Harvard: Correspondence 1991-1993

Harvard: HDTV 1989-1992

Harvard: Faculty Industrial Policy Seminar minutes 1982-1984

Harvard: Kennedy School of Government 1984-1992

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government. Consortium on Competitivene4ss and Cooperation, Boston Academic Workshop 1990

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government 1989-1992

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government, Georgia Power Study of Foreign Direct Investment and Local Economic Development 1988-1990

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization of Business and the American Community 1991

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization of Business and the Community, fundraising 1990-1991

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization of Business and the Community, Seminar Series 1990-1991

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization of Business and its Impact on the New England Economy (seminar) 1991

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization of Business and the American Community (conference) 1992

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization of Business and the American Community (conference) papers by speakers 1992

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization research, articles, testimony undated

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Globalization research, proposals, reports 1989-1990

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Reports 1990-1991

Harvard: Bernstein, Fred (Director, IEE) 1990

Harvard: Bowles, Samuel and Richard Edwards 1988-1990

Harvard: Branscomb, Lewis 1989-1991

Harvard: Dorringer, Peter B. and David B. Terkla 1990

Harvard: Dunlop, John T. 1989

Harvard: Goodman, Craig G. 1991

Harvard: Graham, Edward M. (IIF) 1990

Harvard: Reich, Robert B. 1990

Harvard: Scherer, F. M. 1989-1992

Harvard: Tyson, Laura (Communications) 1989-1990

Harvard: Vickers, John 1989

Harvard: Yoffie, David B. 1990

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Luncheon Seminar Series 1989-1992

Harvard: JFK Center for Business and Government: Joan Shorenstein Barone Center 1989

Harvard 1989-1990

Harvard University 1989-1990

Harvard: Notes Undated

High Technology Conference 1983

High Technology Conference 1986

High tech society, preparing children for: Keynote address 1983

Home Box Office (HBO) 1981-1983

Home Box Office (HBO): Visit 1993

Hunt Report 1982

Hyman, Lester: Re dinner at Center for National Policy 1989

Inglis, Andrew 1983-1984

Institute for International Economy 1990-1991

Institute for National Strategic Studies 1990

Intematics trade show 1982

Intelsat symposium 1987

International Association of Satellite Users (IASU) 1981

International Astronautical Congress 1979

International Business Machines (IBM) SBS 1985

International Business Machines (IBM) V. Learson Dinner (Boston Latin School) 1989

International Communications Association (ICA) conference 1989

International Executive Service Corps 1990

International Leadership Forum 1989-1990

International Society of Satellite Professio0nals 1987

International Space University 1990

International Trade Conference 1987

Iran 1984

Israel 1983-1984

Israel trip 1985

Israel trip 1987

Italian trip: Alberti, Samoggia, and Piatelli 1983

Japan-America Society of Georgia 1983-1985

Japan trip 1982

Japan trip 1985

Jury duty 1982

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation 1990

Kadish, Jules 1990

Kagan, Paul: seminar 1983

Kaitz, Walter: dinner 1988

Kaitz, Walter. Foundation dinner honoring Sidney Topol 1991

L'Aquila Symposium 1990

Legal 1992

Lexington Group 1981

London: Atlanta Chamber of Commerce economic mission 1979

Luxembourg 1984

MACO meeting 1984

Management Analysis Center (MAC) 1984

Manufacturing Studies Board, Committee on the Causes and Consequences of the Internationalization of US Manufacturing 1989

Manufacturing Studies Board-National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems 1988

Marconi International Fellowship 1984

Marconi International Fellowship 1990-1991

Marconi International Fellowship Symposium 1990

Marketing Department 1979

Marriot 1992

Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Television (MCET) 1992

Massachusetts Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Technology: Subcommittee on Telecommunications Development 1992

Massachusetts Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Technology: Subcommittee on Telecommunications Development 1993

Massachusetts Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Technology: Subcommittee on Telecommunications Development 1993

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Lecture 1976

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): F.D. Abrahamson 1977

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1983-1984

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Luncheon 1983

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1985

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1988-1989

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1991

Mass Telecommunications Council 1992-1993

MBA Panel (National Black MBA Association) 1983

McKinsey Study (Harris Intertype and Radiation) 1967-1976

Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) 1983

Miscellaneous 1991

Miscellaneous 1991

Mitel Press Conference 1982

Monaco Conference trip notes 1981

Money Managers, Investment Advisors 1991

Monitor Channel 1991

Monitor Monthly 1992

Morocco 1984

Morris Brown College Board of Advisors 1979-1983

Mundus Information Systems Corporation 1989

Museum of Science 1991

NTIA Telecom 2000 meeting 1988

Names (company) 1983

National Association of Broadcasters 1982

National Association of Broadcasters: Las Vegas 1989

National Association of Broadcasters 1990

National Association of Broadcasters: Atlanta 1990

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Dallas 1976

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Chicago 1977

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) 1979

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Board meeting 1980

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Enhanced Services Committee 1980-1981

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Los Angeles Convention Center 1981

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Las Vegas Convention Center 1982

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Enhanced Services Committee 1982

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Executive Seminar 1982

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Houston 1983

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): General 1984-1988

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Las Vegas 1984

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Las Vegas 1985

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Cable '86 1986

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Las Vegas 1987

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Los Angeles 1988

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): Dallas 1989

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) 1990

National Cable Television Association (NCTA) 1991

National Cable Television Association (NCTA): New Orleans 1991

National Cable Television Center and Museum 1992

National Commission Against Drunk Driving 1985-1987

National Commission Against Drunk Driving 1985-1987

National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) Board of Directors 1988

National Medal of Science nomination 1987-1990

National Research Council Planning Committee 1989

National Satellite Cable Association (NSCA) 1983

National Science Foundation Board 1986-1987

Naval Training Center, Recruit Graduation Review 1982

Neiman-Marcus Christmas Book 1979

Netcom 1985-1986

Network Management 1987-1988

Network Management Inc. (NMI) 1990

New High Museum Campaign 1981

New York press conference and demonstration 1984

New York Society of Security Analysts 1987

New York Stock Exchange 1979

Nunn reception 1983

Nunn, Sam 1981-1987

Nunn, Sam: Luncheon 1987

One Asia Assembly: Manila 1990

Organization charts 1975-1976

Pacific Communication Sciences 1989-1990

Pacific Telecommunications Conference 1988

Pacific Telecommunications Conference 1989

Penn State Media Globalization Conference 1992

Pennsylvania State University 1992

Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) 1991

Phillips International 1985

Plessey Company, Ltd. 1975-1992

Plessey Middle East 1983

Plessey South Africa 1985

Plessey Telecommunications and Office Systems Ltd (PTOSL) 1984

Polack, Jack 1990

Politics 1988

Politics 1990

Pooled Income Fund 1990

Presidential Inaugural Committee 1981

Presto, Charles 1988

Prime Cable 1984

Public service 1990

QV Publishing Seminar 1984

RCA presentation 1985

Raytheon 1983

Renaissance Weekend 1983

Renaissance Weekend 1984

Renaissance Weekend 1986

Renaissance Weekend 1988

Renaissance Weekend 1990

Robinson-Humphrey Technology Meeting 1985

Robinson-Humphrey Seminar 1987

Sadat Peace Foundation 1985-1988

St. Louis Society of Financial Analysts 1980

St. Louis Society of Financial Analysts 1982

Sales and Marketing Executives 1981

Sales seminar 1979

Salomon Brothers: SE Investment Conference 1980

Salomon Brothers Conference 1988

Salomon Brothers Luncheon 1977

San Diego 1979

San Diego and Los Angeles: Planning meeting and Board of Directors 1980

San Diego Group National Sales Meeting 1982

San Diego Mid-Year Strategy 1984

San Diego Planning meeting 1984

San Diego trip 1986

San Francisco Society of Financial Analysts 1982

Satel Conseil 1990-1991

Satel Conseil: Paris 1992

Satellite Communications Conference 1984

Satellite Communications Users Conference (SCUC) 1982

Satellite Communications Users Conference (SCUC) 1985

Satellite Communications Users Conference (SCUC) 1989

Satellite VI Advisory Board 1986

Satellite X Conference: Session chair 1990

Satellite X: Global Pathways to Profit 1991

Satellite Summit Conference 1982

Satellite Summit Europe 1984

Scientific-Atlanta 1979

Scientific-Atlanta: Analysts 1979

Scientific-Atlanta: Analysts 1980

Scientific-Atlanta: Analysts 1981

Scientific-Atlanta: Analysts 1982

Scientific-Atlanta: Analysts 1984

Scientific-Atlanta: Analysts 1985

Scientific-Atlanta: Broadband Strategy meeting 1985

Scientific-Atlanta: Communications Symposium 1983

Scientific-Atlanta: Earth Station Symposia 1979

Scientific-Atlanta: Earth Station Symposia 1980

Scientific-Atlanta: Earth Station Symposia 1981

Scientific-Atlanta: Earth Station Symposia 1982

Scientific-Atlanta: Incentive trip 1985

Scientific-Atlanta: "In the News" (internal) 1991

Scientific-Atlanta: Miscellaneous 1991

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings, part 1 1979

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings, part 2 1979

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings, part 1 1981

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings, part 2 1981

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings 1982

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings 1984

Scientific-Atlanta: Planning meetings 1985

Scientific-Atlanta: Strategy meetings, mid-year 1985

Scientific-Atlanta: Subsidiary visit 1985

Scientific-Atlanta: European F and O 1985

Sears 1980-1982

Secretaries of the Defense Conference 1987

Seki/Japan: Panasonic 1986

Shein, Edward 1991

Sheraton Club 1992

Smith Barney 1992

Societé Internationale de Télécommunications Aeronautiques (SITA): North American Conference 1983

Society of International Business Fellows 1991

Society of Satellite Professionals 1985

Solar energy 1975-1976

Southern luncheon 1983

Southeastern Telecommunications Association 1981

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) 1980

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS): Trade Conference 1980

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS), part 1 1981

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS), part 2 1981

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) Retreat 1988

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) Seminar 1988

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) Board of Trustees 1988-1989

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) Board of Trustees 1989-1990

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) Board of Trustees 1990

Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) 1991

Southern Conference 1984

Southern Technical Institute Commencement 1982

Soviet Business Week 1989

Soviet Cooperation Agreement and visit 1990

Soviet notes 1989

Soviet Trade Mission: Report 1989

Soviet Trade Mission: Correspondence 1988-1989

Soviet trip 1989

Spar Aerospace Ltd. 1979-1981

Special events (invitations, etc.) 1991

State of Israel bonds 1991

Supercomm 1988-1989

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board of Directors 1988

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board of Directors 1988

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board of Directors 1989

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board of Directors 1990

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 1991

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) International Committee 1988-1989

Telecommunications Pioneers 1966

Tennis: Davison's Tennis Classic 1980

Tennis: Atlanta Women's Tennis Classic 1982

Tennis: Davis Cup 1984

Tennis: WCT Atlanta 1985

Tennis: US Open Customer Day 1987

Thomson Visit 1984

Thomson Visit 1985

Threshold Group 1978-1980

Topliss Retirement Dinner 1986

Topol Group 1991-1992

Tower Club 1984-1986

TRW Board of Directors undated

Trilateral Commission 1991

Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology 1991

Tsai Forum 1987

Turkish dinner 1987

TWA 1992

Tweed, Gilbert Associates 1980-1983

United Nations Day Committee 1980

United States Council for World Communications 1983

United Way Board of Directors 1983

University of Georgia: Radio, Television, Cable Institute 1983

University of Georgia: Alumni Awards 1989

University of Georgia, part 1 1990

University of Georgia, part 2 1990

University of Georgia, part 3 1990

University of Georgia: Research Awards Banquet 1989

University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. 1988-1989

University of Georgia: visit 1988

University of Georgia: visit 1990

University of Massachusetts 1984

University of Massachusetts: Commencement 1985

University of Massachusetts: Chancellors Executive Committee 1986

University of Massachusetts: Chancellors Executive Committee 1987

University of Massachusetts 1988

University of Massachusetts 1989

University of Massachusetts: Chancellors Executive Committee 1989

University of Massachusetts, part 1 1990

University of Massachusetts, part 2 1990

University of Massachusetts, part 1 1991

University of Massachusetts, part 2 1991

University of Tennessee 1987

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) 1991

Via Satellite 1991

Wall Street Transcript interview 1987

Wang Center Board of Trustees 1990

Wang Center Development Committee 1990

Wang Center Development Committee 1991

Washington Cable Club 1988

Watson, Jack (Gubenatorial candidate) 1980-1982

WCT Peachtree World of Tennis 1976-1980

West Georgia College presentation 1986

Western Cable Shows 1980

Western Cable Shows 1981

Western Cable Shows 1982

Western Cable Shows 1983

Western Cable Shows 1984

Western Cable Shows 1986

Western Cable Shows 1987

Wharton Magazine 1979

White House Briefing on Hospital Costs 1979

Who's Who Publications 1979-1984

Williamsburg Charter Foundation Board of Trustees 1988

Williamsburg Charter Foundation Luncheon 1988

Wirth, Timothy 1981

Women Business Ownership Committee 1983

Women in Cable 1990

World Communications Year 1982-1984

World Future Society 1979

World Future Society 1981

World Trade Club 1982-1986

Wright, Jim: reception 1986

Yankee Group: New York 1982

Young, Andrew: Appreciation dinner and campaign 1989

Zaire 1984-1985

Series 4. Raytheon Company 1950-1974 1 box

Communications equipment product notebook undated

Correspondence 1958-1972

Memo: Topol to Mustacchi, TLC Division plans 1963-1965

Action folder: memos and correspondence 1970-1971

Directive antenna patent 1953

Scattering notebook 1950

Engineering notebook, ST 1951-1952

Engineering notebook: RTRIC audio channel models 1952-1957

Notebook (untitled) 1954-1958

Technical notebook (Raytheon Europe) 1960

Pocket notebooks 1968-1970

Notebook 1970

Calendars 1967-1970

Telephone directory (CADPO) 1962

Business cards (Sidney Topol) undated

Kane, F. J.: Requiem of an engineer 1957

Report: SSB scatter study 1956

Product market report, Raytheon Europe 1957-1959

Report: "Analysis of the effect of Raytheon Co. acquiring Farinon Electric Company" 1966

Study of the high-speed digital data link markets 1966

Technical proposal: Earth receiving system for satellite TV distribution 1971

Report: Data transmission services -- Arthur D. Little, Inc. to Microwave Communications of America 1969-1974

Technical proposal: DATRAN Trunk Radio System 1971

Report: An intercity microwave relay system, Portland-Seattle-Spokane 1971

Selenia product brochure: Portable microwave relay equipment undated

Selenia product brochure: Microwave Radar Relay System, MRL-1a undated

Selenia product brochure: KTR1000 4R Microwave Relay System undated

Product brochures undated

CADPO family day brochure undated

Electronic progress 1962-1964

Air Transport World '70: Raytheon Target: Expanding Airline Market 1970

Communications Systems Management Association Newsletter 1971

Scientific-Atlanta 1969-1971

Series 5. Scientific-Atlanta 1960-1997 13 boxes

Annual Report 1960

Annual Report 1961

Annual Report 1962

Annual Report 1963

Annual Report 1964

Annual Report 1965

Annual Report 1966

Annual Report 1967

Annual Report 1968

Annual Report 1969

Annual Report 1970

Annual Report 1971

Annual Report 1972

Annual Report 1973

Annual Report 1974

Annual Report 1975

Annual Report 1976

Annual Report 1977

Annual Report 1978

Annual Report 1979

Annual Report 1980

Annual Report 1981

Annual Report 1982

Annual Report 1983

Annual Report 1984

Annual Report 1985

Annual Report 1986

Annual Report 1987

Annual Report 1988

Annual Report 1989

Annual Report 1990

Annual Report 1991

Annual Report 1992

Annual Report 1993

Annual Report 1994

Annual Report 1995

Board of Directors 1990

Board of Directors Bylaws 1987-1994

Board of Directors: Directors Guidebook 1990

Board of Directors: Meeting minutes 1971-1973

Board of Directors: Meeting minutes 1974-1975

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1976

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1977

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1978

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1979

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1980

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1981

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1982

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1983

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1984

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1985

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1986

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1987

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1988

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1989-1993

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors Meeting materials 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Long term view 1991

Board of Directors: Long term view, part 1 1992

Board of Directors: Long term view, part 2 1992

Board of Directors: Increase shareholder value discussion 1989

Board of Directors: Group Presentations (Instrumentation), part 1 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Group Presentations (Instrumentation), part 2 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Group Presentations (Network systems), part 1 1992-1994

Board of Directors: Group Presentations (Network systems), part 2 1992-1994

Board of Directors: Group Presentations (Network systems), part 3 1992-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Monthly Reports 1993-1994

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Quarterly Reports 1993-1997

Board of Directors: Finance review, part 1 1994

Board of Directors: Finance review, part 2 1994

Board of Directors: Finance review, part 3 1994

Board of Directors: Financials 1996

Board of Directors: Human Resources and Compensation Committee Minutes 1985-1989

Board of Directors: Pension Investment Committee 1989

Board of Directors: Pension Investment Committee, part 1 1993

Board of Directors: Pension Investment Committee, part 2 1993

Board of Directors: Pension Investment Committee, part 1 1993-1996

Board of Directors: Pension Investment Committee, part 2 1993-1996

Board of Directors: Pension Investment Committee, part 3 1993-1996

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Audit Committee 1983-1995

Flight log 1992

Financial history notebook 1952-1986

Financial history notebook 1971-1989

Financial summary 1982-1992

Financial reports 1986

Qualitative objectives 1987

Vickers, part 1 1984

Vickers, part 2 1985

Vickers, part 3 1986

Vickers, part 4 1987

Vickers, part 5 1988

Vickers, part 6 1989

Vickers, part 7 1990

Planning notebook 1980

Scientific-Atlanta Europe: Sale subsidiaries, salaries, planning, meetings 1985-1986

Broadband communications proposal 1985

Summary, Three year plan 1986-1988

Plans and planning: FY 1987, vol. 1 1987

Plans and planning: FY 1987, vol. 2 1987

Plans and planning: Three year plan, FY 1987-1989, vol. 1 1987

Plans and planning: Three year plan, FY 1987-1989, vol. 2 1987

Plans and planning: Preliminary FY 1988, vol. 1 1988

Plans and planning: Preliminary FY 1988, vol. 2 1988

Plans and planning: Graphs 1972-1989

Plans and planning: Strategy for the Information Superhighway 1994

Plans and planning: Strategic focus 1994

McKinsey and Co.: Reports 1982

McKinsey and Co.: Summary reports 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Positioning the Communications Products Group for the 1980s" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Communications Products Group: Preliminary diagnostic" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Understanding opportunities and priorities in the mini-cable business" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Taking a first step to improve organizational effectiveness by establishing operational reviews" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Determining the priorities for organizational improvement" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Thoughts about our work together and the priorities facing Scientific-Atlanta" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Improving Satcom's ability to compete effectively" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Satcom Division, preliminary diagnostic" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: "Understanding opportunities and priorities in the Inmarsat business" 1982

McKinsey and Co.: Financial outlook for fiscal year 1983 1982

SA stock information and newsclippings re: high tech 1992

Card and gift list 1976-1989

Card and gift list 1976-1989

Card and gift list 1976-1989

Card and gift list 1976-1989

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1972-1979

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Desk calendars 1980-1990

Telephone logs 1987-1988

Telephone logs 1987-1988

Telephone logs 1987-1988

Telephone logs 1987-1988

Telephone logs 1987-1988

Telephone logs 1987-1988

Telephone logs 1987-1988

RESTRICTED until 2022

RESTRICTED until 2022

Series 6. Electronic Industries Association HDTV Committee 1985-1994 2 boxes

Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1985-1988

News articles 1985-1992

Electronic Industries Association Cable show 1988 Jan. 8

Electronic Industries Association/ATV Meeting 1988 Mar. 9

Electronic Industries Association Ad Hoc ATV Committee 1988 Apr. 21

Advisory Group on Consumer Trade Issues: Final Report 1988 May 10

Electronic Industries Association ATV Reports 1988 May-June

American Electronics Association HDTC meeting 1988 June 6

Electronic Industries Association ATV Committee: Correspondence, miscellaneous 1988 June 22

Statement before the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee of Science, Research, and Technology 1988 June 22

Briefing book: Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee of Science, Research, and Technology 1988 June 23

Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the Committee on Science, Research, and Technology, House of Representatives 1988 June 23

Statement before the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communication and Finance 1988 Sept. 7

Meetings and conferences 1988-1989

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV Panel 1988-1989

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV Memos, correspondence, miscellaneous 1989 Jan.

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV Memos, correspondence, miscellaneous 1989 Feb.

Consumer Electronics, HDTV, and the Competitiveness of the US Economy, prefaced by Sidney Topol 1989 Feb. 1

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV Memos, correspondence, miscellaneous 1989 Mar.

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV Memos, correspondence, miscellaneous 1989 Apr.

Current business opportunities in HDTV seminar 1989 Apr. 28

Electronic Industries Association: Correspondence 1989 May

Electronic Industries Association: Correspondence, memos 1989 June-Aug.

Electronic Industries Association: Correspondence, memos 1989 July

Electronic Industries Association: Summer conference HDTV presentation 1989 July 7

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV Minutes, Correspondence 1989 July-Aug.

Electronic Industries Association: Memos 1989 Aug.-Dec.

US Policy Update Conference 1989 Oct. 25

Electronic Industries Association ATV Committee: Minutes, correspondence 1989 Oct.-1990 Apr.

Telecommunications Industry Association Board of Directors 1989 Nov.-1990 Jan.

Electronic Industries Association: Minutes, correspondence 1990 May-Aug.

Electronic Industries Association Second International Digital Video Communications Workshop Panel 1990 Nov.

Program on Information Resources Policy, "The elephant and the blind men: the phenomenon of HDTV and its would be stakeholders" 1990

High Definition Television Conference 1990

Electronic Industries Association: Correspondence 1990-1991

Correspondence about HDTV 1990-1992

Electronic Industries Association: Joint Meeting with NCTA/ATV Committee 1991 Mar. 25

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Committee minutes, correspondence 1991

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV minutes, correspondence 1991

Electronic Industries Association: HDTV minutes, correspondence 1992

Before the Federal Communications Commission, "In the matter of Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact Upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service" 1992

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Committee 1992

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Subcommittee 1992

Council on Competitiveness: Case study on HDTV 1993 May 25

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Olympics Subcommittee

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Committee minutes, correspondence 1993 Nov. 10

Electronic Industries Association: Correspondence, memos 1993 Sept.-1994 Mar.

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Committee minutes, correspondence 1994 Mar. 16

Electronic Industries Association: policy undated

Electronic Industries Association: ATV Committee comments in response to tentative decision and further notice of inquiry undated

Zenith Spectrum Compatible HDTV System undated

HDTV Information Kit undated

Reports 1985 Apr.-1988 Aug.

Reports 1988 Sept.-Nov.

Reports 1989

Newsletter, vol. 3, no.3,4,6,8,9; vol. 4, no 1; vol. 5, no. 8/9, 11/12; vol. 6, no 2-6 1988-1992

Series 7. Carter Center Consultation on Competitiveness 1979-1989 2 boxes

Consultation on Competitiveness: Organizing notebook 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: Planning/concept 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: Schedule of events 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: Resumes 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: Working lists of panelists and participants 1988

Notes 1988

Press releases and clippings 1988

Council Annual meeting 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: other programs and committees 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: Conference Report Series, vol. 1, no. 1 1988

Consultation on Competitiveness: Conference papers 1988

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence 1984-1989

Correspondence: drafts 1988

Council Publication drafts 1988

Council Publications 1987-1989

Council Publications 1987-1989

Council Publications 1987-1989

Council Publications 1987-1989

Council Publications: Issue briefs undated

Carter Center publications 1988-1989

Council Reports, part 1 1987-1989

Council Reports, part 2 1988

Democratic Leadership Council 1985-1986

Democratic National Convention Policy Forums 1988

National House Democratic Caucus 1984

Report of Presidents Commission on Industrial Competitiveness 1985

Conference: "Doing business with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: new challenges in changing environments" 1988

American Business Conference: Biographical information -- ABC membership 1987

American Business Conference: Resolution and report 1987

Southern Center for International Studies 1979-1981

Public Agenda Foundation undated

Harvard University Kennedy School of Government 1987-1988

Japan-America Society of Georgia 1988

Report drafts 1988

Series 8. Audiovisual materials 1944-1992 2 boxes

Army Air Corps 1944

Studio portraits 1965-1991

Album: PTRL, First ENG Model, System testing 1951-1953

Raytheon 1955

KTR microwave relay system equipment and installation 1956

Raytheon: Selenia 1960

Raytheon: Cadpo 1962-1972

Raytheon products 1971

Sidney Topol, Sam Nunn, Leonard Reinsch, Henry Harris, and Jay Levergood at Scientific-Atlanta Undated

Bill Bresnan, TelePrompTer 1977

Nieman-Marcus press conference 1979

China trip 1980

China Trip 1985

Photographs 1984

Sidney Topol, George Bush, Peter McCloskey of Electronics Industries Assocation 1985

Sidney Topol and Ronald Reagan 1985

Carter Center Undated

Tennis tournament Undated

Golf event Undated

Sidney Topol at shows and events Undated

Sidney Topol at a Cable TV Museum and Library, Penn State Undated

Courtyard of the Hofburg, Vienna, Austria Undated

Earth Station "Sunset," 4.6 meters Undated

The great celebration of satellites in space: Sidney Topol speech 1987 Oct. 15 Videotape

The Cable Channel 1988 NCTA Convention: Sidney Topol interview 1988 Videotape

High Definition Television and Competitiveness: Sidney Topol and panel, discussion at Winter Consumer Electronics Show, Law Vegas 1989 Audiotape

CSPAN interviews with Sidney Topol Undated Videotape

Ten 1981 Feb. 26 Videotape

First Boston High Technology Conference, Scientific-Atlanta 1986 Dec. 17 Videotape

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. NYSSA presentation 1987 Sept. 4 Videotape

Society of Satellite Professions Presents: The Great International Celebration of Satellites in Space 1987 Oct. 15 Videotape

Pacific Telecommunications Council, 10th Annual Conference morning plenary 1988 Audiotape

Public Service, Private Sacrifice 1988 Videotape

CNN World Report show #82 1989 Apr. 15 Videotape

Scientific-Atlanta: SA Today 1989 Aug. 4 Videotape

The Cable Channel: The Next Step in Civilization, Spring edition 1990 Videotape

Society of Satellite Professionals International, Satellite Hall of Fame Awards 1991 Feb. 13 Videotape

Foreigners Buying Up America: Benefit or Threat (Dub Forum) 1992 Apr. 13 Videotape

First Liberty made possible by Mutual America undated Videotape

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