Alexander Magoun, executive director of David Sarnoff Library, reports that the New Jersey Historical Commission recently awarded the library $27,”000 to help recover from damage done by the flooding earlier this year.
“Since we have never had more than 5 inches before, and never anticipated more than 12, some 600 cubic feet of lab notebooks, technical reports, manuals, and manuscript collections are soaked,” said Magoun. “These include not only notebooks and reports from RCA’s Princeton Labs, but unique collections of notebooks, reports, and manuals from the RCA Picture Tube and Broadcast divisions; RCA Camden, Moorestown, Somerville, East Windsor, Burlington MA, Van Nuys CA; and RCA Communications in Japan.”##M:[more]##
Although Sarnoff Corporation pumped out the water immediately, the collections needed to be freeze dried before mold set in and pages bind together. Liability insurance did not cover flooding and donations were requested to help offset the cost. Donations are still welcome at www.davidsarnoff.org.
