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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm70052670
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Stanford Caldwell Hooper, naval officer and electronics consultant, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1958 and 1959 by the Naval Historical Foundation and converted to a gift in 1998.
The papers of Stanford Caldwell Hooper were arranged and described in 1967. The collection was revised in 2010.
The Hooper Papers are described as part of the Naval Historical Foundation Collection in
Audiotapes have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of the Stanford Caldwell Hooper Papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Stanford Caldwell Hooper is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Stanford Caldwell Hooper are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Stanford Caldwell Hooper Papers, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Stanford Caldwell Hooper (1884-1955) span the years 1899 to 1955, with the bulk of the material falling between the years 1918 and 1945. The collection is composed primarily of correspondence supplemented by transcripts of tape recordings, newspaper clippings, diaries, notebooks, financial and legal records, research notes, biographical material, speeches and articles, and miscellany. The collection focuses on Hooper’s role as head of the Radio Division of the Bureau of Engineering, 1918-1923, and his tour of duty as technical assistant to the vice chief of naval operations, 1942-1943. The papers are organized into the following series: Correspondence, Transcripts of Tape Recordings, and Miscellany.
The Hooper Papers document Hooper’s part in the orderly planning and systematic growth of radio communications in government service, including long-life receiving and transmitting tubes, high-power vacuum tubes, simultaneous multiwave communications systems, remote control radio operational techniques, depth finders, sound-oscillated radio systems, directional and navigational guidance systems, the application of long-distance radio techniques to aircraft, submarine sound detection systems, and radio-controlled target practice experiments. Hooper built the shore-detection radio finder systems for the navy and was in charge of the design and construction of many of its high-power radio stations. The original battle radio installations of the fleet were also the result of his studies and recommendations.
Hooper was a delegate to most national and international radio conferences in the 1920s and the 1930s, and the collection includes files on these conferences. Of special interest is Hooper’s role in persuading the government to help establish the Radio Corporation of America. He recommended steps which resulted in the removal of foreign domination from the early control of American radio stations, the formation of an American radio corporation, and a law which required ownership of these stations by Americans.
The Correspondence series provides many valuable insights into the early history of radio development. These files often contain attachments and enclosures such as designs, charts, and specifications for working models of a variety of instruments and inventions. Diagrams and specifications are also in the Miscellany series. Prominent correspondents include William Shepherd Benson, Mark L. Bristol, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Royal S. Copeland, Josephus Daniels, John Hays Hammond (188-1965), James G. Harbord, Hiram Johnson, Emory Scott Land, Thomas A. Marshall, Elihu Root, Daniel C. Roper, David Sarnoff, and Owen D. Young.
The Transcripts of Tape Recordings series contains transcripts of tape recordings by Hooper entitled “History of Radio-Radar-Sonar.” The tapes themselves have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of Hooper’s papers. A file in the Miscellany series also contains notes concerning the tape recordings. Two undated notebooks entitled “History of Radio” provide further information on this subject.
The Miscellany series also includes drafts and copies of Hooper's speeches and articles, research notes, biographical material, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and research notes.
This collection is arranged in three series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm70052670
Letters received and copies of letters sent, family correspondence, and miscellaneous attachments and enclosures.
Arranged chronologically.
Transcripts of tapes recorded by Hooper and his associates concerning the history of naval developments in the fields of radio, radar, and sonar.
Arranged by type of material.
Newspaper clippings, diaries, notebooks, international radio conferences, legal and financial papers, charts, blueprints, research notes, printed matter, copies of patents, photographs, biographical material, and research material concerning the tape recordings.
Arranged by type of material.