In addition to historic objects, the museum collects, preserves, and provides access to books, manuals, journals, documents, and photographs in support of the museum’s mission. The museum’s Library contains approximately 3,000 titles about radar, radio communications, electronic development, military history as influenced by electronics, and amateur radio. There are monographs, technical and training books, journals, videos, and other publications.
The library is organized using the Library of Congress classification system.
The library is not able to lend out materials.
Published materials include
• Proceedings of the IEEE
• Rad Lab Series
• Bell Laboratories Record
• Bell Laboratories Technical Journal
• ARRL handbooks and publications
• Early radio magazines including QST, CQ, and Radio News
Manual Collection (ca 1940s – 1980s; 2200+)
Collection includes military and commercial manuals such as Technical Orders, Parts Lists, Installation and Operating Instructions, and Maintenance Instructions as well as training manuals on electronics related topics and reports about technology. Most date from the mid-1940s into the mid-1980s. This collection is cataloged and has a searchable database.
Research Files (ca 1940 – present; approximately 75 linear feet)
File cabinets containing articles, publications, brochures, pamphlets, documents, reports, and specifications covering aspects of radio, radar, airborne and ship borne fire control, space borne imaging systems, as well as historic information on the development of radio and radar. Also includes Westinghouse history documents, specific to Baltimore area offices. Arranged by subject and has a searchable database.
Electronics Catalog Research Collection
NEM maintains a research collection of catalogs from suppliers and distributors of electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems. Researchers may find these primary source documents useful to establish availability dates and specifications for components and equipment.
Dates range from 1946 to 2001; most date to the 1960s-1980s. Catalogs represent 110 companies including Amperex, Collins Radio, D.A.T.A., Fairchild, General Electric, General Radio, Hewlett Packard, Leeds & Northrup, Motorola, Philco, Phillips, RCA, Tektronix, Texas Instruments, and Varian. The collection is cataloged and is available by appointment with museum staff. Arranged by manufacturer and in a searchable database.
Archive
Westinghouse Materials (1938-1996)
Documents and photographs, original and published, for internal or public use, related to technological development and contributions of the Westinghouse offices in Baltimore and Linthicum, MD, the Baltimore Radio Division, the Air Arm Division, the Electronic Systems Division, and Defense and Electronics Systems. Includes research log books, internal publications such as “The Circuit”, FridayGrams, and “The Engineer”.
Louis Brown Radar Collection (ca 1980s-1999; 18 linear feet)
Notes, correspondence, reference documents, and drafts created and compiled by Dr. Louis Brown for his book “A Radar History of World War II”.
The William J. Tull archival collection contains materials collected by Tull through his career in Doppler navigation radar and other aviation navigation and data collection systems. Materials were collected beginning with his studies at the MIT Rad Lab, circa 1942, and continue through 1971. Subjects covered include Doppler radar, AN/APN-66 and AN/APN-67, Tull Aviation, General Precision Laboratory (GPL), Cabot Corporation, and Microwave Landings System (MLS). This archival collection consists of approximately 1.5 linear feet of material with approximate breakdown as follows: 75% typed or mimeographed memos, reports, and letters, 15% bound printed booklets, and 10% slides/photographs. The collection is in English.
Photographs and Artwork
Photograph Collection (c. 1938-1990s; 11,000+ images)
This collection consists of Black& White and Color photographic prints documenting electronics devices and electronic systems produced by the Westinghouse Baltimore division. Many of the images came from the Westinghouse publications department. The collection includes photographs of many of the company’s pioneers in electronic devices. It also includes numerous photographs of aircraft, as well as photographs of the facilities and some of historic nature. The collection is catalogued in a searchable database. The Photograph Collection database is an ongoing project and will be updated periodically. The current database includes only the photos that have been cataloged and is not a complete list of our holdings.
Alvin H. Schwartz Collection (c. 1958-1987; 100+ items)
The collection contains over 100 paintings, sketches and drawings created by Alvin H. Schwartz, an illustrator and presentation artist who worked for the Electronics Division of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1958-1982. The bulk of the collection consists of oversized illustrations of various pieces of electronic equipment produced or proposed by the Electronics Divisions. These illustrations were painted on 30″x 40″ mat board using the gouache color medium. The collection also includes a number of sketches and color transparencies that were produced for the company’s brochures and advertisements.
Digital Maryland – Lunar Camera Collection
NEM now has a photo collection online with Digital Maryland! This is a collaborative, statewide digitization program of the Maryland State Library Resource Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library. Its mission is to facilitate the digitization and digital exhibition of the historical and cultural documents, images, audio and video held by Maryland institutions.