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Thomas Campbell Bagg (1917-1995) was interested in high density information storage and retrieval systems using photoptical techniques and associated image quality and standards.

== Life ==
Bagg graduated from Lafayette College. He worked on the Rapid Selector project at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). He also worked as: Laboratory Instructor, University of Pennsylvania 1939-1941; Junior Physicist, Carnegie Institute, Washington 1941; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Physicist Electronic Ord 1941-1952; Physicist Infrared and Ultraviolet Sources Dectors 1952-1956; Systems Engineer and Consultant, High Density Information Storage. 

Bagg's obituary is available online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/04/04/obituaries/d1884227-b1b2-448e-953b-29fc4da9a951/ 

== Contributions ==

* High density information storage and retrieval systems
'''AWARDS:'''

Bronze Medal, Commerce Department; Award of Merit, Association of Information and Image Management (1988)

'''OFFICES:'''

U.S. representative on the International Standards Committee

== Selected Publications ==

== Papers ==
'''LOCATION #1:''' NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)

* '''INCLUDES:''' Documents and publications relating to Bagg's work done at the National Bureau of Standards.

* '''SOURCE:''' Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.
'''LOCATION #2:''' Special Collections Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

* '''INCLUDES:''' Documents dealing with standards and the evolution of micrographics.
* '''SOURCE:''' Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.
'''LOCATION #3:''' Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

* '''INCLUDES:''' Documents dealing with the development of scanning equipment.
* '''SOURCE:''' Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.
'''LOCATION #4:''' Association for Information and Image Management (Silver Spring, MD)

* '''INCLUDES:''' Documents dealing with the activities of standards committees and subcommittees.
* '''SOURCE:''' Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.