Thomas Campbell Bagg

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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

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.