Thomas Campbell Bagg
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 after the show 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: 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 (contact Karma Beal, NIST historian, @ (301) 975-2792).
- 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, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
LOCATION #2: Special Collections Library, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- INCLUDES: Documents dealing with standards and the evolution of micrographics.
- SOURCE: Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.
LOCATION #3: Charles Babbage Institute, 103 Walter Library, Univeristy of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
LOCATION #3: Charles Babbage Institute, 103 Walter Library, Univeristy of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
- INCLUDES: Documents dealing with the development of scanning equipment.
- SOURCE: Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.
LOCATION #4: Association for Informational and Image Management, Inc., 1100 Wayne Ave, Suite 1100, Silver Springs, MD 20910
LOCATION #4: Association for Informational and Image Management, Inc., 1100 Wayne Ave, Suite 1100, Silver Springs, MD 20910
- INCLUDES: Documents dealing with the activities of standards committees and subcommittees.
- SOURCE: Correspondence with Shukri Wakid, 6/97.