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    Coverage Dates

    1971-1978

    Description

    The collection consists of files maintained by the office of Fairfield University President William McInnes, S.J.; files maintained by Fr. Thomas Burke’s office in the Graduate School of Communication; files containing lectures and articles by Peter Goldmark or background materials on his life and career; and copies of official research reports the NRS Project published between 1972 and 1976.

    Notes

    Beginning in 1972, Fairfield University sponsored a federally funded research study entitled the New Rural Society Project. The project was conceived and directed by the inventor and futurist Peter Carl Goldmark (1906-1977), chief television engineer for the Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS) who played a pioneering role in the development of color television as well as the technology that established the 12-inch long-playing (LP) phonograph disc or “album” as a standard of the music industry. The New Rural Society Project evaluated the potential of existing communication technologies to support a more widely dispersed population in the United States, reversing the trend towards ever-greater concentration in the cities. Fairfield University (as represented by Provost John A. Barone) served as prime contractor for the New Rural Society Project, with Peter Goldmark as principal investigator. Goldmark was also appointed for a time to the Fairfield faculty as a visiting professor in communications technology.

    Quantity

    1.2 linear feet; 3 boxes

    Origin

    undetermined; extant in the University Archives as of 2003

    Processed By

    Katherine Bonamo

    Last Updated

    3-2024

    Type

    Finding Aid

    Publisher

    Fairfield University

    Place of Publication

    Fairfield, Conn.

    Collection

    Finding Aids

    Repository

    Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections

    Identifier

    FIN0014

    Collection on the New Rural Society Project

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