The institutional fund of the Marconi Foundation at Pontecchio Marconi, holds documents relative to the Foundation starting from 1947, and it is divided in fifteen series. On June 6th 1999 the fund was declared to be “of notable historical interest” by the archival Superintendent of Emilia-Romagna, according to the following motivation: It testifies the cultural and scientific activity carried out by the Foundation, which was established as a no-profit organization RD n. 4 1938 n. 354, as of 1939 it preserves testimonies of contacts established with relevant institutions and scholars with the scope of promoting and encouraging scholars and research inherent to radio-electricity. Giancarlo Dalle Donne has edited the fund's inventory. Within some months a digitized version of the inventory will be available through the portal Una Città per gli Archivi.
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David Sarnoff |
Marconi was the creator of the present day civilization of the radio. All of those who, with spirit of initiative and perseverance, have brought us to the present stage of development have built on the foundations laid by Marconi. Everyone considered him the tutelary genius of their work. |
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