urn:taro:utexas.cah.01190 A Guide to the Charles Paul Boner Papers, 1918-1979 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. November 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Boner, Charles Paul, 1900-1979. Charles Paul Boner Papers 1918-1979 Materials are written in English. 88-175 70203606 1 ft., 4 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Papers document the work of Charles Paul Boner in acoustical research and consulting. The bulk of the collection consists of approximately 650 photographs documenting Boner's acoustical consulting. Also included are biographical articles, speeches, reports, notebooks, clippings and reprints. Biographical Note

Charles Paul Boner (1900-1979) was a member of the University of Texas Physics Department (1920-1970), founded the Defense Research Laboratories (now the Applied Research Laboratories), served in several UT and UT System administrative positions, and operated, with his sons, an acoustical consulting firm.. Boner's consulting work was based on his research on feedback in sound systems and contributed to the acoustical design of numerous public buildings.

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Papers document the work of Charles Paul Boner in acoustical research and consulting. The bulk of the collection consists of approximately 650 photographs documenting Boner's acoustical consulting. Also included are biographical articles, speeches, reports, notebooks, clippings, and reprints.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Boner, Charles Paul, 1900-1979 -- Archives. Subjects (Organizations) University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Physics. Subjects Architectural acoustics. Acoustical engineering. Preferred Citation

Charles Paul Boner Papers, 1918-1979, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 88-175/1 Papers, 1918-1979 3U8 Speeches and reports, 1922-1957