University of Wyoming
Donald W. Norwood was a cinematographer. He and cinematographer Karl Freund created the Norwood Director, which is a series of hand-held light meters. The design was patented in 1940. Sekonic of Japan acquired the rights to manufacture the Norwood Direction in 1957.
The collection contains a photocopy of manuscript by Norwood titled “Where Now Are Our Gifted Inventors;” pamphlets by Norwood or about his inventions (1948-1950); periodicals on cinematography (1939-1969); a program for a 1972 awards banquet; and a reprint of a 1969 article about a Norwood invention (1969).
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Donald W. Norwood at the date of processing.
This material was received from Donald W. Norwood in 1975 and 1976.
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