De Forest Research and classic Trek?

[Harvey]

I don't know if it's going to come to fruition or not, but I've been trying to gather as much information about the de Forest Research company for a research project and I was wondering if anyone here had any information about their role on the original series, or could guide me towards books or websites that I haven't considered?

They're mentioned a few times in Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, and, thanks to clips on Youtube, I know that Kellam de Forest shows up a few times in the home video version of that book. Beyond that, I have a few memos and research reports that I found in UCLA's Special Collections (the Gene Roddenberry papers, specifically), although the collection is pretty patchy in this area. I also have the de Forest Research report for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan from the University of Iowa's Nicholas Meyer papers. Lastly, there's the Memory Alpha entry for Kellam de Forest, which has a little more information: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Kellam_de_Forest, but that's about it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Maurice]

That sounds like an interesting topic. I take it you've seen this?

 

[Harvey]

Yeah. It's one of the avenues I'm pursuing to get into contact with Mr. de Forest. His company still exists -- although he sold it in 1997 -- so I may contact them and see if they have a forwarding address for their previous owner.

 

[Maurice]

^^^You have mail.