# Source: Utah History to Go — Harvey Fletcher

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** High
**Source Type:** Government Record
**URL:** https://historytogo.utah.gov/fletcher-harvey/
**Publisher:** Utah State History (Utah Division of State History)
**Accessed:** 2026-06-19
**Updated:** 2026-06-19

## Summary

The Utah State History "Utah History to Go" entry on Harvey Fletcher, providing a biographical overview of Fletcher's life, Utah connections, and scientific contributions. Published by the Utah Division of State History, a state government agency.

## Useful Claims

- Harvey Fletcher was born in Provo, Utah in 1884.
- Fletcher earned his undergraduate degree at BYU and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1911.
- He worked with Robert Millikan on the oil-drop experiment measuring the electron charge.
- Fletcher spent his research career at Bell Telephone Laboratories before returning to Utah.
- He is recognized as a significant Utah-born scientist in the state's historical record.

## Reliability Notes

Utah State History is a government agency with scholarly standards; this entry is a curated secondary source appropriate for biographical facts and Utah context. As a general historical overview rather than a specialist acoustics source, technical details of the stereo work should be verified against Bell Labs primary records or specialist audio engineering histories.

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- [Harvey Fletcher and Stereophonic Sound](harvey-fletcher-stereophonic-sound.md)