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Title: Ampex Corporation records
Dates: circa 1944-1999
Collection number: M1230
Creator:
Ampex Corporation
Collection Size:
circa 577 linear feet
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Artifacts (including audio and video recording devices, recordings, and memorabilia) formerly comprising the Ampex Museum
collection; approximately 25,000 photographs (including negatives and prints) and related indexes; documents in hard copy
or microfilm form (including manuals, memos, sales materials, public relations materials, articles, drawings, engineering
notes, specifications, and manuscripts); and other miscellaneous material relating to the history of the Ampex Corporation
and the recording industry.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Ampex Corporation records, M1230. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of Ampex Data Systems Corporation, 2001.
Biography / Administrative History
Founded in 1944 in San Carlos, California by Alexander M. Poniatoff, an electrical engineer born in Russia. Ampex is a technology
leader in high-performance digital information recording and storage products utilized in a variety of fields, including scientific,
government, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, data processing, oil and gas exploration, engineering, aerospace,
film and video. Primarily known for their mass storage systems, instrumentation/data recorders, helical scan tape drives,
robotic storage libraries, post-production switchers, digital special effects, tape cartridges, and system components.
Scope and Content of Collection
Artifacts (including audio and video recording devices, recordings, and memorabilia) formerly comprising the Ampex Museum
collection; approximately 25,000 photographs (including negatives and prints) and related indexes; documents in hard copy
or microfilm form (including manuals, memos, sales materials, public relations materials, articles, drawings, engineering
notes, specifications, and manuscripts); and other miscellaneous material relating to the history of the Ampex Corporation
and the recording industry.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Data transmission systems.
Science--History.
aAudio and video recording devices.
Artifacts.
Photoprints.