Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Research material about Robert Noyce
Dates: ca. 1970-2005
Collection number: M1491
Creator:
Berlin, Leslie
Collection Size: 9 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: The collection documents the research phase of Berlin's biography of Robert Noyce, entitled THE MAN BEHIND THE MICROCHIP.
Included are interviews and transcripts including one with Gordon Moore.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
Research material about Robert Noyce, M1491. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Leslie Berlin, 2005. Accession 2005-245.
Biography / Administrative History
Leslie Berlin received her Ph.D. in History from Stanford in 2001. She is currently (2005) a visiting scholar in the Program
in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. She is also the Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives
at Stanford.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of photographs, transcripts and audiotapes of interviews, speeches given by Noyce and others, and
background research on the history of the micro-chip industry and the growth of Silicon Valley. Broken down into 8 series,
the material includes information on individual corporations that Noyce helped found or managed, including Fairchild Seimconductor
and Intel.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Moore, Gordon.
Noyce, Robert N., 1927-
Computer Engineering.
Science--History.
Semiconductors.
Electronics--Research--California--Santa Clara County.