Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Engelmore, Robert
- Abstract:
- Collection includes documents regarding the computer programs/projects CRYSALIS and SACON; conference papers; copies of overhead slides for talks; and files pertaining to the computer company Teknowledge, Inc. Teknowledge files include stock papers, annual reports, correspondence, company publications and brochures; correspondents include Bruce Buchanan, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Rick Hayes-Roth, and Lee Hecht.
- Extent:
- 2.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Robert Engelmore Papers (SC0967). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes documents regarding the computer programs/projects CRYSALIS and SACON; conference papers; copies of overhead slides for talks; and files pertaining to the computer company Teknowledge, Inc. Teknowledge files include stock papers, annual reports, correspondence, company publications and brochures; correspondents include Bruce Buchanan, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Rick Hayes-Roth, and Lee Hecht.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Engelmore earned three degrees in physics from Carnegie Mellon University: BS 1956, MS 1958, and PhD 1962. He came to Stanford University in 1970 as research associate in the Heuristic Programming Project, Dept. of Computer Science, becoming Executive Director in 1985. He retired from Stanford in 1998. Engelmore was also a Program Manager for research in AI at DARPA, 1979-81, and a co-founder and director of Knowledge Systems Development, Teknowledge Inc., 1982-85. He died in 2003.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Robert Engelmore, 2009.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Robert Engelmore Papers (SC0967). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022