Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) collection of reference material, 1965-1993

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Summary

Title:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) collection of reference material
Dates:
1965-1993
Creators:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Abstract:
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) collection of reference material ranges in date from 1965 to 1993. Retained as part of a reference library used by computing services staff, the collection includes manuals, user guides, technical reports, and program libraries. In addition to computing documentation, there are newletters, including the TeX TUGboat newletter, and memos, such as the Stanford Computation Research Group Technical Memos (CGTMs).
Extent:
5.42 Linear feet, 4 record cartons, 1 manuscript box
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], [Date], Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) collection of reference material, Lot X4059.2007, Box [#], Computer History Museum.

Background

Scope and content:

The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) collection of reference material is composed of computing documentation ranging in date from 1965 to 1993. The collection includes manuals, user guides, technical reports, memos, program libraries, and newsletters. These items were either purchased by or created at SLAC and were retained as part of a reference library used by computing services staff. Items of note include Stanford Computation Research Group Technical Memos (CGTMs) and volumes 1 through 11 of TeX TUGboat, the TeX Users Group newsletter. There are also manuals for computer terminals as well as user guides for systems such as the IBM 3800 Printer, IBM System/390, RISC System/6000, and NeXT computers.

Biographical / historical:

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), is a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science laboratory operated by Stanford University on behalf of the DOE and located in Menlo Park, California. The laboratory was founded in 1962 with the initial goal of building and maintaining a linear particle accelerator. While SLAC's scientific mission was originally focused on particle physics and accelerator science, in the past 50 years it has expanded to include cosmology, materials and environmental sciences, biology, chemistry, and alternative energy research.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), 2007.
Processing information:

Collection surveyed by Sydney Gulbronson Olson, 2017.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Computer terminals
Names:
TEX Users Group

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Sydney Gulbronson Olson
Date Prepared:
December 2017
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-12-29T13:47-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Computer History Museum (CHM) can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Requests for copying and permission to publish, quote, or reproduce any portion of the Computer History Museum's collection must be obtained jointly from both the copyright holder (if applicable) and the Computer History Museum.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], [Date], Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) collection of reference material, Lot X4059.2007, Box [#], Computer History Museum.

Location of this collection:
1401 Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043, US
Contact:
(650) 810-1010
research@computerhistory.org
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