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Guide to the Gary Morgenthaler collection
X3708.2007  
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Description
The Gary Morgenthaler collection consists of financial, marketing, and administrative records that primarily document the operation of Relational Technology, Inc., a database management system company that Morgenthaler co-founded and was CEO and chairman of from 1980 to 1989. The collection also has a small amount of material on the company after its name was changed to Ingres Corporation in 1989, and on Tymshare and Informix, two companies Morgenthaler was associated with. There is also a small amount of books and manuals related to relational database technology.
Background
Gary Morgenthaler was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on July 10, 1948. He attended college at Harvard University and received a BA in International Studies in 1970. After finishing at Harvard, Morgenthaler moved to California in 1970 and worked at Stanford University teaching and doing data analysis for Stanford's Institute for Math Studies in the Social Sciences. In 1973, Morgenthaler left Stanford and began work primarily as an operating systems designer at Tymshare, Inc., a company that provided popular timesharing services and third-party hardware maintenance.
Extent
3.75 Linear feet, 3 record cartons
Restrictions
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.
Availability
Morgenthaler identified the contents of box 2, folder 1 as sensitive material and requested those materials be closed to researchers until May 8, 2031. Otherwise, the collection is open for research.