Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Code Rush Records
- Dates:
- circa 1998-2000
- Abstract:
- Video and files from the film Code Rush, a 2000 PBS documentary about Netscape's transformation to Mozilla.
- Extent:
- 20 Linear Feet (36 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Code Rush records (M1964). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Code Rush collection contains 36 boxes of video footage, interview transcripts and editorial material. The collection is organized into two series arranged chronologically by date and material type (master tapes, duplicate tapes and editorial materials).
Series 1 includes master videotapes labeled from #1-206 and 12 edited master tapes. Master tapes not received at acquisition include tapes #:16, 83-99, 148, 157,175-179, 185-200. Series 1 also includes duplicate copy videotapes numbered as #1-206. Duplicate tapes not received include tapes #: 26B, 121-127, 148-152, 175-179, 166, 182.
Series 2 includes editor's copies and office copies of research materials and audio reel transcriptions previously stored in binders.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Code Rush Records is a collection of video footage, interview transcripts and editorial material from the 2000 PBS documentary Code Rush, directed by David Winton and produced by Winton/duPont Films. Code Rush follows the lives of Netscape engineers (Michael Toy, Jamie Zawinski, Scott Collins, Jim Roskind, Tara Hernandez, Brendan Eich, Stuart Parmenter, etc.) from 1998 through 1999 during Silicon Valley's first dotcom boom. The film chronicles their race to program and make available Mozilla's open source code to developers by March 31, 1998, in efforts to save Netscape's declining stock before software giant Microsoft monopolizes the computer industry. The film documents these programmers' role in creating a major open source code for the emerging internet industry, while highlighting ways working conditions at Silicon Valley start-ups impact their careers and personal lives. After the public release of the Mozilla code, AOL acquired Netscape in November 1998, which resulted in corporate restructuring, resignations and the surge of Netscape's investment stock.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of David Winton, 2013. Accession 2013-105.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-27 11:42:16 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and 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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[identification of item], Code Rush records (M1964). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022