Fairchild, Ricardo Alfaro collection of material, circa 1963-1998

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Ricardo Alfaro collection of Fairchild material
Dates:
circa 1963-1998
Creators:
Alfaro, Ricardo
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Ricardo Alfaro collection of Fairchild material (M1916). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The materials consist of Fairchild brochures, planning documents, a "Goodbye Fairchild" Party planning binder, emephemera related to the deaths of Lewis H. Young and Robert N. Noyce, two books (Tom Wolfe's "Hooking Up" and Time Life Books' "The Chipmakers"), conference papers, business cards, computer chips, and other objects.

Biographical / historical:

Ricardo "Kim" Alfaro worked as the Promotion Manager at Fairchild Semiconductor, writing some of the first marketing brochures for microchips there. Fairchild was founded in 1957 by employees leaving Shockley Semiconductor, and was intially funded by Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. The business specialized in high-frequency silicon transistors and practical monolithic integrated circuits.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ricardo Alfaro; 2015. Accession MSS 2012-177.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-06-05 07:52:21 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

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:

[identification of item], Ricardo Alfaro collection of Fairchild material (M1916). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022