Guide to the Ricardo Alfaro Collection of Fairchild Material M1916
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2018
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Ricardo Alfaro collection of Fairchild material
source:
Alfaro, Ricardo
Identifier/Call Number: M1916
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1963-1998
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ricardo Alfaro; 2015. Accession MSS 2012-177.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Ricardo Alfaro collection of Fairchild material (M1916). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Computer industry -- United States -- History
Integrated circuits industry.
Silicon Valley
Semiconductor industry -- History -- California
Alfaro, Ricardo
Fairchild (Firm)
box 1, folder 2
Fairchild Semiconductor 1967 Promotion Plan
box 1, folder 3
"Goodbye, Fairchild" Party
April 14, 1988
box 1, folder 4
Lew Young Obituary Materials
box 1, folder 6
"Understanding Computers: The Chipmakers"
box 1, folder 7
R.N. Noyce Recommendations
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990
box 1, folder 8
25th Anniversary Observance - Transistor Radio
box 1, folder 9
Ricardo J. Alfaro Business Cards
box 2, object 1
"RIP Fairchild" Paperweight
box 2, object 2
Ceramic Integrated Circuit Package, Fragile
box 2, object 3
Rosewood Box Containing Integrated Circuit
box 2, object 4
Quad Flat Pack - Ceramic, Fragile
Scope and Contents
"Rosewood Box, c. 1970s. Silicon IC 8 diodes part/aerial reconnaisance camera that would click 78 numerical code or date to
identify what looking at. Used in an ad: 'World's smallest electric sign board". Customer was Hughes or someone like that."
box 2, object 5
3-Inch Silicon Wafer Containing MOS Memory Chips
Scope and Contents
"Electronic Arrays c. 1979"
