Guide to the Jim Armstrong collection of Apple material

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Guide to the Jim Armstrong collection of Apple material

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Manuals, Series 1, 1976-1996

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Content

This series, the largest in the collection, is made up almost entirely of Apple manuals from 1976 to 1996. Included are manuals for the Apple II, Lisa, Apple III, and Macintosh lines of computers and their compatible software, programming languages, and components. Also included are service guides for Macintosh support technicians. There is a very small number of manuals for products and companies other than Apple, such as Videx, Mostek, Zilog, PCMCIA, MIDI, and the Lolly personal computer. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

102734310 Apple II 1978-1991

102734313 Apple III 1980-1983

102734308 Lisa 1982-1984

102734317 Macintosh 1984-1995

102734307 Non-Apple products 1976-1993

102734309 Software and components compatible across Apple lines 1982-1996

Apple administrative records, Series 2, 1979-1995

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Content

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, and resources used internally at Apple. The largest part of this series relates to Apple product development and management. These product-related materials are often proposals for future Apple products, drafts of manuals and product descriptions, or correspondence between Apple employees about product pricing, release issues, and product testing. Apple products addressed in these records include the Apple II and III, the 1984 Macintosh, Lisa, HyperCard, and LaserWriter. Another significant portion of this series is comprised of sales resources, such as product descriptions and price lists, written for Apple employees and resellers of Apple products. This series also contains reference information for Apple developers, personnel records, policy manuals and employee handbooks, annual and quarterly reports, internal periodicals and newsletters, records relating to Apple events, and market research and analyses -- with which Armstrong was directly involved. One highlight of this series is a group of records about a public relations project, titled Project Peoria, designed to exploit an "old town adopts new technology" perspective. The project was to choose a small town, which ended up being Jacksonville, Oregon, then to launch small business marketing activities, generate awareness and interest among small businesses for Apple's new products, and position new product benefits to small business customers. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102734311 Annual and quarterly reports 1983-1989

102734315 Apple Developer Group 1989-1994

102734316 Events 1984-1994

102734319 Internal periodicals and newsletters 1982-1995

102734314 Market research and analyses 1983-1994

102734320 Personnel 1983-1987

102734280 Policies, reference guides, and training materials 1983-1993

102734327 Product development and management 1980-1998

102734312 Project Peoria 1990

102734318 Sales resources 1979-1995

Books, periodicals, and reports, Series 3, 1978-1995

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Content

This series is made up of books, magazines, journals, newsletters, clippings of articles, and reports from 1978 to 1995. The books in this series are on topics such as digital computers, computer networking, local network technology, Apple II, ProDOS, and PostScript. The magazines, journals, and newsletters focus on computer technology, with several that are specific to Apple, including the magazines Macworld and MacUser and newsletters AppleDirect and Apple Exchange. Reports include Apple technical reports, Macintosh technical notes, and papers on information delivery and work styles. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

102709888 Beneath Apple ProDOS 1984

102734321 Clippings 1985-1993

102734330 Lazy person's guide to better nutrition, The 1984

102709597 Local network handbook, The 1982

102734323 Magazines and journals 1980-1995

102734322 Newsletters 1981-1989

102676492 PostScript language tutorial and cookbook 1985

102734328 Reports 1985-1993

102734324 Understanding computer networks 1989

102734329 Understanding digital computers 1978

102709857 Understanding the Apple II 1983

Conference and workshop material, Series 4, 1983-1997

Series Scope and Content

This series contains program materials, conference proceedings, presentation material, and records from various workshops and events. About half of the material in this series relates to events held by Apple and the other half are from non-Apple conferences. The Apple events include various years of the Macworld Exposition and Apple developers conferences, the 1987 Apple Worldwide Sales Conference, presentation material for a 1988 Interactive Multimedia Conference, the 1995 Apple New Media Forum, and course material from the 1984 Apple Service Datacomm Workshop. The non-Apple events reflected in this series include COMDEX (Computer Dealers' Exhibition), National Computer Conference (NCC), CeBIT, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), Seybold, and the West Coast Computer Faire. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102734343 Apple conferences and workshops 1984-1995

102734344 Apple developers' conferences 1986-1997

102734342 COMDEX (Computer Dealers' Exhibition) 1985-1994

102734335 Computer conferences and expositions 1983-1997

102734333 Macworld Exposition 1987-1988

102734339 National Computer Conference (NCC) material 1984

Catalogs and directories, Series 5, 1976-1995

Series Scope and Content

This series contains catalogs, directories, price lists, and product lists and overviews published from 1976 to 1995 by Apple and other companies in the computer industry such as IBM, Oracle, Adobe, Cromemco, Texas Instruments, Mostek, Claris, and many others. Apple materials make up the bulk of this series. The catalogs feature hardware, software, and computer accessories, as well as two catalogs featuring Apple-branded merchandise like clothing, office supplies, and other gifts and accessories. The directories contain lists of products and the contact information for the companies that make or sell them. Price lists show the price of various computer products; the bulk of these are for Apple and IBM products. Product lists and overviews provide detailed specifications and information about computer products, providing information on how to order them. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102734332 Apple catalogs 1979-1995

102734334 Apple directories 1988-1994

102734331 Apple price lists 1979-1984

102734336 Apple product overviews and specifications 1981-1995

102734337 Non-Apple catalogs 1976-1995

102734340 Non-Apple directories 1983-1994

102734338 Non-Apple price lists 1977-1985

102734341 Non-Apple product overviews and specifications 1977-1995

Promotional material, Series 6, 1976-1997

Series Scope and Content

This series contains promotional materials from 1976 to 1997 that advertise products by Apple and other companies in the computer industry, such as Symantec and Adobe. The majority of items are brochures and booklets, but there are also press releases, press kits, oversized fold-out advertisements, and an Apple table display. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102734305 Apple promotional material 1981-1997

102734306 Non-Apple promotional material 1976-1995

Collection Contents

Manuals,

Apple administrative records,

Books, periodicals, and reports,

Conference and workshop material,

Catalogs and directories,

Promotional material,