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(Hess) Mary Beth and Richard technical manual collection
M1381
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Mary Beth and Richard Hess technical manual collection
source:
Hess, Mary Beth
source:
Hess, Richard L.
creator:
Ampex Corporation
creator:
Hewlett-Packard Company
creator:
Grass Valley Group
Identifier/Call Number: M1381
Physical Description:
35 Linear Feet
(82 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1967-2000
Abstract: Contains technical user manuals for products built and sold by the Ampex Corporation, Grass Valley Group, Hewlett-Packard
Corporation and other technology firms. Includes manuals, bulletins, catalogs, brochures, and schematics largely concerning
the use, maintenance and repair of audiovisual equipment. The manuals have been removed from their original binders, however
a representative sampling of binder graphics has been retained.
Stanford University Special Collections holds the Grass Valley Group, Inc. : publications, 1999-2002, M1604 (donated by Richard
Hess) as well as the Ampex Corporation Records, M1230. The Archive of Recorded Sound holds the Richard Hess Mullin-Palmer
Tape Restoration Project Collection, ARS.0035 [audio transfers assembled by Hess).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary Beth and Richard L. Hess, 2003 & 2015. Accession # 2003-153, 2015-041.
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.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
[identification of item], Mary Beth and Richard Hess technical manual collection (M1381). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Mary Beth and Richard Hess are a married couple that lived in Glendale, California at the time of donation while Richard was
employed by National TeleConsultants LLC. In addition to consulting, Richard has worked extensively in audio preservation
and owns an audio-related patent. Mary Beth has worked at IBM, in real estate, and with religious and cultural organizations.
Since focusing on audio preservation Richard has contributed significantly to the field of sound recording preservation, especially
magnetic media preservation. He has shared his audio expertise through articles and has presented at national conferences
for organizations ranging from the Audio Engineering Society to the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Richard holds
U.S. patent 3784746.
Series 1: Ampex manuals, schematics, brochures, and bulletins. Includes individual Ampex catalog numbers.
Series 2: Grass Valley Group manuals, schematics, and bulletins. Does not include item catalog numbers because each system's
individual component has a different catalog number within a manual.
Series 3: Miscellaneous manuals, catalogs, schematics, brochures, and bulletins. Includes item catalog numbers when possible.
Series 4: Selected binders for manuals representative of what the manuals, catalogs, schematics, brochures, and bulletins
were stored in, including examples of design, typography and graphics.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Technical manuals
Science -- History.
Audio-visual materials
Hess, Mary Beth
Hess, Richard L.
Ampex Corporation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Grass Valley Group