Guide to the Philip Rice papers M1339
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2022
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Philip Rice papers
Creator:
Rice, Philip
Identifier/Call Number: M1339
Identifier/Call Number: 3893
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(3 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1953-1981
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philip Rice, 1986.
Biographical / Historical
Philip Rice was an American physicist with a particular interest in vision, ultrasound, optics, and electronics. From 1942-1945
he was a staff member at the Radiation Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on the development of radar
systems for the US Navy. After the war, he worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories and developed microwave triodes and traveling
wave tubes.
From 1952 until his retirement in 1983, Rice worked at Stanford Research Institute/SRI International and was involved in the
development of the Videograph high-speed electrostatic label printer, which was an industry standard for printing magazine
labels from computer-maintained subscription lists. He was also active in the development of the single-vidicon color TV camera
and the world's first full-bandwidth videodisc and the first videodisc-based document storage and retrieval system.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Philip Rice papers (M1339). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, California.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, research proposals, and product notes and descriptions (including diagrams and photographs) pertaining to
Rice's major innovations in the video/electronics field, 1953-1981. Specific topics and products include electrostatic printing/imaging
systems, photographic discs, the electrophotographic process, the development of the first optical videodisc, and a videodisc-based
document storage and retrieval system.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Computer engineering
Science -- History.
Electrostatic Imaging Systems
Box 1, Folder 2
Stencil screen printing - Electrostatic Printing Corp. of America - correspondence
Box 1, Folder 3
Stencil screen printing - electroprint samples
Box 1, volume 4
Stencil screen printing - samples
Box 1, Folder 5
Stencil screen printing - unimark
Box 1, Folder 6
images from the Foster Kleiser facsimile system
Box 1, Folder 7
Foster Kleiser - correspondence
Box 1, Folder 8
"Electrostatic Printing" in
Discovery - paper by Rice
Box 1, Folder 9
"Electrostatic Printing" - misc. papers
Box 1, Folder 10
Traveling Wave Tubes (Bell Telephone Labs)
Box 1, Folder 11
Traveling Wave Tubes (S.R.I.)
Box 1, Folder 12
SRI Vacuum Tube Lab - Misc. Memos
Box 1, Folder 14
Magnetic Character Reader
Box 1, Folder 19
Fly's eye lens character generator
Box 1, volume 20
SRI Project 1505 and Project 3080
Box 1, Folder 22
mylar tape machine photos
Box 1, Folder 26
demonstration at SRI for Russian visitors - photos
Box 2, Folder 1
Japanese paper, correspondence
Box 2, Folder 2
Encyclopedia of Electronics paper by Rice
Box 2, Folder 3
A.B. Dick commercial label printer
Box 2, Folder 4
silicon bar image converter
Box 2, Folder 5
misc. memos and correspondence
Box 2, Folder 8
Ind. Broadcasting Authority & James Logie Baird
Box 3, Folder 1
I/O metrics - ARDEV optical disc
Box 3, Folder 3
memos & correspondence; proposals; misc. publications related to optical storage
