A. Michael Noll papers, 1949-2016

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Summary

Creators:
Noll, A. Michael
Abstract:
Papers belonging to American engineer A. Michael Noll.
Extent:
2.08 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Language:
Materials are in English with a few items in German.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. A. Michael Noll papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is composed primarily of published and typewritten articles by Dr. Noll, J. R. Pierce, and other authors. It also contains correspondence between Dr. Noll and J. R. Pierce as well as W. O. Baker. Several noteworthy items include the earliest piece of Dr. Noll's artwork and a letter from J. R. Pierce to Richard Nixon. Letters to and from Arthur C. Clarke are also included, which discuss Clarke's forthcoming books, and a typewritten article by J. R. Pierce provides technical counsel for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Biographical / historical:

A. Michael Noll is an American engineer born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1939. He has a B.S.E.E. from the Newark College of Engineering, an M.E.E. from New York University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Currently, he is professor emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Southern California. Noll is an early pioneer in digital and 3D art and proposed that the digital computer could be a creative artistic medium. He worked at Bell Labs in New Jersey studying three-dimensional computer graphics and animation as well as human-machine communication and speech signal processing and became one of the first researchers to use a computer to create artistic patterns. In 1965, his work was exhibited at the Howard Wise Gallery in New York City and was ultimately used in many articles and books. Noll has published over ninety professional papers, was granted six patents, and is the author of ten books. He contributes regularly to newspapers and magazines.

Acquisition information:
Gifts of A. Michael Noll, 2001-2016.
Processing information:

Processed by Catherine Wehrey-Miller in August 2013. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series: 1. Published articles; 2. Correspondence, artwork, media; 3. Typewritten articles; 4. Magazines, art catalogs, addenda; 5. Oversize.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. A. Michael Noll papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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