Guide to the Jay T. Last papers M2846

Emma Frothingham

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

April 2023

Green Library

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Stanford 94305-6064

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Jay Last papers

Identifier/Call Number: M2846

Physical Description: 17 Linear Feet (26 manuscript boxes, 1 carton, 3 half-boxes, 6 flat-boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1950-2020

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and assorted materials from the career of American engineer Jay T. Last covering the establishment of Fairchild Semiconductor, the creation of the microelectronics industry, and the early years of Silicon Valley.

Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was given by the Jay T. Last Revocable Trust to Stanford University, Special Collections in May 2022.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into seven series:

1. Shockley Semiconductor
2. Fairchild Semiconductor
3. Impact and Legacy of Fairchild Semiconductor
4. Amelco Semiconductor
5. Teledyne
6. Semiconductor and Microelectronics Industry History
7. Personal and Biographical Materials
8. Electronics and Realia

Biographical / Historical

Jay T. Last (1929-2021) was an American engineer active in the early days of Silicon Valley. He completed a BS in optics at the University of Rochester in 1951 before completing a PhD in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following his graduation in 1956, he was recruited by William Shockley to join the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories. One year later, he left to establish the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation as part of the "traitorous eight" defection along with Julius Blank, Victor Grinich, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, and C. Sheldon Roberts. While at Fairchild, Last was the Head of Integrated Circuit Development and worked to develop the first commercial silicon planar transistors. Last also led the Research & Development group at Fairchild that produced the first integrated circuit chips. In 1961, Last established Amelco Semiconductor, a division of Teledyne, Inc. Along with Jean Hoerni, Amelco developed and manufactured complex integrated circuit chips. During the 1970s, Last became Teledyne's vice president for technology. After leaving Teledyne, Last pursued interests in California art, lithography, African art, and founded the Archaeological Conservancy. Last's personal lithography collections went to the Huntington Library and his collection of African art was donated to the Fowler Museum at UCLA.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Jay T. Last papers (M2846). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Related Materials

Stanford University also holds the papers of William Shockley (SC0222), Jean Hoerni (M2847), Gordon Moore (M1965), and Robert Noyce (M1490). Jay Last's lithography collections are located at the Huntington Library in Southern California.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from Jay T. Last, one of the "traitorous eight" who quit Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in 1957 to establish Fairchild Semiconductor. In addition to materials from Last's time at Shockley and Fairchild, there is an assortment of articles, papers, and memorabilia about the history of the semiconductor industry and the lasting impact of Fairchild Semiconductor and its founders in the establishment of Silicon Valley. Materials about Last's career after leaving Fairchild cover the creation of Amelco Semiconductor and his work at Teledyne Industries. Some biographical material and electronics are also included.

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

Semiconductor industry -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century

Series 1. Shockley Semiconductor

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains materials about Jay Last's recruitment to and time at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories. Also included is correspondence from Last to friends and family during the period he was considering leaving the laboratory; biographical material about William Shockley; and papers written by Last while in graduate school.

Box 2, folder 1

JTL Recruitment to Shockley Semiconductor 1955-1956

Box 2, folder 2

"Infrared-Absorption Studies on Barium Titanate & Related Materials" technical report by JTL for MIT's Laboratory for Insulation Research 1956

Box 2, folder 3

"Infrared-Absorption Studies on Barium Titanate & Related Materials" paper in THE PHYSICAL REVIEW and presentation 1956-1957

Box 2, folder 4

"Statistics of the Change Distribution for a Localized Flow in a Semiconductor" paper by W. Shockley & J.T. Last 1957

Box 2, folder 5

"Preparation of Thin Single Crystals of Barium Titanate" paper by J.T. Last 1957

Box 2, folder 6

Correspondence re: Beckman Instruments in Europe 1957

General

As conditions at Shockley Semiconductor became unbearable, JTL reached out to contacts from MIT and Beckman to look into working in Europe for a year.

Box 2, folder 7

Clevite Acquisition of Shockley Transistor Corp. 1960

Box 2, folder 8

Articles about William Shockley

Box 2, folder 9

Pekin Syndicate, Limited, Report of W.H. Shockley (William Shockley's father) 1898

Box 2, folder 10

Scans of items from the William Shockley Papers at Stanford (SC0222)

Box 2, folder 11

Scans from Shockley's Notebook (SC0222, Box 84) 1957

Box 2, folder 12

"Establishing Silicon Electronics in Silicon Valley : Arnold Beckman, William Shockley, and the Automation Movement of the 1950s" by David C. Brock 2012

Box 2, folder 13

"Alternate Materialities of Microcircuitry : The Magnetic Vision of Computing to the Cryotron in the 1950s" by David C. Brock 2011

Box 2, folder 14

Chronology and Notes about leaving Shockley Semiconductor

Box 2, folder 15

News Clippings 1957

Box 2, folder 16

Letters from JTL to his Parents 1957

Box 2, folder 17

Correspondence with R. Victor Jones 1957

Box 2, folder 18

JTL Notes on William Shockley for Bo Lojek 2002

Box 2, folder 19

JTL Writing on the Traitorous Eight 2003

Box 32, folder 1

Photo of Shockley Semiconductor employees celebrating William Shockley's Nobel Prize 1956

Box 33, videodisc 1

"The Legacy of Shockley Semiconductor" presentation at Stanford University September 2005

Box 33, videodisc 5

Oral History of Shockley Labs conducted by the Computer History Museum February 2006

Series 2. Fairchild Semiconductor

Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains materials about Fairchild Semiconductor and Last's time there in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Sub-series cover the creation of Fairchild; the Research & Development branch headed by Last; papers and lectures produced from the company; advertising and promotional materials about Fairchild from the 1950s; information about stocks and shares; and administrative documents pertaining to company operations.

Creation of Fairchild Semiconductor

Box 1

Dollar bill signed by Fairchild Semiconductor founders ("Traitorous Eight") 1957

General

Single dollar bill signed by Fairchild Semiconductor founders (so-called "Traitorous Eight") and their investors on the night they recieved the initial investment to leave Shockley Semiconductor.

Box 2, folder 20

JTL Fairchild Semiconductor Employment Contract 1957-10-1

Box 2, folder 21

Fairchild Camera & Instrument Agreement draft 1957

Box 2, folder 22

Hayden, Stone & Co. Investment Agreement and Voting Trust Agreement 1957

Box 2, folder 23

By-Laws of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation 1957

Research & Product Development

Box 2, folder 24

Research & Development reports 1958-1959

Box 2, folder 25

Research & Development (Device Evaluation) reports 1960-1961

Box 2, folder 26

Research & Development (Device Evaluation & Development) reports 1962

Box 3, folder 1-3, Box 29, folder 1

Research & Development (Micrologics) reports 1960-1962

Box 3, folder 4

JTL notebook (scans) 1957-1960

Box 3, folder 5

JTL meeting notebook 1957-1959

Box 3, folder 6

JTL meeting notebook (scans of pages) 1957-1959

Box 3, folder 7

Micrologic Design notebook 1959-1960

Box 3, folder 8

Micrologic Program lab notes & goals 1960

Box 3, folder 9

Notes on "Identification of Numerals by Pressure or Absence on Various Parts of the Numeral" 1958

Box 3, folder 10

Robert Noyce (?) notebook scans 1956-1958

Box 3, folder 11

Robert Noyce patent notebook (scans) 1958-1966

Box 3, folder 12

Isy Haas notebook (scans) 1960

Box 29, folder 2

Jean A. Hoerni notebook (scans) 1957-1960

Box 3, folder 13

"Curves" data from Jean A. Hoerni mid-1950s

Box 4, folder 26

Fairchild Silicon Transistors Application Data Reports 1961-1964

Box 4, folder 27

Micrologic Element F Flip-Flop

Box 4, folder 28

Integrated Circuit photos by Lionel Kattner 1961

Box 4, folder 29

Micrologics Handbook (draft?) with photos of techniques and process steps

Box 4, folder 30

Fairchild Microcircuits Handbook

Box 4, folder 31

Assorted Tentative Specs. & Data Sheets

Box 4, folder 32

Fairchild Micrologic Reliability Reports 1957-1965

Box 8

Semiconductor Products Manual binder 1960-1961

Papers, Lectures & Presentations

Fairchild Technical Articles & Papers 1958-1962

Box 4, folder 1

"Switching Time Calculations for Diffused Base Transistors" by V.H. Grinich & R.N. Noyce August 1958

Box 4, folder 2

"PNIIN Switches" by J.A. Hoerni & R.N. Noyce August 1958

Box 4, folder 3

"PNIIN Triode Switching Applications" by V.H. Grinich & I. Haas February 1959

Box 4, folder 4

"Thermal Response of Transistors in the Avalanche Mode" by R.H. Beeson, I. Haas & V.H. Grinich October 1959

Box 4, folder 5

"Solid State Micrologic Elements" by R. Norman, J. Last, & I. Haas February 1960

Box 4, folder 6

"A New Semiconductor Memory Element with Non-Destructive Read-Out and Electrostatic Storage" by V.H. Grinich & D. Hilbiber 1960

Box 4, folder 7

"Status Report on Micrologic Elements" by R. Norman June 1960

Box 4, folder 8

"Application of Micrologic Elements" by D. Fatina, J. Nall & R. Anderson October 1960

Box 4, folder 9

"Planar Silicon Transistors and Diodes" by J.A. Hoerni October 1960

Box 4, folder 10

"Micrologic System Design Considerations" by R.C. Anderson, R.E. Crippen & S.M. Fok June 1962

Box 4, folder 11

"Micrologic Computers" paper by I. Haas, J.T. Last, J.R. Nall & R.H. Norman 1959

Box 4, folder 12

"Unencapsulated Transistors" paper 1959

Box 4, folder 13

"Solid State Micrologic Elements" paper by R. Norman, J. Last, & I. Haas 1960

Box 4, folder 14

"Speed vs. Logic Density Dependence in Micrologic" paper by I. Haas, J.T. Last & R.H. Norman 1960

Box 4, folder 15

"Application of Micrologic Elements" paper by D. Farina & J. Nall April 1960

Box 4, folder 16

"Miniaturization for Military Equipment" paper by J. Nall

Box 4, folder 17

Talk on Micro-Miniature Circuits for Professional Group on Electronic Computers October 1959

Box 4, folder 18

IRE Discussion on Micrologics at Fairchild March 1960

Box 4, folder 19

Lecture on "Solid State Micrologic Elements" given at Stanford Electronics Laboratories April 1960

Box 4, folder 20

Presentation on AIEE Solid State Device by S.M. Fok, I. Haas & G. Tripp at Lockheed in Palo Alto June 1960

Box 4, folder 21

"Solid State Micrologic Elements" paper by L. Kattner, J. Last, & J. Nall for presentation at Wescon Summer 1960

Box 4, folder 22

"Application of Micrologic Elements" speech at National Electronics Conference 1960

Box 4, folder 23

Transistor Technology Lectures November 1960

Box 4, folder 24

Electronic Devices Lecture Notes circa 1960

Box 4, folder 25

Remarks by John Carter (Fairchild Camera & Instrument President) 1962

Advertising & Promotional Materials

Box 4, folder 33

FAN-OUT Technical Info. & Application Bulletins 1962-1963

Box 5, folder 1-2

Fairchild Semiconductor Product Diagrams & Lists 1961-1970

Box 5, folder 3

Silicon Transistors promotional material 1958

Box 5, folder 4, Box 29, folder 3

Silicon Transistors advertisements

Box 5, folder 5

The Fairchild Planar Story promotional material 1960

Box 5, folder 6

"The Inside Story on Fairchild Micrologic" promotional material circa 1962

Box 5, folder 7

Fairchild Epitaxial Micrologic promotional material 1963

Box 5, folder 8

Fairchild Planar Progress Report promotional material 1963

Box 5, folder 9-11

Fairchild News Stories & Clippings 1958-1967

Box 5, folder 12

Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation promotional material

Stocks & Shareholders

Box 6, folder 1

Fairchild Annual Reports 1957-1964

Box 6, folder 2

Fairchild Shareholder Meeting Reports 1959-1963

Box 6, folder 3-6

Assorted Documents & Correspondence with Shareholders 1957-1962

Company Operations & Administrative Documents

Box 6, folder 7

Fairchild Semiconductor Company Profiles

Box 6, folder 8

Employment at Fairchild

Box 6, folder 9

Departmental Rosters / Staff Lists

Box 6, folder 10

Organizational Charts 1958

Box 6, folder 11-13

LEADWIRE company newsletter 1959-1967

Box 6, folder 14-15

Photographs - Products and Plants

Box 6, folder 16

Facilities & Operations

Box 7, folder 1

Floor Plan for Fairchild Semiconductor Plant in Palo Alto October 1957

Box 7, folder 2

Fairchild Assorted Correspondence

Box 7, folder 3

Inter-Departmental Correspondence & Memos

Box 7, folder 4

JTL Expense Reports 1958-1959

Box 7, folder 5

Jean A. Hoerni patent notes & disclosures

Box 7, folder 6

JTL patent notes & disclosures

Box 7, folder 7

Lawsuit against Rheem Semiconductor 1959

Box 7, folder 8

JTL Resignation from Fairchild Semiconductor January 1961

Box 7, folder 9

Correspondence with Barg, Coffin, Lewis & Trapp LLP re: Schlumberger Tech Corp. v. East Charleston Inc. lawsuit 2012-2013

Box 7, folder 10

Deposition for Schlumberger v. ECI lawsuit re: Fairchild operations at 844 Charleston in Palo Alto during 1960s 2013

Box 7, folder 11-12

Fairchild Semiconductor 1970s-1990s

Series 3. Impact and Legacy of Fairchild Semiconductor

Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains materials about the lasting impact of Fairchild Semiconductor on the microelectronics industry and Silicon Valley. Sub-series include articles about Fairchild from the 1970s through the 2010s; correspondence from academic researchers with Last; multiple drafts and chapters of Makers of the Microchip by Christophe Lécuyer and David C. Brock; materials from industry events and anniversaries; and files about the other Fairchild founders.

Assorted Articles on Fairchild Semiconductor's Impact and Legacy

Box 7, folder 13, Box 29, folder 4

1969-1975

Box 7, folder 14

1976-1977

Box 7, folder 15

1978-1989

Box 7, folder 16, Box 30, Item 1

1990-1997

Box 9, folder 1, Box 29, folder 5

1998-1999

Box 9, folder 2

2000-2001

Box 9, folder 3, Box 29, folder 6

2002-2006

Box 9, folder 4, Box 29, folder 6

2007-2013

Researcher Manuscripts & Correspondence

Box 9, folder 5

Arjun Saxena on invention of integrated circuits 2006-2007

Box 9, folder 6

Bo Lojek on planar integrated circuits and Fairchild 2007

Box 9, folder 7

Christophe Lécuyer : "Silicon for Industry: Component Design, Mass Production, and the Move to Commercial Markets at Fairchild Semiconductor, 1960-1967" paper 1998

Box 9, folder 8

Christophe Lécuyer : "Making Silicon Valley: Engineering Culture, Innovation, and Industrial Growth, 1930-1970" dissertation 1999

Box 9, folder 9

Christophe Lécuyer : "Comments on The Referee Report"

MAKERS OF THE MICROCHIP by Christophe Lécuyer & David C. Brock 2010

Box 10, folder 1

Project Proposal & Table of Contents

Box 10, folder 2

Draft of JTL's Preface

Box 10, folder 3

Fairchild History 1957-1959

Box 10, folder 4

Fairchild Micrologic History 1959-1961

Box 10, folder 5

Fairchild Integrated Circuit History (with JTL's notes) 1957-1961

Box 10, folder 6

Fairchild Semiconductor, Silicon Technology, and Military Computing

Box 10, folder 7

Documents & Commentary Draft

Box 10, folder 8

Correspondence with JTL

Box 10, folder 9

Assorted Research & Notes

Box 10, folder 10

Review by Michael Riordan in "Technology and Culture" July 2011

Events & Anniversaries

Box 10, folder 11

Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 25th Anniversary 2002

Box 10, folder 12

Fairchild Semiconductor Photographic Chronology 1955-1999

Box 10, folder 13

50th Anniversary of the Semiconductor Industry 1997-1998

Box 33, videotape 4

Videotape recording of 50th Anniversary of the Semiconductor Industry event

Box 10, folder 14-15

Computer History Museum Oral History on Fairchild Micrologic Integrated Circuits October 2007

General

Interview with Isy Haas, Jay T. Last, Lionel Kattner, and Bob Norman moderated by David Laws

Box 10, folder 16

Fairchild Semiconductor at 50 exhibit & celebrations 2007

Box 10, folder 17

IEEE Commemorative Plaque in Palo Alto 2009

Box 11, folder 1

Fairchild Semiconductor 50th Anniversary Panel transcript 2009

Box 11, folder 2

Fairchild Semiconductor 50th Anniversary Talk draft and notes 2009

Box 11, folder 3-4

Integrated Circuit at 50 exhibit catalog from CHM 2009

Box 11, folder 5

Correspondence re: 50th Anniversary planning

Box 12, folder 7

Silicon Valley Archival Collections & Museums

Box 31, folder 1

Photographs of Fairchild Staff & Founder Reunions

Profiles & Writings of the "Traitorous Eight"

Box 11, folder 6

Obituaries

Box 11, folder 7-8

Jean A. Hoerni

Oral History conducted by Christophe Lécuyer transcript 1996

Box 33, audiocassette 1-2

Oral History conducted by Christophe Lécuyer recordings 1996

Box 11, folder 9-11

Robert N. Noyce

Box 11, folder 12

Arthur Rock (investor)

Box 11, folder 13

Gordon Moore

Box 11, folder 14, Box 12, folder 1

Oral History with Jay Last & Gordon Moore conducted by David C. Brock & Christophe Lécuyer 2006

Box 12, folder 2

Oral History with Jay T. Last transcript, conducted by David C. Brock 2004

Box 12, folder 3-6

JTL Recollections & Notes on Fairchild Semiconductor History

Box 33, audiocassette 3-4

Oral History with Jay Last conducted by Christophe Lécuyer recordings April 1996

Media & A/V Materials

Box 33, videotape 6

"Transistorized!" PBS documentary 1999

Box 33, videodisc 2

"The Real Revolutionaries" documentary 2010

Box 33, videodisc 3

"Silicon Valley : Where the Future was Born" documentary by PBS American Experience 2013

Box 33, videodisc 4

SEMI History Interview with JTL 2007

Box 33, videodisc 6

CHM "The Planar Integrated Circuit : Building the Future of Fairchild Semiconductor" May 2009

Box 33, videodisc 7

CHM "From Tinkkertoys to Solid Circuits : Microcircuitry in the Late 1950s" May 2009

Series 4. Amelco Semiconductor

Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains materials from Last's time at Amelco Semiconductor, a division of Teledyne. Sub-series include materials about the creation of Amelco; research and products developed by Amelco; the Photo-Optics lab led by Robert E. Lewis; papers and presentations that came out of the company; advertising and promotional materials; administrative documents pertaining to company operations; and a large number of corporate photography. As Amelco was a division of Teledyne, there is some overlap with Series 5.

Creation of Amelco

Box 13, folder 1

Notebook with Amelco Formation Notes 1961

Box 13, folder 2

Letters from JTL to parents re: leaving Fairchild, creating Amelco 1961

Research & Product Development

Box 13, folder 3-5

Amelco Progress Reports 1964-1967

Box 13, folder 6

Reliability Board

Box 13, folder 7

Research & Development Department

Box 13, folder 8

Proposed Products

Box 13, folder 9

Device Development Status Reports 1964

Box 13, folder 10

Microcircuitry

Box 13, folder 11

Half-Adder Switch notes

Box 13, folder 12

Logic Comparison

Box 13, folder 13

JTL Notes on Integrated Circuits 1964

Box 13, folder 14

IHAS Flip-Chip research contracts

Box 13, folder 15

HH(X) register research contracts

Box 13, folder 16

Assorted research contracts

Box 13, folder 17

Isy Haas application notes & papers 1965

Box 13, folder 18

"Microcircuit Design Rules and Production Techniques" company memo by Isy Haas March 1964

Photo-Optics

Box 13, folder 19

Robert E. Lewis

Box 13, folder 20-22

R.E. Lewis Photo-Optics Memos 1961-1967

Box 14, folder 1

Photo-Optics Lab Operations

Box 14, folder 2

Photo-Optics Lab Data

Box 14, folder 3

Cost Figures & Budgets 1964-1965

Box 14, folder 4

Electro-Photo-Optics Department Annual Report & Technical Progress Report January 1970

Box 14, folder 5

"Camera of Kinematic Construction for First Reduction Microcircuit Photo-Etch Plates" paper by R.E. Lewis 1972

Papers, Lectures & Presentations

Box 14, folder 6

"A Technical Proposal for Investigation of Optical Interconnection of Semiconductor Devices" July 1961

Box 14, folder 7

"A Summary of the Microelectronics Program at Amelco, Inc" August 1961

Box 14, folder 8

Technical Memorandum : "Application of the Batch Process to the Manufacture of Functional Arrays" August 1961

Box 14, folder 9

"Solar Cell Development at the Electron Devices Division" 1962

Box 14, folder 10

"A Proposal for High-Efficiency Transistor Structures" March 1962

Box 14, folder 11

"Electro-Optical Logic" report February 1963

Box 14, folder 12

"Thin Film Techniques for Silicon Integrated Circuits" report 1963

Box 14, folder 13

"Photronics: The Generation of Light in Silicon P-N Junctions and the Optical Coupling of Semiconductor Devices" technical documentary report July 1963

Box 14, folder 14

"Research Program for Design and Development of Radiation-Hardened Field-Effect Transistors" proposal December 1963

Box 14, folder 15

"A Preliminary Proposal for Radiation-Hardened, Field Effect Transistors for Sandia Corporation" February 1964

Box 14, folder 16

"Packaging of Integrated Circuits" proposal February 1964

Box 14, folder 17

"Development and Production of N.C.R. Logic Blocks for National Cash Register" proposal April 1964

Box 14, folder 18

"Summary of Methods and Apparatus for Interconnection by Photo-Optical Means of Semiconductor Device Arrays" draft August 1964

Box 15, folder 1

"The Transistor Business" by James F. Battey !966-1967

Box 15, folder 2

"System IV" report February 1969

Box 15, folder 3

"A Proposal for Integrated Circuit Electrical Connection Techniques" proposal submitted to Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Box 15, folder 4-5

Speeches & Talks 1964-1972

Box 15, folder 6

Lectures on Integrated Circuits 1967

Box 15, folder 7

Amelco Conference Presentations

Advertising & Promotional Materials

Box 15, folder 8-9

Data Sheets 1965-1966

Box 15, folder 10

Amelco Data Book, Volume 1

Box 15, folder 11

Amelco Products Binder

Box 16, folder 1

Amelco Sales & Price Lists

Box 16, folder 2

Regional Managers Sales Meeting February 1967

Box 16, folder 3

Amelco Semiconductor National Sales Conference 1968

Box 16, folder 4

Marketing Activities Fiscal Year 1964

Box 16, folder 5

Marketing Activities Fiscal Year 1968

Box 16, folder 6

Marketing Survey for Amelco Semiconductor Products in Sweden & Denmark from Ab Nordiska Elektronik November 1965

Box 16, folder 7

Misc. Marketing

Company Operations & Administrative Documents

Box 16, folder 8

Amelco Semiconductor Company Profile & Products circa 1963

Box 16, folder 9

Summary Analysis & Capital Planning 1968

Box 16, folder 10

Assorted Financials & Analysis

Box 16, folder 11

Amelco Semiconductor Financial Statements 1967

Box 16, folder 12

JTL Expense Reports 1964-1967

Box 17, folder 1

JTL Operations Notes

Box 17, folder 2

Management Meeting Minutes 1963

Box 17, folder 3

Prospective Customer Questionnaire / Minutemen Integrated Circuitry Questionnaire Capabilities Summary 1962

Box 17, folder 4

Amelco Buildings & Facilities

Box 17, folder 5

Amelco Capabilities Summary September 1962

Box 17, folder 6

Facilities & Capabilities report for Teledyne 1963

Box 17, folder 7

Capabilities & Qualifications report

Box 17, folder 8

THE EMITTER company newsletter 1966-1968

Box 17, folder 9

Staff Directories 1963-1974

Box 17, folder 10

Amelco Organizational Charts

Box 17, folder 11

Salaries & Payroll

Box 17, folder 12

Patents held by Amelco 1974

Box 17, folder 13

Correspondence re: Patents 1967-1972

Box 17, folder 14

Patent Conflict / Competition with Fairchild

Box 17, folder 15-16

Interoffice Memos 1961-1963

Box 18, folder 1-3

Interoffice Memos 1964-1970

Box 18, folder 4

JTL Incoming Correspondence re: Amelco 1961-1968

Box 18, folder 5-7

JTL Outgoing Correspondence re: Amelco 1961-1967

Photographs

Box 31, folder 2

JTL Amelco Photo Notes circa 1964

Box 31, folder 3-4

Photographs by Fred English Photographs (Order #10812)

Box 31, folder 5

Photographs by Fred English Photographs (Order #11577)

Box 31, folder 6

Melgar Photographs - Men at work

Box 31, folder 7

Melgar Photographs - Women at work

Box 31, folder 8

Melgar Photographs - Amelco facilities & equipment

Box 31, folder 9

Melgar Photographs - Lab facilities & workers (small prints)

Box 31, folder 10

Melgar Photographs - Close-ups of Amelco Products

Box 31, folder 11

Melgar Photographs - proofs

Box 31, folder 12

Transistors - unidentified photographer

Box 31, folder 13

Integrated Circuits - unidentified photographer

Box 31, folder 14

Integrated Circuits Transparencies

Box 32, folder 2-5

Integrated Circuits (oversize prints) circa 1964

Miscellaneous

Box 18, folder 8

Articles & Newsclippings about Amelco 1963-1987

Box 18, folder 9

Satirical Song Lyrics about Competitors

Box 18, folder 10

Misc. Amelco Notes & Documents

Box 18, folder 11

Transcript of interview with Jay Last on Amelco / Teledyne, conducted by Christophe Lécuyer 2000

Box 18, folder 12

JTL Notes on Amelco for Bo Lajek 2006

Series 5. Teledyne

Scope and Contents

Series 5 contains materials from Teledyne, Inc., where Last worked in the 1970s. Sub-series include materials on Teledyne's research, sales, and marketing; Teledyne stock and shares; company operations; and consulting work done abroad. As the parent company of Amelco Semiconductor, there is some overlap with Series 4.

Research, Sales & Marketing

Box 19, folder 1

Teledyne Research & Development

Box 19, folder 2-3

Teledyne Patents & Licenscing

Box 19, folder 4

Licensing Dispute with Western Electric Company 1967-1970

Box 19, folder 5

Teledyne Sales

Box 19, folder 6

Teledyne Publicity & Marketing

Box 19, folder 7-9

Articles & Newsclippings 1960s-2000s

Box 19, folder 10-12

JTL Teledyne Notes & Notebooks

Box 19, folder 13, Box 20, folder 1

Acquisitions & Mergers

Box 20, folder 2

Mergers Analyses

Stocks & Shareholders

Box 20, folder 3-5

Correspondence & Documents 1961-1976

Box 20, folder 6-9

TELEDYNE REPORT quarterly & annual reports 1961-1982

Box 20, folder 10

Teledyne, Inc., Investment Study by J. Barth Research October 1970

Box 20, folder 11

JTL Stock & Investment notes

Box 20, folder 12

Teledyne Acquisition by Telcom / Microchip

Company Operations & Administrative Documents

Box 21, folder 1

Teledyne Directories

Box 21, folder 2

Facilities & Human Resources

Box 21, folder 3

Teledyne & Teamsters Union / National Labor Relations Board circa 1966

Box 21, folder 4-5

INTRACOM company newsletters 1966-1974

Box 21, folder 6

Teledyne Institutional Surveys (Boston Consulting Group; Roberts, Rutter & Co.; Hayden Stone; Michell Hutchins)

Box 21, folder 7

George A. Roberts (Teledyne president)

Box 21, folder 8

Aleem Choudhry research on Henry Singleton (Teledyne founder) 2004

Box 21, folder 9

Conferences & Managers Meetings

Box 21, folder 10

JTL Conference Notes 1967

Box 22, folder 1

JTL Expense Reports

Box 22, folder 2-6

JTL Correspondence re: Teledyne 1965-1974

Box 30

Teledyne Paperweight

Teledyne Abroad

Box 22, folder 7

Foreign Consulting & Advisory Services - China, Hong Kong, Japan

Box 22, folder 8

Foreign Consulting & Advisory Services - misc. countries

Box 22, folder 9

Teledyne in Scandinavia (A. Johnson & Co.; Nordisk Elektronik)

Box 22, folder 10

Visit to Sweden February 1967

Box 22, folder 11

Teledyne in France (Technique et Produit)

Box 22, folder 12

Teledyne in Germany

Series 6. Semiconductor & Microelectronics Industry History

Scope and Contents

Series 6 contains materials about the semiconductor and microelectronics industry in the latter part of the twentieth century. Included are materials on the history of semiconductors; professional organizations and conferences; major companies and figures in the industry; and an assortment of articles and clippings on a variety of topics.

History & Research on Semiconductor Industry

Box 23, folder 1, Box 29, folder 7

Key Semiconductor Patents

Box 23, folder 2

Electronics : Annual Market Surveys - US 1961-1973

Box 23, folder 3

Electronics : Annual Market Surveys - Europe 1966-1973

Box 25, folder 7

Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan Study on the Semiconductor Industry 1970

Box 25, folder 8

Brookings Institution study on diffusion of transistors and other semiconductor inventions 1969

Box 25, folder 9

"Competition & Innovation in the Transistor Industry" thesis by Robert Elmer Freund 1971

Box 25, folder 10

"An Economic Study of the US Semiconductor Industry" dissertation by Jerome Klaus 1973

Box 25, folder 11

"A Survey of Early Power Transistors" by Joe A. Knight 2007

Box 25, folder 12

Jack Ward : Transistor History Research 1990s-2000s

Box 27, folder 6-7

Integrated Circuit Commemorative Postal Stamp

Box 33, videotape 1

Local News Clips of Stamp Event (Fairchild Corporate Video) September 1999

Box 33, videotape 2

Stamp Event (Fairchild Corporate Video) September 1999

Box 33, videotape 3

History Segment (Fairchild Corporate Video) September 1999

Box 27, folder 8

Computer History Museum Silicon Engine Timeline 1833-1979

Box 27, folder 9

Misc. Stats & Notes about IC Industry

Professional Organizations - Standards, Conferences & Publications

Box 23, folder 4

"The Status of Integrated Circuits at Midyear" report by the Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation 1968

Box 23, folder 5

"The Status of Integrated Circuits" report by the Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation 1970

Box 23, folder 6

Impact of Microelectronics Conference Proceedings 1963

Box 23, folder 7

Impact of Microelectronics Conference Proceedings 1968

Box 23, folder 8-9

Electronic Industries Association (EIA) yearbooks 1964-1968

Box 24, folder 1

"Electronics 1985 : An Economic Forecast" proceedings of the EIA, vol. 2 1972

Box 24, folder 2-4

MICROELECTRONICS DIGEST volumes I-IV 1964-1966

Box 24, folder 5

Electronic Design : Microelectronics Data Chart 1964

Box 24, folder 6

Electronic Design : Semiconductor Directory 1965

Box 24, folder 7

EEE Specifying Guide for Integrated Circuits May 1967

Box 24, folder 8

EEE Specifying Guide for Microelectronics 1962

Box 29, folder 8

BEYOND IMAGINATION : Commemorating 25 Years pf the Semiconductor Industries Association 2002

Major Companies & Key People

Box 24, folder 9-10

Integrated Circuit Specifications for various companies 1965

General

Companies include: Coors Ceramics, General Electric, Intellux, Motorola, Philco, Raytheon, Signetics Corp., Sperry Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Transitron, Union Carbide, and Westinghouse.

Box 24, folder 11

Burroughs Corporation - Plymouth Division

Box 24, folder 12-13

INTEL

Box 24, folder 14

National Semiconductor Corporation

Box 24, folder 15

Radio Corporation of America

Box 25, folder 1-2

Scientific Data Systems, Inc.

Box 25, folder 3

Misc. Company Stocks & Shares information

Box 25, folder 4

Jack Kilby (IC inventor)

Box 25, folder 5-6

Profiles of Various Figures in Semiconductor Industry

Articles & Clippings

Box 25, folder 13

Topical : IC Market History

Box 26, folder 1

Topical : IC Complexity

Box 26, folder 2

Topical : IC Economics

Box 26, folder 3

IC's in Consumer Electronics

Box 26, folder 4, Box 29, folder 9

IC's in Automobiles

Box 26, folder 5-6

Predictions for Semiconductor & IC Industry

Box 26, folder 7

Misc. Semiconductor Companies

Box 26, folder 8

Obituaries of Industry Leaders & Colleagues

Box 26, folder 9

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1955-1960

Box 26, folder 10

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1961-1964

Box 26, folder 11

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1965-1966

Box 26, folder 12

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1967-1969

Box 27, folder 1

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1970-1972

Box 27, folder 2

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1973-1979

Box 27, folder 3

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1980-1989

Box 27, folder 4

Microelectronics Industry (general) 1990-1999

Box 27, folder 5

Microelectronics Industry (general) 2000-2008

Series 7. Personal & Biographical Materials

Scope and Contents

Series 7 contains personal and biographical materials about Jay Last. These include personal correspondence; oral histories; materials about his involvement with his alma mater, University of Rochester; and writings about his African art and lithography collections.

Box 28, folder 1

JTL Resume, CV, biographical notes

Box 28, folder 2

JTL Oral Histories (general)

Box 28, folder 3-5

Personal Correspondence 1970s-2000s

Box 28, folder 6

Notes for a Proposed Book on Semiconductor Business 1968

Box 28, folder 7

JTL Stag Party Invites 1971

Box 28, folder 8

Speech for Jean Hoerni's Funeral 1997

Box 28, folder 9

University of Rochester Commencement 1999

Box 28, folder 10

JTL Notes on African Art Collecting 2002

Box 30

University of Rochester George Eastman Medal 2011

Box 33, videodisc 8

Recording of University of Rochester 161st Commencement and Awarding of George Eastman Medal May 2011

Box 30

University of Rochester Distinguished University Professorship medal 2017

Box 28, folder 11

Articles about JTL's art collecting

Box 28, folder 12

AFRICAN ART AND SILICON CHIPS 2015

Box 28, folder 13

Lithography Research

Box 28, folder 14

Art Collecting Correspondence & Documents

Box 28, folder 15

Miscellany

Box 31, folder 15

Assorted Slides

Box 31, folder 16

JTL Portraits

Series 8. Electronics & Realia

Scope and Contents

Series 8 contains electronics, tools, transistors, silicon wafers, and other assorted trinkets from Jay Last's collection. Materials are fragile and should be handled with care.

Box 34

Presentation boards showing evolution of transistors and integrated circuits

Box 34

Model of IC

Box 34

Commemorative gold wafer

Box 34

Switchboard

Box 35

Transistors

Box 35

Integrated Circuits

Box 35

Relays

Box 36

Wafers

Box 36

Teledyne Relays

Box 36

Microscope slides with mounted wafers (in small black box)

Box 36

Wafer block (uncut)

Box 36

Amelco Integrated Circuits

Box 36

Amelco coasters/paperweights