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Title: Guide to the John C. McDonald papers
Dates: 1959-1980
Bulk Dates: 1960-1974
Collection number: 4122.2007
Creator:
McDonald, John C., 1936-
Collection Size:
1.25 linear feet
1 record carton
Repository:
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA 94043
Abstract: The John C. McDonald papers contain published transistor and integrated circuit material from 1959 through 1980.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
The Computer History Museum can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any
claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of the Computer History Museum's collection must
be given by the Computer History Museum.
[Identification of Item], [Date], John C. McDonald papers, 4122.2007, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California.
The John C. McDonald papers were donated to the Computer
History Museum in June of 2007 by John C. McDonald.
Biography / Administrative History
John C. McDonald was born in San Bernardino, California in 1936. He received three degrees from Stanford University in Electrical
Engineering. These were Bachelor of Science with Distinction in 1957, Master of Science in 1959 and Degree of Engineer in
1964 with a thesis in solid state physics. He began working at GTE Sylvania in 1959 where he worked as a design engineer until
1962. In 1963 he began working for Vidar Corporation and eventually became Vice President of Research and Engineering. He
left Vidar in 1980 and spent 1981 as a lecturer in continuing engineering education at the University of California, Los Angeles.
From 1982 to 1990 McDonald worked for Contel Corporation as Chief Scientist. In 1991 McDonald founded MBX Inc. and is still
the president.
Scope and Content of Collection
The John C. McDonald papers primarily contain published transistor and integrated circuit material from 1959 through 1980,
with the bulk of the material from 1960 to 1974. The collection includes Harris Semiconductor data books, National Semiconductor
Corporation catalogs, Fairchild Semiconductor and Signetics Corporation handbooks and manuals, Intel Corporation, National
Semiconductor Corporation, and Fairchild Semiconductor product data files, as well as microprocessor and small computer system
articles. The collection's only unpublished items are Stanford University solid-state electronics seminar syllabi from the
mid-1960s.
The collection is arranged in 6 series:
- Series 1: Articles
- Series 2: Catalogs
- Series 3: Data books
- Series 4: Handbooks and manuals
- Series 5: Product data files
- Series 6: Syllabi
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
McDonald, John C., 1936-
Integrated circuits
Transistors
Semiconductor industry