Guide to the Collection of Fairchild Semiconductor employee papers

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Geri Hadley papers 1959-1986 1965-1977

Collector: Hadley, Geri

Physical Description: 29 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains FCIC and Fairchild Semiconductor employee newsletters, annual reports, advertisements, technical brochures, sales conference yearbooks, and memoranda that Hadley deemed interesting.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in 3 subseries:

Newsletters
Other printed
Memoranda

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Newsletters 1966-1986

Physical Description: 8 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains the FCIC employee newsletters Horizons and Views and the Fairchild Semiconductor employee newsletters Leadwire and Microwire, as well as some individual division's newsletters. Also included is an incomplete run of Don C. Hoefler's Microelectronics News with Managers Casebook from 1979 through 1981.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged in 6 subseries:

Microwire
Leadwire
Views
Horizons
Other
Microelectronics News

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Microwire 1968-1975

Physical Description: 8 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of Microwire. Microwire was published by and for the employees of Fairchild Semiconductor in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale, California. Microwire was published twice a month until late 1974 when it switched to a monthly publication schedule. It was previously called Leadwire News Supplement, included in this subseries. Microwire contains short articles and announcements about featured employees, promotions, awards, parties, picnics, company sponsored sports teams, open houses and classifieds. Microwire is similar in content to Leadwire, but had a smaller distribution.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710143 Microwire 1968

102710144 Microwire 1969

102710145 Microwire 1970

102710146 Microwire 1971

102710147 Microwire 1972

102710148 Microwire 1973

102710149 Microwire 1974

102710150 Microwire 1975

Leadwire 1966-1970

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of Leadwire. Leadwire was published by and for the employees of Fairchild Semiconductor around the world. Leadwire started as a single bi-fold sheet of paper and evolved into a glossy magazine style newsletter. Leadwire was published monthly until 1970 when it moved to a bi-monthly publication schedule. It contains short articles and announcements about promotions, awards, anniversaries, company sponsored sports teams, open houses and other human interest topics. See also Series 2 Hazel White papers for additional issues.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710151 Leadwire 1966-1968

102710152 Leadwire 1968-1970

Views 1969-1970

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of Views. Views was published for the employees of FCIC and its divisions and subsidiaries. Views began as a monthly newspaper and evolved into a bi-monthly newsletter by 1970. Views’ focus was keeping employees informed of management’s thinking and the company’s direction. It contains interviews with executives, profiles of managers, somewhat in-depth articles about important events shaping the company, whether internal or external, and announcements about service awards and personnel changes. It had fewer locally specific news items than Microwire or Leadwire.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710153 Views 1969

102710154 Views 1969-1970

Horizons 1972-1986

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of Horizons. Horizons was published for the employees of FCIC. Horizons began as a bi-monthly newsletter and evolved into a quarterly glossy magazine. Horizons is similar in content to Views, but was intended to supplement other corporate employee communications by giving a broader view of the company as well as a digest of the events affecting employees. In addition to articles about the direction of FCIC it sponsored photo contests and showcased employee hobbies. See also Series 2 Hazel White papers for additional issues.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710155 Horizons 1972-1986

Other 1969-1976 1970

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains miscellaneous newsletters from FCIC divisions around the United States. Included are three issues of Progress: Fairchild Journal of Semiconductor.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by newsletter title.

102710156 Miscellaneous newsletters 1969-1976

Microelectronics News 1979-01-1981-05

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of the weekly newsletter Don C. Hoefler's Microelectronic News about developments in the field of corporate microelectronics. Most issues include "Manager's Case Book," an editorial on various business and economic topics. Hoefler is sometimes credited with coining the term "Silicon Valley."

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710157 Microelectronics News 1979

102710158 Microelectronics News 1980

102710159 Microelectronics News 1981

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Other printed 1958-1988 1966-1970

Physical Description: 8 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains FCIC and Schlumberger annual reports. Reports for the years 1963, 1966-1967, 1969-1976, and 1978-1979 are missing. See Series 2 Hazel White papers for 1976, 1978 and 1984 annual reports. Also in this series are souvenir yearbooks from Fairchild Semiconductor's national salesman's conferences held in tropical vacation spots. The yearbooks contain black and white captioned photographs and are valuable for their candid photographs of salesman at work and at play. Also in this subseries are proofs from the "Made in Fairchild" advertising campaign from about 1970 and technical product and process brochures published by Fairchild Instrumentation and Fairchild Semiconductor and an invitation to the 1988 "Thank you Fairchild" gala.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by function and chronologically within function.

102710160 Annual reports 1958-1961

102710165 Brochures 1961-1988

102710161 Annual reports 1962-1968

102710163 Yearbooks from national sales conferences 1964-1974

102710162 Annual reports 1977-1980

102710164 Advertisements from the Made in Fairchild campaign circa 1970

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Memoranda 1959-1987 1968-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains memoranda that were originally housed in a folder labeled "memorable memos." The memoranda are incoming, primarily copies, to all employees, operational vice presidents/executive staff, and some individuals. Topics include the organizational structure of Fairchild Semiconductor and personnel announcements. Included is one memo from Robert Noyce and a photocopy of a handwritten memo from Les Hogan. It is unclear how Hadley came to possess memoranda that were not addressed to her.

Arrangement

This subseries is unarranged.

102710166 Memoranda 1959-1987

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Hazel White newsletters 1959-circa 1988

Collector: White, Hazel

Physical Description: 16 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains Fairchild Semiconductor and FCIC newsletters and some other printed material such as annual reports and brochures.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in 4 subseries:

Leadwire
Horizons
Other
Other printed

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Leadwire 1959-1970

Physical Description: 4 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of Leadwire. Leadwire was published by and for the employees of Fairchild Semiconductor around the world. Leadwire started as a single bi-fold sheet of paper and evolved into a glossy magazine style newsletter. Leadwire was published monthly until 1970 when it moved to a bi-monthly publication schedule. It contains short articles and announcements about promotions, awards, anniversaries, company sponsored sports teams, open houses and other human interest topics. See also Series 1 Geri Hadley papers for additional issues. This subseries is arranged chronologically.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710167 Leadwire 1959-1961

102710168 Leadwire 1962-1963

102710169 Leadwire 1964-1965

102710170 Leadwire 1966-1970

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Horizons 1973-1986

Physical Description: 5 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains an incomplete run of Horizons. Horizons was published for the employees of FCIC. Horizons began as a bi-monthly newsletter and evolved into a quarterly glossy magazine. Horizons is similar in content to Views, but was intended to supplement other corporate employee communications by giving a broader view of the company as well as a digest of the events affecting employees. In addition to articles about the direction of FCIC it sponsored photo contests and showcased employee hobbies. See also Series 1 Geri Hadley papers for additional issues.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102710171 Horizons 1973-1976

102710172 Horizons 1976-1977

102710173 Horizons 1977-1979

102710174 Horizons 1980-1982

102710175 Horizons 1982-1986

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Other 1978-1986

Physical Description: 5 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains regional and division specific newsletters such as Pacific Circuit for West Coast employees of FCIC, Data Bits for the employees of Component Test Systems of San Jose, California and Bear Facts for bipolar employees. Most runs are short and do not cover more than two years. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by newsletter title.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by newsletter title.

102710176 Bear facts: a newsletter by and for bipolar employees 1981-1982

102710177 Circuit writer 1983

102710178 Data bits 1982-1983

102710179 Gatorator 1985-1986

102710180 Pacific circuit 1978-1980

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Other printed circa 1975-1984

Physical Description: 2 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains miscellaneous FCIC and Schlumberger annual reports and Fairchild Semiconductor and FCIC brochures.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by function.

102710181 Annual reports 1978-1984

102710182 Brochures circa 1975-circa 1982

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Robert K. Waits papers circa 1965-circa 1973

Collector: Waits, Robert K.

Physical Description: 9 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains articles written by Waits, brochures, organizational charts, clippings, and a few photographs. One item of interest is a paper from a Fairchild Semiconductor micrologic familiarization program designed for sales personnel.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in 3 subseries:

Printed
Photographs
Miscellaneous unprinted

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Printed 1959-1977

Physical Description: 5 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains reprints of technical articles written by Waits, a preprint of a book chapter by Gordon Moore, technical process and product brochures and promotional brochures from FCIC and Fairchild Semiconductor, including a recruitment brochure and a Welcome to Fairchild brochure for new employees at the Mountain View, California plant. Found with the brochures are two memos from Gordon Moore. This subseries also includes clippings about the financial state of FCIC, two shareholder meeting reports and a few miscellaneous Fairchild Semiconductor newsletters.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by function.

102710183 Articles by Robert K. Waits 1966-1971

102710184 Brochures 1959-1977

102710185 Clippings 1969-1973

102710186 Preprint of Semiconductor integrated circuits to be published as chapter 5 of Principles of microelectronic engineering 1962

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Photographs circa 1960-circa 1975

Physical Description: 1 folder

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains a photograph of a Fairchild hybrid circuit for a Medtronics heart pacer, a photograph of a poster illustrating "improved thin film resistors for radiation environments" and an unidentified photograph of a device.

102710187 Hybrid circuit circa 1960-circa 1975

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Miscellaneous unprinted 1969-1971

Physical Description: 3 folders

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains handwritten research and development organizational charts with related memoranda and newsletters and a paper used in a micrologic familiarization program to help sales personnel by giving them a general understanding of digital computers and their terminology. There is also a set of graphs illustrating different relationships in silicon.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102710188 Graphs circa 1965

102710189 Micrologic familiarization for sales personnel circa 1965

102710190 Organizational charts 1969-1971

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Lars Lunn papers circa 1958-1959

Collector: Lunn, Lars

Physical Description: 3 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains graphs used in processing operations, early Fairchild Semiconductor brochures and a photograph of Lunn growing crystals at Fairchild Semiconductor.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by function.

102710191 Brochures 1958-1959

102710192 Graphs used in processing operations circa 1958

102710193 Photograph of Lars Lunn growing crystals 1958-02

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