Guide to the Douglas Engelbart Symposia Records SC0561
Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Douglas Engelbart symposia records
Creator:
Stanford University
Identifier/Call Number: SC0561
Identifier/Call Number: 5997
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear Feet
7 boxes, 11 DVDs
Date (inclusive): 1998,
2008
Abstract: The materials consist of
videorecordings, brochures and handouts from the symposia, clippings, press releases, press
kit, photographs from the event, and a videotape of TV coverage from various news
shows.
Information about Access
The materials are open for research.
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Cite As
Douglas Engelbart Symposia Records (SC0561). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Stanford University Libraries in conjunction with the Institute for the Future
presented on December 9, 1998 a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Douglas Engelbart's
invention of the computer mouse.
Description of the Collection
The materials consist of videorecordings, brochures and handouts from the event, clippings,
press releases, press kit, photographs from the event, and a videotape of TV coverage from
various news shows.
General
Contact Public Services (e-mail: speccollref@stanford.edu) for information on accessing
digital objects in this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Videorecordings.
Computers -- History.
Computers -- Technological innovations.
Engelbart's unfinished revolution (1998 : Stanford,
Calif.)
Engelbart, D. C., 1925-2013
box 1
"Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution" records Accession ARCH-1999-073
1998 Dec 9
Scope and Contents
Brochures and handouts from the symposia, clippings, press releases, press kit, and
photographs from the event.
Biographical / Historical
On December 9th, 1998 Stanford University Libraries and the Institute for the Future
presented a day-long, public symposium that brought together Engelbart and members of
his historic team, along with other computer visionaries, to consider the impact of
Engelbart's work on the last three decades of the computer revolution, to explore the
challenges facing us today, and to speculate about the next three decades.
"Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution" videorecordings Accession ARCH-2005-231
1998 Dec 9
"Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution" videorecordings: 1998 Dec 9
box 2
Session 1 561.2
1998
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Scope and Contents
Session 1: 9:00-10:40 Morning
9:00 Greeting and Introductions from Condoleezza Rice, Michael A. Keller, Paul Saffo
(Moderator) 9:15 Panel Discussion on the 1968 Demo: Engelbart, Brand, English, Irby,
Rulifson 10:15 Tim Lenoir
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 2U
Use copy
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 2 561.3
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Scope and Contents
Session 2: 11:00-12:40 Morning
11:00 Panel Discussion on the Last 30 Years: Andreessen, Caruso, Nielson, Rheingold,
Zappacosta 11:40 Alan Kay 12:10 Panel Discussion on New Horizons: Card, Drexler,
Evans, Horn, Markoff
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 3U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 3a 561.4
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Scope and Contents
Session 3: 2:00-3:30 Afternoon
2:00 Unfinished Revolution Conversation: Engelbart, Rulifson 2:30 Ted Nelson 3:00
Andy van Dam
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 4U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 3b 561.5
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 5U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 4 561.6
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Scope and Contents
Session 4: 3:50-5:30 Afternoon
3:50 Terry Winograd 4:20 Stewart Brand 4:50 Jaron Lanier 5:20 Closing Remarks 5:30
Adjourn
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 6U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
1968 Presentation Highlights 561.7
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Scope and Contents
Highlighs from December 9, 1968 presentation during which Doug Engelbart and a small
team of researchers from the Stanford Research Institute stunned the computing world
with an extraordinary demonstration at a San Francisco computer conference. They
debuted: the computer mouse, graphical user interface, display editing and integrated
text and graphics, hyper-documents, and two-way video-conferencing with shared
workspaces. These concepts and technologies were to become the cornerstones of modern
interactive computing.
That landmark 1968 demonstration took place at the American Federation of Information
Processing Societies' Fall Joint Computer Conference. At a time when computers were
little more than huge number-crunchers, Engelbart and his team's introduction of their
two-way interactive system, called NLS (for oN Line System) was a shock.
Today the mouse, graphical user interface, hyper-documents, display editing and
integrated text and graphics are taken for granted. Other features of NLS, such
two-way video-conferencing with shared workspaces, remain more vision than reality
even today. And some of NLS' most important elements, such as the concept of
bootstrapping, remain so novel that they are all but unknown to the current generation
of systems designers.
NLS' 1968 demo was a watershed that fundamentally changed the trajectory of the
computing revolution, contributing not only ideas, but also many of the people who
would later build the systems we would use today. Alumni of the NLS project (and its
successor, the Augment project) include many of the most influential figures in
Silicon Valley (and elsewhere). Others credit Doug's work in general, and the 1968
demo in particular with influencing their design philosophies. As personal computing
pioneer and visionary Alan Kay once observed, "I don't know what Silicon Valley will
do when it runs out of Doug's ideas."
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 7U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Video roll-ins 561.8
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1 computer
file(s) (mp4)
box 8U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
News clips re: 30th anniversary of the mouse 561.9
1998 Dec 6-13
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
CBS This Morning (3:27); Newscenter Four Nightbeat (:48); ZDTV Network News(5:05);
The Screen Savers (7:20); Silicon Valley Business (4:26; 1:23); Fox X-Press (:17)
"Boosting Collective IQ" videorecordings and slides Accession ARCH-2011-080
2008 Aug 4-22
"Boosting Collective IQ" videorecordings and slides: 2008 Aug 4-22
Scope and Contents
In August 2008 the Doug Engelbart Institute sponsored an extended three way discussion
between leading experts Doug Engelbart, Jeff Rulifson, and Christina Engelbart, drilling
down into the depths of Doug's vision using the Bootstrap "Paradigm Map" interactive
slide presentation. This informal discussion, spanning four days, was filmed in a TV
studio at Stanford University.
The Bootstrap "Paradigm Map" is Doug Engelbart's interactive visual portrayal of his
call to action, depicting his vision and strategy for dramatically raising our
Collective IQ toward more effective organizations and a better world.
box 2
Session 1 of 4
2008 Aug 4
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (dvcam)
Scope and Contents
From the Bootstrap Dialogs Project – Doug Engelbart, Jeff Rulifson, and Christina
Engelbart discuss the Bootstrap "Paradigm Map" in-depth at Stanford Video - Stanford
University's television studios.
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Physical Description: 1
computer file(s) (mp4)
box 1U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 2 of 4
2008 Aug 6
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (dvcam)
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1
computer file(s) (mp4)
box 2U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 3 of 4
2008 Aug 8
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (dvcam)
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1
computer file(s) (mp4)
box 3U
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Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
box 2
Session 4 of 4
2008 Aug 22
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (dvcam)
Duplicating master
Physical Description: 1
computer file(s) (mp4)
box 4U
Use copy
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
PDF format minus the animation
PowerPoint slideshow with animation
Additional Material Accession ARCH.2015-075
box 1
Posters - "30th Anniversary of the Mouse" (2)
1998
General Physical Description: 24 x 36 inches
Scope and Contents
"To improve our collective ability to solve the world's problems, we must harness the
immense promise and power of technology. the mouse is just a first step; Douglas c.
Engelbart - Father of the mouse; 1968-1998; 30th anniversary of the mouse;
Logitech."
Additional Material Accession ARCH-2015-123
box 1-2
"Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution" posters
1998 Dec 9
General
Signed copy to Mike Keller in Box 2
Additonal Material Accession 2019-264
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 1
2000 January 06
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 1
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 2
2000 January 13
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 2
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 3
2000 January 20
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 3
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 4
2000 January 27
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 4
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 5
2000 February 03
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 5
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 6
2000 February 10
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 6
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 7
2000 February 17
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 7
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 8
2000 February 24
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 8
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 9
2000 March 02
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 9
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
Box 1
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 10
2000 March 09
An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution. 10
Physical Description: 2
videotape(s) (hi-8)
