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From Carbons to Computers: The Changing American Office
Explores the evolution of the American office
Information Age: People, Information & Technology
Chronicles the birth and growth of the electronic information age
Science Service Historical Image Collection
Images of twentieth-century electrical devices
Vote: The Machinery of Democracy
Ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years, transforming the ways in which Americans vote
Computers and Networks
Beyond the Limits: Flight Enters the Computer Age
Application of digital computer to flight
Bill Gates
Interview with the founder and head of Microsoft Corporation
Bill Gates: The Imaginable Future
Bill Gates shares his vision of the computer revolution and how new technologies will affect our lives (60min audio)
Charles S. Peskin and David M. McQueen
Interview with heart simulation inventors
Chip Collection
Objects, images and documentation that trace the history of integrated circuits
Computer History Collection
Objects, interviews and reference material
Don Wetzel
Interview with co-patentee of the Automatic Teller Machine
Douglas Engelbart
Interview with pioneer of hypertext, mouse and more
Gordon Bell
Interview with computer pioneer
GPS: A New Constellation
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most significant recent advance in navigation technology
J. Presper Eckert
Interview with Chief Engineer, ENIAC Computer
James Burke: The Knowledge Web
Mr. Burke explains how the Internet reveals connections with each other and with the past (51min audio)
Kenneth H. Olsen
Interview with a founder Digital Equipment Corporation
Larry Ellison
Interview with founder and head of Oracle Corporation
Lewis Sadler
Interview with inventor of missing persons technology
Marc Andreesen
Oral History Interview with the Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Netscape Communications
Monticello Memoirs
A 1996 gathering at Monticello of Pioneers of the Information Age
Seymour Cray
Interview with supercomputing pioneer
Slates, Slide Rules and Software: Teaching Math in America
Objects used to help students master abstract mathematical concepts
Steve Jobs
Founder of Apple and NEXT
Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving the Web
Tim Berners-Lee tells the story of his fabulous and revolutionary creation, the World Wide Web (55min audio)
Tom Nies
Interview with founder and head of CINCOM Corporation, a pioneer software company
Film, Radio and TV
Magic Lanterns Magic Mirrors: A Centennial Salute to Cinema
Motion pictures over the past one hundred years have reflected our visions of ourselves, and our world
Mail Service
Binding the Nation
The early history of mail service from pre-Revolutionary America through the end of the 19th century
Customers & Communities
The evolution of mail delivery to vastly expanding urban and rural populations in the 20th century
Postal Museum: Learn More About It
Details of selected objects from the museum's collection
Precious as Gold: Stories from the Gold Rush
The 1898 Klondike Gold Rush and early mail service to Alaska and the Klondike
Printing Technology
Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Early printing devices in America (PDF)
Telephones and Telegraph
Edison Invents!
Learn about Thomas Edison's life and inventions through our interactive game--then make your own light bulb
Underwater Web: Cabling the Seas
This is an online version of a gallery exhibition on the laying of transatlantic cable and the history of communication
Museums
Air and Space Museum
History, science and technology of aviation and space flight
American History Museum
History of science, technology, society and culture in America
Postal Museum
Interactive museum of postal history and philately
Research
Information Technology & Society Division
Dedicates its collections and scholarship to information technologies and their role in American history
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