The Silicon Valley Archives are the world’s greatest repository of materials related to the history and development of Silicon Valley. The archives are part of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections whose holdings include the papers of Allen Ginsberg, Steven J. Gould, John Steinbeck, Denise Levertov, David Henry Hwang, the Bob Fitch Photography Archive and the Monterey Jazz Festival.
The Silicon Valley collections number in the hundreds. The collections below represent only a selection:
Al Alcorn Papers relating to the History of Video Games
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Ampex Corporation Records
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Andrew S. Grove speeches, 1980-2006
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Andy Hertzfeld Notebooks, 1981-1983
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Annotated bibliography on local computer networks by John F. Shoch
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Apple--more than 40 collections
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Atari business plans
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Bay Area video arcades : photographs by Ira Nowinski, 1981-1982
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Barbara L. Kevles collection of computer technology of the 1990s
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Bruce E. Deal Papers
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Buckminster Fuller Papers
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Charles H. Irby Papers
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Charles Rosen Papers, 1957-1985
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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Records
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Cort Van Rensselaer Papers
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Donald E. Knuth Papers
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Douglas C. Engelbart Papers
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Edward A. Feigenbaum Papers
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Edward J. McCluskey Papers
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Eric Vettel Collection of Cetus Corporation Materials
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Fairchild Semiconductor Technical Reports and Progress Reports
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Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Papers
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Frederick Emmons Terman papers
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Gordon Moore Papers
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Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter and Meeting Announcements
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Institute for the Future
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John McCarthy Papers
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John R. Pierce Papers
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Kathleen Hennessey Papers
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Keith Henson Papers re Project Xanadu, XOC, Memex, Ted Nelson, & Eric Drexler
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Kurt Akeley Papers
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Lee Felsenstein Papers
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Leonard Eugene Root Papers
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Marc Levoy Papers
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Mark Weiser Papers
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Pacific Studies Center Records
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Paul Baran Papers
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RCA's Farnsworth Patent File, 1930
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Regis McKenna Papers
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Rich Gold Papers
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Richard Bartle Papers and MUD1 Source Code
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Richard Earl Fikes Papers
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Rob Walker Papers
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Robert N. Noyce Papers
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Robert W. Taylor Papers
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Russell and Sigurd Varian Papers
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Samuel L. Ginn Papers
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Silicon Genesis oral histories with Silicon Valley pioneers
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Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing Records
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Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing
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Steve Bristow Papers
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Steve Meretzky Papers re computer game design & interactive fiction history
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Stewart Brand Papers
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System Development Foundation Records, 1957-1993
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The Battle of 73 Easting, Gulf War : simulation project papers, 1991-1993
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Vernon Russell Anderson Papers
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William F. Miller Papers
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William R. Hewlett Papers
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William B. Shockley Papers
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