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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Jack Kilby, Manuscript
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0798
- Creators:
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Johnson Controls. (5757 North Green Bay Avenue, Glendale, Illinois 53209)Kilby, Jack
- Dates:
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1951
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.05 Cubic feet1 folder
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
A typescript of Kilby's 1951 paper entitled "Transistors -- Their Manufacture and Use." 14 pp. + title and bibliography pages. In a folder with an attached offprint of an article from Scientific American: Louis N. Ridenour, "A Revolution in Electronics," Aug. 1951, Vol. 185, No. 2, pp. 13-17.
Arrangement
Arrangement
1 series.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Kilby, who later won the Nobel Prize, is credited as an inventor of the world's first integrated circuit (computer chip).
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection donated by Jack Kilby and Johnson Controls.
Ownership and Custodial History
Donated by Jack Kilby and Johnson Controls.
Processing Information
Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Preferred Citation
Jack Kilby Manuscript, 1951, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Integrated circuits | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Manuscripts -- 1950-1960 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Transistors | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Typescripts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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