Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Jack Kilby, Manuscript

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0798
Creators:
Johnson Controls. (5757 North Green Bay Avenue, Glendale, Illinois 53209)
Kilby, Jack
Dates:
1951
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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