Roy Soltoff Collection
name: label: Interviewer
content: Eklund, Jon B.
label: Interviewee
content: Soltoff, Roy
topic: label: Topic
content: Computers
label: Topic
content: Computer programming
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Roy Soltoff.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Eklund, Jon B.
label: Interviewee
content: Soltoff, Roy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Roy Soltoff Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Oral interviews with Roy Soltoff, a noted microcomputer programmer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: This collection is primarily the product of four interviews with Roy Soltoff, a noted microcomputer programmer, conducted and taped in 1983 by Dr. Jon B. Eklund, Curator of Physical Sciences, NMAH.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1984
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was transferred to the Archives Center October 10, 1987 from the Division of Physical Sciences (now Division of Medicine and Science).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0275
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 3 series: 1) Audio tapes (four) of Roy Soltoff interviews by Jon Eklund, 1983; 2) Notes by Jon Eklund summarizing Soltoff interviews; 3) Publication, "Notes from Misosys", 1983 (six issues) edited by Soltoff.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Dan Darroch, 1987
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1980-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes four 90 minute audio tapes of interviews with Mr. Soltoff covering biographical information, education, work experience and professional career.  Also included are: The interviewer's handwritten notes summarizing the interviews; and copies "Notes from Misosys", a publication on computer software edited by Mr. Soltoff.