Analogue Music Synthesizer Oral History Project
name: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewee
content: Krause, Bernie
label: Interviewee
content: Deutsch, Herbert
label: Interviewee
content: Hemsath, Bill
label: Interviewer
content: Pinch, Trevor
label: Interviewee
content: Pollock, Jay
label: Interviewee
content: Moog, Robert
label: Interviewee
content: Oberheim, Tom
label: Interviewee
content: Sear, Walter
label: Interviewee
content: Preston, Don
label: Interviewee
content: Scott, Jim
label: Interviewee
content: Chowning, Jonathan
label: Interviewee
content: Buchla, Don
topic: label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Piano and synthesizer music
label: Topic
content: Electric engineering -- 1980-2000
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 1980-2000
label: Topic
content: Synthesizer music
label: Topic
content: Music -- Acoustics and physics
label: Topic
content: Music -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was created by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation with National Museum of American History staff member Jim Weaver, Division of Cultural History and Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewee
content: Krause, Bernie
label: Interviewee
content: Deutsch, Herbert
label: Interviewee
content: Hemsath, Bill
label: Interviewer
content: Pinch, Trevor
label: Interviewee
content: Pollock, Jay
label: Interviewee
content: Moog, Robert
label: Interviewee
content: Oberheim, Tom
label: Interviewee
content: Sear, Walter
label: Interviewee
content: Preston, Don
label: Interviewee
content: Scott, Jim
label: Interviewee
content: Chowning, Jonathan
label: Interviewee
content: Buchla, Don
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content: Analogue Music Synthesizer Oral History Project
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of over thirty hours of 7" open reel-to-reel master tapes, compact discs (DVDs), and transcripts for oral histories documenting the invention and development of the analogue music synthesizer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, in cooperation with Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco of Cornell University, conducted oral histories to document the pioneering engineers and musicians of the electronic music synthesizer from 1960 to 1970.  Pinch and Trocco authored in 2002, Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer by Harvard University Press. This book is based on the oral histories from the Analogue Music Synthesizer Oral History Project.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (8 boxes)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Reference copies must be used. Digital reference surrogates (DVDS) exist.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1996-2000
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was received in the Archives Center on March 17, 1998 and February 19, 1999.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0640
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiocassettes
label: Type
content: Transcripts
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Oral histories (document genres)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Transcripts, 1996-1998

Series 2: Reference Disks (DVDs), 1996-2000

Series 3: Master Tapes (7"), 1996-1998
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, August 2011.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral histories (document genres)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of over thirty hours of 7" open reel-to- reel master tapes, compact discs, and transcripts for the oral histories documenting the invention and development of the analogue music synthesizer. Not all interviews have master tapes, reference copies, or transcripts.