Video Game Pioneers Oral History Collection
name: label: Compiler
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewee
content: Alcorn, Allan, 1948-
label: Interviewee
content: Bushnell, Nolan
label: Interviewee
content: Dabney, Samuel Frederick "Ted", 1937-2018
label: Interviewee
content: Daglow, Donald
label: Interviewee
content: Edwards, Daniel
label: Interviewee
content: Graetz, Martin
label: Interviewee
content: Laurel, Brenda
label: Interviewee
content: Piner, Stephen
label: Interviewee
content: Russell, Stephen, 1937-
label: Interviewee
content: Samson, Peter, 1941-
label: Interviewee
content: Saunders, Robert Alan
label: Interviewer
content: Weaver, Christopher
label: Interviewee
content: Wiitanen, Wayne
topic: label: Topic
content: Video games
label: Topic
content: Transcripts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Made for the National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Compiler
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: Video Game Pioneers Oral History Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Born-digital audio interviews and transcripts with individuals involved in the early development of video games.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Further oral histories are expected.
bioghist: label: Historical
content: The oral histories in this collection were conducted as part of the Lemelson Center's Video Game Initiative launched in 2017 to preserve first-hand accounts of the invention, development, marketing, and play of video games. The oral histories capture the interviewees recollections, emotions, and other perspectives often missing from written records. The Video Game Initiative is intended to support scholarly and public history research; public engagement with science, engineering, and innovation; and future exhibitions at the National Museum of American History.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45.6 Gigabytes (19 .wav files)
label: Extent
content: 12 Documents (12 .pdf files)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2017-2018
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1498
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Documents
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Born digital
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series.

Series1: Transcripts, 2017-2018

Series 2: Audio Files, 2017-2018
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 2010-2020
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Born digital
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Born-digital audio interviews and transcripts with video game pioneers: Allan Alcorn, Nolan Bushnell, Samuel "Ted" Dabney, Donald Daglow, Daniel Edwards, Martin Graetz, Brenda Laurel, Stephen Piner, Stephen Russell, Peter Samson, Robert Saunders, and Wayne Wiitanen.