PhoneTel Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Hashimoto, Kazuo
label: Creator
content: Kilby, Jack
label: Creator
content: Hashimoto Corporation
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
topic: label: Topic
content: telephone -- Equipment and supplies
label: Topic
content: telephone -- History
label: Topic
content: Telephone answering and recording equipment industry
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Patent practice
label: Topic
content: Caller ID telephone service
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hashimoto, Kazuo
label: Creator
content: Kilby, Jack
label: Creator
content: Hashimoto Corporation
setName: label: See more items in
content: PhoneTel Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The first digital telephone answering device was invented by Kazuo Hashimoto in mid-1983.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1994.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of the History of Information, Technology and Society (now Division of Medicine and Society) to the Archives Center in October, 2004.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0874
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Patents
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, October 2006.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of material documenting early telephone answering devices.