Texas Instruments Reference Collection
name: label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
label: Creator
content: Texas Instruments Incorporated
topic: label: Topic
content: Information technology
label: Topic
content: Computers
label: Topic
content: Microelectronics
label: Topic
content: Microelectronics industry -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Calculators
label: Topic
content: Transistors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Texas Instruments in 1987.
creator: label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
label: Creator
content: Texas Instruments Incorporated
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Texas Instruments was started in 1930 as an oil exploration company called Geophysical Science. It quickly branched overseas and into other fields of technology, changing its name to Texas Instruments in the 1950s. The company was the first to mass-produce silicon transistors and designed the first transistor radio in the 1950s, the first hand-held calculator in 1967, and the first single-chip microcomputer in the 1970s, in addition to many other innovations.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1985.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
label: Container
content: Box 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Texas Instruments donated several hundred artifacts to the Division of Information, Technology and Society (then called the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, Department of the History of Technology, now Division of Medicine and Science) in 1987. In 1999, the archival portion of the collection was transferred to the Archives Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0697
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Memorandums
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series, organized by product.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Memorandums -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Reference materials, including photographs, internal memoranda, newsletters and other printed material, relating to various Texas Instruments' products.