Artifact Details

Title

Guide to the Adam Osborne collection

Catalog Number

102738362

Type

Document

Description

The Adam Osborne collection consists of material related to Osborne’s role as writer and publisher of software and technical books and manuals, primarily between 1975 and 1991. There are copies of these texts in English as well as Japanese, Italian, Spanish, German, and Norwegian. There are also two cartons of slides and photographs, mostly with content related to Osborne’s personal and leisure activities. Also included are college papers on chemical engineering and books and software from Osborne’s library. 

Date

1943-1991; bulk 1975-1991

Author

Doran, Jack; Lott, Sara Chabino

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Extent

10 linear feet in 8 record cartons

Category

Finding Aid

Subject

Osborne, Adam; Osborne 1 (Computer); Paperback Software International; Portable computers; Adam Osborne and Associates

Collection Title

Adam Osborne collection

Credit

Gift of Cynthia Geddes

Lot Number

X7926.2017