Title
Anderson, Patricia oral history
Catalog Number
102740547
Type
Document
Description
In this oral history interview, Patricia Anderson discusses her work at a “crystal puller” – the operator of semiconductor crystal manufacturing equipment – in Silicon Valley in the late 1960s and early 1970s, first at Elmat (then a division of Semimetals) and then at Hewlett-Packard. Anderson begins by reviewing her youth growing up in Alaska, and her move to the San Francisco Bay Area immediately after high school in 1965. She recounts her studies in data processing at Foothill College, later De Anza College, and her work in housecleaning and childcare while a student. Anderson describes in detail her work as a “crystal puller” at Elmat producing silicon crystals in 1968 and then her work at Hewlett-Packard producing 3-5 semiconductor crystals in the early 1970s. The interview closes with a review of Anderson’s career after moving back to Alaska in the mid 1970s, where she became a member of the IBEW and an electrician, where she eventually specialized in telephone system installation.
Date
2020-02-24
Contributor
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Anderson, Patricia, Interviewee
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Brock, David C., Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Extent
20 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
semiconductor industry; silicon; crystal pullers; organized labor; electricians; Elmat; Semimetals; Hewlett Packard (HP); compound semiconductors
Collection Title
CHM Oral History Collection
Credit
Computer History Museum
