Computer History Museum

James L. Pelkey collection : history of computer communications

In the years 1988-1994, venture capitalist and historian James L. Pelkey traveled around the world, conducting a total of 81 interviews as research for his hypertext book, "A History of Computer Communications: 1968-1988." The transcripts from these interviews contain a wealth of knowledge from early computer communication pioneers and give way to the development of present-day information sharing systems. Transcripts will be posted as they become available. To view the book by James L. Pelkey, please visit www.historyofcomputercommunications.info/ Interviewees: Abramson, Norm Bachman, Charles Baran, Paul Bass, Charlie (Charles) Bell, Gordon Bingham, John Botwinick, Edward Carr, Art Carrico, Bill and Judith Estrin Chu, Wesley Clark, David D. Cerf , Vint (Vinton) Clark , Wesley A. Crocker, Steve Dalal, Yogen Davies, Donald Davidson, John M. Day, John Dolan, Bob (Robert) Donnan, Robert Drambracus, Bill Dow, James Evans, Roger Farber, Dave (David) Farr, Bill (William) Fernandez, Manny Forkish, Robbie Forney, David Frank, Howard Frankel, Steven M. Graube, Maris Grumbles, George Heafner, John F. Heart, Frank E. Hill, Jay Holsinger, Jerry Huffaker, Craig Hunt, Bruce Kahn, Bob (Robert) Kaufman, Phil Kenny, Matt Kleinrock, Leonard Krause, Bill Krechmer, Ken Johnson, Johnny Jordan, Jim (James) Lebarre, Lee Licklider, Joseph Carl Robnett Liddle, David Loughry, Don (Donald) Lynch, Daniel C. MacLean, Audrey Maxwell, Kim McDowell, Jerry Metcalfe, Bob (Robert) Miller, Ken Mulvenna, Jerry Nordin, Bert Norred, Bill Nyborg, Phil Pliner, Michael Pogran, Ken (Kenneth) Postel, Jon (Jonathan) Pouzin, Louis Pugh, John Rekhi, Kanwal Roberts, Larry (Lawrence) Rosenthal, Robert Saltzer, Jerry (Jerome) Salwen, Howard Severino, Paul Slomin, Mike Smith, Bruce Smith, Mark Smith, Robert and Thomas L. Thompson Strassburg, Bernie (Bernard) Ungermann, Ralph Taylor, Bob (Robert) Warmenhoven, Daniel J. Wecker, Stuart White, James Wiggins, Bob (Robert) Wilkes, Art Zimmerman, Hubert

Item Details

Date
1988 (Made)
1992 (Made)
1994 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102746648
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Gift of James Pelkey
Extent
81
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X5671.2010
Archive collection
James L. Pelkey collection
Archive hierarchy
James L. Pelkey collection