Manuscripts
Materials related to the personal and professional life of John R. Pierce. Correspondence is primarily from Pierce's time at Bell Labs and Caltech, and includes both internal and external letters. Correspondents include academic and lawyer Nicholas Johnson, former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Lee Loevinger, engineer Edward E. David Jr., and former President of Bell Labs William O. Baker. There is also the correspondence of character Alexander Botts Jr., created by Pierce as an excersise in imaginging the letters a fictional engineer might write and receive. Personal materials include daybooks and calendars used by Pierce; awards and certificates, including his academic degrees; and biographical articles. Manuscripts are primarily unpublished articles and stories, sometimes written under the pseudonyms J.J. Coupling and John Pierce. Professional materials include book reviews, technical memoranda written for Bell Labs, scientific papers and reprints, and books. There is also a small amount of material related to Pierce's time teaching at Caltech, as well as materials related to his work with IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music.
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