Help sought on early IBM hard drive R&D

From: lee courtney <charlesleecourtney_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Mar 31 19:26:54 2003

Bonnie,

Drop Mike Williams (Head Curator) or Dag Spicer
(Exhibits Curator) at the Computer History Museum an
email as they can probably direct you the appropriate
person at IBM that can help you, or maybe even know
the answer themselves.

Lee Courtney

--- Michael Nadeau <menadeau_at_attbi.com> wrote:
> Can anyone answer her question? She is particularly
> interested in the years
> 1957-1962 when Building 014 was being built and then
> opened.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bbamburg_at_pacbell.net>
> To: <letter_at_classictechpub.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:29 PM
> Subject: Question
>
>
> > I found the Classic Tech Publication website with
> many interesting
> > articles. I am preparing a historical and
> architectural evaluation of
> > the Advanced Research Building 025 on the IBM
> Cottle Road Campus as
> > part of an EIR for the site. The majority of the
> campus was included in
> > the sale of the IBM Hard Disk Drive Unit to
> Hitachi, however this
> > building was excluded. It is proposed for
> demolition and the site to be
> > redeveloped. The building has architectural
> significance as one of the
> > finest examples of the Modern Industrial style
> (1940-1985) in San Jose.
> > The question that has not been adequately answered
> is what research or
> > prototype occurred in this building. It is
> suggested that the flying
> > head research was done in this building. The
> building was designed for
> > Reynold Johnson's design team which moved from 99
> Almaden in San Jose.
> > Can you direct me to information that would
> identify the research
> > conducted in this building?
> > Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
> > Bonnie Bamburg
> >
> Michael Nadeau
> Editor/Publisher
> Classic Tech, the Vintage Computing Resource
> www.classictechpub.com
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