| Artifact Item Description | Quantity | Form | Donor |
| Souvenir Coaster with Bullseye
Symbol |
1 |
Physical |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| Ad for Early RCA System | 1 |
jpg |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| Shopping Cart Diagram for RCA Checkout | 2 |
jpg |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| Letter from Kroger to RCA President regarding scan test | 1 |
jpg |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| St Louis Post-Dispatch Article on Kroger Test |
1 |
jpg |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| Consumer
Education Flier from
Kroger Store Test |
1 |
jpg |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| Equipment
prepared to start
Kroger Checker Training before Store Test |
1 |
jpg |
Fran Beck - RCA |
| Marketing
Sheet for Datachecker SABR Barcode Scanner |
1 |
pdf |
Frank Check - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
|
Digital Decode Notes from Frank Nickl |
1 |
pdf |
Frank Check - National
Semiconductor Datachecker |
|
Symbol Dimensions from Frank Nickl Notes |
1 |
pdf |
Frank Check - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
|
Algorithm for U.P.C. Symbol Decode from Frank Nickl Notes |
1 |
pdf |
Frank Check - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
|
Special Logic for U.P.C. Decode from Frank Nickl Notes |
1 |
pdf |
Frank Check - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
| Scanner Preamp (Avalanche Photo Diode version 12-15-78)) | 1 |
Physical |
Peter Edler - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
| U.P.C. Symbol Spec (Pamphlet) | 1 |
Physical Document | Peter Edler - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
| Patent for side view U.P.C. scanner - Frank Nickl | 1 |
Physical Document | Peter Edler - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
| SABR Side Scanner Specifications | 1 |
Physical Document | Peter Edler - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
| U.P.C. Codes (8) Standard Test Set | 1 |
Physical Document |
Peter Edler - National Semiconductor Datachecker |
| Datachecker
Marketing Document
"How to Buy a Supermarket Checkout System" Photocopy |
1 |
pdf |
Fred Bialek - National
Semiconductor Datachecker |
| Original IBM
3666 Scan Pattern
Sample |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Improved
IBM 3666 Scan Pattern
(Announced Pattern) Sample |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Copie of Regardie "The Naked
Consumer" with Joe Woodland Photo |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Joe
Woodland 7/31/62 design for
Optical Checkout Scanner for code patterns (photocopy) |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Letters from Ben Nelson about
Barcodes |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Bar Code News documents the Joe
Woodland did barcodes but not the U.P.C. specifically. |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| IBM (Bulova) Torsional Deflector
2500 Hertz from IBM 3666 |
1 |
Physical |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| IBM 3660/61 Product
Overview (circa 1975) |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| 35 mm Slide of IBM 3666 internals |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| IBM Rochester Plant Supermarket
System Announcement Page re IBM 3666 |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Picture Joe Woodland in
Supermarket Lab (Raleigh Bldg 602) with Patent |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| March 1984 National Geographic
issue focused on Lasers |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Lee Dickson picture used for
Patent Announcements |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Lee Dickson IBM Holographic
Scanning Review |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Glass Holograph Plates |
3 |
Physical |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Hologram Handouts from
Holographic Scanner |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Picture of Joe Woodland with
Harry Knowles at a trade show (circa 1998) |
1 |
jpg |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Documentation regarding Joe
Woodland nomination for Medal of Technology Award |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| IBM Corporate News Bulletin
regarding Joe Woodland Medal of Technology Award |
1 |
Physical Document |
Lee Dickson - IBM |
| Black Notebook January 1975
Loose leaf Contains: |
1 |
Physical |
George Laurer - IBM |
| A: U.P.C. Guidelines Manual |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| B: U.P.C. Symbol Specifications
+
updates |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| C: U.P.C. Symbol Location
Guidelines |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| D: U.P.C. Film Master
Verification
Manual |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| E: U.P.C. Newsletter Vol. 3-1
(9/1/73) thru Vol. 6-5 (6/75) |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| F: Policy Statement on Item
Pricing |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| G: Letter from Arlen Young of Spectra-Physics to Dave Allais (1/19/76) discussing “price check algorithm” (not part of manual) | 1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| The Herald Sun Nov. 8, 1995 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| “Inventor sets record straight on creation of U.P.C. symbol" | 1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| IBM “Manual of Modern Coding Methods” circa 1929 | 1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Copy of pages from “U.P.C.
Newsletter” Vol 3-6 (3/ 76) Technical Bulletin AND a copy of
EAN-13 Price Check Algorithm (circa Aug. 1978) |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Raleigh News &Observer June
23, 1992 article and similar from the Baltimore Sun about the same time. |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Raleigh News & Observer July
14, 2004 article about Woodland, Silver & Laurer |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Siteline 20th Anniversary issue
April 1985 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Invention & Technology
Spring 1993 Vol 9/Number 2 |
4 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| David C. Allais’s AIDC Memoirs
Sept 14, 2006 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Issue November 1983
of “Siteline” |
2 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Issue February 1987 of
“Siteline” |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| IBM 7636 Bar Code Scanner 1987 |
2 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| National Geographic Mar 1984 Vol
165 No.3 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Formal copy of Cracking the Code
9/30/99 by Marvin Mann |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Letter to George Laurer &
Joe Woodland from Dave Brown 1/15/87 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Ben Nelson early draft of U.P.C.
chapter of his book |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Ben Nelson Letter dated 10/23/96 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| The Herald Sun , Durham, NC
11/8/95 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Program for 1974 achievers
banquet |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Corporate Recognition Banquet
Plaza Hotel NY April 21 1980 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Invite & Interview for UCC
Gala 4/30/1997. This was the 20th anniversary. |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Proposed
U.P.C. Symbol (printed) |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Proposed U.P.C. Symbol (Photo
copy) |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Proposed
U.P.C. Symbol Revision No. 1 October 1972 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Addendum
to Proposed U.P.C. Symbol Specifications Revision No. 1 October, 1972 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Proposed U.P.C. Symbol Revision
No. 2 December 1972 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Proposed U.P.C. Symbol Revision
No. 3 March 1973 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Deposition (Bilgutay suit) Jan
20, 1986 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Exhibits relating to the
Bilgutay law suit |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Papers relating to the Bilgutay
law suit |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Letter to Dr. Dickson & Al.
Wolfheimer (circa Winter 1985) |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| IBM 3687 Checkout Scanning Primer |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| NRMA Voluntary Retail
Identification Standard Specification A |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Patent 3832686 Bilgutay’s
patent. Filed may 11, 1972 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| The Effect of the Design of the IBM Proposed U.P.C. Symbol and Code on Scanner Decoding Reliability Oct 1972 by David Savir |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Patent 3145291 Railroad bar code |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Patent 3723710 Delta C
filed June 28, 1971 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Patent 4344152 Buffer Memory
Control… filed Nov 29, 1979 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| The alternative to the keyboard.
By Creative Ventures, Inc. |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Coupon Guidelines Manual
Oct 1984 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C.
Symbol Specifications May 1973 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Shipping Container Symbol
Specifications Manual Feb 83 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C.
Symbol Location Guidelines May 1973 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Symbol Location
Guidelines Nov 1981 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Guidelines Manual
February 1983 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Guidelines Manual January
1975 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Guidelines Manual June
1981 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. “A guide to
Manufactures” Copyright 1980 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| SCD News January/February 1980 |
2 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Issue February 1987 of
“Siteline” Same as |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Smithsonian Feb 1999 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| THINK magazine May/June 1980 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| SCD News March/April 1980 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Business Week April 7, 1973 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| MAD magazine April with U.P.C.
cover. |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Letter from Powell to George
Laurer 10/3/91 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| article - The New Money System
(666) |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Technical Report TR 29.0123 May
1975 by Dave Savir |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Instruction talk on U.P.C. 1986 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Truncation talk 1984 Dayton Ohio |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Talk for Data Capture
& Item ID April 1978 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| McEnroe & Jones analysis of
codes October 1971 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Some Reminiscing A Few Years
Before the U.P.C. |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| The IBM 3660 Supermarket System
brochure |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| 4800256 Holographic Scanner
Having Adjustable Sampling Rate |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Fortune Magazine May 14, 2001 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Great Moments in the Development
of the Supply Chain |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| From 25 Years behind Bars
Celebration 9/30/99 |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| BAR CODES: reading between the lines by Ed. Leibowitz He says he is a Los Angeles-based freelancer and is working on a book about bar codes. | 1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| U.P.C. Symbol Specification January 1975 | 1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| 1: Invitation to the 25 Years
behind Bars Celebration 1999 |
2 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| 2: 25 Years behind Bars
Celebration Detailed Symposium Agenda. |
1 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| 3: 25 Years behind Bars
Celebration – Our Noted Discussion Panelists. |
2 |
Physical Document |
George Laurer - IBM |
| Cover
for RCA II UPC Symbol Specification Proposal |
1 |
pdf |
Fran X Beck - RCA |
| RCA
II UPC Symbol Specification Proposal |
1 |
pdf |
Fran X Beck - RCA |
| RCA U.P.C.
Symbol Proposal |
1 |
pdf |
Computer History Museum-Essarian
collection |
| Anker
Werke AG and Plessey Limited Proposed UPC Symbol Print
Specification |
1 |
pdf |
Computer History Museum-Essarian collection |
| Litton
Advanced Retail Systems and Zellweger Uster UPC Print Specification |
1 |
pdf |
Computer History Museum-Essarian collection |
| Scanner,
Inc. Standard for Printing Specifications for the Scanner UPC Symbol |
1 |
pdf |
Computer History Museum-Essarian collection |
| Tecnical
information on a Proposal by Charecogn |
1 |
pdf |
Computer History Museum-Essarian collection |
| Charecogn's
Comparison of U.P.C. Symbol Proposals |
1 |
pdf |
Computer History Museum-Essarian collection |
| N. Joseph Woodland | 1 |
jpg |
Bill Selmeier |
| Laurer, George J. |
1 |
jpg |
Bill Selmeier |
| U.P.C. Barcode Scanning Benefits Analysis 3Q 1977 |
1 |
pdf |
Bill Selmeier |