ROLM Corporation, collection of written materials describing company and products

Item — Box: 63

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains a wide variety of realia from Rice University's history, including a variety of jewelry pieces, clothing, athletics-related materials, and various other objects.

Dates

Creation: 1912 - 2022

Creator

From the Collection: Rice University. (Organization)

Access Restrictions

This material is available for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Boxes 1-25, 27-30, 32, 35-37, 39, 43, 44, 46-52, 54, 56-58, 60-62, 64, 67-128, as well as all unboxed and oversize items are stored onsite mostly in the vault at the Woodson Research Center.

Boxes 26, 31, 33, 34, 38, 40-42, 45, 53, 55, 59, 63, 65, and 66 stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Extent

From the Collection: 191 Linear Feet (178 boxes plus oversize items)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

ROLM systems collection of written materials. Included are: Business Week reprint from Feb. 12, 1979, "A hot new challenger takes on Ma Bell"; a Rice Sallyport article, unknown date, "ROLM: By any other name"; a Wikipedia article printed in 2012 describing the ROLM company; and, a ROLM Corporation brochure and related promotional flyers, ca. 1970, describing the company's military specification mini-computer. This company began as a tech startup in the late 1960's and was founded by four Rice University graduates, whose last names were combined to make the company name: Gene Richeson, Ken Oshman, Robert Maxfield and Walter Loewenstern, Jr. Item has no date marking, but date is inferred from similar item in the same box that bears a tag indicating the date of manufacture as June 1988. Items are together in a folder in the box.