Autobiographical Documents
Object Details
- Collection Donor
- Baer, Ralph H., 1922-2014
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- Ralph H. Baer Papers
- Date
- 1962 - 2006
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0854, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Ralph H. Baer Papers, 1943-2015, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Copyright held by the Smithsonian Institution.
- Scope and Contents
- This series provides detailed documentation of Baer's life. An unpublished autobiographical manuscript, "One Inventor's Odyssey: The Life Story of an Engineer and Inventor" (463 pages), is found in hardcopy and, in several versions, as electronic text on a CD. Baer's book, Videogames: In the Beginning, 2005 (Rolenta Press, 2005), draws on the manuscript and reproduces many of the documents in Series 4. David Allison, Chair and Curator of the Museum's Division of Information Technology and Communications, was the principal interviewer in an April 2003 oral history with Baer. Lasting approximately three hours, the interview focuses on Baer's work with television video games but also touches on his life history, his other inventions, the invention process, and the legal complexity surrounding his inventions. There are original and reference audio tapes and an abstract and summary of the interview.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513699154-1503513699171-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0