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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: December 2001.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Kurt Akeley Papers, 1982-2000Collection number: SC 628Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaColyn R. WohlmutDecember 2001Patricia White

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Descriptive SummaryKurt Akeley Papers, 1982-2000Stanford University Archives SC 628Akeley, Kurt23 linear ft.Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Provenance

Gift of Kurt Akeley, 2001

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], Kurt Akeley Papers, SC 628, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

Kurt Akeley, one of the founders of Silicon Graphics, Incorporated, earned his M.S.E.E. from Stanford University in 1982. He has published papers on computer graphics architectures and taught courses on graphics programming at the annual SIGGRAPH conferences.

Scope and Content

This collection includes memoranda, reports, manuals, publications, notebooks, outlines and text for presentations, email printouts, patents, slides, and videos pertaining to research and product development for Silicon Graphics and its customers; collection also includes Akeley's notes from a class with Jim Clark, 1987.

Container List11ALIAS (Animation)12AMOCO, Jan 199613Chrysler14C-Cube Microsystems15CIE16Dassault Systems17D.H. Brown18D.H. Brown19DUPONT110EDS111Evans & Sutherland112Ford113General Electric114Georgia Tech115ID Software116ILM117Intergraph118KAPL119Kodak120Kubota121Landmark122Lattice Technology123Mallincicrodt Radiology124Marconi125Matra126McDonnall Douglas127Multigen128NASA129NASA Langley130NTT131Phillips Medical132Quality Research133Raytheon134Sarnoff Research (David Zeltzer)135Schlumberger136SDRC137Sense 8138TEXACO139Microsoft Graphics Presentation, April 1991140SE Meeting 1990141National Academy of Science Presentation, Feb. 1993142Engineering Forum Graphics Presentation, Jan. 1993143Performer Slides144VRML Slides145ImageVision Slides146IRIS GL 5.0 (Early Open GL)147Open GL Misc Slides148Developer Forum '92 Open GL Presentation149GLX Presentation, Jan. 1992150EuroGraphics Hardware Workshop Presentation, Sept. 1991151SigGraph '92 Open GL Course Intro Slides, June 1992152SE Presentation 94-95? Stanford Presentation 8-24-95 PEX Group Presentation 92ish153Waves Presentation John Mashey154Analyst Presentation LINUX, May 1999155SE Broadcast 320/540 Intro, Nov. 1998156SLINX Presentation, Nov. 1998157Analyst Briefing, July 1998158We Have A Problem New Plans Pitch, July 1998159Darpa Visit Graphics as Compression, July 1998160European Sales Conference, July 1998161The New SGI Rick Belluzzo, June 1998162Americas Sales Conference, April 1998163WINHEC, 1998164Cinequest Maverick Award, Jan. 30, 1998165Graphics API Roadmap EuroForum '98, Jan. 1998166EuroForum 98 Keynote, Jan. 199821Fahrenheit Announcement Inside SGI, Dec. 199722Graphics Basics Sales Meeting 199723SigGraph Open GL Paper 199724SigGraph Panel Research Topics 199725Financial Analysts Presentation, Sept. 5, 199726Limits Presentation Mitre Corp/Mashey, April 199727China Trip April 199728Microsoft Meeting NT Plans, Mar. 199729Culture & Organization Exec Offsite, Mar. 1997210Leadership Forum Strategic API Talk, Feb. 1997211Values Slides 212Kodak Presentation, Dec. 1996213ETC Presentation, Dec. 1996214Presentation to Ed GFX Plans, Oct. 1996215NSF Graphics Future Presentation, Aug. 1996216SigGraph '96 Panel Presentation Imaging Features217SigGraph '96 Panel Presentation GFX PCs vs. Workstations218ASD Open GL Presentation Mid '96219Developer Forum 96 Presentation, Mar. 1996220PRS Presentation SFT vs. HRD, Oct. 1995221EuroGraphics Hardware Workshop Presentations, Sept. 1995222Open GL 1.1 Slides SigGraph 1995223SigGraph Award Slides 1995224IEEE Presentation, Summer 1995225Stanford Presentation on INF Reality, May 1996226Japan Expo 94 Slides, Oct. 1994227Power Challenge Slides, Aug. 1994228SE Meeting, 1994229VSG Presentation, Jan. 1994230SigGraph '93 open GL Course Presentation, July 1993231Patent Office Presentation, 1993232Patent Office Presentation, July 1993233SigGraph '93 Reality Engine Slides234SigGraph, 1993235AutoFact, 1983236NAS, NRC Virtual Reality237SigGraph 1988238SigGraph 1994239SigGraph 1995240SigGraph 1996241SigGraph 1997242SigGraph 1998243SigGraph 1999244SigGraph 2000245Euro Hdwr Wrk 1991246Euro Hdwr Wrk '95 (empty)247Eurographics 199831HotChips 199632Graphicon 199533Graphicon 199634I/TES 198835SE meeting '97 San Diego36Dev Forum [Developer's Forum] 199137Dev Forum 199238Dev Forum 199639Dev Forum 1997310Euro Dev Forum 1996311EuroForum 1998312Tech Forum '99 Keynote313IEEE Oct. 1995314GL Book315Open GL (very early)316Early Open GL Notes317Open GL318ARB [Architectural Review Board] June 1994319ARB Aug. 1994320ARB Dec. 1994321ARB Feb. 1995322ARB May 1995323ARB Sept. 1995324ARB Dec. 1995325ARB Feb. 1996326ARB May 1996327ARB Aug. 1996328ARB Dec. 1996329ARB Feb. 1997330ARB May 1997331ARB Mar. 199841ARB (London) June 199842ARB Sept. 199843ARB Dec. 199844ARB Mar. 199945ARB Sept. 199946ARB Dec. 199947ARB Mar. 200048SketchPad Script49Graphics Strategy410Compressed Depth Buf411Open GL 1.1412Open GL 1.1 Spec 28 Sept '95 (empty)413Open GL FFT414Sun Open GL415Microsoft Open GL416NURBS (early)417IBM GL418XIL (Sun Imaging)419E and S Open GL420Intel 3D-R421Dore422Subdivision Surfaces423GLC424GLR425GLUT426Graphics Papers427Graphics Papers428Graphics Papers429Graphics Papers430Press Tour Dec. 1995431Power Series & GFX Libraries432Power Challenge & Power Onyx433Cali/Dali Summer 1999434Origin & Onyx 3000 Announcement Materials435Iris Indigo Intro51Origin & Onyx 2 & O2 Intro52Bali53Kona54Venice55Venice56IMP 557VGX58Kubota Denali GFX System59Pixel Flow510HP Volume Render511Open GL Vision Tour May 1997512Randy Nickel513Matt Eldridge Pomegranate Graphics514Robert Dewar Adacore515Pat Hanrahan516Randi Rost517Eric Chen518Gary Demos519Patent 5,051,737 Clipping Polygons520Patent 5,193,145 Quad Decomp (empty)521Patent 5,230,039 Texture Range522Patent 5,266,941 Stencil523Patent 5,343,558 VGX Scan Conversion524Patent 5,347,618 Bevel Planes525Patent 5,369,739 Remask Generation526Patent 5,394,170 Stencil 2527Patent 5,819,017 Selectively Storing Depth Information of a 3D Image528Patent 5,854,631 Fragment Merge529Patent 5,933,155 Cushion Buffer530Silhouette Patent531Patent Multisample Dither532Trade Secrets Program533IP Value - LECG534Fog & Lighting535CSG536Stereo537PDN's61Pixar62G Graphics Library Allen Akin63Gamma64Phigs Plus65Audio & Video66Visual Simulation67Volume Rendering68Texture Mapping693D Com, Inc. "True" 3D610Clipping611Triangle Strips612Silhouettes613The SGI 4D/240 GTX SuperWorkStation614The Hidden Charms of Z-Buffer615Stencil Article616SGI Historical Documents617360-Degree Feedback618Spirit Trip 1999619Software Summit620Spirit621SigGraph 2000 Meetings622Tech Forum 1999623Horizon624Ergonomics625SGI Logo626Old OrgCharts627Global Partners628Octel629Tech Talk630SGI 2000631Fitness for Life Don Nava632Scenarios (NT, MP)633CDP Business Plan634Inspector635Open GL Optimizer636SGI Suppliers637Environment638WPD Plan 1992639Hiring640Cosmo641Etc642Leadership Forum 1997643Donations Committee644Management645Lego/Kego646Exec Offsites647Exec Offsites Sept. 1996648Exec Offsite Dec. 1996649Exec Offsite May 1997650SSG Offsite Jan. 1997651Multimedia Asia '96 Malaysia652Safety653Atlantis Graphics654Outside Help655About SGI656Univ of Delaware657U of D Indy Labs658Polo Shirts659Nintendo 6471PCB/GEM72BPC (Summer 1981)73IM174DA2/DA375DC4 (CAE Timing)76IP277PM278IP179Clover 1710UC4711UC5712DA1713GT Chip Set714Eclipse715C2 Raster716Clover 2717GE4718Clover 3 CPU719Boston Eng Notes81Boston Presentation82Boston Misc83GE 1184Po's85Logic Devices86Shared Resources87Twin Industries WWM Wirewrap88Vitesse89WaferScale810Weitek811Xilinx812LSI Logic813Terminals814Unix Commands815Unix Documents816Data Sheets817ViewGraphs818My Code819UNC820Other Graphics Products821Other Graphics Products822Phone823Customer Visits824Graphics Class Jim Clark Feb. 1987825Transmission Line Theory826RS-232827Cache Papers828Benchmarks829ASD Vision9SGI 20001 binder9Human Factors1 binder9Clover 11 binder9Clover GL1 binder9Transparencies and Slides3 binders10BPC 2 Alpha1 binder10Iris GT Chip Set Specifications10Iris 4-D Series Documentation2 binders10Graphica Obscura1 binder10Iris Fast Facts10Unix System V Documentation10Corporate Telephone Directory10Iris Guides (2)10RenderMan Interface10Cosmo 3D Spec10Iris Performer Reference Pages10Iris Performer Programming Guide11SGI Pipeline, Nov/Dec 1990 vol. 1 #6-1992 Year End vol. 3 #611Developer News, May/June 1994-2nd Quarter 200011Kurt Akeley Notebooks, 1982-200017 volumes12SGI Annual Reports 1987-1998, 200012Portfolio Snapshots12Developer News, Feb 1995-August 199512IRIS Universe #1-#2712Misc Publications13Unix Manuals (5)13SGI Training Manual13Software Design, 199513Video Tex, 1991VHS videotape13Cosmo Software Suite Pathway to the Second Web, 1997VHS videotape13Onyx InfiniteReality Demo Tape V.4, 1996VHS videotape13Memory-Based GraphicsVHS videotape13Venice DemosVHS videotape13Bite TVVHS videotape14Iris 4-D Series Documentation 6 binders15Iris 4-D Series Documentation 9 bindersPoster: IRIS 6.5 SGI gallery of modern artPoster: Virtual Surgery / Virtual Successes