Robert Moog papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 8629

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection contains business documents, correspondence, engineering plans and schematics, audio and video recordings, photographs, instruments and instrument components, and other personal papers documenting his work as an engineer and electronic music pioneer.

Dates

circa 1965-2005.

Creator

Moog, Bob (Robert) (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Restrictions on Use:

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on our Reproductions & Permissions page.

Restrictions on Use:

Audiovisual media that has been digitized: TR-16146, TR-16347, TR-16377, TR-16509.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Robert Moog, founder of Moog Music, was an American engineer and pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

Extent

263 cubic feet. (263 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Physical Description

Extent is approximate.

Physical Description

Audio Recordings, Computer Media, Correspondence, Financial Records, Legal Documents, Manuscripts, Memorabilia, Newspapers, Photographs, Printed Materials, Publications, Research Materials

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: October 2018
EAD encoding:: Ben Wrubel, October 2018
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, November 2018

Deaccessions

These non-annotated books already held by RMC were deaccessioned: Technology Survey: Magnetic Tape Recording (NASA, 1966), Sztuka I Komputery (Holynski, 1976), The New World of Electronic Music (Sear, 1972), Acoustical Designing in Architecture (Knudsen and Harris, 1978), and Brief College Chemistry (Richardson and Scarlett, 1951).