[SIGCIS-Members] Help on Coffee and Computing

Tue Jul 21 10:08:56 PDT 2020

Mugs are also well represented in our collection at the Computer History Museum… you’ll get 470 hits when you search on “mug” in our online catalog <https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=mug&f=physicalobject>. In fact we have essentially stopped collecting them as a result.
We also have a Peet’s Dash Button <https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102777941>. 
Best, Marc

Marc Weber <http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber/>  |   marc at webhistory.org  |   +1 415 282 6868 
Curatorial Director, Internet History Program
Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View CA 94043
computerhistory.org/nethistory  |  Co-founder, Web History Center and Project

> On Jul 21, 2020, at 09:44, Henry E Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim,
> You might want to browse through the Doug Menuez photography collection at Stanford.  About 10,000 of the images are online (out of about 200-250,000).  He captures quite a bit of the culture in companies like Apple, NeXT, Adobe, etc., mostly 1980s.  I am sure you will find many coffee mugs there!
> Here is a link to the online exhibit created from the images in this collection:
> https://exhibits.stanford.edu/menuez <https://exhibits.stanford.edu/menuez>
> Hit “browse” to see a selection of companies represented.
> Henry
>  
> Henry Lowood, PhD
> Harold C. Hohbach Curator, History of Science & Technology Collections; Curator, Film & Media Collections
> HASG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall
> Stanford University Libraries
> Stanford CA 94305-6066
> PH: 650-723-4602
> EM: lowood at stanford.edu
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> From: Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Kidwell, Peggy
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 4:09 AM
> To: Staiti, Alana <StaitiA at si.edu>; James Cortada <jcortada at umn.edu>; members at sigcis.org
> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Help on Coffee and Computing
>  
> I would add to Alana's fine list:
>  
> https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1867086 <https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1867086> (a photograph)
> https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/NMAH.AC.0324_ref460 <https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/NMAH.AC.0324_ref460> (a cartoon - though not much coffee shown)
>  
> Best -
>  
> Peggy Kidwell
> From: Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org <mailto:members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of Staiti, Alana <StaitiA at si.edu <mailto:StaitiA at si.edu>>
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> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Help on Coffee and Computing
>  
> External Email - Exercise Caution
> Hi Jim,
>  
> The National Museum of American History has some mugs in the computing collection featuring company names. Some include fun little sayings. See links below for a few examples. I'm not sure I can elaborate on coffee culture though! We are still working remotely but if you have specific questions about any of these or other objects I'd be happy to do whatever digging I can do from afar, for the time being.
>  
> https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1281495 <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanhistory.si.edu%2Fcollections%2Fsearch%2Fobject%2Fnmah_1281495&data=02%7C01%7Ckidwellp%40si.edu%7Cfa6254d427c84c4a6fad08d82ce6870e%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637308715955058625&sdata=2yjToxvJg097T7YaIu%2F3SkDRq6UBv%2BYIWinjh68PGqQ%3D&reserved=0>
> https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1281135 <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanhistory.si.edu%2Fcollections%2Fsearch%2Fobject%2Fnmah_1281135&data=02%7C01%7Ckidwellp%40si.edu%7Cfa6254d427c84c4a6fad08d82ce6870e%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637308715955058625&sdata=LsCiXe%2FDc9dbbydoHCscFyN8iDNTLcnhL96cvFJ4QHU%3D&reserved=0>
> https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1281136 <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanhistory.si.edu%2Fcollections%2Fsearch%2Fobject%2Fnmah_1281136&data=02%7C01%7Ckidwellp%40si.edu%7Cfa6254d427c84c4a6fad08d82ce6870e%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637308715955068616&sdata=rckja4adawNZnJdJu1f10AplLLTq4zBHSuX1lRVuMsY%3D&reserved=0>
> https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1281137 <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanhistory.si.edu%2Fcollections%2Fsearch%2Fobject%2Fnmah_1281137&data=02%7C01%7Ckidwellp%40si.edu%7Cfa6254d427c84c4a6fad08d82ce6870e%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637308715955068616&sdata=if2AKMU52J9PU8oO22NTlBtJJeIDyz%2FYkgwlWyWOtRg%3D&reserved=0>
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> Be well,
> Alana
>  
> Alana Staiti (she/her/hers)
> Curator of the History of Computers and Information Sciences
> National Museum of American History
> Smithsonian Institution
> staitia at si.edu <mailto:staitia at si.edu>
>  
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> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Help on Coffee and Computing
>  
> External Email - Exercise Caution
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> The IT community of users, programmers, vendors, etc have for decades had a reputation for being extensive consumers of coffee. In some parts of the IT ecosystem, especially among those who work odd hours, such as programmers, computer operators, and vendor field engineers.  I am studying the corporate ephemera of this industry and its cultural attachments, such as coffee cups and what they tell us about computing.  Do any of you have any information, ephemera, or sources and citations on this specific issue of coffee and computing?  I can get many industry folks, such as IBM retirees, to wax eloquently on the subject in their private FB accounts, but that is not enough.  Corporate culture is tough to study.  Thanks in advance for your help.  Jim 
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> James W. Cortada
> Senior Research Fellow
> Charles Babbage Institute
> University of Minnesota
> jcortada at umn.edu <mailto:jcortada at umn.edu>
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Internet History Program Curatorial Director, Computer History Museum            
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