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Movie and Theatre Slang Notecards, Barry Buchanan Collection. Carnegie Mellon University Archives Image courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Archives

The Carnegie Mellon University Archives is an institutional archive, concentrating on the collection and preservation of items directly related to CMU. Within this mission, however, is the acknowledgement that the influence of the university extends beyond its campus. Special Collecting Interests allow the archive to illustrate the wider influence of the university through the papers of alumni, records of collaborative projects, even items pertaining to protests of some of the university's projects. Maintaining Special Collecting Interests also allows the archives to bring in collections that, while not directly related to CMU, may support an area of research of particular interest to the University community.

Robert Adrian Papers
3 linear feet of papers, 1979-87.
Information relating to many of the same projects documented in the Digital Art Exchange (DAX) collection, including preliminary organizational documents for "La Plissure du Texte," "Network Planetario," and the I.P. Sharp Associates' Artex (Artbox)
artists' text network, the first of its kind in the world.

James Bertram Collection
4 linear feet and various oversized materials, 1897-1943.
Bertram (1873-1935) was Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary and a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation.

Andrew Carnegie Collection
6 linear feet of papers, photographs and publications, 1851-1914.
The collection contains Carnegie's personal papers, many of which pertain to
the founding of Carnegie Technical Schools.

Barry Buchanan Collection
2 linear feet of papers, 1919-1970 [bulk: 1934-1945]
Buchanan was a CMU alumni who worked in the movie industry. His papers include Circus and amusement park ephemera, a collection of catalogs of movie equipment (1920s-1950s), and personal papers pertaining to his work as a consultant for United Artists Corp. in the 1940s and 1950s. Collection is significant for the extensive notes taken by Buchanan for his Encylopedia of Theatre and Movie Slang.

Carnegie Institute Papers
2 linear feet of papers and publications, 1907-42.

Caste Collection
1/2 linear foot. Andrew Carnegie related books, papers, and slides.

Digital Art Exchange (DAX) Collection
5 linear feet of papers, video and audio tapes, and photographic materials, 1979-91.
The DAX group at Carnegie Mellon University was a cross-disciplinary organization involved in the early exploration of analog and digital telecommunications media (telematics) in art.

James W. Dougherty Collection
3 linear feet of books, course materials and ephemera from this 1949 Engineering graduate, 1916-61.

Vince Eirene/Protest Materials
1/2 linear foot, 1984-1993
The collection contains materials relating to the protests over the creation and opening of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Leonard Ferguson Collection
15 linear feet of papers, 1918-88.
This collection contains materials related to the Walter Van Dyke Bingham papers and the area of Applied Psychology.

Pamela McCorduck Collection
2 linear feet of scripts and audio tapes of interviews on the history of artificial intelligence, which were conducted in 1974-75. Among those interviewed are Allen Newell and Herbert Simon.

Enterprise Program Papers
1 linear foot of publications, 1975-78.
This program was to promote an active exchange between Carnegie Mellon and commercial and industrial firms.

Real Estate Plat-Book of Pittsburgh Collection
19 volumes containing real estate information for the City of Pittsburgh, 1889-1929.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz Collection
1 linear foot of papers from the former President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Bud Yorkin Collection
10 linear feet of scripts and videotapes
Scripts and video tapes from three television productions; Barney Miller, What's Happening, and Carter Country. These shows were produced by Carnegie Mellon alumnus Bud Yorkin (A'48).