Custodian
The Hartwell Collection
New England, United States Preserving since 1987
Contribution
342
Objects in Archive
Preservation
218
3D scans contributed
Research Access
41
Requests fulfilled
Areas of Focus
Early computingSpaceflightScientific instruments
About the Collection
A three-generation New England family collection focused on the machines that built the modern world — from Apollo-era avionics to the first personal computers. The Hartwells open their holdings to qualified researchers and have loaned objects to museum exhibitions in Boston and Washington.
Custodianship Philosophy
"Objects survive when people care about them. Knowledge survives when people share it."
Public Objects
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E6B Analog Flight Computer
1944
Early Integrated Circuit Wafer
1967
Early GPS Prototype Receiver
1978
Experimental Semiconductor Package
1961
NASA Apollo Mission Checklist
1972
IBM System/360 SLT Module and Logic Card
1964
WWII Field Radio Transceiver
1943
Sony TPS-L2 Walkman
1979
3D
Early Computer Mouse Prototype
1964
Bell Labs Point-Contact Transistor Prototype
1948
Enigma Machine Rotor Assembly
1941
3D
Apple I Motherboard
1976