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1. Advertising Material Related to the Raychem Corporation Energy Division - Pamphlet

   Advertising material related to the Raychem Corporation: 2022.009.001 Product brochure, "Cable accessories and insulation products for electric utilities" Energy Division (c) 1986 Raychem Corporation, printed September 1987 Color offset lithograph on paper; 17 pages; dimensions: 11 x 8.5 2022.009.002 Product brochure, "Cable accessories and electrical insulation products for construction and industrial maintenance" Energy Division (...

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2. "A Strange Change Toy" Dinosaur - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" capsule, c. 1967-1979. Lime green "time capsule" piece that turns into a dinosaur with heat, made of irradiated plastic, produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. One compressed, lime-green, square capsule which is embossed with text on both sides, that reads, "MATTEL INC. TOYMAKERS" which encircle the letter "M" and an embossed image of a child, above the lett...

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3. "A Strange Change Toy" Dinosaur - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Dinosaur, c. 1967-1979. One of ten lime green "time capsule" pieces made of irradiated plastic produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The set was sold by Mattel, Inc. and included a machine with a heater and integrated compressor device, tweezers, instruction sheet, a 3-D molded plastic "Lost World Landscape", and an illustrated map. The square capsules expand...

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4. "A Strange Change Toy" Dinosaur and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s. Eight of nine lime green "time capsule" pieces that turn into a dinosaur when heated, made of irradiated plastic produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The set was sold by Mattel, Inc. and included a machine with a heater and integrated compressor device, tweezers, instruction sheet, a 3-D molded plastic "Lost World Landscape", a...

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5. "A Strange Change Toy" Monster - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Monster, late 1960s to 1970s. One monster, made of irradiated plastic, produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The monster figure is red and has two arms, two legs, and a head. The head has no neck and is low on the torso. The face has two eyes and an open oval mouth with two teeth. An embossed belly button can be seen right below the lower jaw. The elbows ar...

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6. "A Strange Change Toy" Monster and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Monster and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s. Nine of ten red "time capsule" pieces made of irradiated plastic produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The set was sold by Mattel, Inc. and included a machine with a heater and integrated compressor device, tweezers, instruction sheet, a 3-D molded plastic "Lost World Landscape", and an illustrated map. The square ca...

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7. "A Strange Change Toy" Monster and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Capsule, late 1960s to 1970s. One red "time capsule" piece, made of irradiated plastic, produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. Red, compressed, square capsule which is embossed with text on both sides, that reads, "MATTEL INC. TOYMAKERS" which encircle the letter "M" and an embossed image of a child, above the letter M, wearing a crown. the number "62" is em...

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8. "A Strange Change Toy" Robot and Capsules - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Capsule, late 1960s to 1970s. One yellow "time capsule" piece, made of irradiated plastic, produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. Yellow, compressed, square capsule which is embossed with text on both sides, which reads, "MATTEL INC. TOYMAKERS" which encircle the letter "M" and an embossed image of a child, above the letter M, wearing a crown.

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9. "A Strange Change Toy" Robot and Capsules - Toy

   "A Strange Change Toy" Robot, late 1960s to 1970s. One yellow robot made of irradiated plastic produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The robot figure is yellow and has a head, two arms and two legs. The main portion of the head is rectangular with an oval at top and flat circles at right and left. The lower part of the right arm is shaped like a shovel and the lower part of the l...

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10. "A Strange Change Toy" Robot and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s - Toy

    "A Strange Change Toy" Robot and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s. Ten yellow "time capsule" pieces made of irradiated plastic produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The set was sold by Mattel, Inc. and included a machine with a heater and integrated compressor device, tweezers, instruction sheet, a 3-D molded plastic "Lost World Landscape", and an illustrated map. The square capsules ...

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11. "A Strange Change Toy" Spiders and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s - Toy

    "A Strange Change Toy" Spiders and Capsules, late 1960s to 1970s. Ten pink "time capsule" pieces made of irradiated plastic produced by the Raychem Corporation as part of "A Strange Change Toy Featuring the Lost World" toy set. The set was sold by Mattel, Inc. and included a machine with a heater and integrated compressor device, tweezers, instruction sheet, a 3-D molded plastic "Lost World Landscape", and an illustrated map. The square capsules ...

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12. Marine Maintenance Kit, September 17, 1970 - Photograph

    Marine Maintenance Kit, September 17, 1970. Raychem Corporation black and white glossy photograph shows a Marine Maintenance Kit. The Kit is in an open grey metallic case and consists of different tools, wires, couplings and nuts and bolts. The case is against a grey background. This is a marketing or product catalog photograph. The caption with the photograph reads, "NEGATIVE# 177-70 (A) / TITLE Marine Maintenance Kit / PURPOSE / DATE ...

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13. Marine Maintenance Kit (with Zap Girls), September 17, 1970 - Photograph

    Marine Maintenance Kit (with Zap Girls), September 17, 1970. Black and white photograph shows two "Zap Girls" who are posing behind Raychem's Marine Maintenance Kit. The kit's case is open and contains different tools, couplings and bolts or screws. The Zap Girls are wearing shiny tops with the lower two-thirds cut into long tassels. Underneath they are wearing a garment that looks like a long-sleeve black leotard. The caption with the photogr...

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14. MTC Mil-STD 1553B Commemorative Statue - Sculpture

    MTC Mil-STD 1553B Commemorative Statue, c. 2000s. Acrylic sculpture commemorates Raychem MTC components produced by Tyco Electronics that meet the criteria of military standard 1553B. The overall shape of the sculpture is a right trapezoid, and eleven devices are visible "floating" in the center of clear acrylic. "Tyco / Electronics" is printed in blue at top center. The bottom of the sculpture is made with black opaque acrylic; white text printe...

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15. One Billionth mini-SMD Device Commemorative Sculpture, 2001 - Sculpture

    One Billionth mini-SMD Device Commemorative Sculpture, 2001. Transparent acrylic sculpture commemorates the one billionth mini surface-mount device (SMD) produced by the Raychem Corporation and Tyco Electronics. Mini-SMD devices were first developed and produced by the Raychem Corporation and later sold by Tyco when it purchased the Raychem Corporation in 1999. The sculpture is cylindrical with an angle cut face that is 1.25" high at bottom front...

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16. Paul Cook’s Untold Story of How Raychem Started - Disk, Optical

    Paul Cook’s Untold Story of How Raychem Started, January 31, 2017. Presentation given by Paul Cook at a Raychemer luncheon. The event was held at Michaels at Shoreline restaurant in Mountain View on January 31, 2017. Recorded and edited by Andrew Mellows. DVD-R copy. 720 x 480 frame size at 29.97 frames per second. Running time: 00:59:19 MP4 video also on file (2016.015.003.40.1)

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17. Paul Cook’s Untold Story of How Raychem Started - Video, Digital

    Paul Cook’s Untold Story of How Raychem Started, January 31, 2017. Presentation given by Paul Cook at a Raychemer luncheon. The event was held at Michaels at Shoreline restaurant in Mountain View on January 31, 2017. Recorded and edited by Andrew Mellows as an MP4 video file. 1920 x 1080 frame size at 29.97 frames per second. Running time: 00:59:23 DVD-R copy also on file (2016.015.003.40.2)

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18. Paul M. Cook Technical Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony - Video, Digital

    Black and white digital video file (MP4), "Paul M. Cook Technical Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony," February 16, 1996. TRT 0:54:50. In 1990, technical leaders at Raychem proposed creating the "Raychem Technical Hall of Fame." The first inductee was Paul M. Cook on December 11, 1991. Plaques with the names of each induction class were mounted in the lobby of Buidling J auditorium in Raychem's Menlo Park headquarters. This video shows the induction...

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19. Paul M. Cook Technical Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony - Videotape

    VHS tape, "Paul M. Cook Technical Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony," June 25, 1993, TRT 1:04:50 In 1990, technical leaders at Raychem proposed creating the "Raychem Technical Hall of Fame." The first inductee was Paul M. Cook on December 11, 1991. Plaques with the names of each induction class were mounted in the lobby of Buidling J auditorium in Raychem's Menlo Park headquarters. This video shows the induction ceremony for the second group in 199...

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20. Plaque Commemorating the Production of the One Billionth Foot of Raychem Self-Regulating Heat Tracing Cable, c. 2007-2008 - Plaque

    Plaque Commemorating the Production of the One Billionth Foot of Raychem Self-Regulating Heat Tracing Cable, 2008. This is a commemorative sculpture with a piece of BTV self-regulating heat tracing cable suspended within a rectangular piece of clear acrylic that sits on a black acrylic base. The cable appears at an angle in the acrylic with one end of the cable cut to show the different layers of its construction. The cable has a black conductiv...

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21. Ray at Telecom Show, July 25, 1975 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Telecom Show Chicago, July 25, 1975. Black and white contact sheet of 4 x 5 film shows three images of the puppet Ray the Raychem Seal with a Raychem Corporation telecom product. Ray appears at the top of each image next to a telephone. A cable leading away from the telephone curves back and forth across the image and connects to a second cable with rectangular hardware at lower right. The images are similar with Ray holding the telephone receive...

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22. Ray at Telecom Show, July 25, 1975 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Ray at Telecom Show, July 25, 1975. Black and white contact sheet of 4 x 5 film shows three images of the puppet Ray the Raychem Seal with Raychem Corporation products. Ray appears at the top of each image with application equipment heaters arranged out in front of him. Several metal clamps and a swivel hook are chained together and rest of a piece of material with large grommets at bottom center. The images are similar with the only change the p...

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23. Raychem 9kv Surge Arrester, c. 1995-1997 - Insulator

    Raychem Corporation 9kv Surge Arrester, c. 1996. Third generation surge arrester designed by the Raychem Corporation for the European market to provide lightening protection for electrical utility grids. The surge arrester is produced with novel ceramic and metal chemistry that is covered in a housing of weather and voltage protective polymer. A cylindrical metal shaft with an octagonal shape embossed at each end runs vertically through the cent...

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24. Raychem Betalloy Training #2 - U-matic

    Raychem Betalloy Training #2, October 23, 1978. U-matic videotape shows a Raychem Corporation internal training video on the properties and practical applications of Betalloy with Peter Brooks (Metals Technology) and Dick Yaeger (Product Development). Betalloy was Raychem's product line of shape memory alloys used in connectors for electrical and scientific use. Recorded on one Maxell KCA 60 3/4" U-matic videotape with NTSC encoding. Total time 0...

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25. Raychem Betalloy Training #4 - U-matic

    Raychem Betalloy Training #4, October 23, 1978. Raychem Corporation internal training video on Betalloy with Ken Camerier discussing product design within the constraints of the material. Betalloy was Raychem’s product line of shape memory alloys used in connectors for electrical and scientific use. Raychem, based in Menlo Park, California, pioneered the use of radiation chemistry for commercial applications. Recorded on one Maxell KCA 60 3/4" U-...

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