Sub-series 2. Subject Binders, 1961-2000, undated

Arranged alphabetically by title, this sub-series contains the contents of subject binders created by and/or maintained by L. Arthur D’Asaro during his career at Bell Laboratories. A large majority of these files document projects D’Asaro worked on at Bell Laboratories. Of particular interest in this sub-series are the files concerning his work on self electrooptic effect devices. A small number of files concerning equipment and technology used by D’Asaro and his colleagues at Bell Laboratories are also found here.

From the Subject Binders sub-series, one can learn much about the research and development work conducted by D’Asaro and his colleagues over the course of his career at Bell Laboratories. This sub-series also reveals that D’Asaro actively sought to keep himself up to date with the latest technological developments in electronics engineering.

The contents of the Subject Binders sub-series consist of a variety of materials. Bell Laboratories technical memorandums, correspondence, reports, notes, presentations, drawing reproductions, and illustrations are found in this sub-series. A significant amount of accompanying photographic materials, which consist mainly of photographs, but also include smaller numbers of transparencies and negatives, are also found here. A couple of small accompanying artifacts, including a plastic robot arm and a slide rule, are preserved in the Subject Binders sub-series as well.