Series I. Sales Literature, 1991-2016, undated

Arranged alphabetically by company, this series contains sales literature printed by scanning probe instrument manufacturers, which were collected by Jane Frommer. Manufacturers represented in this series include Digital Instruments, Incorporated, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Nanonics Imaging Limited, and Park Scientific Instruments. Many of these materials were given to Frommer by the companies’ principals who visited (and sometimes collaborated with) her at IBM Research.

A majority of the materials in this series concern specific scanning probe instruments manufactured by the various firms, including, but not limited to, atomic force microscopes, scanning probe microscopes, scanning tunneling microscopes, and microscopy probes. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of materials concerning technical aspects of scanning probe microscopy, including, but not limited to, analytical techniques, imaging, and probing, are also preserved here.

The contents of this series consist of a variety of printed sales materials. Brochures, data sheets, sales booklets, and sales articles are the most common items found in this series. Small numbers of other miscellaneous sales materials, including, but not limited to, posters, webpage printouts, and postcards, are preserved here as well.