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- catalog abstract "Collection includes itineraries, speeches, correspondence, conference materials, articles by and about Dyson, audiotapes, and videotapes. Also includes EDventure Holdings web site.".
- catalog contributor b11356125.
- catalog date "1971".
- catalog description "Born in Switzerland to physicist and author Freeman Dyson and mathematics professor, Verena Huber-Dyson, Esther Dyson spent her childhood in California, London, Boston, Massachusetts, and Princeton, New Jersey. Admitted to Harvard at age sixteen, Dyson graduated with a BA in economics (1972). Following graduation, she worked at Forbes (1974-1977), first as a fact-checker and a reporter for three years before becoming a securities analyst at the investment firm, New Court Securities (later Rothschild Inc.). There, she tracked the progress of Federal Express and other start-ups, and began avidly following trends in the small computing and software trades. Dyson later worked as a securities analyst for the investment bank and full-time investment firm, Oppenheimer and Company (1980-1982). She met many pioneering and influential leaders in the computer industry, including Benjamin Rosen, the founder of Rosen Research. Rosen hired Dyson as vice president of Rosen Research and she took over production of Rosen Electronics newsletter, a monthly newsletter devoted to the technology industry. Dyson wrote prolifically, analyzing the impact of emerging technologies and markets on economies and societies. In addition to assuming responsibility for production of the newsletter, Dyson also began organizing an annual computer forum which grew from the annual Semi-conductor Forum sponsored by Rosen Research. Platforms for Communication Forum, commonly referred to as PC Forum, quickly became one of the most important annual conferences in the trade.".
- catalog description "Collection includes itineraries, speeches, correspondence, conference materials, articles by and about Dyson, audiotapes, and videotapes. Also includes EDventure Holdings web site.".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch01438".
- catalog description "Esther Dyson Papers, 1971-1999. MC 755. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.".
- catalog description "In 1984 Dyson joined forces with the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company to launch a daily newspaper, Computer Industry Daily, in 1985. The daily newsletter ceased publication after three months, at which time Dyson resumed publication of Release 1.0. In the mid 1980s, Dyson became the founder and president of EDventure Holdings, a venture capital firm. She has routinely traveled to Eastern Europe and Russia to shepherd the growth of emerging technology companies. An active participant in several non-profit and advisory organizations, Dyson served as founding chairperson of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from 1998 to 2000 and served on the boards of numerous corporations. A frequent featured speaker at industry events, she has contributed articles to various journals and has been named one of the most influential people in the industry. In the role of angel investor and philanthropist, she has championed digital technology, biotechnology, and, more recently, space travel.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent "16.25 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1971".
- catalog language "Most material in English; some materials in Russian, Hungarian, German, or French.".
- catalog language "eng rus hun ger fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "Angels (Investors) United States.".
- catalog subject "Artificial intelligence.".
- catalog subject "Businesswomen.".
- catalog subject "Computer networks social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Duncan, Mark.".
- catalog subject "Dyson, Alice.".
- catalog subject "Dyson, Dorothy.".
- catalog subject "Dyson, Esther, 1951-".
- catalog subject "Dyson, Freeman J.".
- catalog subject "Dyson, George.".
- catalog subject "Dyson, Verena Huber.".
- catalog subject "EDventure Holdings.".
- catalog subject "Felsenstein, Lee.".
- catalog subject "High technology industries Planning.".
- catalog subject "Internet Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Internet industry Planning.".
- catalog subject "Journalists.".
- catalog subject "New business enterprises Finance.".
- catalog subject "PC Forum.".
- catalog subject "Rosen Research, Inc.".
- catalog subject "Rosen, Benjamin.".
- catalog subject "Venture capital United States.".
- catalog subject "Women journalists.".
- catalog subject "Women-owned business enterprises.".
- catalog subject "Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.".
- catalog title "Papers of Esther Dyson, 1971-1999 (inclusive), 1978-1998 (bulk).".
- catalog type "Electronic records.".
- catalog type "Web sites.".
- catalog type "collection".