1. *Department of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218-2169; swleslie@jhu.edu. I would like to thank A.E. Anderson for generously sharing his manuscript history and recollections of transistor development at Allentown; Robert Eggers, Walter Holbrook and Leonard Pietruszynski for their reflections on Reading; and Edward Labuda for his insights on the Solid State Technology Center. I would also like to thank Nanci Mulzet, Edward Hearn and Carol Mulzet of IBEW 1522 for taking time to recount their work experiences. Nancy Nagle, Community Relations Manager, kindly opened the archives of Agere Systems, while Sheldon Hochheiser proved an invaluable guide to the archives at AT&T. The following abbreviations are used: Agere Archives, Allentown, PA; AT&T Archives, Warren, NJ; WE, Western Electric;WEE, Western Electric engineer.
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