[ih] Jon Postel's papers

[Jack Haverty]

If Jon's papers contain digital or paper copies of email traffic through 
the 70s and 80s, they might be a unique resource for historians.  That 
period was when we were all fascinated with the new toy of email, but 
space to store or archive old messages was expensive and scarce.

Many discussions that previously would happen in papers, conferences, or 
other traditional channels were instead carried out in email exchanges, 
much of which I suspect has been lost.   Formal documents, such as RFCs, 
usually captured only the results of such discussions, and little of the 
reasoning and alternatives that had been debated feverishly.

Jack Haverty


On 7/18/25 07:38, John Kristoff via Internet-history wrote:
> The collected archives of Jon Postel's papers seems to be extensive,
> some of which is restricted, none of which is online:
>
>    <https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fb5b2x/>
>
> I would guess there is some fascinating bits inside that mountain of
> material.  Of those within reach of this message, I'd be curious what
> timelines, milestones, events, etc. you'd be particularly interested in
> for the most important Internet history insights.
>
> John

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