Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date; Sam Zell Automatons; Box; Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
COinS Metadata
available (e.g., for Zotero).
Summary Information
At a Glance
Call No.: | MS#1602 |
Bib ID: | 9180164 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Zell, Sam, 1941- |
Title: | Sam Zell
Automatons,
1999-2006.
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Physical description: | 8 linear ft. (8 oversized custom boxes)
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Language(s): | Material is in English
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Access: |
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Material is organized chronologically
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Description
Scope and Content
Collection of eight automatons. Samuel "Sam" Zell. Billionaire investor and chairman of
Equity Group Investments, an investment firm focused on transportation, real-estate,
energy, media and healthcare industries. Mr. Zell has 675 automatons made each year and
gives them out as New Year's presents. The automatons are freestanding sculptural
objects that represent a different topic each year. They are charged with an AC adaptor
and then started by the push of a button. They begin by playing a new year's message
from Sam Zell and then continue with a song parody, generally about the economy
(although the 2004 automaton is about the election). The automatons move at the same
time as they play the message and song.
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Using the Collection
RBML
Access Restrictions
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material
from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University
Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to
publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission
rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date; Sam Zell Automatons; Box; Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Items processed 02/10/2012 Wes Alcenat
Finding aid written 02/10/ Wes Alcenat
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
February 10, 2012
Finding aid written in English.
2012-02-10
xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Genre/Form
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Automata. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Subjects
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Zell, Sam, 1941- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
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History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note
Samuel "Sam" Zell. Billionaire investor and chairman of Equity
Group Investments, an investment firm focused on transportation, real-estate, energy,
media and healthcare industries.
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