Archives of IT

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UK Charity capturing the stories of tech pioneers & inspiring future #STEM leaders. Online archive of oral history interviews with tech leaders from 1950s to today & free computing curriculum resources for teachers. #HistTech #EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed

Three technicians working at CRT terminals in a computer room with a large IBM mainframe; two are seated at consoles while a third stands by open equipment cabinets under a hanging sign reading "MVS/ESA IBM 3090."
A man and a woman standing behind tables with computers, books and papers on them and next to a green pop up banner with Archives of IT on it.
A GIF that displays 'Archives for Justice' the theme of International Archives Week 2026
A large computer room with striped floor tiles and large cabinets on each side holding the computer. In the centre is a console with desks. There are strip lights on the ceiling.
A white man in a dark suit jacket, white shirt and pale tie points to a chart showing a computer system. The chart is on a large flip chart. The man has short dark curly hair.
A black woman with short dark hair, light coloured earrings, wearing a white blouse with a dark coloured animal print and light trousers is searching racks of large magnetic tape reels. She is stood in the stacks.
A white appearing man with short curly hair and wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and tie is holding a sheaf of papers. He is pressing a switch on a control board for a large computer, which fills the side of the room. It has lots of circuits and valves.
A large computer in a room with dark and light floor tiles in a checkerboard pattern. Large tape reels can be seen in some of the wall cabinets. Two people are using dashboard equipment.
Two radio telescopes, one in the foreground and one silhouetted in the background. Texty reads 'View showing Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope...Photographed August, 1966'
An astronaut in a buggy travelling on the surface of the moon. The wheel arches have been coloured yellow and there is a mountain to his left. The rest of the image is grey, white and black.
An astronaut stood on a piece of machinery in space. The earth can be seen behind them.
A white man with dark curly hair, wearing a dark jumper and light collared shirt, holding a radio receiver in one hand. Behind him is a brick built building, with satellite dishes and aerials on.
A white woman with long pale hair, wearing a dark jumper and a light coloued, collared shirt, sat at a bench in a factory setting. She is holding a soldering iron in her hands and is using it to work on a large piece of equipment, likely a circuit board.
The poster is from the mid twentieth century and shows a white man with dark hair wearing an overall coat, fixing a telephone fuse box with a screwdriver. A stylised red telephone handset frames the image on the left. Words say: ‘An engineering career in the Post Office’ with a GPO logo bottom right.
Two Christmas elves with similar facial features, brown skin and black hair wearing green and red jackets and elf hats. They are working in a Christmas Santa's workshop tying parcels with red ribbon. White text says Double the difference at the top. At the bottom is Christmas Challenge, white tex on a red triangle and BigGive, white text on a black triangle.
An office space divided by temporary walls into cubes. Each cube contains a desk with a PC and files, documents and books.
A festive image with Archives of OT's logo and the Big Give's logo on a red and white background. An image shows two reindeers standing face on with red noses. They are surrounded by snow and trees.
A black and white aerial view of a large factory. A railway line is to the south and to the north is a housing estate and fields.
A black and white photograph of the inside of a factpry, showing large transistors and components. The building has large windows down one side, and exposed metal beams and joists.
A black and white photograph of a building draped in camouflaged netting. A red stamp to the right says 'SECRET'.
A white man wearing a lab coat and hat, stood in front of a satellite, demonstrating it to a white woman in a green velvet hat, holding a handbag and a white man in a shirt and tie, white coat and hairnet. They are all in a lab.
Two radio telescopes outside an observatory, surrounded by trees.
An engraving of a woman in a floral dress and shawl, holding a fan by William Henry Mote, after Alfred Edward Chalon stipple engraving, published 1839 NPG D5123, thanks to the National Portrait Gallery.
A white man wearing a light coloured shirt and dark tie using a PC to design a plastic kettle using CAD software
A white man with short fair hair in a side parting stood holding an early mobile phone, in front of a large tower. There are dishes at the top of the tower, which looks like a large antenna.
A photograph showing the set up of LEO including where the power supply, circuits, store and input and output equipment should be.
Two naked bronze giants atop a building entrance which says 'English Electric'. Each statue holds aloft a creature from the natural world, a lion and an eagle and represent power and speed.
Young people working in a lab. All are wearing brown coats whilst a man in a white coat at the front shows another man something on a board.
two people unpacking large pieces of computer hardware in a warehouse. Behind them a person is driving a forklift truck. All the boxes say 'Digital, Galway, Ireland'.
A video explaining the philosophy behind AIT's teaching resources directing people to their website to download free teaching resources
A white man with black hair and sideburns, wearing plastic gloves inspects a satellite on a chrome table at chest height. Behind him is a round piece of space equipment.
Back to school chalked on blackboard next to pot of colourful pencils and pile of notebooks
Image of Professor Sir Martin Sweeting at SSTL plus a quote from him on Careers advice: "Whatever you do, if you have the choice, choose something which you're interested in, something that stimulates you."
A video explaining the oral history resources available on the Archives of IT website for students and researchers, with illustrative photographs.
A group of smartly dressed people standing on a stage with trophies & certificates - they are all winners, finalists or judges at the 2025 Enterprise Awards.
A video of a white woman talking about the ARM1 microchip. The background photograph is of a microchip and is green with pieces of bronze solder.
Archives of IT - Capturing the past, Inspiring the Future Green background and 'polaroid' style photos on individuals - some in black and white, some in colour. Plus text explaining AIT Education resources and QR code linking to their free computing curriculum resources.