The Grabbe Collection 

The Grabbe Computer Component Collection spans 50 years of computer packaging development.  It is the result of the dedicated selection, photographing, and organizing of components which step by step show important steps in the progress of computer development.  The collection has selected components from nearly every major manufacture and represents a cross section of the computer industry.  The unique collection has 7000 components and 45,000 custom slides.  Many of the slides are microscopic views of circuits which look more like art than technology and represent thousands of hours of work by Mr. Grabbe.

Just a few of the 45,000 custom technology slides taken by Mr. Grabbe

Prismark Partners LLC sent a five member team of researchers and consultants to evaluate the Grabbe Collection.

J. Philip Plonski, Senior Consultant with Prismark Partners LLC 

Mark V. Christensen and Melanie Wuthenow, of Prismark Partners LLC

It is very exciting for InfoAge to house Mr. Grabbe's excellent collection where thousands of persons will be able to see computer development from ENIAC to current technology.  It is also very fitting for Camp Evans to display this collection with its Marconi history, World War II electronic and vacuum tube research history and especially Camp Evans contributions to early transistor development and application to military system. 
   We at InfoAge thank Dr. Michael Gelselowitz and staff of the IEEE History Center and Mr. Charles Lassen and staff of Prismark Partners LLC for their help and sponsorship in keeping this excellent collect intact and creating the possibility of expanding the collection in the future.   We are very grateful to Mr. Dimitry Grabbe for the thousands of hours and expertise he invested of his life in creating this important collection over his professional career.  Many persons in the future will have a much better understanding of the creativity and the challenges met in computer  packaging technology over the last 50 years thanks to Mr. Grabbe's efforts.  Some students may even consider the many professional careers in this area and the many manufactures represented in this collection as excellent employers.