Alan R. Earls, a Boston-area
journalist
and historian, delivers slide shows
and talks
on a wide range of subjects, most
based on his series of regional history books
published by Arcadia Publishing
Please contact him at 508 528 6930
Topics include:
Ø Massachusetts' Route
128 – Its key role in the state’s 20th century growth and in the creation of the high-tech business
sector nationally.(Slides or PowerPoint)
Ø Raytheon, the Little Company that Could – how a failed refrigerator company became a dominant
firm in the electronics and defense sectors. (PowerPoint or transparencies)
Ø Polaroid – it took more than instant pictures to make Polaroid an instant success. (PowerPoint
and DVD)
Ø Georges Doriot—The Eminence Gris of Massachusetts
High Tech. Although not well known to the general public, The General – General Georges Doriot – was a towering
figure in the mid-20th century launch of high tech in the region, helping to attract
the Army to build Natick Labs, launching both the modern venture capital industry and companies such as Digital Equipment
Corporation (Slides and VHS film)
Ø The Weapons of Watertown Arsenal.
Many people are familiar with the giant, now defunct Watertown Arsenal (1816-1966), in part because so many of its familiar
buildings are still with us. This presentation provides an introduction to what was manufactured at the arsenal and why....
(Slides or PowerPoint)
Ø U.S. Army Natick Lab, “The Science Behind the Soldier.”
For more than half a century, researcher in Natick
have broken new ground in feeding and clothing the military. Their breakthroughs in food irradiation and aseptic packaging
have had an impact on civilian life, too. (PowerPoint)
Ø DEC Lives! Digital Equipment Corporation may have
gone out of existence but the influence of this remarkable New England success story is still
felt today. (PowerPoint)
Ø The Blizzard of `78. Bostonians will never forget
the epochal struggle for survival that began on Feb.6, 1978. (PowerPoint)
