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Collection Overview

Box and Folder Listing

Series 2: Professional Life: Japan, 1993-2002

This series contains five sub-series, all pertaining to Forest's career in Japan. While in Japan, he worked for Koyosha Graphics and later Microsoft. He additionally published a regular column in the magazine Computing Japan and maintained a website about living in Japan and technology. Each sub-series is arranged alphabetically.

Sub-Series 1: Japan Job Search and Business Notes, 1993-2002

Box 2

Folder 1: Correspondence: Job Search in Japan, 1993

Folder 2: Notebooks: Business Notes, 1995-1997

Folder 3: Notebooks: Business-Related (1 of 2), ca. 1993-2002

Folder 4: Notebooks: Business-Related (2 of 2), ca. 1993-2002

Folder 5: Resume of Qualifications and Job Letter, 1993-2002

Sub-Series 2: Koyosha Graphics, 1993-1996

Box 2

Folder 6: Journal Notes: Work for Koyosha Graphics, ca. 1993-1995

Folder 7: Scrapbook (In Binder): Forest Linton Japan Work Koyosha, 1993-1996

Scrapbook assembled by Norma Linton, Forest's mother. Contains I. Work Search History and II. Work Life and Koyosha (Part 1)

Folder 8: Scrapbook (In Binder): Forest Linton Japan Work Life: Koyosha (Part 2), 1994-1996

Scrapbook assembled by Norma Linton, Forest's mother. Work Life and Koyosha (Part 2).

Folder 9: Scrapbook (In Binder): Koyosha Graphics, 1994-1996

Scrapbook assembled by Norma Linton.

Sub-Series 3: Microsoft Japan, 1995-2002

Box 2

Folder 10: AJALT Private Japanese Language Lessons - Provided by Microsoft, 1999-2000

Folder 11: Correspondence with Microsoft Associates, 2001-2002

Folder 12: Directions on Microsoft - Corporate Organization, 2001

Folder 13: Empowerment Leadership - Participant's Guide (with Forest's Annotations), 2001

Folder 14: Meeting and Presentation with Bill Gates, 1996-2001

Folder 15: Microsoft Business Cards and Meeting Notes, 2000-2002

Folder 16: Microsoft: Business Correspondence, Notes, and Presentations (English and Japanese), ca. 1996-2002

Folder 17: Microsoft: Business Ideas, Notes, and Plans, 2001-2002

Folder 18: Microsoft: Internet Explorer 4.0 Booklet and Notes, ca. 1997-1998

Folder 19: Microsoft Internet Marketing Day Photographs, ca. 1996-2002

Folder 20: MSN Japan: Business Plans and Presentations, 1998-2002

Folder 21: Scrapbook: Advertising and Promotion of Internet Explorer 4.0, 1997-1998

Scrapbook assembled by Norma Linton.

Folder 22: Scrapbook: Awards and Gifts Presented to Forest Linton, 1997-2001

Scrapbook assembled by Norma Linton.

Folder 23: "What it Takes" Microsoft Article, ca. 1995

Folder 24: Windows Magazine: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (In Japanese), ca. 1996-2002

Sub-Series 4: Forest's Articles and Columns in Japanese Publications, 1994-2002

Box 2

Folder 25: A Collection of Columns/Articles by Forest Linton, 1995-2002

Assembled by Norma Linton.

Folder 26: Computing Japan, 1994

Vol. 1: No. 7, December.

Folder 27: Computing Japan, 1995

Vol. 2: No. 1, January; No. 3, March; No. 4, April; No. 7, July; No. 10, November; No. 11, December.

Folder 28: Computing Japan, 1996

Vol. 3: No. 2, February/March.

Folder 29: Computing Japan, 1997

Vol. 4: No. 8, August.

Folder 30: Computing Japan (1 of 2), 1998

Vol. 5: No. 1, January; No. 2 February; No. 3, March; No. 4, April; No. 5, May.

Folder 31: Computing Japan (2 of 2), 1998

Vol. 5: No. 7, July; No. 9, September; No. 10, October; No. 11, November; No. 12, December.

Folder 32: Computing Japan, 1999

Vol. 6: No. 1, January; No. 4, April.

Folder 33: The Digital Forest: "Money on the Net Part 1" Web Article in Computing Japan, 1999

Folder 34: "The Forest" Website and Computing Japan Column, 1994-1995

Box 3

Folder 1: Scrapbook: Forest's Computing Japan Articles, 1994-1999

Folder 2: Scrapbook: Forest Linton's Japanese Publications, 1995-1997

Scrapbook assembled by Norma Linton.

Sub-Series 5: Japanese Publications with Advertisements, Articles, and Interviews Featuring Forest, 1994-2000

Box 3

Folder 3: Excerpts of Articles about Forest, ca. 1997-1998

Folder 4: Internet ASCII Magazine (In Japanese), 1998

Vol. 3 No. 1. See page 186 for article featuring Forest.

Folder 5: Internet Magazine - Includes Interview with Forest  (In Japanese), 1995

No. 10. See page 99 for interview with Forest.

Folder 6: Internet Magazine (In Japanese), 1997

Special issue with photograph of Forest for Microsoft Internet Explorer promotion on page 1; No. 8, "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview" pages 250-277, including interview with Forest (pages 276-277).

Folder 7: Scrapbook: Interviews and Photos of Forest Linton in Japanese Publications, 1994-2000

Assembled by Norma Linton.

Folder 8: Japanese Magazines Featuring Articles about Forest, 1998

Folder 9: Japanese Magazines Featuring Forest (1 of 2), 1997

Folder 10: Japanese Magazines Featuring Forest (2 of 2), 1997

Folder 11: Japanese Magazines Featuring Forest, 1998

Folder 12: MicroCampus Japanese Newsletter - Issues Featuring Forest, 1997-1998, 2000

Folder 13: Netn@vi Magazine: Issues Featuring Articles about Forest, 1997