{"value"=>"<p>Series V holds alphabetically arranged research subject files and recordings maintained by Amacher on numerous topics related to her work and interests. This series reveals points of reference for Amacher's installations and compositions, as well as her wide-ranging interests in the fields of art, audio technology, music, physics, and psychology.</p> <p>The majority of subject files date from the 1980s to the 2000s, and contain news clippings from academic and magazine articles, many of which are annotated by Amacher. Occasionally, Amacher's handwritten notes accompany the articles and clippings, typically referencing their content. Original file titles are maintained when possible.</p> <p>Some research files concern Amacher's early career in the 1960s, namely \"Computer Schemes,\" which consists of annotated articles and notes from her time at the University of Illinois. A file titled \"Artificial Reverberation\" contains a 1953 Harvard University report on magnetic recording delay. In addition, there is a group of articles by Amacher's MIT colleague, Marvin Minsky, mostly about artificial intelligence.</p> <p>Many of the research files also relate to recording and computer technology that Amacher used throughout her career. Files on Pro Tools, AudioDesk, EVL and CAVE, Unix, Opcode Studio Vision, and DA-88 are present. These files often feature annotated manuals and printouts.</p> <p>Also of interest are several files specifically used for Amacher's unrealized project, <span class=\"title\">Intelligent Life</span>. These files, labeled \"I.L. [<span class=\"title\">Intelligent Life</span>],\" mostly contain clippings and notes from the 1980s and 1990s that address neurological and planetary research, as well as some budget notes. The bulk of files related to <span class=\"title\">Intelligent Life</span> are held in subseries IV.A.</p> <p>Other topics represented include acoustics, architecture, digital recording, the Internet, music theory, neuroscience, otoacoustic emissions, quantum computing logic, synesthesia, and tone studies. There are several audio equipment manuals with Amacher's annotations, in addition to book excerpts of <span class=\"title\">I Ching</span> and <span class=\"title\">Vermilion Sands</span>.</p> <p>The recordings held in this series largely relate to Amacher's sound research. Included here is a group of sound recordings, accompanied by some notes, that originate from New York University Intermedia around 1968. There is also a set of recordings that Amacher labeled \"Tone and Interval Studies\" dating from the 1970s during her time at MIT. Some of these recordings indicate that they feature Amacher's MIT colleague, Marvin Minsky. There are additional recordings held here of Minsky playing piano from the same period. Some of the recordings and composition notes held in series III may be related to these MIT recordings, but they were not labeled in a manner in which this could be verified.</p>"}