# Source: Evans & Sutherland Corporate Records and History

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** Archive Record; Historical Website
**URL:** https://archivespace.lib.utah.edu/agents/corporate_entities/2243; https://www.historyofcg.com/pages/evans-sutherland-/
**Publisher:** University of Utah Special Collections; History of Computer Graphics
**Accessed:** 2026-06-18
**Updated:** 2026-06-18

## Summary

The University of Utah ArchivesSpace corporate-entity record and the History of Computer Graphics page provide a starting record for Evans & Sutherland's identity, Utah roots, and role in commercial computer graphics.

## Useful Claims

- The University of Utah archive record establishes Evans & Sutherland as a corporate entity with records held in a Utah institutional archive.
- The History of Computer Graphics page describes Evans & Sutherland as founded by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland in 1968 in Salt Lake City.
- The source supports the broad claim that Evans & Sutherland bridged University of Utah computer-graphics research and commercial visual-simulation systems.
- It is useful for identifying product and company-history threads that need stronger primary verification, including LDS-1, Picture System, Shaded Picture System, and simulation businesses.

## Reliability Notes

This is a workable source record, but it remains weaker than the others in this pass. The archive record is official but sparse, and the historical website is secondary. A later pass should add SEC filings, original manuals, company annual reports, Computer History Museum artifacts, or University of Utah archival finding aids for product dates and business claims.

## Related Pages

- [Evans & Sutherland](evans-and-sutherland.md)
- [University of Utah Computer Graphics Program](utah-computer-graphics-program.md)