Sarah E. Igo from Vanderbilt University delivers a talk titled “Nine Digits: A Biography of the SSN, 1935-1975.” This talk was included in the session titled “With Data We Order Society.”

Part of “Histories of Data and the Database,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 18–19, 2016.

Sarah E. Igo from Vanderbilt University delivers a talk titled “Nine Digits: A Biography of the SSN, 1935-1975.” This talk was included in the session titled “With Data We Order Society.” Part of “Histories of Data and the Database,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 18–19, 2016.

Nine Digits: A Biography of the SSN, 1935-1975

In the age of internet searches and social media, data has become hot—and not for the first time. An international group of historians will consider the promises, fears, practices, and technologies for recording and transmitting data in the 18th century to the present, including the implications for the lives of citizens and subjects. The conference was held at The Huntington on Nov. 18–19, 2016.

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Nine Digits: A Biography of the SSN, 1935-1975

Nine Digits: A Biography of the SSN, 1935-1975