Hello, thanks for visiting the Sprint Archival Project, also known as The Sap Project!
The Sprint Archival Project (The SAP Project) is a digital preservation initiative dedicated to collecting, archiving, and safeguarding media, documents, and historical materials associated with the former telecommunications company Sprint and the Sprint Campus in Kansas City, Missouri. The project aims to preserve everything from corporate publications, advertisements, photographs, videos, and internal documentation to architectural records and cultural artifacts connected to Sprint's decades-long presence.
The preservation of this material is critical for long-term data integrity and historical continuity. As corporations dissolve, merge, or rebrand, vast amounts of information are often lost to website shutdowns, internal data purges, physical deterioration, or unforeseen disasters. By archiving these materials, The SAP Project ensures that important records remain accessible and protected from permanent loss, enabling future generations to study, reference, and understand them.
Although Sprint ceased to exist as an independent entity following its 2020 merger with T-Mobile, its influence on telecommunications, corporate culture, and the Kansas City region remains significant. Sprint played a major role in the development of mobile technology in the United States and left a lasting physical and cultural footprint through the Sprint Campus and its workforce. Preserving this history provides valuable context for researchers, historians, technologists, urban planners, and former employees alike.
The Sprint Archival Project is not only an act of preservation but also one of documentation and respect. By maintaining a centralized, accessible archive, the project seeks to ensure that Sprint's legacy--both its achievements and its challenges--is not erased by time, corporate consolidation, or digital decay. The SAP Project exists to keep this history available, searchable, and meaningful for future research, education, and public interest.