Computers -- History
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Claire Schultz collection
This is material relating to the early days of Information Science. The material dates from the punch card era of information retrieval and slightly thereafter. It includes an Port-A-Punch board for cutting cards to use on the IBM 101, cards for the Termatrex sorting system, a card punch and a copy of AIChE's Technical Information Thesaurus (Preliminary Edition).
I.E.E.E. electrical engineering milestone ENIAC brochure
The brochure consists of a brief account of ENIAC, a program for the events connected to the celebration and an explanation of the I.E.E.E.'s Electrical Engineering Milestone program.
Monte Carlo Integrating Computer Collection: Wood materials
The collection consists of a copy of Dean Wood's Ph.D. thesis in which he set forth the rationale for, and the operational parameters of, an integrating computer to be used as an educational tool, and a hard-copy of a Power Point presentation of the computer's graphic display capabilities.
The Albert S. Matlack materials relating to computers & instruments
The collection includes instructions and manuals on the Deci-Log Slide Rule, the K&E Color Analyzer, an informational brochure on computers and their uses, an NAS Program from the 100th Annual Meeting, a 1927 Chemical Bulletin and a 1929 set of dental x-rays.