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Papers, 1890-1997 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1890-1997 (inclusive).

Articles by and about Helen Thomas and her work on the history of variable star observation. Also interview transcript describing MIT's Radiation Laboratory, information about the Trans World Airlines "Cosmic Contest," photographs of radar on U.S. Navy warships, 1941-1945, and family photographs, 1890-1922.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear ft.

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00456/catalog View

Auerbach, Isaac L. (Isaac Levin), 1921-1992. A survey of large scale computing machines, 1947 [Photoprints].

Title: A survey of large scale computing machines, 1947 [Photoprints].

Isaac Auerbach began his report by noting developments in analog computing beginning in the late 19th century. Particular attention was focused on Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer. He then explored the advantages of digital computing and explained the basic elements of computational theory as they were understood in the late 1940s. Auerbach's final section surveyed current projects at research institutions (Harvard Computation Laboratory, Iowa State College, National Bureau of Standards, Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study, and MIT) and at commercial firms (Electronic Control Company, Engineering Research Associates, IBM, Raytheon, Eastman Kodak, and Bell Laboratories). Aeurbach concluded his report by analyzing the commercial market for electronic digital computers.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164039114 View

Abrasive Machine Tool Company. Trade catalogs of hardware, 1900-1928.

Title: Trade catalogs of hardware, 1900-1928.

Trade catalogs of hardware, sanding machines, grinding and polishing machines, polishing machines, and other ephemera relating to hardware.

ArchivalResource: 72 items (1 box) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568803 View

Yuter, Seymour C.,. Technitrol, Inc., lawsuit records, 1945-1976.

Title: Technitrol, Inc., lawsuit records, 1945-1976.

The collection consists of copies of trial records collected by Seymour C. Yuter, a patent attorney for Technitrol, Inc. They include documents from the interlocking suits of Technitrol v. Control Data Corp., Technitrol v. Sperry Rand, and Technitrol v. U.S.A., which came to trial between the late 1950s and the mid 1970s. The principal point at issue was, who was the inventor of the magnetic storage drum. The records provide a fascinating picture of the early history of the computer industry and trace the role played by the military in the years immediately after World War II.

ArchivalResource: 23 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122457977 View

Portrait Photograph Collection, 1930-1940

Title: Portrait Photograph Collection, 1930-1940

This collection includes photographic prints of copies of paintings, prints, and engravins and portraits of businessmen and industrialists

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft. (12 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00096/catalog View