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Frank, Howard. Oral history interview with Howard Frank, 1990 Mar. 30.

Title: Oral history interview with Howard Frank, 1990 Mar. 30.

The interview begins with a discussion of Frank's background in networking, including his education, work in the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and founding of the Network Analysis Corporation. Frank then describes his work on ARPANET, including interaction with Lawrence Roberts and the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), relationship with Bolt, Beranek and Newman and Leonard Kleinrock, and work on other network-related projects. The interview concludes with some general comments about IPTO as a government agency.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 52K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283039 View

Charles H. Irby Papers, 1962-1975

Title: Charles H. Irby Papers, 1962-1975

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf1n39n52q View

Alex McKenzie collection of computer networking development records, 1969-1990

Title: Alex McKenzie collection of computer networking development records 1969-1990

The collection contains INWG records, Internet Experiment Notes (IEN) and ARPANET Reports, collected by Alex McKenzie during his tenure with INWG.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes (3.0 cubic feet)

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/cbi00123.xml View

Beranek, Leo Leroy, 1914-. Interview with Leo Beranek, [videorecording] recorded by Joseph Leary; 1998 April 14.

Title: Interview with Leo Beranek, [videorecording] recorded by Joseph Leary; 1998 April 14.

Topics discussed on Tape 1 include Beranek's early career at MIT; the formation of Bolt, Beranek and Newman and its early projects in architectural acoustics and engineering, and noise control; the company's relationship to the Lincoln Laboratory and Joseph Licklider, and the birth of digital computing; the formation of ARPANet, predecessor of the Internet. On Tape 2 Beranek talks about his later work with BBN in Europe; talks about concert halls and architectural acoustics; answers various questions.

ArchivalResource: 1 betacam master.3 sound cassettes (60 min. ea.) analog, mono.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81360296 View

Morse, Philip McCord papers

Title: Philip McCord Morse papers

This collection documents the career of Philip Morse. Morse served on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1931 to 1969 and was a leader in the field of operations research. The papers consist of biographical information; correspondence; notes; committee minutes; course material; reports; trip diaries; manuscripts; research data and graphs; and reprints and other printed material. The collection also includes a series of administrative records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology documenting committee and policy work Morse participated in.

ArchivalResource: 29.0 cubic feet; in 29 record cartons

https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/resources/635 View

McKenzie, Alexander A. (Alexander Anderson),. Computer networking development records, 1969-1990.

Title: Computer networking development records, 1969-1990.

International Packet Network Working Group (INWG) records, Internet Experiment Notes (IEN) and ARPANET Reports.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62450201 View

Licklider, J. C. R. Oral history interview with J. C. R. Licklider, 1988 Oct. 28.

Title: Oral history interview with J. C. R. Licklider, 1988 Oct. 28.

Licklider discusses his work at Lincoln Laboratory and at the Advanced Research Projects Agency's (ARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO). Topics include: personnel recruitment; the interrelations between the various Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratories; Licklider's relationship with Bolt, Beranek, and Newman; the work of ARPA director Jack Ruina; IPTO's influence of computer science research in the areas of interactive computing and timesharing; the ARPA contracting process; and the work of Ivan Sutherland.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 113K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309584 View

Cerf, Vinton G., 1943-. Oral history interview with Vinton G. Cerf, 1990 Apr. 24.

Title: Oral history interview with Vinton G. Cerf, 1990 Apr. 24.

Following a brief overview of his background, Cerf describes his involvement with the ARPA network, including his work for the Network Measurement Center while a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his relationships with Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Robert Kahn, Lawrence Roberts, and the Network Working Group. Other topics include: various influences on the development of the TCP/IP protocol, Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) funding while he was at Stanford University, his decision in 1976 to become a program manager for networking projects at IPTO, and the military use of IPTO networking projects.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 73K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63276494 View

Heart, Frank,. Oral history interview with Frank Heart, 1990 Mar. 13.

Title: Oral history interview with Frank Heart, 1990 Mar. 13.

Following a brief overview of his fifteen years of experience at Lincoln Laboratory (including work on Whirlwind and SAGE), Heart describes his move to Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) and how he became involved with the ARPA network project. As the manager of the project at BBN for over ten years, Heart discusses his relationships with the groups at BBN, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lawrence Roberts, and the host community. Some of the problems encountered and surprises in the development of the network are addressed by Heart, as are the changes he has seen in DARPA over the years of his involvement with them.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 70K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63307045 View

Kahn, Robert E. Oral history interview with Robert E. Kahn, 1990 Apr. 24.

Title: Oral history interview with Robert E. Kahn, 1990 Apr. 24.

The interview focuses on Kahn's role in the development of computer networking from 1967 through the early 1980s. Beginning with his work at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), Kahn discusses his involvement as the ARPANET proposal was being written, his decision to become active in the implementation of the network, and his role in the public demonstration of the ARPANET.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 81K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63288514 View

Walden, David C. Oral history interview with David C. Walden, 1990 Feb. 6.

Title: Oral history interview with David C. Walden, 1990 Feb. 6.

Following a brief overview of his background, Walden traces his involvement with the ARPANET, from discussions before the original Advanced Research Projects Agency request was issued to his later management of the project at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). He discusses the people involved in the ARPANET work at BBN and how they were influenced by their previous work developing real-time computer systems at Lincoln Laboratory. Walden describes the working environment of the group at BBN and their relationships with the Information Processing Techniques Office, other Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contractors, and the larger community.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 73K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63288513 View

Kleinrock, Leonard. Oral history interview with Leonard Kleinrock, 1990 Apr. 3.

Title: Oral history interview with Leonard Kleinrock, 1990 Apr. 3.

Kleinrock begins the interview with a discussion of his background including his participation in the Staff Associate Program at Lincoln Laboratory in the early 1960s, his dissertation work on queuing theory, and his move to UCLA. As one of the main contractors for the ARPANET, Kleinrock describes his involvement in discussions before the official Advanced Research Projects Agency request was issued, the people involved in the ARPANET work at UCLA, the installation of the first node of the network, the Network Measurement Center, and his relationships with Lawrence Roberts and the Information Processing Techniques Office, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, and the Network Analysis Corporation.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 68K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63276508 View

McKenzie, Alexander A. (Alexander Anderson), 1940-. Oral history interview with Alexander A. McKenzie, 1990 Mar. 13.

Title: Oral history interview with Alexander A. McKenzie, 1990 Mar. 13.

Following a brief overview of his background, McKenzie discusses his connection with the ARPANET project at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), including an indirect influence on hardware selection, his early role as a project generalist responsible for handling user questions and giving presentations about the ARPANET, and the running of the Network Control Center (NCC). McKenzie addresses why the NCC was set up, how it expanded, his view of the computer utility concept, and his interactions with the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), the other members of the group at BBN, and the rest of the community. The interview ends with an evaluation of the impact of the ARPANET.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 80K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63307056 View

Ornstein, Severo,. Oral history interview with Severo Ornstein, 1990 Mar. 6.

Title: Oral history interview with Severo Ornstein, 1990 Mar. 6.

In an interview conducted on March 6, 1991, by Judy E. O'Neill, Ornstein describes his experience at Lincoln Laboratory, which included work on the SAGE, TX2, and LINC computers. He discusses his involvement with the LINC project, including its move to Washington University, and the later work there on DARPA/IPTO sponsored macromodule project. As the principal hardware designer of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) for the ARPANET, Ornstein describes the IMP design work at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), the working environment of the group at BBN, his relationship with Lawrence Roberts, his interactions with Honeywell, and his work on the Pluribus multi-processor IMP.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 92K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62481525 View

Ungar, Eric E. Oral history interview with Eric Ungar, 2001 December 6.

Title: Oral history interview with Eric Ungar, 2001 December 6.

Biographical oral history interview. Topics include: Ungar's family leaving Vienna for St. Louis, fleeing the Nazis; college years at Washington University interrupted by Army service in postwar Europe; takes up mechanical engineering on return to Washington University; Master's degree at University of New Mexico night school while employed at Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque; PhD at New York University in late 1950s; recruitment to Bolt, Beranak and Newmann; joins the Acoustical Society of America, rising to the presidency; family and leisure activities.

ArchivalResource: Sound recording: 1 cassette tape.Transcript: 24 pages

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154303373 View

Harrison and Abramovitz. [Acoustical plans of] Metropolitan Opera House [and other theatres] [graphic] : [floor plans and sections] / Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Consultants in Acoustics ; Harrison & Abramovitz, Architects.

Title: [Acoustical plans of] Metropolitan Opera House [and other theatres] [graphic] : [floor plans and sections] / Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Consultants in Acoustics ; Harrison & Abramovitz, Architects. 1960.

ArchivalResource: 15 sheets : blueline print on paper ; 80.4 x 130.0 cm. (31 3/4 x 51 1/4 in.) or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80616573 View

Minnesota Orchestra. Minnesota Orchestra buildings and related materials, 1956-1979.

Title: Minnesota Orchestra buildings and related materials, 1956-1979.

Includes information about the Northrop Auditorium Shell and extensive documentation regarding the construction of Orchestra Hall which was dedicated in October 1974.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes (5.2 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63317622 View

Zraket, Charles A.,. Oral history interview with Charles A. Zraket, 1990 May 3.

Title: Oral history interview with Charles A. Zraket, 1990 May 3.

Zraket describes the Information Processing Techniques Office's (IPTO) interest in command and control systems in the early 1960s. He provides a perspective on the military expectations of computing that developed from the Whirlwind and SAGE Projects. Zraket discusses the interaction between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the MITRE Corporation, and Bolt, Beranek, and Newman. He concludes the interview with an overview of DARPA funding trends in the 1980s.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 43K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283831 View

Irby, Charles H. Charles H. Irby papers, 1962-1975.

Title: Charles H. Irby papers, 1962-1975.

Primarily correspondence, memos, working notes and technical reports from work on ARPANET, Control Meta Language, Modular Programming System and software and interface applications while Irby was at SRI International and Xerox Park.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122448187 View

Crowther, William,. Oral history interview with William Crowther, 1990 Mar. 12.

Title: Oral history interview with William Crowther, 1990 Mar. 12.

After describing his work at Lincoln Laboratory on real-time systems and its connection to his early view of the network, Crowther traces his involvement in the ARPA network project, including his work with routing, new processor designs, and the early software implementation. He also discusses the composition and functioning of the project group at Bolt, Beranek and Newman, his interaction with the Information Processing Techniques Office and the rest of the community, and his later work at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 43K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63295648 View