Nathaniel Rochester Papers 1935-1999 (bulk 1943-1977)

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Nathaniel Rochester Papers 1935-1999 (bulk 1943-1977)

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Electrical engineer and computer designer. Correspondence, biographical material, data processing manuals, reports, oral history interviews, writings, photographs, certificates, and printed matter primarily documenting Rochester’s work with military radar at Sylvania Electric Products and his endeavors to design computers and computer programs while employed with the International Business Machines Corp.

350 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356786

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Rochester, Nathaniel

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Electrical engineer and computer designer. Born 1919; died 2001. From the description of Nathaniel Rochester papers, 1935-1999 (bulk 1943-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984533 ...

International Business Machines Corporation

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International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in New York State on June 16, 1911 under the name Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. In 1922, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. purchased all of the shares of Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft. In 1924 the official name of the company was changed to International Business Machines Corporation. In 1933, IBM CEO Thomas Watson ordered the merger of IBM subsidiaries in Germany (Optima, Degemag, Holgemag, Dehomag) under the name De...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

Rochester, Nathaniel, 1752-1831

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Biographical Note 1919, Jan. 14 Born, Buffalo, N.Y. 1941 B.A. in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1941 1943 Member, Massachusetts Institute of T...

Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.

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