Gordon D. Goldstein papers 1950-1979

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Gordon D. Goldstein papers 1950-1979

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Collection consists of subject files containing reports, memoranda, electronic mail print outs, and notes created by Gordon Goldstein as an electronics engineer and research administrator at the Office of Naval Research. Some of the material appears to have been gathered in his role as editor of the Digital Computing Newsletter.

2 boxes (0.8 cubic feet)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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