Records, 1893-1976 (bulk 1927-1965).

Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...

Engineering research associates

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Early computer manufacturing firm. From the description of Engineering Research Associates records, 1945-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435921 During the Second World War, the Navy recognized that the computer, with its ability to rapidly manipulate data streams, was a natural tool for encoding and decoding enemy messages. In 1944 and 1945 it sponsored a number of research projects in this area. Its most successful unit was l...

Victor Safe and Equipment Company, Inc.

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Reliable Machine Company.

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Vickers, Harry F. (Harry Franklin), 1898-1977

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Remrand Corporation.

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Aviation Exploration, Inc.

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Mauchly, John W. (John William), 1907-1980

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Computer science professor and co-designer of the ENIAC, EDVAC, and UNIVAC computers. From the description of Oral history interview with John W. Mauchly, 1976. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288500 Computer science professor and co-designer of the UNIVAC. From the description of Sperry Univac Point of View speech, 1973 Nov. 13. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63276343 ...

Recording & Statistical Corporation.

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Vega Alta Corporation.

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Waterbury Tool Company.

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Intel Sales Finance Corporation.

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Rodic Rubber Corporation.

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Illinois Scientific Developments, Inc.

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United States Business Utilities, Inc.

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Lektro Products, Ltd.

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Norris, William C., 1911-2006

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William C. Norris was born in 1911. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1932. He assumed management of the family farm upon the death of his father a few months later. From 1935 to 1941 he served as a sales engineer with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company and worked in Omaha and Chicago. During World War II, Norris was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Na...

North American Aviation

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Wright Machinery Company.

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Salar Corporation.

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Wheeler Insulated Wire Company, Inc.

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Remington Rand, inc

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Engstrom, Howard T. (Howard Theodore), 1902-1962

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Sperry Rand Corporation

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There are two epochs in the history of computing: before the completion of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (known as the ENIAC), and after. While there are several controversies about the development of the ENIAC and its immediate successors, there is nearly universal agreement on three points: the ENIAC was the watershed project which convinced the world that electronic computing was not merely possible, but practicable; it was a masterpiece of electrical engineeri...

Rand, James H. (James Henry), 1886-1968

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Sperry Rand Corporation. New Holland Division

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Rock Ledge Laboratories, Incorporated.

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Remington Electric Shaver Corporation.

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Remington Rand, inc

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Sperry Investment Corporation.

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Intercontinent Aviation, Inc.

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Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), 1919-1995

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Moore School of Electrical Engineering personnel in the 1940s. From the description of Oral history interview with J. Presper Eckert, Kathleen Mauchly, James McNulty, and William Cleaver, 1980 Jan. 23. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63297207 Co-designer of the ENIAC, EDVAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC computers. From the description of Oral history interview with J. Presper Eckert, 1975. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record i...

Wheeler Electronic Corporation.

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Electronic Data Processing Machines Corporation.

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Benwood-Linze Corporation.

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Remington Typewriter Company

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Information Storage Systems, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f54611 (corporateBody)

Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Ford Instrument Company

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Unisys Corporation

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Salem Valve Company.

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Sperry Corporation

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The Sperry Rand Corporation was incorporated under the laws of Delaware on June 30, 1955, as a merger of Remington Rand, Inc., and The Sperry Corporation. Sperry Rand was renamed the Sperry Corporation on Aug. 1, 1979. On September 16, 1986 Sperry was merged into the Burroughs Corporation. Burroughs, the surviving corporate entity, was renamed the Unisys Corporation. The firm was a major manufacturer of office machines, computers, electric appliances, feedback control systems and aerospace compo...

Vickers-Detroit Hydraulics Proprietary, Ltd.

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Hertzler & Zook Company.

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Puerto Rico Card Corporation.

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Wright's Automatic Tobacco Packing Machine Company.

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New Holland Machine Company

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Saturn Project (U.S.)

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Sperry Gyroscope Company, inc.

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Elmer Sperry (1860-1930) founded the Sperry Gyroscope Company in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1910 in order to develop, manufacture, and market his gyrocompass, ship stabilizer, and high-intensity searchlight. During the months that followed, Sperry worked closely with Admiral David W. Taylor of the U.S. Navy to perfect these inventions. In 1911 the first gyrocompass was installed on the battleship DELAWARE. Despite some problems associated with its installation, by 1915 it had been adopted a...

Ford Instrument Corporation.

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Sperry Gyroscope Company, inc.

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Elmer Sperry (1860-1930) founded the Sperry Gyroscope Company in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1910 in order to develop, manufacture, and market his gyrocompass, ship stabilizer, and high-intensity searchlight. During the months that followed, Sperry worked closely with Admiral David W. Taylor of the U.S. Navy to perfect these inventions. In 1911 the first gyrocompass was installed on the battleship DELAWARE. Despite some problems associated with its installation, by 1915 it had been adopted a...

Vickers, Incorporated

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Sperry Rand Corporation. Remington Rand Division.

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Intercontinent Corporation.

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New Holland Machine Company

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Sperry Farragut Company.

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Safe-Cabinet Company

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Wright's Automatic Machinery Company.

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Farm Equipment Center, Inc.

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American Typewriter Company of New York, Inc.

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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991

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Robert F. Wagner, three term Mayor of New York City was born April 20, 1910 on the upper east side of Manhattan, New York. He attended Taft School in Connecticut, Yale University, the Harvard Graduate School of Business, the School of International Relations in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Yale University Law School, from which he graduated in 1937. At the age of 26, Wagner was elected to the State Assembly from the Yorkville District and he served in that position for four years. From 1942 to 1...