John Von Neumann collection, 1919-1966 (bulk 1919-1949)

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John Von Neumann collection, 1919-1966 (bulk 1919-1949)

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Consists of twenty-nine autograph letters, and a typed manuscript copy, of the mathematician John Von Neumann. The 30 p. typescript is a copy of a lecture titled AN ADAPTATION OF THE MADDIDA : A DIGITAL DIFFERNTIAL ANALYSER OF NORTHRUP AIRCRAFT, INC. According to a handwritten note at the bottom of p. 1, the lecture was presented to the Cowles Commission Conference at the University of Chicago in 1949. Included is a photocopy of and article from the PRINCETON ALUMNI WEEKLY of June 7, 1966 titled THE COMPUTER - BIG MACHINE ON CAMPUS, by Charles E. Pepper in which he writes about a new computer at Princeton University, and mentions the first computer built by Von Neumann, which is currently at the Smithsonian Institute.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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Princeton University Library

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