A. Wayne Brooke papers, 1948-1986 [manuscript]

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A. Wayne Brooke papers, 1948-1986 [manuscript]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/535564808

The A. Wayne Brooke Collection includes correspondence writings, research notes, publications, photographs, and a 16mm film. The collection spans from 1948 to 1986 and centers upon the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) at the International Business Machines, Inc. (IBM) and the history of computing.

3.75 linear ft. (3 archival boxes)

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7670311

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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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...

Brooke, A. Wayne.

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A. Wayne Brooke was born April 20, 1913 and died January 2, 1996. He graduated from Case Western Institute of Technology in 1935 with a bachelor's of Science in Physics and served in the United States Navy from 1942-1946 as an electronics officer. He joined IBM soon after the war, and his early career at IBM was wholly involved with the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) in the world headquarters of IBM in New York City. Brooke was the chief electronic engineer for the project and o...