Gertrude Blanch papers, 1932-1996.

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Gertrude Blanch papers, 1932-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62439602

The collection consists of lectures and published articles by mathematician Gertrude Blanch, other professional writings collected by Blanch, and some biographical material and personal and professional correspondence.

4 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7814627

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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United States. Works Projects Administration.

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Rhodes, Ida, 1900-1986.

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Blanch, G. (Gertrude), 1897-

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Gertrude Blanch was born Gittel Kaimowitz in Kolno, Poland, and emigrated to New York with her family in 1907. She received the B.S. in 1932 from New York University and the Ph.D. in algebraic geometry from Cornell University in 1935. From 1938-1942, Blanch served as technical director of the Mathematical Tables Project, which in 1942 became part of the wartime Office for Scientific Research and Development. She later served in senior positions at the Institute for Numerical Analysis and at Wrig...

United States. National Bureau of Standards.

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After World War II the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978. From the description of Computer Literature Collection, 1956-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat re...