Rolland B. Arndt papers, 1952-1987.

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Rolland B. Arndt papers, 1952-1987.

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Contains AFIPS and ERA/Remington Rand records. The AFIPS records include minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, computer printouts, financial records, subject files, and handwritten notes. The records document the financial history and board decisions from 1970-1987, the period that immediately preceded the dissolution of AFIPS. The records from ERA and Remington Rand consist of engineering log books documenting research on magnetic core storage at ERA and the NIKE-Zeus system at Remington Rand, correspondence, reports, and subject files.

3.25 cubic ft.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885447

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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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...

American federation of information processing societies

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The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was established on May 10, 1961 to advance and disseminate knowledge in the field of information science, and to represent member societies on an international level. The federation was an outgrowth of the National Joint Computer Committee, which was established in 1951 to sponsor the Joint Computer Conferences. One of the main contributions of AFIPS was its sponsorship of the Joint Computer Conference, renamed the National Comp...

Arndt, Rolland B.

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Arndt worked for Engineering Research Associates (ERA), later acquired by Remington Rand. He was active in the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and served on numerous committees and on the board of directors in the mid-1980s. From the description of Rolland B. Arndt papers, 1952-1987. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288409 ...

Remington Rand, inc

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