Oral histories, 1980-1991.

Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993

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Thomas J. Watson, Jr., was born in New York on Jan. 8, 1914. His parents were Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and Jeanette Kittredge Watson. Watson, Sr. was the founder of International Business Machines (IBM). Thomas J. Watson, Jr., attended the Hun School in Princeton, N.J. He graduated from Brown University in 1937. After traveling in Europe and the Far East in 1937, Watson to went work as a sales representative for IBM. He married Olive Field Cawley in 1941. During World War II, Watson joined the ...

Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.

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Lincoln Laboratory

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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...

National Cash Register Company

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Cash register manufacturing and sales company, founded by John H. Patterson in Dayton, Ohio, in 1884. Later the company became known as NCR. From the description of Souvenir of Fifth Annual Convention of the Hundred Point Club, Dayton, Ohio, 1911, Jan. 9-14. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 166329104 The National Cash Register Company was founded in 1884 in Dayton, Ohio. by John H. Patterson. Maker of the first mechanical cash registers and predecessor of NCR C...

Nordyke, H. William

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Bashe, Charles J.

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Goetz, J. A.

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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...

Johnson, Lyle R.

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Texas instruments incorporated

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Founded 1930, Geophysical Service; 1951, Texas Instruments. Provider of consulting and engineering services; manufacturer of computer components; electronic components; laboratory equipment; semiconductors. From the description of Archives. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306188 Organized in 1930 as Geophysical Service, the company was formed to provide oil exploration services using the reflection seismograph. This technology used sound waves to look deep int...

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...

Goldstine, Herman H. (Herman Heine), 1913-2004

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Herman Heine Goldstine was a professor of mathematics (University of Chicago, 1936-1939; University of Michigan, 1939-1950) and was involved in the early development of the computer during World War II and the 1950s. He continued to publish on the history of these subjects. He has held many administrative positions in scientific research with International Business Machines Corporation, namely, Director of Mathematical Sciences, Research (1958-1960); Director of Scientific Development, IBM Resea...

Hoffman, A. J. 1924-.

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Amdahl, Gene M. (Gene Myron), 1922-

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Computer scientist and founder of Amdahl Corporation. From the description of Oral history interview with Gene Amdahl, 1986 Apr. 16, 1989 Jan. 17, 1989 Apr. 5. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63277432 Biography / Administrative History Computer designer, author, inventor and corporate executive, Gene M. Amdahl was born on November 16, 1922 in Flaundreau, South Dakota. Amdahl married Marion D. Q...

Slade, Bernard N.

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General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

Pugh, Emerson W.

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Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-1996

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Computer scientist and director of IBM's Applied Science Department in the 1950s. From the description of Oral history interview with Cuthbert Corwin Hurd, 1994 Nov. 18. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489004 International Business Machines (IBM) executive. From the description of Oral history interview with Cuthbert Corwin Hurd, ca. 1976. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63307034 Computer scientis...

Pohm, A.V.

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Every, Maurice A.

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Motorola, Inc.

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Remington Rand, inc

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Rubens, Sidney Michel.

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Physics professor and computer engineer. From the description of Oral history interview with Sidney Michel Rubens, 1986 Jan. 6, 1986 Jan. 15. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288474 ...

Control Data Corporation

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In January 1980, William C. Norris began planning for Control Data Corporation (CDC) executives to write histories of the major business segments of the company. After compiling a list of potential contributors, selected current and former CDC executives were requested to write narratives, with as much supporting documentation as possible, on specific business areas or topics in mid-1980. By late 1981, all the narratives had been completed. From the description of Control Data Corpor...

Little, John B.

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Eschenfelder, A. H. 1925-.

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Radio corporation of America

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Telex Corporation.

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Henle, Richard A.

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Keller, Seymour P.

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International Business Machines Corporation. Technical History Project.

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The IBM Technical History Project was begun in 1980 following a suggestion made two years earlier by Emanuel R. Piore, former v.p. and chief scientist, to Chairman Frank T. Cary that books be written about IBM's technical history. The first volume, THE IBM FILE MEMORY DEVELOPMENT EFFORT, was printed internally in 1981. There followed three volumes published by MIT Press: MEMORIES THAT SHAPED AN INDUSTRY by Emerson W. Pugh (1984), IBM's EARLY COMPUTERS by Charles J. Bashe, Lyle R. Johnson, John H...

Redfield, David, 1964-

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Andrews, Clayton

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Hoagland, Albert S.

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Wang, An, 1920-1990

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Honeywell Inc.

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The Multics operating system was developed at MIT's Project MAC in cooperation with Bell Laboratories and General Electric beginning in 1964. It was written in PL/I, a high level programming language, and designed to adapt to future needs. When Honeywell took over General Electric's computer section it marketed Multics as a commercial product. From the description of Multics records, 1965-1982. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63295362 From the gui...

Buchholz, Werner, Systems consultant

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Birkenstock, James W. (James Warren), 1912-

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International Business Machines executive. From the description of Oral history interview with James W. Birkenstock, 1980 Aug. 12. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63276348 James W. Birkenstock joined International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) as a salesman in 1935. He was appointed as a Corporate Vice President in 1958 and elected director of IBM World Trade Corporation in 1966. During his tenure at IBM, Birkenstock was involved with the in...

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...

Cogar Corporation.

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Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000

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Piore received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1935. His career has included serving as vice-president, chief scientist, and director of IBM, as well as deputy chief and chief scientist for the Office of Naval Research. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences. From the description of Emanuel Ruben Pi...

Leilich, H.-O.

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Forrester, Jay W.

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The development of Whirlwind I, one of the first large-scale high-speed computers, began during World War II as part of a research project to develop a universal flight trainer that would simulate flight (the Aircraft Stability and Control Analyzer project). It was initiated by the Office of Naval Research and began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Servomechanisms Laboratory in 1944. Eventually the focus of the grant, a flight simulator (using an analog computer), change...

Palmer, John H.

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Harrison, Thomas G., 1939-

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Burroughs Corporation

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The collection contains manuals for a number of different Burroughs computer systems, including the B6700, the B7000/B6000/B5000 families, and large systems in general. They concentrate on the programming languages (ALGOL and COBOL), but also contain primers on CANDE, WFL, and the DMSII system. From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Product literature., 1910-1984, (Bulk: 1961-1982), (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) The HOBO ...

Sayre, David A.

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McPherson, J. C.

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Hunter, Lloyd P

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Beckman, Frank S.

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Eichelberger, Edward B.

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Information Storage Systems, Inc.

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Sorokin, Peter P.

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Rochester, Nathaniel

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Electrical engineer and computer designer. Born 1919; died 2001. From the description of Nathaniel Rochester papers, 1935-1999 (bulk 1943-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984533 ...

Rajchman, Jan A. (Jan Aleksander), 1911-

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Smith, R. Blair.

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International Business Machines (IBM) salesman and later marketing management. From the description of Oral history interview with R. Blair Smith, 1980, May. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63289557 ...

Proebster, Walter E., 1928-....

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Cypser, R.J.

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