John Vincent Atanasoff Papers
The collection includes books from Atanasoff's library, court papers from the trial that proved Atanasoff was the inventor of the first electronic digital computer, and notes and papers on the designs of several of his other inventions. The collection is housed in the Special Collections Department of the Iowa State University Library.
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creator: |
John Vincent Atanasoff (1903-1995) |
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title: |
Papers |
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dates: |
1925-2003 |
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extent: |
21.16 linear feet (39 manuscript boxes, 3 records center cartons, 1 map case folder) |
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collection number: |
RS 13/20/51
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repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative
information
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access: |
Open for research |
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publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
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preferred citation: |
John Vincent Atanasoff Papers, RS 13/20/51, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
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Biographical note |
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Atanasoff received his
masters degree (1926) in mathematics from Iowa State College,
and a few days later, he married Lura Meeks.
They had three children: Elsie, Joanne and John II.
He completed his doctoral thesis, "The Dielectric
Constant of Helium," at the University of Wisconsin and
received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1930.
In the fall of 1930 he became a member of the Iowa
State College faculty as assistant professor in mathematics
and physics. Atanasoff began developing a computation method
for solving complicated math problems in a faster, more
efficient way. He was promoted to associate professor (1936)
of both mathematics and physics.
Atanasoff
continued to struggle with the development of a faster
computation system and in 1937 developed basic concepts for
his computing machine. After
receiving a grant of $650 from Iowa State College in March
1939, Atanasoff hired
an electrical engineering student, Clifford E. Berry, to
assist him. From 1939 until 1941 they worked at developing and
improving the ABC, Atanasoff-Berry Computer, as it was later
named. When World War II started on 7 December 1941, the work
on the computer came to a halt. Although Iowa State College
had hired a Chicago patent lawyer, Richard R. Trexler, the
patenting of the ABC was never completed.
In September of 1942
Atanasoff left for a defense-related position at the Naval
Ordnance Laboratory in Washington, D.C. and became Chief of
the Acoustics Division.
By 1948 the Atanasoff-Berry Computer had been removed
from the Physics Building and dismantled.
Neither Atanasoff nor Clifford Berry were ever notified
that the computer was going to be destroyed.
In 1949 Atanasoff and his wife Lura were divorced. Lura moved with the children to Denver, Colorado. In the same year, John Atanasoff married Alice Crosby. In 1949 he became
chief scientist for the Army Field Forces and he then returned
to Washington as director (1950-1951) of the Navy Fuse Program
at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. In 1952 he established The
Ordnance Engineering Corporation, a research and engineering
company in Rockville, Maryland, with his friend and former
student, David Beecher. The company was sold to Aerojet
General Corporation in 1957, and he became Manager of its
Atlantic Division from 1957-1959 and Vice President from
1959-1961. In 1961 he retired.
Although the ABC was
never patented, it was part of major court case in the 1960s
and 1970s. In
Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, Sperry Rand was attempting to
establish the validity of patent rights they had purchased
from J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly. These rights
included the Electronic Numerical Integrator (ENIAC) which
Eckert and Mauchly had patented in 1964. Honeywell, Inc. was
trying to establish that Mauchly had obtained important
concepts used in the ENIAC from examination of a device known
as the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, during a visit to Iowa State
in June, 1941. In his decision (1973), the judge agreed that
the concepts used in developing ENIAC were based on Atanasoff’s
work with the ABC.
Atanasoff received numerous awards and honors including: the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Award (1945); Order of Cyril and Methodius (1970); Iowa Inventors Hall of Fame (1974); Governor's Science Medal (1985); Holley Medal, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (1985) and the Coors American
Ingenuity Award (1986) and the National Medal of Technology
(1990).
After a long illness,
Atanasoff died of a stroke on 15 June 1995 at his home in
Maryland.
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Collection Description |
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Series 2,
Correspondence (1929-1993), contains a wide variety of
professional correspondence from colleagues, friends, and
students from throughout Atanasoff’s career.
Correspondents include George Gross, Sam Legvold, Max
Munk, Bob Vaile, Jay Woodrow, and Iowa State College (later
University). Several
folders of 1993 celebratory birthday cards received from
Maryland elementary school children are also in this series.
Atanasoff was involved
with the Aerojet Corporation in the late 1950s, and their
records are contained in Series 3, Business records
(1956-1961). Included
are memorandum and correspondence concerning company
proposals. The
proposals include the development of automation systems,
bacteriological weapons, and a satellite program.
Series 4, Invention records
(1930-1981), contains
records relating to Atanasoff’s inventions, beginning prior
to World War II and extending through to the 1970s.
The files contain notes, information, and drawings
relating to the following inventions: an electrical clock
(1936); cathode-ray tub and low-frequency detection device
(World War II-era); electronic chassis (late 1940s); and
several inventions relating to his home in Maryland, including
the house itself, a hog house, a dryer for vegetables, and a
seeder.
Atanasoff’s research
notes and published materials relating to his career are in Series
5, Research and publications (1926-1986, n.d.).
There are reprint articles, notes for speeches,
translations, Iowa State College exam questions and
coursework, quantum mechanics notes, portions of a book on
underwater acoustics and sound, Naval Ordnance Laboratory
project reports, and drafts of “The Advent of Electronic
Digital Computing,” published in the Annals of the History
of Computing in 1983.
A large component of
the Atanasoff papers is Series 6, Legal records (1925-1980,
n.d.), which contains depositions, transcripts of
proceedings, testimony, correspondence, black and white
photographs, published materials, original notes and drawings,
and a finding of fact for the case of Honeywell, Inc. v.
Sperry-Rand. The
materials relate to the development of the ABC Computer, and
depositions from Atanasoff, John Mauchly, and patent lawyer,
Richard Trexler, and a full-length interview with Atanasoff
are included. The
correspondents include Cliff Berry, Sam Legvold, Richard
Trexler, and Iowa State College (University).
Series 7, Language
study records (1965-1980), contains published materials,
notes, and correspondence, related to Atanasoff’s
experimentation and study of the creation of a new alphabet.
Atanasoff firmly believed that a digital alphabet
should be developed as the current alphabet was too difficult
for children to learn.
Series 8, Printed
materials (1927-1993), consists of a varying amount of
printed material, relating to Atanasoff’s research interest.
Included are reprint articles and theses of former
students and other researchers, and articles and clippings
relating to the history of computing.
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Organization |
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The collection is organized into eight series: Series 1, Biographical Records, 1930-1995, n.d. (unorganized) Series 2, Correspondence, 1929-1993, n.d. (unorganized) Series 3, Business Records, 1956-1961 (unorganized) Series 4, Invention Records, 1930-1981, n.d. (unorganized) Series 5, Research and Publications, 1926-1986, n.d. (unorganized) Series 6, Legal Records, 1925-1980, n.d. (unorganized) Series 7, Language Study, 1965-1980, n.d. (unorganized) Series 8, Printed Materials, 1927-2003, n.d. (unorganized)
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Series 1 |
Biographical
records, 1925-1995, n.d. |
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extent: |
64 folders |
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description: |
This series contains biographical sketches and personnel records; newspaper and printed clippings; photographs and scanned image printouts; certificates; oral history interviews with Atanasoff; material from Clark Mollenhoff’s book, “Atanasoff : Forgotten Father of the Computer” (1988) and other published material concerning Atanasoff; awards information; correspondence relating to computer exhibitions and the 1990 trip to Bulgaria; 2 audiotapes; and a film script.
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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4 |
8 |
Publicity clippings |
1960-1961 |
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4 |
9 |
Still photographs (6) of Atanasoff |
1947-1950 |
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4 |
10 |
Publicity clippings |
1960-1961 |
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4 |
12 |
Personnel files and notes |
1949-1952, n.d. |
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4 |
13 |
Biographical sketches |
n.d. |
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5 |
17 |
Personnel contract |
1950 |
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5 |
18 |
Personnel forms |
1948-1951 |
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5 |
19 |
Personnel records |
1949-1950 |
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6 |
5 |
Membership certificate |
1948 |
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7 |
1 |
Centennial Award (University of Florida) |
1953 |
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8 |
8 |
Memberships, notes, personnel information, house information, correspondence |
1930-1941 |
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12 |
1 |
Biographical sketch |
n.d. |
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12 |
4 |
Scanned images (JVA), biographical sketches, birthday correspondence (elementary school) |
ca. 1993 |
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14 |
14 |
Certificate of appreciation |
1993 |
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15 |
2 |
Scanned images of JVA (color) |
1993 |
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20 |
2 |
Correspondence with oral history interviewer, William Turner |
1987-1991 |
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20 |
3 |
Oral history transcript |
1987 |
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20 |
4 |
Oral history transcript |
1988 |
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20 |
5 |
Notes and reminiscences on Naval Ordnance Lab for oral history |
1987 |
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20 |
6 |
“How the Computer Revolution Started Fifty Years Ago,” by William Turner |
1988 |
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20 |
7 |
Mollenhoff book, Chapters 1-5 |
ca. 1988 |
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20 |
8 |
Mollenhoff book, Chapters 6-10 |
ca. 1988 |
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20 |
9 |
Mollenhoff book, Chapters 11-15 |
ca. 1988 |
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20 |
10 |
List (incomplete) of patents |
n.d. |
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20 |
11 |
Allen McIntosh—article in IEEE |
1984-1986 |
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20 |
12 |
Allen McIntosh—article in IEEE |
1986-1989 |
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21 |
1 |
Awards and press clippings |
1986-1990 |
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21 |
3 |
Presidential Medal |
1990 |
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21 |
4 |
Mollenhoff ballad and memorial card |
1988, n.d. |
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21 |
5 |
Mollenhoff book, Chapters 16-20 |
ca. 1988 |
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21 |
6 |
Reference chronology |
n.d. |
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21 |
7 |
Field notes (notebook) |
1968 |
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21 |
9 |
Listing of data documents |
1986-1988 |
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21 |
10 |
Listing of data documents |
1983-1986 |
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21 |
12 |
Lists and calculator manuals |
1985, n.d. |
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21 |
13 |
Handwritten guidelines for using computer |
1989 |
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22 |
6 |
Computer exhibit clippings and correspondence |
1990 |
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22 |
7 |
Bulgarian documentary correspondence |
1989-1990 |
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22 |
8 |
Smithsonian exhibit clippings and correspondence |
1988-1990 |
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22 |
10 |
Mollenhoff release |
n.d. |
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22 |
11 |
Mollenhoff correspondence and information |
1986-1990 |
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34 |
8 |
Honorary degree, Western Maryland College |
1982-1984 |
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36 |
17 |
Clipping |
1985 |
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38-39 |
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See Series 5, Research and Publications; also see article, Annals of the History of Computing |
ca. 1980-1983 |
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41 |
1 |
Biographical materials |
n.d. |
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41 |
2 |
Biographical materials |
1950-1976, n.d. |
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41 |
3 |
Biographical material |
1974 |
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41 |
4 |
Biographical material |
1974 |
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41 |
5 |
Biographical material |
1981 |
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41 |
6 |
Biographical material |
1983-1984 |
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41 |
7 |
Biographical material |
1989-1999 |
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41 |
8 |
Biographical material (2 audio cassette tapes: All Things Considered) |
1986-1995 |
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41 |
11 |
Addresses, awards, remarks |
1974 |
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41 |
12 |
Addresses, awards, remarks |
1980 |
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41 |
13 |
Addresses, awards, remarks |
1981 |
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41 |
14 |
List of publications |
1936-1942, n.d. |
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41 |
21 |
Photographs, 1940s-1950s (photocopies) |
n.d. |
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41 |
22 |
Bulgaria trip |
1970 |
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42 |
6 |
Film: “From One John Vincent Atanasoff” Script |
1983 |
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42 |
7 |
Film: “From One John Vincent Atanasoff” Script |
1981-1983 |
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42 |
8 |
Film: “From One John Vincent Atanasoff” Notes and initial treatment |
1969-1979 |
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46 |
1 |
Clippings |
1985-1992 |
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46 |
2 |
Clippings |
1984 |
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46 |
3 |
Clippings |
1942-1983, n.d. |
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50 |
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Award: The National Medal of Technology |
1990 |
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Map case |
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Sigma Tau Epsilon chapter initiated March 12, 1924 |
1924 |
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Map case |
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Pi Mu Epsilon certificate of membership |
1923 |
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Map case |
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Phi Kappa Phi, University of Florida Class of 1925 |
1925 |
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Map case |
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Iowa State College Master of Science Degree |
1926 |
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Map case |
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High school diploma |
1920 |
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Map case |
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University of Florida B.S. in Electrical Engineering |
1925 |
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Map case |
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Mount St. Mary’s College Doctor of Humane Letters |
ca. 1990 |
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Map case |
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Poster: “The people behind computers: A brief history (2 copies and negative transparency) |
n.d. |
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Map case |
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Appointment to the Great Navy of Nebraska |
1984 |
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Map case |
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Poster: John Vincent Atanasoff lecture for the Digital Equipment Corporation: “The ABC Machine: Atanasoff-Berry Computer” |
1980 |
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Map case |
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Russian poster |
1983 |
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Map case |
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Maryland House of Representatives resolution |
n.d. |
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Map case |
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Maryland State government: photographs upon declaring the resolution |
1989 |
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Map case |
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Democrat Chronicle article featuring John Atanasoff in photograph |
1960 |
Description of series
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Series 2 |
Correspondence |
1929-1993, n.d. |
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extent: |
56 folders |
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description: |
This series contains a wide variety of professional correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students from throughout Atanasoff’s career. Correspondents include George Gross, Sam Legvold, Max Munk, Bob Vaile, Jay Woodrow, and Iowa State College (later University) departments and offices. Several folders of 1993 celebratory birthday cards received from Maryland elementary school children are also included in this series. |
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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2 |
4 |
Heat energy from the ocean |
1977 |
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2 |
5 |
ABC exhibit at the State Historical Society of Iowa |
1987 |
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3 |
2 |
Scanivalve Company |
1973 |
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3 |
13 |
Computer Medicine |
1974-1976 |
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3 |
14 |
Max Munk |
1974-1985 |
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3 |
15 |
U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
1976 |
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5 |
2 |
Dr. Roy and Betty Weller |
1950-1951 |
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5 |
3 |
Bob Vaile (Stanford University) |
1950-1960 |
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5 |
20 |
Reference and profressional |
1950-1951 |
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6 |
4 |
Miscellaneous |
1949-1951 |
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6 |
6 |
Personal and professional |
1955-1960 |
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6 |
7 |
Personal and professional |
1952-1955 |
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7 |
2 |
A-E |
1938-1942 |
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7 |
5 |
Personal and professional |
1960-1961 |
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7 |
9 |
Personal and professional (including correspondence with the Iowa State Highway Comm.) |
1936-1937 |
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7 |
13 |
George Gross |
1937-1942 |
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8 |
2 |
Ray Cook |
1936-1940 |
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8 |
3 |
Sam Legvold |
1939-1942 |
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8 |
4 |
Erwin Krammer |
1940-1942 |
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8 |
5 |
Earl C. McCracken |
1934-1941 |
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8 |
6 |
Philip Hart |
1937-1942 |
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8 |
7 |
John Robert Sites |
1941 |
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8 |
10 |
ISU Dept. of Math letter and ISU Dept. of Physics newsletter |
1946-1947 |
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9 |
4 |
K-O |
1939-1942 |
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11 |
7 |
ISU Dept. of Physics newsletter |
1947 |
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11 |
9 |
J.R. Stehn |
1941 |
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11 |
10 |
Jay Woodrow |
1941-1942 |
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11 |
16 |
Charles P. Wells |
1934-1938 |
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11 |
17 |
Robert G. Wilson |
1936-1941 |
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11 |
18 |
Margaret Woodrow |
1940-1941 |
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12 |
2 |
Relating to crystal research |
1936-1942 |
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12 |
5 |
F-J |
1938-1942 |
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12 |
8 |
Approximate solution research |
1941 |
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12 |
17 |
George L. Clark and S.T. Gross |
1940-1941 |
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13 |
1 |
U-Z |
1937-1941 |
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13 |
11 |
Birthday letters (elementary school) |
1993 |
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14 |
1 |
P-T |
1932-1942 |
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14 |
5 |
ISC |
1942-1946 |
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14 |
6 |
National Defense Committee and Council |
1942-1943 |
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14 |
13 |
Birthday letters |
1993 |
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14 |
16 |
National Polytechnic Museum (Bulgaria) correspondence and 10 black and white still photographs of Atanasoff exhibit |
1993 |
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14 |
17 |
Birthday cards and lettersand 6 color still photographs of Atanasoff web site |
1993 |
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14 |
18 |
Birthday cards and letters |
1993 |
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15 |
3-15 |
Birthday cards and letters |
1993 |
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16 |
1 |
Prof. Fox and Osterberg and reprint articles |
1929-1936 |
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21 |
2 |
Notes for ISU exhibit and clippings |
1990 |
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34 |
6 |
Alan Martin |
1986 |
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34 |
9 |
Philip J. Hart, also contains reprint articles |
1983-1985 |
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36 |
15 |
Max Munk (1 item |
1985 |
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41 |
23 |
John Mauchly (photocopies) |
1941 |
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41 |
24 |
ISU |
1963-1966 |
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41 |
25 |
ISU |
1967-1968 |
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41 |
26 |
ISU |
1967-1973 |
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41 |
27 |
ISU |
1974-1981 |
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42 |
9 |
Rockefeller Foundation (discussion of locating records of grant denial in the 1940s) |
1990 |
Description of series
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Series 3 |
Business records |
1956-1961 |
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extent: |
15 folders |
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description: |
This series contains records relating to the operation of Aerojet, a corporation which Atanasoff was involved with in the late 1950s. Included are memorandum and correspondence concerning company proposals. The proposals include the development of automation systems, bacteriological weapons, and a satellite program. |
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Container list
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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4 |
1 |
Aerojet prospectus |
1959 |
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4 |
2 |
Aerojet prospectus |
1959 |
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4 |
3 |
Aerojet proposal for automatic mail system |
1960 |
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4 |
4 |
Aerojet still photographs (3) |
n.d. |
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4 |
5 |
Aerojet proposal for developing bacteriological weapons |
1960 |
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4 |
6 |
Aerojet analysis—automation as commercial product |
1959 |
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4 |
7 |
Aerojet analysis of satellite program |
1961 |
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6 |
9 |
Aerojet Turnkey Post Office Proposal |
1959 |
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6 |
10 |
Aerojet Automated Mail Sorting data |
1960 |
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6 |
11 |
Aerojet Proposal |
1960 |
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6 |
12 |
Aerojet correspondence and memorandum |
1950-1961 |
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7 |
4 |
Aerojet records |
1956 |
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7 |
6 |
Aerojet contract |
1961 |
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7 |
7 |
Aerojet correspondence (General Tire and Rubber) |
1958 |
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7 |
8 |
Aerojet financial records |
1956 |
Description of series
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Series 4 |
Invention records |
1930-1981, n.d. |
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extent: |
52 folders |
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description: |
This series contains records relating to Atanasoff’s inventions, beginning prior to World War II and extending through to the 1970s. The files contain notes, information, and drawings relating to the following inventions: electrical clock (1936); cathode-ray tube and low-frequency detection device (World War II-era); electronic chassis (late 1940s); and several inventions relating to his home in Maryland, including the house itself, a hog house, a dryer for vegetables, and a seeder. |
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Container list
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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3 |
5 |
Generalized Taylor Expansion |
1939-1979 |
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3 |
6 |
Seeder |
1980 |
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3 |
7 |
Caloric |
ca. 1980 |
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3 |
8 |
Camera |
1956, n.d. |
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3 |
9 |
Gate alarm |
n.d. |
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3 |
10 |
Hog house |
1980 |
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3 |
11 |
Induction pendulum |
ca. 1930 |
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3 |
12 |
Dryer for vegetables |
1981 |
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5 |
4 |
Hay drying |
1950, n.d. |
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5 |
6 |
Batteries |
1950 |
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5 |
9 |
Electric clock |
1936, n.d. |
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5 |
10 |
Naval Ordnance Lab (NOL): seismograph plates and blueprints |
ca. 1945 |
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5 |
11 |
NOL: printed article, “Constant Frequency Oscillators” |
1931 |
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5 |
12 |
NOL: technical report, “ An Electrostatic Method…,” (Kolsrud) |
1951 |
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5 |
13 |
NOL: thesis, earlier version of above technical report |
n.d. |
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5 |
14 |
NOL: Seismographic/low frequency records |
1947 |
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5 |
15 |
NOL: Memorandum of results (2) |
1949 |
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5 |
16 |
NOL: Microbaragraph notes NOL: Shaking table design |
1948, n.d. |
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6 |
1 |
Solar heating notes |
1951 |
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6 |
8 |
Article/proposal: “The Mission of Pisgah V” |
1965 |
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7 |
3 |
Magnetic amplifiers |
1948-1953 |
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7 |
2 |
2-dimensional integraph |
1937 |
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8 |
1 |
House sketches |
n.d. |
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8 |
9 |
NOL: Project steering committee minutes |
1946-1947 |
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8 |
14 |
Transformer and spring by dimensional analysis data |
n.d. |
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9 |
9 |
NOL: project—trip to Germany |
1947 |
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10 |
7 |
NOL:Glossary of Electroacoustic Terms |
1948 |
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10 |
10 |
NOL: Storage of Pulses on Cathode-Ray Tubes reports and memoranda |
1947 |
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11 |
12 |
Crystal vibration theory |
n.d. |
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11 |
13 |
Vector elasticity notes |
n.d. |
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11 |
14 |
Properties of orthogonal functions |
n.d. |
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11 |
16 |
Nylon cutter |
1945 |
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12 |
4 |
Notes on variables |
n.d. |
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12 |
7 |
NOL barograph Type 1A |
1949 |
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12 |
9 |
Extension of Fredholm Method to Linear Operational Equations |
n.d. |
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12 |
10 |
Crystal data |
ca. 1930s |
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12 |
11 |
Vibration of crystal plates |
n.d. |
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12 |
12 |
Key to crystal groups |
n.d. |
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33 |
9 |
Electronic chassis |
1948 |
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33 |
10 |
NOL: Cathode Ray Tube Sound Recorder NOL: Low Frequency Vibration Detection Device |
1952-1953 |
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35 |
6 |
Separator |
1963-1968 |
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35 |
7 |
Photography data |
1965-1966 |
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35 |
8 |
Photography data |
1965-1966 |
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35 |
9 |
Photometer for enlarging |
1969 |
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35 |
10 |
Radio receivers |
1964-1970 |
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36 |
2 |
Slide rule for domestic use |
1965, n.d. |
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36 |
4 |
Correspondence and notes |
1965-1969 |
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36 |
5 |
Proton magnetometer |
1966 |
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36 |
6 |
Potentrometers |
1966 |
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36 |
18 |
Printed materials relating to solar heat/energy |
1972-1977 |
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46 |
4 |
Patent correspondence (some photocopies) |
1940-1979 |
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MAP CASE |
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Drawings of computer parts (10 – 3 positives, 7 negatives) |
1931-1940, n.d. |
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MAP CASE |
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Boat motor invention illustration |
n.d. |
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MAP CASE |
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Drawings of boats |
n.d. |
Description of series
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Series 5 |
Research and Publications (including printed materials and JVA writings), 1926-1986, n.d. |
1926-1986, n.d. |
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extent: |
112 folders |
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description: |
This series contains Atanasoff’s research notes and published materials relating to his career. There are reprint articles, notes for speeches, translations, ISU exam questions and coursework, quantum mechanics notes, portions of a book on underwater acoustics and sound, Naval Ordnance Laboratory project reports, and drafts of “The Advent of Electronic Digital Computing,” published in the Annals of the History of Computing in 1983. |
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Container list
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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3 |
1 |
Reprint articles (JVA) |
1940-1967 |
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5 |
1 |
Essay-fuse design (JVA) |
n.d. |
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5 |
5 |
Essay-military economics (JVA) |
n.d. |
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5 |
8 |
Essay-theory of army motorization (JVA) |
ca. 1943 |
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5 |
21 |
Reprint articles (JVA) |
1932-1942 |
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6 |
2 |
Notes for speeches (JVA) |
n.d. |
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7 |
10 |
Article and seminar reports |
1929, n.d. |
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7 |
12 |
Thesis and essays on linear differential equations |
1938, n.d. |
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8 |
11 |
Article: “Piezo Electric Oscillations” |
ca. 1935 |
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8 |
12 |
Translation of: On the Solution of Linear Differential and Integral Equations by the Method of Moments (Krawtchouk) |
ca. 1935-1936 |
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8 |
13 |
Translations |
ca. 1935-1936 |
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8 |
15 |
“Theory of Physical Dimensions” (JVA) |
n.d. |
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8 |
16 |
Quantum Mechanics Exam Questions (ISU) |
1937-1942 |
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9 |
1 |
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (JVA) |
n.d. |
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9 |
2 |
Van Vlack lectures on Quantum Mechanics |
1929 |
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9 |
3 |
Wentzel notes on Quantum Mechanics |
1929-1930 |
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9 |
5 |
Speeches—quantum mechanics (JVA) |
ca. 1940 |
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9 |
6 |
The Physical Review review |
1942 |
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9 |
7 |
Presentations and correspondence (Related to ISU) |
1937-1942 |
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9 |
10 |
Notes—Dynamics (JVA) |
ca. 1945 |
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9 |
11 |
Notes—Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (JVA) |
ca. 1945 |
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9 |
12 |
Notes—Theoretical physics, Hamilton’s Principle (JVA) |
ca. 1947 |
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9 |
13 |
Quantum Mechanics course |
1931 |
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10 |
1 |
Theoretical physics course (University of Md.) |
1946-1947 |
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10 |
2 |
Theoretical physics course (ISU) |
1935 |
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10 |
3 |
Thermodynamics course (ISU) |
n.d. |
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10 |
4 |
Thermodynamics course (ISU) |
n.d. |
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10 |
5 |
Dynamics course (ISU) |
ca. 1935 |
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10 |
6 |
Electrodynamic course (ISU) |
ca. 1935 |
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10 |
8 |
Translation: Boltzman’s H. Theorem |
n.d. |
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10 |
9 |
Kinetic theory course (ISU) |
1936 |
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10 |
11 |
Underwater Sound: material and chapters |
n.d. |
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10 |
12 |
Underwater Sound: bibliographies and summaries |
ca. 1946 |
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10 |
13 |
Underwater Sound: chapter I |
ca. 1946 |
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10 |
14 |
Underwater Sound: chapter II |
ca. 1946 |
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10 |
15 |
Underwater Sound: chapter III |
ca. 1946 |
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10 |
16 |
Underwater Sound: chapter III |
ca. 1946 |
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11 |
1 |
Underwater Acoustics: draft |
ca. 1946 |
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11 |
2 |
Underwater Acoustics: notes |
ca. 1946 |
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11 |
3 |
Underwater Acoustics: drawings |
ca. 1946 |
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11 |
4 |
Underwater Acoustics: chapter II |
ca. 1946 |
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11 |
5 |
Underwater Acoustics: chapter IV |
ca. 1946 |
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11 |
6 |
“Solution of Linear Systems of High Order” (Von Neumann) |
1946 |
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11 |
8 |
Subject notes |
1926 |
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11 |
11 |
Osborne Club speech |
n.d. |
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11 |
15 |
Translation (Vol. II-Krawtchouk) |
n.d. |
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12 |
3 |
Notes and report on Summerfeld/Richardson electron |
n.d. |
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12 |
6 |
Essay—philosophical relationship between math and physics |
n.d. |
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12 |
13 |
Elastic constants of quartz notes |
ca. 1935 |
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12 |
15 |
Physical Review article |
ca. 1945 |
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12 |
16 |
Physical Review crystal data |
n.d. |
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13 |
2 |
Quantum mechanics syllabus |
1935 |
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13 |
5 |
Translation (Vol. II), Krawtchouk |
n.d. |
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13 |
6 |
Electricity and magnetism |
n.d. |
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13 |
7 |
Electricity and magnetism |
n.d. |
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13 |
8 |
Michigan Symposium (Bohr, Van Vleck, Fermi) |
1933 |
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13 |
9 |
Quantum mechanics course |
n.d. |
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13 |
10 |
Quantum mechanics course notes |
1929 |
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14 |
2 |
Equations for unknowns |
n.d. |
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14 |
3 |
Magnetron notes |
n.d. |
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14 |
7 |
Anti-aircraft article and notes |
ca. 1943 |
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14 |
8 |
Notes, printed materials and correspondence—Geiger Counter |
1935-1936 |
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14 |
9 |
Ground state of lithium notes and references |
n.d. |
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14 |
10 |
Research projects index |
n.d. |
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14 |
11 |
Initial phase of bacterial growth notes |
n.d. |
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14 |
12 |
Article: Application of Punched Card Equipment to the Analysis of Complex Spectra |
1935 |
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14 |
15 |
Bibliography on electronic computer |
1949 |
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17 |
4 |
List of graduate students |
n.d. |
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18 |
3 |
Bibliography—Computer Impacts |
1983 |
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18 |
4 |
References—Computer Impacts (manufacturing) |
1983 |
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18 |
5 |
Computer Impacts (communications equipment) |
1983 |
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19 |
1 |
Computer Impacts (mapping) |
1983 |
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19 |
2 |
Computer Impacts (engine tests) |
1983 |
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21 |
7 |
Field book notes |
1968 |
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21 |
8 |
Cement mortar field notebook |
1969 |
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22 |
1 |
Blank graph sheets |
n.d. |
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24 |
10 |
Chapter III—Evolution of State of Gas (handwritten) |
n.d. |
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24 |
11 |
Chapter III—Evolution of State of Gas (typescript) |
n.d. |
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24 |
12 |
Chapter III—Evolution of State of Gas (typescript) |
n.d. |
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34 |
7 |
Research notes and presentation on computing |
1985 |
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35 |
1 |
Speech |
1984 |
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35 |
12 |
Wine information and recipes |
n.d. |
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36 |
1 |
Anodizing notes |
n.d. |
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36 |
3 |
Precise scales and balances |
1969-1971 |
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36 |
7 |
Teachers in the U.S. correspondence and articles |
1974-1986 |
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36 |
8 |
Teachers in the U.S. clippings |
1974-1986 |
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37 |
1 |
NOL: notebook, Helogland Project (Bikini) |
1946 |
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37 |
2 |
NOL: Crossroads project |
1946 |
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37 |
3 |
NOL: Crossroads project |
1946 |
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37 |
5 |
NOL: memos and project descriptions |
1946 |
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37 |
6 |
NOL: Helgoland |
1946 |
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37 |
7 |
NOL: Helgoland project notebook |
1946 |
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37 |
8 |
NOL: Correspondence and final report |
1949 |
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38 |
2 |
“Advent of Electronic Digital Computing,” Annals of the History of Computing |
1983 |
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38 |
4 |
Annals article, revised |
1983 |
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38 |
5 |
Summarizing of Concepts Brought to Computing |
n.d. |
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38 |
6 |
List of slides |
n.d. |
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38 |
7 |
Annals article |
ca. 1983 |
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38 |
8 |
Annals article |
1982 |
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39 |
1 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
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39 |
2 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
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39 |
3 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
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39 |
4 |
Presentation |
ca. 1980 |
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39 |
5 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
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39 |
6 |
Annals notes and article |
ca. 1983 |
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39 |
7 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
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39 |
8 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
|
39 |
9 |
Annals article |
ca. 1980 |
|
40 |
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Original galleys |
1983 |
Description of series
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Series 6 |
Legal records |
1925-1980, n.d. |
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extent: |
155 folders and 3 records center cartons |
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description: |
This series contains depositions, transcripts of proceedings, testimony, correspondence, black and white photographs, published materials, original notes and drawings, and a finding of fact for the case of Honeywell, Inc. v Control Data, Inc. The materials all relate to the development of the ABC Computer, and depositions from Atanasoff, John Mauchly, and patent lawyer, Richard Trexler, and a full-length interview with Atanasoff are included. The correspondents include Cliff Berry, Sam Legvold, Richard Trexler, and Iowa State College (University). |
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Container list
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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19 |
3 |
Depositions (10/11/1967) |
1967 |
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19 |
4 |
Transcript of proceedings (11/11/1971) |
1971 |
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19 |
5 |
Depositions (0/13/1967) |
1967 |
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19 |
6 |
Depositions (10/12/1971) |
1971 |
|
20 |
1 |
JVA Deposition (2/13/1968) |
1968 |
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22 |
3 |
Mauchly testimony (11/8/1971) and JVA comments |
1971, n.d. |
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22 |
4 |
Mauchly testimony (11/9/1971) |
1971 |
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22 |
5 |
Mauchly testimony (11/10/1971) |
1971 |
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23 |
1 |
Typed carbon of manual (photocopy) |
n.d. |
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23 |
2 |
Evidence from foundations |
n.d. |
|
23 |
3 |
Description and correspondence relating to the ABC, (photocopy) |
ca. 1925-1942 |
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23 |
4 |
Correspondence, miscellaneous – photocopies) |
1940 |
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23 |
5 |
Correspondence, vacuum tubes (photocopies) |
1939-1941 |
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23 |
6 |
Correspondence, resistors (photocopies) |
1939-1941 |
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23 |
7 |
Correspondence, condensors (photocopies) |
1939 |
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23 |
8 |
Black and white still photographs (42) of the ABC, JVA and Atanasoff family and correspondence |
ca. 1940-1985 |
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23 |
9 |
Punched card equipment (photocopy) |
n.d. |
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23 |
10 |
Computing machine notes (photocopy) |
n.d. |
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23 |
11 |
Correspondence, ISU Research Foundation (photocopies) |
1939-1967 |
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23 |
12 |
Evidence of conception (photocopies) |
1939-1942 |
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23 |
13 |
Handwritten notes (Cliff Berry) and typed notes |
n.d. |
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23 |
14 |
Original notes (photocopy) and graphs |
1939, n.d. |
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23 |
15 |
Articles and notes |
n.d. |
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24 |
1 |
“Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations by the Use of Punched Cards” and blueprints (2) |
n.d. |
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24 |
2 |
Fiscal statements (original) |
1940-1941 |
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24 |
3 |
Payroll vouchers (originals) |
1941 |
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24 |
4 |
Draft contract for ABC (original), correspondence (original), and articles |
1937-1940, n.d. |
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24 |
5 |
Draft – computing machine (original) |
ca. 1940 |
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24 |
6 |
Correspondence and information – condensors (original) |
1939-1940 |
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24 |
7 |
Correspondence – resistors (original) |
1939-1940 |
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24 |
8 |
Correspondence – vacuum tubes (original) |
1939-1941 |
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24 |
9 |
Correspondence – miscellaneous (original) |
1940 |
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25 |
1 |
Black and white still photographs (11), Negatives (23) |
n.d. |
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25 |
2 |
Guide to documents furnished by JVA |
ca. 1968 |
|
25 |
3 |
Article |
ca. 1940 |
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25 |
4 |
Christmas letters (original) |
1939-1941 |
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25 |
5 |
Publicity (original) |
1941-1942 |
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25 |
6 |
Correspondence with Clifford Anderson (original) |
1941 |
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25 |
7 |
Bell Labs article |
1967 |
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25 |
8 |
Buchanan notes (photocopies) |
1951 |
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25 |
9 |
Correspondence with George Gross (original) |
1940 |
|
25 |
10 |
Correspondence with ISU concerning exhibit (original) |
1966 |
|
25 |
11 |
Correspondence with Sam Legvold (original) |
1942-1967 |
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25 |
12 |
Correspondence with General Electric (original) |
1941 |
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25 |
13 |
Correspondence with Robert Mather (original) |
1942 |
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25 |
14 |
Correspondence with John Mauchly (original) |
1941 |
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25 |
15 |
Correspondence with W.E. Milne (original) |
1938-1940 |
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25 |
16 |
Correspondence with Robert Orr/ISU Library (original) |
1963 |
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25 |
17 |
Correspondence with R.K. Richards (original) |
1963 |
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25 |
18 |
Correspondence with Charles Thorne (original) |
1937-1942 |
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25 |
19 |
Correspondence with Robert Vail (original) |
1939-1940 |
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25 |
20 |
Correspondence, miscellaneous (original) |
1939-1959 |
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25 |
21 |
Correspondence with Charles Bradley (original) |
1964-1967 |
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25 |
22 |
Correspondence with Richard Trexler (original) |
1937-1942 |
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25 |
23 |
Correspondence and material — Clifford Berry (originals and photocopies) |
1939-1974 |
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25 |
24 |
Correspondence with Clifford Berry (originals and photocopies) |
1939-1963 |
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25 |
25 |
Data and drawings for computer model |
1968 |
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25 |
26 |
Correspondence with ISURF |
1938-1966 |
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26 |
1 |
Correspondence-financial support for the ABC (original) |
1940 |
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26 |
2 |
Correspondence with IBM (original) |
1934-1954 |
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26 |
3 |
Correspondence with Remington Rand (original) |
1940 |
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26 |
4 |
Correspondence with ISU/Research Council (original) |
1939-1942 |
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26 |
5 |
Revised article |
n.d. |
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26 |
6 |
Correspondence with Mathematics Tables Project, Project description for consideration (originals) |
1942 |
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26 |
7 |
Black and white still photographs of the ABC (5) |
ca. 1940 |
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27 |
1 |
Computing Machine article (photocopy) |
n.d. |
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27 |
2 |
Correspondence relating to JVA deposition |
1969 |
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27 |
3 |
Drawings of the ABC (originals) |
n.d. |
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27 |
4 |
Drawings and notes (photocopies) |
n.d. |
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27 |
5 |
Chronological event list |
ca. 1967 |
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27 |
6 |
Correspondence, affidavits, briefs — relating to ISU case participation, agreement with ISU |
1968 |
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27 |
7 |
Correspondence relating to ISU case participation |
1968-1971 |
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27 |
8 |
Correspondence relating to ISU case participation |
1971 |
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28 |
1 |
Correspondence relating to ISU case participation |
1971 |
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28 |
2 |
Correspondence relating to ISU case participation |
1971 |
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28 |
3 |
Correspondence relating to ISU case participation |
1970-1971 |
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28 |
4 |
Correspondence and agreement with ISURF |
1968-1972 |
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28 |
5 |
Correspondence between law office and ISU |
1968-1971 |
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28 |
6 |
Deposition of Richard Trexler |
1971 |
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28 |
7 |
File copies |
ca. 1971 |
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29 |
1 |
Trial transcript, volume I |
n.d. |
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29 |
2 |
Trial transcript, volume II |
n.d. |
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29 |
3 |
Trial transcript, volume II |
n.d. |
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29 |
4 |
Trial transcript, volume III |
n.d. |
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29 |
5 |
Trial transcript, volume III |
n.d. |
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29 |
6 |
Trial transcript, volume III |
n.d. |
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29 |
7 |
Trial transcript, volume IV |
n.d. |
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30 |
1 |
Trial transcript, volume V |
n.d. |
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30 |
2 |
Trial transcript, volume V |
n.d. |
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30 |
3 |
Trial transcript, volume I |
n.d. |
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30 |
4 |
Trial transcript, volume VI |
n.d. |
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30 |
5 |
Trial transcript, volume VI |
n.d. |
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30 |
6 |
Trial transcript, volume VII |
n.d. |
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30 |
7 |
Trial transcript, volume VII |
n.d. |
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31 |
1 |
Trial transcript, volume VIII |
n.d. |
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31 |
2 |
Trial transcript, volume VIII |
n.d. |
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31 |
3 |
Trial transcript, volume IX |
n.d. |
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31 |
4 |
Trial transcript, volume IX |
n.d. |
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31 |
5 |
Selected testimony of JVA |
n.d. |
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31 |
6 |
Selected testimony of JVA |
n.d. |
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31 |
7 |
Correspondence, articles on the history of computing, JVA company |
ca. 1952-1970 |
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32 |
1 |
Transcript notes, “Beginning of Electronic Digital Computing” (JVA) |
ca. 1971, 1982 |
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32 |
2 |
Decision |
1973 |
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32 |
3 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/11/1968 |
1968 |
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32 |
4 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/10/1968 |
1968 |
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32 |
5 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/9/1968 |
1968 |
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32 |
6 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/22/1968 |
1968 |
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32 |
7 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/23/1968 |
1968 |
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33 |
1 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/24/1968 |
1968 |
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33 |
2 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/25/1968 |
1968 |
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33 |
3 |
Atanasoff interview, 7/26/1968 |
1968 |
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33 |
4 |
Chronological event lists |
ca. 1968 |
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33 |
5 |
Revisions to JVA deposition |
ca. 1968 |
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33 |
6 |
Revisions to JVA deposition |
ca. 1968 |
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33 |
7 |
Work schedule |
ca. 1971 |
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33 |
8 |
Correspondence |
1972 |
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34 |
1 |
Selected portions of JVA deposition |
n.d. |
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34 |
2 |
Selected portions of JVA deposition |
n.d. |
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34 |
3 |
Selected portions of JVA deposition |
n.d. |
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34 |
4 |
Exhibits related to deposition |
n.d. |
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34 |
5 |
Exhibits related to deposition |
n.d. |
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38 |
3 |
List and notes |
ca. 1970 |
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38 |
9 |
Black and white still photographs (21), some original and some copies, Drawings (3) (photocopies) |
ca. 1940 |
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40 |
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Honeywell Inc. v Sperry Rand: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order for Judgement (Volume) |
1973 |
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40 |
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Plaintiff’s Final Brief on the Merits (Volume) |
ca. 1973 |
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40 |
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Copies of documents used in case |
ca. 1970 |
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40 |
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Copies of documents used in case |
ca. 1970 |
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42 |
1 |
Documents submitted by S.C. Yuter, attorney for Arthur Burks |
ca. 1970 |
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42 |
10 |
Atanasoff deposition (12/5/68) |
1968 |
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42 |
11 |
Atanasoff deposition (12/5/68) |
1968 |
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43 |
1 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/15/71) |
1971 |
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43 |
2 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/16/71) |
1971 |
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43 |
3 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/17/71) |
1971 |
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43 |
4 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/18/71) |
1971 |
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43 |
5 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/21/71) |
1971 |
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43 |
6 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/22/71) |
1971 |
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43 |
7 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/22/71) |
1971 |
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44 |
1 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/24/71) |
1971 |
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44 |
2 |
Transcript of proceedings (6/25/71) |
1971 |
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44 |
3 |
Deposition (11/11/68) |
1968 |
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44 |
4 |
Deposition (11/12/68) |
1968 |
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44 |
5 |
Deposition (11/13/68) |
1968 |
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44 |
6 |
Deposition (11/14/68) |
1968 |
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45 |
1 |
Deposition (11/15/68) |
1968 |
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45 |
2 |
Deposition (12/3/68) |
1968 |
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45 |
3 |
Deposition (12/4/68) |
1968 |
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46 |
4 |
Memorandum and correspondence |
1971 |
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46 |
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Case transcript, Volume II: Sperry Rand Corporation v Control Data Corporation |
ca. 1970 |
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47 |
1 |
Agreement and modification |
1968-1972 |
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47 |
2 |
Agreement and ISU/Research accounts (1941-1953) |
ca. 1968 |
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47 |
3 |
Correspondence and memorandum, Original draft for patent |
1941-1974 |
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47 |
4 |
Richard Trexler deposition |
ca. 1970 |
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47 |
5 |
Correspondence, case transcripts (Maryland case/ISURF) Honeywell Inc. v Sperry Rand legal records |
ca. 1968-1971 |
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47 |
6 |
Correspondence, case transcripts (Maryland case/ISURF) |
ca.1968-1971 |
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47 |
7 |
Correspondence, case transcripts (Maryland case/ISURF) |
ca. 1968-1971 |
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48 |
1 |
Correspondence, case transcripts (Maryland case/ISURF) |
ca. 1968-1971 |
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48 |
Box 48 |
Maryland/ISURF case transcript |
ca. 1968-1971 |
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49 |
Box 49 |
Sperry Rand v Control Data case transcript |
ca. 1970 |
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Series 7 |
Language study |
1944-1987, n.d. |
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extent: |
67 folders |
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description: |
This series contains published materials, notes, and correspondence, related to Atanasoff’s experimentation and study of the creation of a new alphabet. Atanasoff firmly believed that a digital alphabet should be developed as the current alphabet was too difficult for children to learn. |
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Container list
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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1 |
1 |
Sight reading of music |
n.d. |
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1 |
2 |
Brain studies |
n.d. |
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1 |
3 |
Various alphabets |
n.d. |
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1 |
4 |
Hawaiian language |
n.d. |
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1 |
5 |
China |
n.d. |
|
1 |
6 |
Japan |
n.d. |
|
1 |
7 |
Language symposium notes |
1974 |
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1 |
8 |
Study of sound |
n.d. |
|
1 |
9 |
Learning to read |
n.d. |
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1 |
10 |
English |
n.d. |
|
1 |
11 |
Phoneme considerations data |
1975 |
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1 |
12 |
New Alphabet (article) |
n.d. |
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1 |
13 |
Alphabet design notes |
1965-1970 |
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1 |
14 |
Legibility and readability notes |
1970 |
|
1 |
15 |
Cursive writing |
n.d. |
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1 |
16 |
Time comprehension calculations and notes |
1973 |
|
1 |
17 |
Correspondence |
1972-1974 |
|
1 |
18 |
Alphabet correspondence |
1980 |
|
1 |
19 |
Tune, Editor of Spelling Progress correspondence |
1979-1980 |
|
1 |
20 |
Typewriter design notes and still photographs (8) |
1972-1980 |
|
1 |
21 |
Theory of writing notes |
1980 |
|
1 |
22 |
Proposals |
1974 |
|
1 |
23 |
Laubach |
n.d. |
|
1 |
24 |
Presentations |
n.d. |
|
1 |
25 |
Digital alphabet article |
ca. 1975 |
|
1 |
26 |
Writings |
1970-1975 |
|
1 |
27 |
Presentation at ISU – Language study (continued) |
1983 |
|
2 |
1 |
Letters, data sheet |
n.d. |
|
2 |
2 |
Japanese letters and correspondence (mention of 1973 judgement) |
1974-1980 |
|
2 |
3 |
“Writing” (presention) |
n.d. |
|
2 |
6 |
Numeralphabet |
1964-1970 |
|
2 |
7 |
U.S. Office of Education Study of Literacy |
1975 |
|
2 |
8 |
Speech |
1977 |
|
2 |
9 |
Correspondence-Ben Wood |
1972-1975 |
|
2 |
10 |
Correspondence-Gerald Baker |
1973-1974 |
|
2 |
11 |
Correspondence-Marvin Linford |
1974 |
|
2 |
12 |
Center for Applied Linguistics |
1965-1969 |
|
2 |
13 |
Correspondence |
1972-1973 |
|
2 |
14 |
Vocabulary data |
1972 |
|
2 |
15 |
Alphabet |
1970 |
|
2 |
16 |
Alphabet notes |
1973-1975 |
|
2 |
17 |
“Writing” (various drafts) |
n.d. |
|
2 |
18 |
Article |
1966 |
|
2 |
19 |
Correspondence – I.J. Gelb |
1972 |
|
2 |
20 |
Articles and correspondence – I.J. Gelb |
1979-1980 |
|
2 |
21 |
Initial Teaching Alphabet |
1963-1974 |
|
2 |
22 |
Biographical information – Sir James Pitman |
n.d. |
|
2 |
23 |
Japanese scholar contact information |
n.d. |
|
3 |
3 |
Dvorak typewriter |
n.d. |
|
5 |
7 |
Naval Ordnance Lab: notes on alphabet |
1944-1947 |
|
21 |
11 |
Notes on writing |
n.d. |
|
34 |
10 |
Deseret alphabet articles (photocopies) |
1953-1969, n.d. |
|
34 |
11 |
“Writing in English” (JVA-5 copies) |
n.d. |
|
34 |
12 |
Lecture |
1984 |
|
35 |
2 |
Proposal for Optimum Alphabet |
1974 |
|
35 |
3 |
Notes |
n.d. |
|
35 |
4 |
Published materials and presentations |
ca. 1970-1980 |
|
35 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1985 |
|
35 |
11 |
Data on probabilities |
1973 |
|
36 |
9 |
Bulgarian alphabet |
1983 |
|
36 |
10 |
Correspondence – Valerie Yule |
1984-1987 |
|
36 |
11 |
Writings |
ca. 1970-1980 |
|
36 |
12 |
Information redundancy |
1972-1977, n.d. |
|
36 |
13 |
Writings |
1976, n.d. |
|
36 |
14 |
Correspondence and notes |
1984 |
|
36 |
16 |
Clippings |
1977-1985 |
|
38 |
1 |
Notes and printed materials |
ca. 1970 |
Description of series
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Series 8 |
Printed materials |
1927-1993 |
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extent: |
33 folders |
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description: |
This series contains a varying amount of printed material, relating to Atanasoff’s research interest. Included are reprint articles and theses of former students and other researchers, and articles and clippings relating to the history of computing. |
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Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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4 |
11 |
Article on teacher certification (Stout) and speech on the Space Age (Hannum) |
1958, n.d. |
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6 |
3 |
Printed materials: Local Climatological Data |
1953 |
|
13 |
3 |
Texas Instruments calculator information |
ca. 1980 |
|
13 |
4 |
Texas Instruments calculator information |
ca. 1980 |
|
14 |
19 |
Cosmos Club bulletin |
1993 |
|
14 |
20 |
Mt. Airy newspaper |
1993 |
|
15 |
1 |
Newspaper clippings |
1974-1993 |
|
16 |
2 |
Articles |
1937-1941 |
|
16 |
3 |
Reprint articles (other authors) |
1930-1932 |
|
16 |
4 |
Reprint articles (other authors) |
1933-1934 |
|
16 |
5 |
Reprint articles (other authors) |
1935-1936 |
|
16 |
6 |
Reprint articles (other authors) |
1937-1938 |
|
17 |
1 |
Reprint articles (other authors) |
1938-1939 |
|
17 |
2 |
Reprint articles (other authors) |
1950-1952 |
|
17 |
5 |
Theses (JVA students) |
1939-1941 |
|
17 |
6 |
Theses (JVA students) |
1935-1939 |
|
17 |
7 |
Report (JVA and students) |
1945 |
|
17 |
8 |
Reprints articles (JVA students) |
1927-1929 |
|
17 |
9 |
Reprint articles (JVA students) |
1930-1937 |
|
17 |
10 |
Reprint articles (JVA students) |
1940-1949 |
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18 |
1 |
Reprint articles |
1940-1941 |
|
18 |
2 |
Reprint articles |
1940-1941 |
|
22 |
2 |
U.S. Dept. of Commerce circular on photographic lenses |
1953 |
|
22 |
9 |
Printed materials: ENIAC |
1949, 1982 |
|
37 |
4 |
Pamphlets on seismology |
1946-1947 |
|
41 |
15-20 |
Reprints (JVA) |
1930-1984 |
|
41 |
28 |
“Operator’s Manual for ENIAC Dynamic Display” (Arthur Burks) |
n.d. |
|
41 |
29 |
“Super Electronic Computing Machine” (Arthur Burks), “Electronic Computing Circuits of the ENIAC” |
1946, n.d. |
|
41 |
30 |
Patent: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, (J.P. Eckert, et al) |
1947 |
|
41 |
31 |
“Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata” (John von Neumann) |
1966 |
|
42 |
1 |
“Who Invented the General-Purpose Electronic Computer” (Arthur Burks) and newspaper clippings on Sperry-Rand and Mauchly, (photocopies) |
1968-1974 |
|
42 |
2-5 |
Articles on the history of computing |
1974-1978 |
|
42 |
12 |
“The ENIAC: First General-Purpose Electronic Computer” (Arthur W. Burks and Alice R. Burks) |
1981 |
|
49 |
3 |
International Symposium on Modular Computing |
2003 |
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MAP CASE |
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Digital Equipment Corporation poster honoring J. Forrester |
n.d. |