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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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1956-1988 and undated
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12 cu. ft. (24 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 332
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Section of Mathematics
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circa 1954-1968
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-152
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of weights and measurements records. Materials include articles, clippings, photographs, lists of objects, and a small amount of correspondence. See also Record Unit 332 for Section of Mathematics records.
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1866, 1954-1997
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-126
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Uta C. Merzbach, Associate Curator and Curator, 1964-1988. Merzbach earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin in 1952 and 1954 respectively. She then completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics and the History of Science at Harvard University...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Section of Mathematics
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1955-1974
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-101
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Dr. Uta C. Merzbach, Associate Curator. Topics covered include planning of the IBM computer terminal exhibit with collection viewing; museum fire of 1970; exhibit preparations for "1876: A Centennial Exhibition"; education and training; educational programs; and exhibit of a working computer, with ...
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1968-1974, 1980
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-068
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document projects and exhibitions managed or created by the Section of Mathematics. Topics covered include the Computer History Project (CHP), the Technological Augmentation of Cognition conferences, and the exhibitions: 1876: A Centennial Exhibition and Theorems in Color. The Computer History Project w...
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1965-1986
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1.03 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-127
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by Associate Curator and Curator, Uta C. Merzbach. The materials document the research, design, and execution of exhibitions at the National Museum of American History, primarily in the field of mathematics. Exhibitions covered include 1876: A Centennial Exhibition, the ...
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Robert Stanton Avery Papers
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1855-1894
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2.93 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7068
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Worsley, Beatrice H., Dr. (associate professor)
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1946-1959
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0237
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Worsley's papers include handwritten notebooks, loose notes, memoranda, reprints from her articles in professional journals, and copies of her theses written in fulfillment of the master's and doctor's degree, from MIT and the University of Cambridge, respectively. All of these papers deal with technical and theoretical problems of computer des...
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Nickel, Karl, Dr., 1924-2009
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2005
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0.08 Cubic feet (1 container.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0058
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of an five days of interview by Russell Lee with Dr. Karl Nickel, and his wife, Guinilde, who was the sister of Reimar and Walter Horten.
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Data Processing Digest, Inc.
Milligan, Margaret
- Dates:
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1955-1974
- Size:
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15.6 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Magazine and newspaper clippings (1955-1974) from various sources, on the development of the computer industry; six rolls of microfilm (1955-1966); and issues of Data Processing Digest, 1970-1974.
