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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
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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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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. Division of Physical Sciences
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1956-1976
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3.5 cu. ft. (7 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 293
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of public inquiries about scientific instruments; layout plans, scripts, and photographs for exhibitions; proposals for the Hall of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy in MHT; general correspondence with domestic and foreign science museums, universities, manufacturers and collectors of scientific instruments, and profess...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Physical Sciences
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1955-1966 and undated
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 579
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the research files of Robert P. Multhauf, Curator in the Division of Physical Sciences. The records contain scripts for Hall of Chemistry exhibitions; historical information and illustrations pertaining to chemistry, chemical apparatus, and industrial laboratories; biographies of distinguished chemists; and se...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Section of Mathematics
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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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Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Data Processing Digest, Inc.
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Milligan, Margaret
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1955-1974
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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.
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Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Sachs, Terry M.
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1965-1971
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0238
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes IBM operating manuals, RCA training and field engineering manuals, several printouts of data from RCA computer in COBOL; and a description of a computer programming problem (payroll calculation and reporting).
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National Museum of History and Technology. Section of Mathematics
- Dates:
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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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Clamons, Eric H.
Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1969-1975
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0311
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This material includes correspondence, handwritten notes, transcripts of speeches, meeting minutes, reports (in draft and final form) of ANSI X3L2 and other committees and international organizations dealing with computer character sets and codes as well as minutes and agendas of their meetings. There are also some clippings of articles from journ...
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Worsley, Beatrice H., Dr. (associate professor)
Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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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...