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National Museum of Natural History. Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing
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1965-1990
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-169
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the development of automated data management systems for the collections of NMNH and other museums, the establishment of data handling and storage standards, and the consolidation of administrative structures to control automation policy at the Smithsonian. They include documentation of the Health, Education and Welfare ...
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Blanch, Gertrude
Bloch, Richard M.
Bradburn, James
Brainerd, John G.
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1969-1973, 1977
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43.5 Cubic feet (158 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0196
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer.
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Automatic Button Company.
American Pearl Button Company.
Claus Schmarje Button Company.
Barry Manufacturing Company.
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1898 - 1993
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13 Cubic feet (55 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0504
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s.
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Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1947-1990
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5.5 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0403
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents three major areas of Jacob Rabinow's work in improvement of electronic and other devices: phonograph record players, optical character recognition (reading machines) and automatic self regulation of watches and clocks.
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Goldstein, Gordon D.
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1948 - 1957
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0554
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relate to Gordon D. Goldstein, a computer engineer and frequent seminar speaker and participant, especially in the fields of linguistics and machine translation.
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Ledley, Robert S.
National Biomedical Research Foundation. Georgetown University
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1972-1990
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1135
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Robert Ledley Papers document the development of the first whole-body diagnostic imaging system, the Automatic Computerized Transverse Axial (ACTA) X-ray Scanner by Ledley in 1973. Also included is material relating to Ledley's company, Digital Science Information Corporation (DISCO), as well as the public and medical communities' reactions to the scanner.
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Adler, Solomon, 1901-1989
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1916-1980
bulk 1950-1966
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4.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1157
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document independent inventor Solomon Adler's work with sewing machine technology through correspondence, photographs, notes, drawings, sketches, patents, litigation records, and printed materials. The collection provides insight into both an independent inventor's process of invention and Japanese work culture during the post-World War II period.
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Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1944-1965
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0324
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The material includes technical notes, operating instructions and descriptions relating to projects which Hopper participated in at Harvard during and after World War II and later in the private sector. These projects involved the creation of the Navy's Mark I, II and III "mechanical calculators" (the fore runners of today's computers) and the UNI...
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Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)
Computers, Information and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
SHARE (Association)
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1949-1970
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5 Cubic feet (15 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0323
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents computing organizations in which Paul Armer was active.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Dates:
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1957-1973
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19 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90068
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting budget planning for the Smithsonian Institution from 1963 to 1973. The records primarily consist of correspondence, memoranda, statistics, and reports pertaining to employment; funding and operating costs for Museums, offices, and special programs; personnel salaries and expenses; Congressional he...