Guide to the Grace Murray Hopper Papers
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Series 7: Press Clippings Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 30 of 38 Box 5, Folder 25 Christian Science Monitor, Wednesday, 20 March 1946 (1st page 2nd section) "New Mathematical Robots Unscramble Digits to Multiply Inventions", full page on high speed calculators including: "Research Labs Calculate Devices To Bridge Years of Two Plus Two" by Herbert B. Nichols (Natural Science Editor of The Christian Science Monitor), survey of developments, MIT's differential analyzers, ; "Gears Failed to Mesh Century Ago" by a Staff Correspondent early computing machines, Babbage, Pascal, Leibnitz "ENIAC Weighs 30 Tons, Fires Answers for Army" Special to the CSM from Philadelphia ENIAC, uses, problems; "Engineers Win Fast Answers From Electric 'Thinking Cap'", Special to the CSM from Pittsburgh Westinghouse network calculator. Box 5, Folder 25 Photographs: ENIAC, setting constants, wiring, MIT electro-mechanical differential analyzer, input graphically; Westinghouse network calculator; ENIAC digit trays; Aiken and Hopper with difference engine. Box 5, Folder 25 60-Day Moving Job Just Case of Harvard 'Brain' Fatigue, W.E. Playfair Boston Sunday Herald, 15 September 1946 (p. 1, 2C., 2 copies) move to Computation Lab from Cruft Lab, description of lab. Box 5, Folder 25 Fabulous Robot Brain Now Works For Navy, Paul Stevens, Boston Herald, Monday, 7 August 1944, (pp. 1, 6.) also tape, Mark I dedication. Box 5, Folder 25 Behemoths Multiply: British Calculators Got There First, Herbert B. Nichols, Christian Science Monitor, Babbage and Aiken. Box 5, Folder 25 Britain's First Mathematical Engine, photo, Christian Science Monitor, Thursday, 9 January 1947; Richard Babbage and Aiken and piece of difference engine. Box 5, Folder 25 Computation Laboratory Dedicated at Harvard Christian Science Monitor, Tuesday, 7 January 1947 (p. 1, 2. 3 copies), 1st day of 47 Symposium. Photos (page 2): "At Harvard Laboratory Dedication" Adm. Baker, Grace Hopper, Capt. Van Eaton Aiken with Prof. Archibald of Brown showing constants. Box 5, Folder 25 Harvard Opens Laboratory for Computation: Hopes to Use Mechanical Brain to Solve Problems of All Social Sciences, Stephen White, New York Times(?) 29 December 1946: new Comp Lab, uses of calculators. Box 5, Folder 25 Says Era of Mechanical Calculators Lies Ahead of Us: Professor Aiken of Harvard Computation Laboratory Talks of Wonders of His Three Mathematical Giants, George Brinton Beal, Boston Sunday Post, 28 December 1947 (p. A-4.) Aiken, Mark I, II, III, previous machines -Babbage, adding machines photo: Richard Babbage, Aiken, Difference Engine. Box 5, Folder 25 Harvard's New 'Brain' Permits Social Studies, Boston Herald, Friday, 10 January 1947; Dr. Wassily Leontief, economic analysis on computers. Box 5, Folder 25 Calculators' Use To Solve Social Issues Forecast: Harvard Economist Asserts Nation Could Evolve Its Future By Such Machines, Stephen White, New York Times 10 January 1947; Leontief, economic analysis by computers at 47 Symposium.
Series 7: Press Clippings Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 31 of 38 Box 5, Folder 25 Forecast of the Future editorial, Herald Tribune, 12 January 1947 (handwritten) analysis of economics by computers forecast. Box 5, Folder 25 Highbrow Harvard Bows To A Robot Brain, Sunday Mirror Magazine, 5 August 1945; Mark I, tests against known answers, uses for Navy. Box 5, Folder 25 Symposium of Calculator Experts Opens New Computator Laboratory: Rear Admiral Joy Pledges Use of Naval Calculating Machinery To Scientists; Aiken Stresses Acute Need for Convention; President Conant, Sick, Is Unable to Give Address The Harvard Crimson Wednesday, 8 January 1947 (p. 1), 1st day of 47 Symposium. Box 5, Folder 25 New Vistas in Post-War Science Research Seen in Debut of Computation Lab Today: Two-Story Brick Structure Shelters Famed Mark I IBM Machine Calculator, Shane E. Riorden '46 The Harvard Crimson, Tuesday, 7 January 1947 (p. 2.) Mark I, move to Comp Lab, situation at Harvard at time. Photos: Comp Lab Aiken, Hopper with page for photo-offset; Eddy Lucchini (technical operator) setting plugging instructions. Box 5, Folder 25 Mechanical 'Memory' Test In Symposium at Harvard, Herbert B. Nichols, Christian Science Monitor, 8 January 1947, (p. 3.); discussion of 'memory' in calculating machines at 47 Symposium. Box 5, Folder 25 Robot Solves Complicated Mathematics, Natural Science Editor (Herbert B. Nichols) Christian Science Monitor, 8 January 1947, (p. 3.) Interview with Aiken, methods of computation."Machinery Passes Math Exam", photo, Christian Science Monitor, 30 December 1946 (p. 1). Aiken with tape for Mark I, labeled results of computation (?). Box 5, Folder 25 Harvard Puts Big Calculator in New Home, Natural Science Editor (H.B.N.), Christian Science Monitor, 30 December 1946 (p. 2.). Comp Lab, moving Mark I. Box 5, Folder 25 New Computer Lightning Fast: Army Call It the World's Best Calculator, The New York Sun, Friday, 15 February 1946 (AP p. 1); second section, ENIAC announcement to the press. Box 5, Folder 25 Mechanical Einstein' Calculator Has Mathematical World in Palm", The Boston Herald, Friday, 15 February 1946 (AP) ENIAC. Box 5, Folder 25 Electronic 'Brain' Computes 100-Year Problem in 2 Hours, 15 February 1946 (? paper); ENIAC, set-up, compare with MIT differential analyzer. Box 5, Folder 25 Army's Electronic 'Brains' Addled, The Boston Herald, Wednesday, 21 April 1948 (AP); reports tube breakdowns, lack of personnel to keep ENIAC busy. Box 5, Folder 25 Computer Unit Sold To Remington Rand, New York Times, 2 March 1950; sale of Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. to Remington Rand. Box 5, Folder 25 Electronic Brains: Calculating Machines Help Lighten Industry's Record Keeping Chores: High-Speed Computers Take Inventory, Figure Utility and Insurance Bills, An Aid to Oil-Well Drillers, James P. Thurber, Jr., The Wall Street Journal, 29 July 1953 (p. 1, 15).
Series 7: Press Clippings Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 32 of 38 Box 5, Folder 25 Electronic Brains: Computing Machines Help Build Airplanes Faster and Cheaper: Tell How Many Rivets to Put On a Wing; Steal Work of Wind Tunnels, Test Pilots; Year's Job Done in Minutes, Walter H. Oxstein The Wall Street Journal, 14 August 1950 (p. 1), West Coast developments. Box 5, Folder 25 2150 A.D.**Preview of the Robot Age: Machines that think and do the hard work will free men to develop their real talents, Edmund C. Berkeley, New York Times Magazine, Sunday, 19 November 1950 (pp. 19, 68f). Box 5, Folder 25 Network 'Drafts' UNIVAC for Election Coverage: CBS to Use Electronic Robot To Forecast Election Results The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia, Wednesday, 15 October 1952. UNIVAC in 1952 election photo: Eckert, Cronkite and operator with UNIVAC. Box 5, Folder 25 Mechanical Brain Strictly a Moron: 60-Pound Device Balks at Adding Two and Two, Newark Evening News, Friday, 19 May 1950 (AP p. 13). Berkeley's 'Simple Simon', photo: "Mechanical Mental Midget", Berkeley, Vall and Jensen (builders). Box 5, Folder 25 Tiny Mechanical 'Brain' Notable for Stupidity, New York Times, Thursday, 18 May 1950: announcement of unveiling of 'Simple Simon' at Columbia. Box 5, Folder 25 Tiny 'Brain' Robot Not So Very Dumb: 'Simple Simon' Proves That He's Clever Enough to Know Own Limitations, New York Times, Friday, 19 May 1950 Berkeley's 'Simple Simon' photo: "Mechanical 'Brain' Demonstrated At Columbia"; Berkeley, Vall and Jensen (builders) and 'Simple Simon". Return to Table of Contents Series 8: Periodicals and Brochures Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 33 of 38 Series 8: Periodicals and Brochures, 1950 - 1953 Box 5, Folder 26 UNIVAC FAC-TRONIC SYSTEM by Remington Rand, Inc., Eckert-Mauchly Division (18 pages) post-31 March 1951. Box 5, Folder 26 Ordnance Unit 4-3 Boasts of Expert 4ND Naval Reserve News Training and Information Bulletin, June 1953; (page twenty-six) a biography of Grace Hopper and photo. Box 5, Folder 26 Bell Laboratories Record, Volume XXXI Number 4, April 1953. Box 5, Folder 26 Systems for Modern Management Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XIV, No. 6 June 1950 "Electronic Accounting" by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, pages 10-11, 27. Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XIV, No. 7 July, 1950 (2 copies) "Electronic Actuary: How UNIVAC, Remington Rand's new high-speed computing system, is being applied successfully to the complicated problems of life insurance policies and studies." by Dr. Grace M. Hopper as told to Marika Hellstrom (pages 10, 29). Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XIV, No. 8, August, 1950 "Solving engineering problems fast by UNIVAC", by Dr. John W. Mauchly (pages 20-21). Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XIV, No. 9, September, 1950, "Material Control by UNIVAC: Maintaining balanced inventories requires a system which combines great flexibility and amazing speed." by T. Wister Brown (pages 15, 34). Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XIV, No. 11 November, 1950 "Mathematical Economics and the UNIVAC", by Herbert F. Mitchell, Jr., Ph.D. (pages 7, 34-35). Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XVI, No. 12, December, 1952 "UNIVAC Beats Statisticians on Election Night" by A.C. Hancock (pages 4-5). Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XVII, No. 2, February, 1953 "The Science of Industry" by General Douglas MacArthur (pages 4-6). Chairman of the Board, Remington Rand, Inc. Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XVII, No. 3, March, 1953 "Announcing...A Forward Step Towards Automatic Process Control the "ERA 1103" Electronic Computer". Box 5, Folder 26 Systems for Modern Management (continued) Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XVII, No. 4 April, 1953 "Getting Facts Faster: A glimpse at some of the inner workings of the UNIVAC, and what it can do towards solving complex business problems." by Robin Leatherman (pages 7-8). Box 5, Folder 26 Volume XVII, No. 7 July, 1953, "Computing the Nation's Potential" by H. Burke Horton (pages 16-17). Return to Table of Contents Series 9: Humor File Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 34 of 38 Series 9: Humor File , 1944 - 1953 Box 5, Folder 27 Bugs, by Grace Hopper July 26-28: half sheet of unlined three-hole paper Table worm, July 27; Kitchie Boo Boo Bug -He who goes around loosening relays. July 26; NRL Bug -He who sends wrong data. July 28; He who brings good data (also two xerox copies of same). Image(s) Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon by Grace Hopper: graph paper, three-hole punched "I am elusive" This way to the buss via Out Relay. Image(s) Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon by Grace Hopper unlined paper, two holes at top: "What counter shall I go to?"
Box 5, Folder 27 PROBLEM L by Grace Hopper unlined paper, two holes at top. Note bottom: "Computed, designed, coded, babied, nursed, pleaded with and mothered by" Grace Hopper. Middle: "Errors in mathematics and tape bugs pursued and captured by Ensign Bloch and Ensign Campbell". Box 5, Folder 27 Sympathy Chit (3 x 5 file card) signed by I.M. BROADSHOULDERED, LT (j.g.), USNR, Chaplain Striker. Box 5, Folder 27 Grace Murray Hopper Collection Finding Aid--Page 48 Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon by Stan MacGovern and Jay Nelson Tuck, newspaper clipping: "987654321012345678 OR: Harvard University Unveils World's Largest Calculating Machine --Scientific Marvel of the Century!" The Yuk-Yuk Department (no date, paper not known). Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon by Yardley in the Baltimore Sun "As One Haavad Man To Another, How's Chances?" reprinted in Harvard Alumni Bulletin: War Summer Vol. 47, No. 1, 23 September 1944. Box 5, Folder 27 Poem (anonymous, 2 tissue paper copies) "Immediately to the right of the main entrance is a classroom seating 59 students. --HAB 14 December 1946". Box 5, Folder 27 Description of BINAC (Anonymous); typed on bond paper; "The Binac contains 835 electronic vacuum tubes, most of which lit all of the time." and so on. Box 5, Folder 27 Diploma of Dr. Grace M. Hopper, "Has graduated with full honors from "Logical Blocks' And is hereby award the degree 'In Univacology'", date 1949 when join Eckert-Mauchly computer Corp., according to Grace Hopper. Box 5, Folder 27 ROUND ROBIN LETTER (Anonymous, typed on 2 sheets tissue paper). Attributes of people at Eckert-Mauchly, includes such as: Most Promising: Gen. Groves (He is always promising something) Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon by Grace Hopper (pencil on plain paper). The Evening Bulletin Alternate Thursday x002 "The EMCC celebrated the completion of UNIVAC today. After nearly a century of donuts, coffee, ulcers and swimming parties, the obsolete digital computer is now ready for production." Series 9: Humor File Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 35 of 38 Box 5, Folder 27 Grace Murray Hopper Collection Finding Aid--Page 49 Box 5, Folder 27 Report Card of Grace Murray Hopper, 8 June 1950) "Tact -A+++++ * *Spoke very nicely to Dresch". Box 5, Folder 27 Publicity Release of the Joint Development Board (typed both sides 3 x 5 card dateline: NYT, Jan 1/51). Subject: HOMIAC. HOMIAC "named for Admiral Hopper and General Mitchell" "An observer, as passionately fond of mathematics as the HOMIAC, opines that there may be some resemblance to MARK I, MARK II, MARK II, EDVAC, ENIAC, EDSAC, BINAC, SEAC, and UNIVAC, but that this resemblance is doubtless coincidental." Box 5, Folder 27 Quote of J.M. Keynes. "Too large a portion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols"--according to Grace Hopper, circulated around EMCC. Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon by Collinge "A strict diet of simple algebra --and NO calculus." The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, June 1, 1952 Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon (copyright by Field Enterprises, Inc.): "We've eliminated the last 'bug', gentlemen... the human element"... it'll now do an income tax return without blowing a fuse!", March 23, 1952 a Philadelphia paper. Image(s)
Box 5, Folder 27 Cartoon (copyright by Field Enterprises, Inc.): "It's some Senate committee, professor... they're investigating the 'Brain's' loyalty.." with "Gil" written in on one of the committee, "Herb" on the professor 1953 (from copyright) paper: San... Box 5, Folder 27 DP DEFINITIONS by W.S. Roth (page 81) ACM(?) year(?) included such as: "DEBUGGING--Removing the needles from the haystack." "MEMORY DUMP -- Amnesia." Box 5, Folder 27 DP DEFINITIONS by Shirley Marks. ACM date: month after ACM's 11th anniversary includes such as: "Conversion Routine --Missionary work among the Decimals." "Simpson's Rule --Evaluate an integral as you would have an integral evaluate you." Box 5, Folder 27 The "Electronics" Prayer by "Who'dedmitit" (carbon copy on tissue). Top corner: 26 May 1950 CC-5 "Our UNIVAC, which art in Philadelphia,..." (also four xerox copies of same). Box 5, Folder 27 PSALM TO THE FAREWELL STATE (Author Unknown, carbon copy on tissue) "The government is my shepherd, I need not work."... (3 copies). Box 5, Folder 27 Why Study When Machine Knows All the Answers?: Ivy Oratory Says Mechanical Brain Solves Conant's Income Tax and Makes Salads, Boston Daily Globe, Wednesday, 4 June 1947. Series 9: Humor File Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 36 of 38 Box 5, Folder 27 Undergraduate Designs Radical Abacus to Rival Harvard Electronic Calculator Yale Daily News, Friday, January 10, 1947 (p. 1, 5). A.G. Puddlefoot, Yale '50, with circular abacus challenges Mark I or II. Photo: Puddlefoot with abacus. Box 5, Folder 28 Captain Marvel and the Incredible Calculator, (Captain Marvel Adventures Vol. 9 No. 53) 1 February 1946 Fawcett Publications Inc. 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY perhaps the first comic book to contain a computer, according to Grace Hopper. Image(s)
Return to Table of Contents Series 10: Machine Tape Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 37 of 38 Series 10: Machine Tape, undated Box 6
Paper machine tape (3 5/8" wide), punched holes "Problem L Tape RR 3A" Image(s)
Return to Table of Contents Series 11: Audio Visual Materials Grace Murray Hopper Collection NMAH.AC.0324 Page 38 of 38 Series 11: Audio Visual Materials
Computer Resources: Possible Future's, Hardware, Software, People, Part I, undated
Computer Resources: Possible Future's, Hardware, Software, People, Part II 1 videocassette (u-matic) (TRT: 39:15) Computer Resources: Possible Future's, Hardware, Software, People, Part III, undated 1 videocassette (u-matic) (TRT: 22:15) Return to Table of Contents Yüklə 1,81 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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