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Isaac L. Auerbach papers
1948-1987
bulk 1957-1987
CBI 52
Auerbach, Isaac L. (Isaac Levin), 1921-1992
11 boxes (9.5
cubic feet)
Collection contains documentation of Isaac L.
Auerbach's activities in several professional associations, especially IFIP,
his consulting, and other business activities. The IFIP records include
materials about the biennial congresses and document the growth and activities
of the federation; its relationship with other professional organizations is
also documented. The AFIPS records focus on the History of Computing Committee
and the Computer History Project of the late 1960s to mid 1970s, including work
with the Smithsonian Institution and the Charles Babbage Institute. The
Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, and the International Federation of Automatic Control
are also represented in the collection. Some of Auerbach's consulting
activities with government and private groups, such as the CTAB, are also
documented.
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Biographical Note
Isaac L. Auerbach earned a BS at Drexel University in 1943. After
earning his MS from Harvard in 1947, he became resident engineer at the Univac
Division of Sperry Rand. In 1949 he moved to Burroughs Corporation as manager
of the Defense Space and Special Products Division. In 1957 he left to form his
own company, Auerbach Associates, Inc. He was president of this company until
1976, when he sold the company to its executives. He then founded Isaac L.
Auerbach Inc. Consultants and became its president. He was also chairman of
Auerbach Corporation Science and Technology, 1957-1983, and president
(1960-1981) and later chairman (1981-1986) of Auerbach Publishers.
Auerbach was active in computer societies, especially the American
Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), where he worked on the
History of Computing Committee (HOCC). In 1960 he helped found the
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and was its first
president, from 1960-1965.
He worked on government committees as well, including acting as chair
for the Commerce Technical Advisory Board (CTAB) working group for the
development of a system for U.S. science and technology information.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains documentation of Isaac Auerbach's activities
in several professional associations, especially IFIP, and his consulting and
other business activities. The IFIP records include materials about the
biennial congresses and document the growth and activities of the federation.
The records also document its relationship with other professional
organizations. The AFIPS records focus on the History of Computing Committee
and the Computer History Project dating from the late 1960s to mid 1970s. This
project included work with the Smithsonian Institution and the Charles Babbage
Institute.
Some of Auerbach's consulting activities with government and private
groups, such as the CTAB, are documented. There are reports from the Auerbach
Advisory Service, Auerbach Information Sciences and Technology, Auerbach
Institute, and Auerbach Simplact, as well as records of Auerbach Publishing, a
memo from Auerbach to Eckert and Mauchly dated 1948, some computer programs,
and films and photographs related to Auerbach's consulting work and the history
of the computer industry.
The Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, and the International Federation of Automatic
Control are also represented in the collection.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following
groups:
- IFIP Records, 1958-1983
- Records of Other Associations, 1959-1987
- Consulting, 1965-1984
- Miscellaneous History Materials, 1948, 1978-1980
- Miscellaneous Programs, 1965, ca. 1980
- Photographs and Film, 1946-1975
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Auerbach, Isaac L. (Isaac Levin), 1921-1992
Association for Computing Machinery.
American Federation of Information Processing Societies.
American
Federation of Information Processing Societies. History of Computing
Committee.
Burroughs Corporation.
Auerbach Corporation.
Charles Babbage Institute.
Commerce
Technical Advisory Board.
Computer
History Project.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
International Federation for Information Processing.
International Federation of Automatic Control.
Smithsonian Institution.
Computer industry--History.
Computer
industry--Societies, etc.
Computers--History.
Electric
engineering--Societies, etc.
Electronic data
processing--Societies, etc.
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Isaac
Auerbach in 1989.
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
CBI holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for
items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers
may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright
law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation:
Isaac L. Auerbach Papers (CBI 52), Charles Babbage Institute,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
IFIP Records,
1958-1983
Bylaws and Statutes,
1962-1979.
1
1-3
Correspondence,
1958-1984.
1
4-24
Correspondence,
1958-1984.
2
1-5
Annual Reports,
1976-1983.
2
6-9
Council Correspondence,
1959-1965.
2
10-11
Organizing meeting,
1959.
2
12
Council and General Assembly minutes,
1959-1983.
2
13-21
Council and General Assembly minutes,
1959-1983.
3
1-2
IFIP Congress '62,
1960-1962.
3
3-10
IFIP Congress '65,
1962-1967.
3
11-23
IFIP Congress '65,
1962-1967.
11
IFIP Congress '68,
1967-1968.
3
24-26
IFIP Congress '71,
1969-1971.
4
1-3
IFIP Congress '74,
1972-1974.
4
4-5
IFIP Congress '77,
1976-1977.
4
6-8
IFIP Congress '80,
1980.
4
9
IFIP Congress '83,
1980-1983.
4
10
Admissions,
1960-1964.
4
11-12
Admissions Committee,
1960-1965, 1969.
4
13
Allied Organizations,
1962-1965.
4
14
Applied Information Processing Group,
1977-1981.
4
15
Awards Committee,
1961-1963.
4
16
Committee for International Liaison,
1970-1977.
4
17
Committee for the Standardization of Terminology and
Symbols,
1960-1962.
4
18-19
Committee Member Names and Addresses,
1963-1965.
4
20
Curriculum for Information Systems Designers,
1974-1978.
1
21
Finances,
1959-1976.
1
22-23
Future Plans Committee,
1964-1965.
4
24
A Future Strategy and
Structure for IFIP,
1979.
4
25
Bulletin of the IFIP (English and French), No. 1 &
2,
1961-1962.
5
1
History of IFIP Working File,
1957-1961.
5
2
IFIP Information Bulletin,
1976-1977, 1980.
5
3
Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics,
1967-1976.
5
4
International Federation of Automatic Control,
1959-1965.
5
5-7
International Medical Informatics Association,
1978-1980.
5
8
Joint IFIP/ICC Terminology Committee,
1961-1964.
5
9
Long Range Planning,
1962-1963.
5
10
Mussard, J.A.,
1961-1963.
5
11
IFIP News\Bulletin,
1960-1963.
5
12
IFIP News, No. 1 & 2,
1963.
5
13
Nominations Committee,
1962-1963.
5
14
Officers,
1968-1969.
5
15
Pioneer Day Proposal,
1980.
5
16
Prospective Members,
1962-1964.
5
17
Public Relations,
1959-1962.
5
18
Smith, Bucklin & Associates,
1966-1971.
5
19
Speiser, A.P. (Secretary),
1960-1963.
5
20
Summary Brochures,
1965-1977.
5
21
TC2,
1961-1965.
5
22-26
TC3,
1961-1965.
5
27
Working Group 2.1, Algol,
1961-1965.
5
28-29
UNESCO Relations,
1961-1962.
5
30-31
UNESCO Working Group, Mechanical Translation,
1961-1962.
5
32
UNESCO Working Party No. 2, Automatic Documentation,
1963-1964.
5
33
Non-IFIP Communication Standards,
1965.
5
34
Records of Other Associations,
1959-1987
AFIPS,
1965-1987
AFIPS, general records,
1978-1984.
6
4-5
Historical Committee Computer History Project,
1967-1974.
6
6-10
History of Computing Committee,
1977-1983.
6
11-25
History of Computing Programs,
1971-1976.
6
26-27
History - Smithsonian Computer History Project,
1965-1987.
7
1-5
History - Spectrum History Panel,
1981.
7
6
New Activities Committee,
1975-1976.
7
7
Pioneer Day,
1981.
7
8-9
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),
1961-1981.
6
1-3
Charles Babbage Institute (CBI),
1980.
7
11-12
Data Processing Management Association (DPMA),
1963.
7
13
Federation Internationale de Documentation (FID),
1963-1967.
7
14
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE),
1964-1984.
7
15-19
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC),
1962-1965.
7
20-21
Instruments Society of America (ISA),
1959-1960.
7
22
Management Centre Europe (MCE),
1971.
7
23
UNESCO,
1957.
7
24
Union of International Engineering Organizations and
Information Council of Scientific Unions,
1960-1962.
7
25
U.S. Information Agency,
1962-1963.
7
10
U.S. National Committee of the International
Electrotechnical Commission,
1966.
7
26
Consulting,
1965-1984
Auerbach Advisory Service (AAS),
1979
Selected Readings for Mr. Amos Bergner Blitney,
1979.
7
27
Auerbach Information Sciences and Technology
1965-1968
Composition and Growth of the Information Processing
Industry, for FCC,
1968.
7
28
Data Management Seminar,
undated.
7
29
Evaluation of the Methodology of the DOD User Needs
Study,
1965.
7
30
Auerbach Institute (AI),
1968-1969
A Growth Plan for the Auerbach Institute,
1968.
7
31
Advanced Computer Concepts for Jet Propulsion Lab,
1968.
7
32-34
Advanced Computer Concepts for Jet Propulsion Lab,
1968.
8
1-3
Management Information Systems,
1969.
8
4
Techniques of File Design and Data Base Structure,
1968.
8
5-6
Auerbach Publishing,
1972-1981
Auditoria de PED,
1980.
8
7
Auerbach Computer Technology Microlibrary,
1972.
8
8
Auerbach Computer Technology Microlibrary
(microfiche),
1972.
10
1
Best Computer Papers,
1978-1981.
8
9-12
Auerbach Simplact,
1978-1979
Advanced Program for Engineering Managers, for GM,
1978.
8
13-14
Information Exchange,
1979.
8
15
Prompt II,
1979.
8
16-21
Miscellaneous Consulting,
1972-1984
Commerce Technical Advisory Board (CTAB),
1978-1981.
8
22-26
Commerce Technical Advisory Board (CTAB),
1978-1981.
9
1-6
Computer Assisted Language Translation Systems,
1983-1984.
9
7-9
ILA Inc. Prospect, Israel Computerized Language
Translation,
1984.
9
10
National Bureau of Standards (NBS),
1972-1979.
9
11-13
National Cash Register (NCR),
1975-1978.
9
14
National Science Foundation (NSF),
1979.
9
15
U.S. President's Committee on Science and Technology,
1977.
9
16
Miscellaneous History Materials,
1948, 1978-1980
This series includes an interview of Isaac Auerbach by Nancy Stern
on the early days of computers and a memo from Auerbach to Eckert and Mauchly
dated 1948
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp., Auerbach Memo,
1948.
9
17
Nancy Stern Oral History,
1978-1980.
9
18
Miscellaneous Programs,
1965, circa 1980
This series includes COMPAR manuals and background materials
concerning Electronic Tote.
COMPAR,
circa 1980.
9
19-22
Electronic Tote,
1965, 1970-1972.
9
23-25
Photographs and Film,
1946-1975
This series contains films and photographs related to Auerbach's
consulting work and the history of the computer industry.
Auerbach Founding (film),
1957.
10
2
Auerbach Picnic, Dr. Hill,
1967.
10
3
Computer Museum Floor Plans,
1975.
10
4
ENIAC, Group Photograph,
1946.
10
4
IFIP TC2, Group Photographs,
1964.
10
5
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert,
1971.
10
6
John Von Neumann and wife (from AFIPS History of
Computing Project),
1972.
10
7
News Release Photographs of Auerbach Personnel (James P.
Anderson, Isaac L. Auerbach, Sheldon J. Einhorn, John A.
Gosden, Stephen W. Leibholz, Robert J. Rossheim, Arnold
B. Shafritz),
1965.
10
8