University of
Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]
Charles Babbage Institute.
Academic computing
collection
circa 1950-1985
40 boxes
(35.75 cubic feet)
Contains literature
about computer hardware, software, and systems that originated or were
developed at specific academic institutions. Since many universities can be
identified with certain developments in information processing, this collection
provides some access to information about projects (such as Project MAC, and
the ILLIAC, ORDVAC, and Whirlwind computers) and systems (such as ALOHA).
Information about any one topic is not necessarily comprehensive, e.g. there
may be only a few items relating to any one computer. In some cases the
collection also includes information relating to the academic computing
facility itself.
CBI 61
English
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute in several
accessions by a number of individuals, institutions, and corporations.
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute 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:
Academic Computing Collection (CBI 61), Charles Babbage Institute,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Arrangement of Collection
The collection is arranged alphabetically by university. The phrase
"University of" has been entered under the next significant word in the title,
i.e., the entry for "University of Minnesota" is between "Midwestern
Universities Research Association" and "Mississippi Southern College".
Historical Note
Computer research and development at academic research institutions in
the United States intensified during World War II, prompted by the United
States government's wartime need for rapid, complex mathematical calculations.
The nation's research institutions continued computer research and development
projects into the Cold War years, many still supported by the government and
related to military applications. Universities are often identified with
certain developments in information processing. For example, the first
real-time text / graphic display was developed at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) for the Whirlwind computer; the Aloha protocol for radio
packet switching was developed for the University of Hawaii's ALOHA system.
Research institutions and the government agencies that sponsored them generated
a wide variety of reports, manuals, and other documentation.
Scope and Content Note
The Academic Computing Collection contains literature about hardware,
software and systems that originated or were developed at specific academic
institutions. Since many universities can be identified with certain
developments in information processing, this collection provides some access to
information about those projects. In some cases information relating to the
academic computer facility itself is also included. Often projects were
sponsored by the government, so the researcher should also refer to the U.S.
Government Computing Collection (CBI 63) for information on joint projects.
However, most of the material that has been identified primarily with a single
university will be found in the Academic Computing Collection, regardless of
government sponsorship.
Related Collections
U.S. Government Computing, CBI 63
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.
Aloha system (Electronic
computer system)
Computation Laboratories --
United States -- History -- Sources.
Computers -- United States --
History -- Sources.
Illiac computer.
Medical sciences -- Computer
programs.
Ordvac computer.
Whirlwind computer.
Carnegie-Mellon University.
Case
Institution of Technology.
Case
Institution of Technology -- Systems Research Center.
Cornell
Aeronautical Laboratory.
Cornell
University.
Harvard
University -- Computation Laboratory.
Illinois
Institute of Technology.
Institute for
Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology -- Digital Computing Laboratory.
Moore School
of Electrical Engineering.
New York
University.
Northwestern
University (Evanston, IL)
Ohio State
University.
Pennsylvania
State University.
Project MAC
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Stanford
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Stanford
Research Institute.
Stanford
University.
Stanford
University -- Applied Mathematics and Statistics laboratory.
Stanford
University -- Computer Science Dept.
State
University of New York.
University of
California, Berkeley.
University of
California, Los Angeles.
University of
California, Los Angeles -- Dept. of Engineering.
University of
California, Los Angeles -- Health Sciences Computing Facility.
University of
Hawaii (Honolulu)
University of
Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) -- Digital Computer Laboratory.
University of
Michigan.
University of
Minnesota.
University of
Pennsylvania.
University of
Utah -- Computer Science Division.
Wayne State
University.
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
American University
1
University of Arizona
1
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
1
Brown University
1
California Institute of Technology [Caltech]
9-10
University of California--Berkeley
1
University of California--Davis
1
University of California--Irvine
10-11
University of California--Los Angeles (UCLA)
12
Carnegie Institute of Technology [includes several
dissertations completed as part of sponsored research]
Carnegie-Mellon University
12
Center for the Study of Information Processing
12
Computation Center [includes IT for IBM 650]
12
Department of Computer Science
6
Mellon institute of Industrial Research [later CMU
Graduate School of Industrial Administration]
6
Speech Understanding Systems Study Group [IPTO
contractors including Perlis, Licklider, and Reddy: initial (1971) and follow
up (1975) reports printed through CMU]
13
Case Institute of Technology
1
University of Chicago
1
Clemson University
1
University of Colorado--Boulder
1
Columbia University
14
Cornell University
1
Dartmouth College
1
University of Denver
1
Duke University
2
George Washington University
2
Georgetown University
2
Georgia Institute of Technology
2
University of Georgia
7, 15, 39
Harvard University
16
University of Hawaii
2
University of Houston
19
Illinois Institute of Technology
17-18
University of Illinois
2
Indiana University
2
University of Iowa
2
Johns Hopkins University
2
University of Kentucky
Lehigh University
35
Center for the Information Sciences
35
Institute of Research
2
Louisiana State University
3
University of Maryland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
38
Artificial Intelligence Group, MIT Computation Center,
and Research Laboratory of Electronics
40
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory: EMACS for Twenex,
1980.
22
Center for International Studies
7, 22
Digital Computer Laboratory [includes Project Whirlwind
and summer courses]
22
Education Research Center
7, 40
Electronic Computer Division [includes Whirlwind I
brochure]
7. 22
Electronic Systems Laboratory
22
Industrial Relations Section
22
Instrumentation Laboratory [includes Project Whirlwind]
7, 22
Laboratory for Computer Science [formerly Project MAC]
7, 22
Lincoln Labs [includes TX-2]
40
LINC [v. 16]
38
Machine Methods for Computation and Numerical Analysis
38
MIT Computation Center
38
MIT Cooperative Computing Group, Department of Physics,
and Solid State and Molecular Theory Group
38
NERComP [New England Regional Computing Program]
38
Project Intrex
38
Project MAC [includes report by Minsky and Papert on
preceptrons, several dissertations, and a MULTICS manual]
38
Research Laboratory of Electronics
40
Research Laboratory of Electronics and Computation
Center [includes COMIT and LISP manuals]
40
School of Industrial Management [Electronic Computers
and Business Problems, 1956]
38, 40
Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center
40
Servomechanisms Laboratory [includes Project Whirlwind]
40
Technical Information Program
40
University of Massachusetts--Amherst
University of Michigan [includes information on MIDAC,
MIDSAC, MAD and GAT]
20
College of Engineering: Summer Courses,
1956-58, 1963.
20
College of Engineering: Use of Computers in Engineering
Education,
1960-1961.
20
College of Engineering Industry Program.
21
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Department
of Philosophy
21
Communication Sciences Laboratory.
21
Computing Center [includes information on MTS]
21
CONCOMP: Research in Conversational Use of Computers
[directed by Frank Westervelt]
21
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
21
Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Information Systems
Laboratory
21
Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Sensory Intelligence
Laboratory
21
Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Radiation Laboratory
21
Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Systems Engineering
Laboratory (
21
Department of Industrial Engineering [later Industrial
and Operations Engineering
21
Department of Philosophy
20
Division of Research Development and Administration
20
Engineering Summer Conferences
21
Engineering Research Institute
20
MAD [Michigan Algorithm Decoder]
21
Mental Health Research Institute
21
MERIT Computer Network [with Wayne State and Michigan
State]
20
Statistical and Computing Laboratory
20
Summer Course Notes
8
Willow Run Research Center [later Willow Run Laboratory]
3
Midwestern Universities Research Association
23
University of Minnesota
3
Mississippi Southern College
3
Montana State College
3
University of New Mexico
3
University of North Carolina
3
Northeastern University
25
Northwestern University
New York University [NYU] [includes Symposium on digital
computing in the aircraft industry (1957) in cooperation with IBM]
24
Department of Electrical Engineering. Laboratory for
Electroscience Research
24
Institute for Computer Research in the Humanities.
Linguistic String Project
24
Institute of Mathematical Sciences. AEC [Atomic Energy
Commission] Computing and Applied Mathematics Center
26
Ohio State University
29
Pennsylvania State University [includes manual for
PENNSTAC/PENNCODE]
University of Pennsylvania
27
Computer Center
27
Institute for Cooperative Research [in cooperation with
the Moore School]
27
Office of Computer Research and Education
27-28
Moore School of Electrical Engineering [includes Moore
School Lectures; reports on ENIAC, EDVAC, MSAC]
3
University of Pittsburgh
30-31
Princeton University
3
Purdue University
4
Rensselaer Polytechnic
4
Rice University
4
University of Rochester
4
Rutgers, The State University [N.J.]
4
University of Southern California
4
Southern Illinois University
Stanford University
33
Applied Mathematics and Statistics Laboratories.
Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences
33
Center for Economic Policy Research
7
Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Program in
Information Technology and Telecommunications
33
Computer Center Information Systems
33
Computer Science Division [later Computer Science
Department]
32
Division of Engineering Mechanics
34
Graduate School of Business. Institute for Communication
Research [SPIRES project]
34
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
34
Stanford Electronics Laboratories. Digital Systems
Laboratory
34
Stanford Electronics Laboratories. Solid-State
Electronics Laboratory
34
Stanford Electronics Laboratories. Systems Theory
Laboratory
34
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
33
Stanford Research Institute
34
Study and evaluation of the status of university
programs in the United States in computers, data-processing and related fields
including recommendations to Stanford University on their potential role in
these fields, prepared by Louis Fein, Oct. 1957, 31 p.
State University of New York [SUNY]
24
Computer Sciences Consulting and Coordinating Committee
24
State University of New York at Albany [SUNY]
24
State University of New York at Buffalo [SUNY]
24
State University of New York at Stony Brook [SUNY]
4
Syracuse University
4
Temple University
4
University of Texas
36
University of Utah
5
University of Vermont
5
Washington University [St. Louis, MO]
5
University of Washington
37
Wayne State University
5
University of Wisconsin
5
Yale University