University of
Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]
Burrell, Warren P.
Warren P. Burrell
papers
1945-1968, 1976
1 box (1 cubic
foot)
Collection consists of
materials remaining after the addition of Burrell’s ERA records to the
Engineering Research Associates (ERA) - Remington Rand - Sperry Rand Records
(CBI 176). Items in the Burrell papers include resumes, certificates and
information regarding the Association of Computing Machinery, of which Burrell
was an active member during the 1950s. The majority of the collection consists
of Articles, Notes and Technical Reports gathered by Burrell.
CBI 124
English
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Warren P.
Burrell in 1996.
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:
Warren P. Burrell Papers (CBI 124), Charles Babbage Institute,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials are arranged into two series:
- Personal
- Articles, Notes and Technical Reports
Biographical Note
Warren P. Burrell graduated from the University of Minnesota with a
BEE in 1948 and joined Engineering Research Associates (ERA), a St. Paul,
Minnesota firm, as an assistant engineer working in computer development that
same year. Burrell was involved in such projects as the ERA 1101, ERA 1103, the
UNIVAC File Computer, NIKE-X, and XU-71.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of materials remaining after the addition of
Burrell’s ERA records to the Engineering Research Associates (ERA) - Remington
Rand - Sperry Rand Records (CBI 176). Items in the Burrell papers include
resumes, certificates and information regarding the Association of Computing
Machinery, of which Burrell was an active member during the 1950s. The majority
of the collection consists of Articles, Notes and Technical Reports gathered by
Burrell. These materials cover such topics as magnetic drum cores, transistors
and programming. Other items include MIT computation books and instructional
drawings.
Related Material
Materials regarding Burrell’s work at ERA are a part of the
Engineering Research Associates (ERA) -
Remington Rand - Sperry Rand Records (CBI 176). Researchers looking
for information on Warren Burrell should consult both his personal papers and
the ERA-RR-SR collections.
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.
Burrell,
Warren P.
Computer industry.
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Personal
1
1
Warren P. Burrell’s resume,
undated.
1
8
Certificate, diploma, and newspaper article regarding
Burrell’s induction into fraternities,
1947-1948.
1
28
Annual reports, prospectuses, proxy statements, etc. for
Control Data Corporation and Midwest Technical Development Corporation (of
which he owned stock),
1958-1961.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1
23
Abstracts,
1950-1951.
1
24
Constitution, membership roster, election notices,
book order forms,
1950, 1952.
1
25
Reports # 13-21,
1950-1953.
1
26
Meetings and Conferences,
1950-1954.
Articles, Notes and Technical Reports
1
23
Abstracts,
1950-1951.
1
2
#1219 "Computer Theory of Operation,"
undated.
1
3
"1103A Programming Course Class Notes,"
undated.
1
4
"Introduction to the Parametron," "Parametron Circuits
1," "Parametron Circuits 2,"
undated.
1
5
“Instructional Drawings,” MIT Radar School, Course III,
1945.
1
6-7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Class #33
computation books A & B,
1945.
1
9
Magnetic drums and cores,
1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959.
[6 articles]
1
10
"Standards on Electronic Computers: Definitions of
Terms,"
1950.
1
11
Transistors,
1951, 1952, 1954.
[4 articles]
1
12
Digital computers and programming,
1952, 1953, 1957, 1959.
[8 articles]
1
13
"Analytical Differentiation by Digital Computer" by
Harry G. Kahrimanian, MA Thesis,
1953.
1
14
"The Synthesis for Sequential Switching Circuits, pts. 1
& 2,"
1954.
1
15
University of Minnesota, Dr. M. L. Stein "Programming
for High Speed Digital Computers with Applications" ITM 164-5-6,
1955.
[also notes EE 163, 166, 1955]
1
16
Computers in the business world,
1958-1959.
[7 articles]
1
17
"Conference Methods: A Five Session Training Course,"
1959.
1
18
"M-460 Computer Maintenance Course,"
1959.
1
19
UCLA "Controlling and Exploiting Giant Computers,"
1960.
1
20
Programming in real-time,
1962, 1963.
[4 articles]
1
21
"UNIVAC Engineering Symposium,"
1963.
1
22
"A History for UNIVAC New Computer Family," by Warren P.
Burrell,
1968.
1
28
Articles by Williams & Kilborn,
1948-1951.
1
29
Computer Standards, Power Supplies and Electronics for
Nuclear Physicists Articles,
1950s.
1
30
“State of Minnesota Principal State Data Networks,”
12 October 1976.
1
31
Gott Thesis, Chapter 3 – “Elementary Automatic Coding
Theory.”
1
32
Miscellaneous Notes and Articles.
[all together in a single binder]
1
33
Miscellaneous Notes.
[loose]