University of
Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]
Charles Babbage Institute
Engineering Research
Associates (ERA)-Remington Rand-Sperry Rand records
1945-1988
40 boxes (14.2
cubic feet)
The Engineering
Research Associates-Remington Rand-Sperry Rand Records document research,
development and production activities at company facilities in St. Paul,
Minnesota. Collection consists of technical information on company projects,
administrative materials related to the St. Paul location, engineers' files,
and materials exhibited at the ERA 40th anniversary event in 1986.
CBI 176
English
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by a variety
of individuals in numerous accessions.
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:
ERA-RR-SR Records (CBI 176), Charles Babbage Institute, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following
groups:
- Corporate Administration, 1945-1988
- Technical Reports and Memoranda, 1947-1972
- Warren P. Burrell Records, 1945-1970
- Jay A. Kershaw Records, 1955-1965
- John Lindsay Hill Records, 1947-1981
- ERA 40th Anniversary event exhibit materials
Historical Note
Engineering Research Associates (ERA) was founded in 1946 in an effort
to continue the work of a classified war-time Navy cryptology unit called
Communications Supplementary Activity -Washington (CSAW). A technological
group, headed by former CSAW supervisors Howard T. Engstrom and William C.
Norris, and former head of the Naval Computing Machine Laboratory Ralph I.
Meader, joined with investment banker John Parker to establish the company.
Parker was the former head of Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation (NAC), a
St. Paul, Minnesota firm that made gliders during World War II. ERA established
a small office in Arlington, Virginia, but the majority of ERA's workforce was
located in the former NAC facility in St. Paul.
ERA became a division of Remington Rand in 1952. In 1955, Remington
Rand and the Sperry Corporation merged to become the Sperry Rand Corporation
and ERA became part of the company's Univac Division.
Bibliography
- "Engineering Research Associates: The wellspring of Minnesota's
computer industry" (St. Paul: Sperry Communications Dept., 1986).
- Tomash, Erwin and Arnold E. Cohen. "The Birth of ERA:
Engineering Research Associates Inc. 1946-1955." In Annals of the History of
Computing 1:2 (October 1979).
Biographical Note
Warren P. Burrell
Warren P. Burrell graduated from the University of Minnesota with a
BEE in 1948 and joined Engineering Research Associates 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.
John Lindsay Hill
John Lindsay Hill graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology
with a BSEE in 1930. He worked as project engineer for Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing before joining Engineering Research Associates as an electrical
engineer in 1946. At ERA, Hill supervised development of the ERA 1101 and
several other projects including a message storage and relay system for stored
flight plans using magnetic drums for the Civil Aeronautics Administration. In
1956, Hill was placed in charge of the UNIVAC project. Later he worked for
Ramsey Engineering.
Jay A. Kershaw
Jay A. Kershaw graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BEE
in 1950. He joined ERA in 1951 as an electrical engineer in computer
development. Kershaw worked on development of magnetic recording techniques and
materials, and the Logistics Computer. He became peripherals manager for the
Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) project in the early 1960s. Kershaw left
Sperry Univac to work in management for Control Data Corporation and later for
Control Data's subsidiary, Control Data Worldtech.
Scope and Content Note
The Engineering Research Associates - Remington Rand - Sperry Rand
Records document research, development and production activities at company
facilities in St. Paul, Minnesota. Researchers should note that these materials
do not constitute the official corporate records of any of the three companies.
Materials in this collection were gathered from a variety of sources, including
company employees such as engineers Warren P. Burrell, John Lindsay Hill, and
Jay A. Kershaw.
The bulk of the collection consists of technical information on
company projects, such as the Atlas I (commercially known as ERA 1101 and
UNIVAC 1101), the Logistics Computer, and the UNIVAC LARC, as well as other
research and products including the magnetic drum memory. Also included are
some administrative materials related to the St. Paul location, engineers'
files, and materials exhibited at the ERA 40th anniversary event in 1986.
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.
Hill, John
L. (John Lindsay), 1909-
Kershaw,
Jay A.
Engineering
Research Associates.
Remington
Rand, Inc
Sperry Rand
Corporation.
Computer industry --
Minnesota.
Univac computer
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Corporate Administration, 1946-1988
Materials consist of administrative records related to the St.
Paul location, although there are a few company-wide corporate histories and
employee directories. Staff biographies, trip reports, and staff talks and
writings are included. Materials originate from all three companies, but not
all are specifically identified with (or filed by) their source company.
1
1
Active projects list,
1955
Corporate Histories
1
2
"Engineering Research Associates,"
undated
1
3
"The Formation of Engineering Research Associates,"
undated
1
4
"The History of the Glider Program at Northwestern
Aeronautical Corporation," prepared by the Army Air Force Air Technical Service
Command,
1945
1
5
"A History of Sperry Rand Corporation,"
1961, 1964
1
6
"History and Highlights: Military Operations of
UNIVAC,"
1962
1
7
"Engineering Research Associates: The wellspring of
Minnesota’s computer industry,"
circa 1986
Employee lists and directories
1
8
Computer Systems Development personnel list,
undated
36
ERA employee rosters,
1946-1988
1
9-11
ERA Telephone Directories,
1946,1947, 1949, 1954
1
12
ERA Plant Directory,
1951
1
13
ERA Employee Directory,
1952
1
14
Computer Development Division personnel list,
December 1958
1
15
System Planning personnel list,
November 1961
1
16-17
Univac Park, St. Paul, telephone directories,
1962-1970
1
18-19
Sperry Rand Univac telephone directories,
1969-1971
2
1
Sperry Rand Univac telephone directories,
1969-1971
2
2
ERA reunion list,
1974
2
3-4
ERA employee lists compiled/collected by Nancy Stern,
and related correspondence,
1980
2
5
ERA amended articles of incorporation and bylaws,
1950, 1952
2
6
ERA annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31,
1948
1948
2
7
ERA Lectures # 2-9,
1952
2
8
ERA list of shareholders,
1951
2
9
ERA Library memoranda and reading lists,
1954-1955
2
10
ERA "Management Policies and Administrative Procedures,"
1950
2
11
ERA Operations Division organization chart,
1948
ERA Safety Committee
2
12
Committee Report 1954, Safety Inspection Tour Reports,
1953
2
13
Meeting Minutes,
October 1953-July 1954
ERA Staff Biographies
2
14
"Biographical Sketches of Engineers Employed at
Engineering Research Associates, Inc.,"
1948
2
15
"Biographical Sketches of the Technical Staff,"
1949-1950
2
16
"Biographical Sketches of the Professional Staff,"
1951
3
1
"The Professional Staff,"
1953
Facility Blueprints
3
2
"Plant No. 1" blueprint # 124212,
undated
3
3
"Dimensional Room Layout, Main Plant Building,"
Project # 1-100 blueprint,
1951
3
4
"Floor Plan, Whse # 4, Midway Terminal Whse Co.,"
blueprint,
1953
3
5
Microelectronics Symposium program and agenda,
20-21 March 1963
3
6
Newspaper clippings and magazine articles,
1947-1966
39
5
NTDS Peripherals organization chart,
1962
40
1
Orientation Program for Professional Employees,
January-February 1961
39
22
Photographs of unidentified machines,
undated
Press Releases
3
7
Remington Rand Univac press releases,
1960
3
8
Univac Press releases,
1961-1970
3
9
"Project Engineering Checklist," (Preliminary Draft),
undated
3
10
Remington Rand Univac "Engineering Standard Practices,"
1960-1962
3
11
Remington Rand Univac Financial Report,
1956
3
12
Remington Rand Univac meeting, Santa Barbara, CA,
transcript,
17 May 1957
3
13
Remington Rand Univac System Planning Dept.:
(engineering) record storage list,
1962
29
24
Seminar on Digital Computing,
1952
3
14
Sperry Rand Univac Engineering Department organization
charts,
1960
3
14
Sperry Rand Univac Military Division organization chart,
1959
Trip Reports
3
15
ERA,
1952-1956
3
16
Remington Rand Univac,
1952-1956, 1958, 1960, 1964,
1967
4
1-6
Remington Rand Univac,
1952-1956, 1958, 1960, 1964,
1967
Staff Talks and Writings
4
7
"On the Limitation of Processor-Memory Recycle Rate in
a Multi-Processing System," by James C. Nelson,
undated
39
20
“Special Project Department, Special Purpose Data
Processing Systems,”
undated
4
8
"Storage of Numbers on Magnetic Tape," by J.M. Coombs,
1947
4
9
"Selective Alteration of Digital Data in a Magnetic
Drum Computer Memory," by Arnold A Cohen and William R. Keye, presented at the
1948 National Convention, Institute of Radio Engineers,
1948
4
8
"Magnetic Drum Storage for Digital Information
Processing Systems," by Arnold A. Cohen,
1950
4
10
"Design Features of the ERA 1101 Computer," by F.C.
Mullaney, presented at the Joint AIEE-IRE Computer Conference, Philadelphia,
PA, (Box 4, folder 10
10-12 December 1951
4
11
"Types of Magnetic Amplifiers: A Survey,"
1951
4
8
"Minimum Access Programming," by David P. Perry,
1952
4
12
"An Electronic System for Processing Air Traffic
Control Information," by R.M. Kalb,
1954
39
21
“Talk to Sperry Rand Representatives,” by C.W. Fritze,
12 December 1957
4
13
"Thoughts on Engineering Management," by J.C. Chu,
1959
4
14
"Computer-Aided Radar Tracking," by E.J. Block et al,
to be presented at 1962 FJCC
4
15
"Summary: Data Handling at an AMR Tracking Station,"
to be presented at 1962 FJCC
4
16
Univac Conflict of Interest Policy,
circa 1962
4
17
Univac Defense Operations - Design Practices,
20 October 1964
4
18
UNIVAC Engineering Symposium program and agenda (first),
16-18 January 1963
4
19
• UNIVAC Engineering Symposium (papers presented,
agendas, etc.),
9-11 October 1963
4
20
UNIVAC Memory Systems Development department minutes,
31 December 1962
40
2
“UNIVAC Military Engineering Symposia Review,” First
Quarter
5
1
"UNIVAC Products- Saint Paul: A Handbook of Major
Products Designed, Developed, and Manufactured at Remington Rand UNIVAC from
1947-1959,"
1959
5
2
"UNIVAC Products- St. Paul: A Handbook of Major Products
Designed, Developed, and Produced During 1960 and 1961 at Remington Rand
UNIVAC, Volume II,"
1961
Technical Reports and Memoranda, 1947-1972
Technical reports were used as a formal means of communicating
technical information internally and externally. Technical memoranda were less
formal and generally used only within company. This series includes both, as
well as other technical documents such as blueprints, manuals, and project
proposals.
The technical documents have been loosely organized into three
groups: those filed by project or system name, those filed chronologically, and
military projects. Users searching for technical information on a specific
project, system, or component should examine all three groups of documents, as
there is some overlap in coverage. For example, materials on the magnetic drum
memory can be found in all three groups.
Users should search under all possible project/machine names too,
as projects evolved and changed names over time. For example, the Atlas I,
built for the Navy, was modified and marketed commercially as the ERA 1101. It
eventually became the UNIVAC 1101.
Additional technical information can be found in the engineer's
files.
Filed by Project or System
Name
DS65
5
3
"Preliminary Logical Properties of the DS65 General
Purpose Computing System" [PX 71747],
1954
5
4
"DS65 Computer System: Technical Description" [PX
71831],
1955
ERA 1103, 1951-1960
5
5
"1103 Instruction Execution Times: Magnetic Core
Storage Computer,"
undated
39
17
“Boeing 707 testing with 1103 computer,” photographs
5
6
"Introduction to Programming for the ERA 1103,"
[PX-71801],
undated
5
7
1951
5
8
ERA Report "Floating Point Arithmetic on the ERA
1103 Computer" [PX 77004A],
1953
5
9
ERA Report "Notes on the Logic of the ERA 1103
Computer" [PX 71108A],
1953
5
10
ERA Report "Proposal for Electronic Computer for Air
Force Armament Center" [PX 71113],
1953
5
11
ERA Report "The Two Address-Logic of the ERA 1103
Computer" [PX 77001],
1953
5
12
"Operation Code for the Atlas II,"
circa 1953
5
13
"Atlas II Machine Operation,"
1955, 1957
5
14
"The ERA 1103 General Purpose Computer System,"
1955
5
15
Blueprint # 110704 "Block Diagram Data Input
System,"
1956
5
16
Product Design Div. "Engineering Proposal Buffer
System for ERA 1103A Computer,"
1957
6
1
"1103A for U.S. Bureau of Census,"
1957-1960
6
2
"Hypercomputer: A High Performance Computing System"
[a study proposal prepared for the laboratories engaged in research for the
Atomic Energy Commission],
1961
6
3
—490: Internal Communication re: UNIVAC 490/1107
Software Compatibility Study,
1963
39
15
MTP-5 photographs,
undated
NIKE-X,
1956-1967
6
4
Nike-X/Zeus/Twistor for Bell Telephone Laboratories,
1956, 1964, 1965, 1967
6
5
"Memory Development Preliminary Cost Estimate"
[Nike-X /Zeus for Bell Telephone Laboratories project # 606510, EF 3314],
1958
6
6
"Simplified UNIVAC Specifications (tentative),"
1957
SOLO
1955
6
7
"Purchase Description No. 30.139, SOLO"
1955
6
8
"SOLO-AFSAF D 142 Programmers Manual," prepared for
the National Security Agency,
1955
UNIVAC II
6
9
"Recommendation on Double Buffers on UNIVAC II,"
1956
40
4
Evaluation Report,
28 February 1958
40
3
General Information for Conduct for Final Test
UNIVAC II,
14 February 1957
40
5
UNIVAC 490: Engineering Specification for Univac 490
Computer Input/Output System,
8 May 1962
UNIVAC 1101 (ERA 1101),
1949-1953
6
10
ERA Report "1101 Computer: Arithmetic and Design
Features,"
1949, 1951
6
11
1101 computer blueprint,
1950-1951
6
12
ERA Report "Supplement to the Instruction Book for
Atlas I Equipment Navy Model CXMX" (ERA 1101 computer) [PX 29861],
1952
6
13
Internal memorandum: ERA 1101 computer,
1952, 1969
6
14
ERA Report "Introduction to Programming for the 1101
Computer" [PX 77000],
1953
6
15
"Ones’ Complement Computer Arithmetic with
Particular Reference to the 1101 Computer," [PX-77003-A],
1953
UNIVAC 1102 (ERA 1102)
1953-1954
7
1-2
ERA Report "Preliminary Information on the ERA 1102
Computer System,” Books 1 & 2,
undated
7
3
ERA Report "Functional Characteristics of the ERA
1102 Data Reduction Computer System,"
1953
7
4
"ERA 1102 Installation at AEDC,"
1954
7
5
ERA Report "Preliminary Information on the Tape
Preparation Equipment for the ERA 1102 Computer System,"
1954
7
6
UNIVAC 1103A: "UNICODE Algebraic Compiler for UNIVAC
Scientific 1103A and 1105,"
1958-1959
UNIVAC 1107,
1960-1962
7
7
"Assembly System for the UNIVAC 1107 Computer,"
1960
7
8
Systems Programming Dept. "Final Design
Specifications 1107 Simulator System" [7FDS1],
1961
7
9
Systems Programming Dept. "Functional Specifications
UNIVAC 1107 Assembly System: Phase I" [7FS.1],
1961
8
1
"Preliminary Design Specifications 1107 Assembly
System" [PX 1811, 7PDS2.2],
1961
8
2
Systems Programming Dept. "Preliminary Design
Specifications 1107 Executive System" [7PDS4],
1961
8
3
Systems Programming Dept. "Preliminary Design
Specifications 1107 Generalized Sort-Merge Program,"
1961
8
4
Systems Programming Dept. "Preliminary Design
Specifications 1107 Relative Load Routine" [7PDS2.3],
1961
8
5
Systems Planning Dept. "User's Documentation 1107
Simulator System" [7UD1],
1961
8
6
Blueprints # 4009241 & 4009242 "Block Diagram,
U1107, Arithmetic Section,"
1962
UNIVAC 1108,
1964-1967
8
7
"Abstract,"
undated
8
8
"A Description of 1108 Addressing and Associated
Registers,"
undated
8
9
"Preliminary General Description of UNIVAC 1108
Computer,"
undated
8
10
"Comments on 1108 Addressing,"
1964
8
11
"UNIVAC 1108 DTL Circuits," specifications,
1964
8
12
"Examination of the 1108 Hardware and Software as a
Multiprocessor System,"
1966
8
13
"UNIVAC 110X Model 36/72A Preliminary Description of
UNIVAC 110X,"
1963
8
14
UNIVAC 1207: "Specifications for the UNIVAC 1207
Computer System,"
1961
8
15
UNIVAC 1507: "Specifications UNIVAC 1507,"
1960
8
16
UNIVAC Engineering Calculator: "Preliminary
Specifications: UNIVAC Engineering Calculator,"
1956
UNIVAC File Computer I (UFC I),
1956-1957
9
1
"Preliminary Characteristics of Operators Console
for Model I UNIVAC File Computer,"
1956
9
2
"UNIVAC File Computer Specification," [EF 309B],
1956
9
3
"UNIVAC File Computer: Final Specifications, UFC
Inquiry Typewriter,"
1957
9
4
"UNIVAC File Computer System Resume," [EF 328],
1957
UNIVAC File Computer II (UFC II),
1958
9
5
Intra-company communication: UNIVAC File Computer II
(UFC-II),
1958
9
6
"Proposed Specifications for UFC-II System," 1958,
"The UFC-II Computer System Progress Report,"
1958
UNIVAC LARC
9
7
LARC System,
1957
9
8
"Report on Product Planning Study &
Recommendation for the UNIVAC LARC System,"
1957
9
9
"Report on the UNIVAC LARC Program,"
1957
9
10
"LARC Computing-Unit Instructions,"
1959
9
11
UNIVAC MARC VI: "Preliminary Description of UNIVAC
Mark VI,"
1963
UNIVAC Multiprocessor
9
12
Multiprocessor "An Interim Report,"
1964
9
12
"Preliminary Notes,"
1964
9
12
"A Decentralized Method of Task Assignment,"
1964
XU-71,
1958-1959
9
13
"XU-71 Computer System Systems Development Final
Report,"
1958-1959
10
1
"XU-71 Computer System Systems Development Final
Report,"
1958-1959
10
2
"Functional Requirements: XU-71 System,"
1959
10
3
"Summary Report, Project 606510, XU-71 Memory
Development Program,"
1959
10
4-6
"XU-71 Component Analysis and Reliability Report,"
1959
11
1-2
"XU-71 Computer System Circuit Development Final
Report,"
1959
11
3-5
"XU-71 Final Report Logical Studies,"
1959
XU-72,
1959-1960
11
6
"Remington Rand UNIVAC Modular,"
1959
11
7
"XU-72: A Prospectus for a New Computing System,"
1959
11
8
"Preliminary Functional Description: Class X
Computer (XU-72E),"
1960
Filed
Chronologically
12
1
"Magnetic Storage Drum,"
undated
12
2
"Mechanized Design" by L. B. Miller [PX 1159],
undated
12
3
"Ore Car Data Processing,"
undated
12
4
"Product Review Report: Mass Storage, St. Paul"
(magnetic drum history),
undated
12
5
"A Progress Report on Computer Applications in
Computer Design," by S. R. Cray and R. N. Kisch [EF 518],
undated
39
23
“Solid State On-Line Data Processor (SSDP),”
undated
12
6
"Tentative Standards: Project 2036,"
undated
12
7
"General Description and Proposed Technical
Specifications for Microfilm Selector," [Contract Cac-47-24],
1947
12
8
"Magnetic Recording of Pulses for the Storage of
Digital Information," Summary Report,
1947
12
9
Disclosure of invention for magnetic storage recording
[patent information],
1948
12
10
"Layout, Structural," Project # 21-100 blueprint,
1948
12
11
"Summary of Characteristics Magnetic Drum Binary
Computer,"
1948
12
12
"Summary Report: Project A-2011-3 Bass Boost
Amplifier,"
1948
12
13
"Arithmetic in a One’s-Complement Computer," "Division
in a One’s-Complement Computer,"
1949
12
14
ERA Inter-office memoranda,
1949-1950, 1953
12
15
"Report for the Microfilm Rapid Selector," [Contract
Cac-47-24],
1949
12
16
ERA Docket 19 (Message Delay Relay),
1950
12
17
"ERA Magnetic Storage Systems," by R.M. Kalb,
[PX-29342],
1950
12
18
ERA Patent Dept. blueprints,
1950
12
19-20
ERA Technical memoranda,
1950-1955
13
1-3
ERA Technical memoranda,
1950-1955
13
4
"Final Development Report: Magnetic Numeroscope
Printer," [PX-29350],
1950
13
5
"Magnetic Drum Calculator," Project # E-46,
1950
13
6
"Schematic Diagram, Magnetic Storage Reading Circuit,"
Project # E-54 blueprint,
1950
13
7
UNIVAC block diagram (Eckert-Mauchly Computer
Corporation),
circa 1950
13
8
• "Proposed Block Diagram AEDC," Project # Sales 317
blueprint,
1951
13
9
ERA Cooperative Wind Tunnel project (Cal-Tech),
1952
13
10
ERA "Engineering Test Reports,"
1952-1955
13
11
"ERA Magnetic Drum Storage Information,"
1952
13
12
"General Considerations of Magnetic Recording;
Features of Boundary-Displacement Recording," [PX-29758],
1952
13
13
"The Logistics Computer: Phase III Technical Report,"
1952
13
14
Magnetic Head blueprints,
1952
13
15
"Maintenance Manual: Breadboard Model of Numeroscope
Printer," [CST 10535],
1952
13
16
Project # 2032 Blueprints,
1952-1953
13
17
"Technical Proposal for Tape to Card Data Converter"
[PX-29760],
1952
13
18
"Characteristics and Application Notes: Noncontact
Boundary-Displacement Magnetic Recording and Playback Heads, Types 230, 231,
232," [PX 71129],
1953
13
19
"The ERA DS62 Digital Computer System" [PX 71364],
1953
13
20
Magnetic Drum blueprints,
1953-1955
14
1
"Magnetic Drum Storage Systems (Return-to-Zero Type),"
1953
14
2
"Product Improvement- High Speed Magnetic Storage
Techniques," [PX 71318],
1953
14
3
"Preliminary Operating Manual on DS-63," [PX 71571],
1954
14
4
"Report on Status of Magnetic Core and Magnetic
Amplifier Work at Eckert Mauchly Division," [PX 71693],
1954
14
5
"A Revised Proposal of the Peripheral Punched-tape
Equipment for the USAFSS," [PX 71722],
1954
14
6
"The Star Kimble Motor Generator Set, ERA
Specification ES-K-1032,"
1954
14
7
"Tentative Specifications for a Card-to-tape Converter
and a Tape-to-card Converter," [PX 71458],
15 January 1954
14
8
"Transistor Building Blocks; Magnetic Switch Building
Block,"
1954
14
9
"255 Channel Pulse Height Analyzer Memory Assembly,"
1955
14
10
"Advanced Techniques Group: Transistor Development
Circuits," progress reports from
January 1955-June 1957
14
11
"Card-to-Tape Conversion,"
1955
14
12
ERA Magnetic Switch Group Progress Reports,
1955
14
13
"File Reference" by J. A. Postley,
1955
14
14
"Proposal for Design, Manufacture and Delivery of a
Large-scale, High-speed Computer System for University of California Radiation
Laboratory, Livermore, CA,"
1955
15
1
"Standard Circuits and Shorthand Schematic Symbols,"
[PX71789],
1955
15
2
"Digital Magnetic Tape Format," Blueprint # 110702,
1956
15
3
"F. P. Command Timing," "F. P. Seq.," Blueprints,
1956
15
4
"Progress Report No. 7 on Deposited Core Matrix" [PX
72004-7],
1956
15
5
"Proposal for Modifying Existing Card to Tape
Converter to Enable the Preparation of High Density Block Tapes at Speeds in
Excess of Five Hundred Cards per Minute,"
1956
15
6
"Stress Relaxation of the 1123 Drum Housing,"
1956
15
7
Type 206C1 Head blueprints,
1956-1958
15
8
"Address Modification Schemes,"
1957
39
1
Civil Aeronautics Administration On-line Input/Output
System, [PX 1113],
1957-1959
15
9
"Driving Point Analysis of Some Magnetic Core Memory
Arrays from Project 9049," [EF 3190],
1957
15
10
Equipment Compatibility and Updating Programs,
1957
15
11
"Magnetic Core Memory,"
1957-1958
15
12
Project 274000, Summary Report, [PX 786],
1957
15
13
"Report of Experimental Work on a Model 421 Electronic
Card Sorter," by G.I. Williams,
1957
15
14
"Report to the Management Advisory Committee: Progress
in Punched Card and Electronic Systems Planning,"
1957
15
15
Research of High-Speed Logical Circuits, Project
556000,
1957-1958
16
1
"A Series of Notes on the Development of a Multiple
Channel Flying Head System," [EF 3239],
1957
16
2
Simplification of Switching Functions, Projects 274000
& 555000,
1957-1958
16
3
"A Second Series of Notes on the Development of a
Multiple Channel Flying Head System," [EF 2205],
1958
16
4
"Simplification of Switching Functions for Projects
555000 (274000),"
1958
16
5
Intra-Company Communication regarding IBM Stretch Mass
Storage,
1959
16
6
"Lectures in Queuing Theory," [PX 1301],
May 1959
16
7
"PX1082 and PX1083 Disc File,"
1959
16
8
"Randex Drum File Product Planning Prospectus,"
1959
16
9
"Satellite Control System Computers,"
1959
16
10
Air traffic control article and reports,
1955, 1961
39
19
“Naval Tactical Data System Technical Note No. 233,
‘Input/Output Specification for the AN/USQ-20 Unit Computer and Associated
Equipment,’” [PX 1343-34],
15 September 1960
17
1
"Magnetic Film,"
1961
17
2
"Proposal for a Line of Computers with Modular
Expansibility (Mod. X),"
1961
17
3
"Preliminary Specifications: Small Signal NPN Silicon
Planar Transistors,"
1962
17
4
"Project Lightning, Third Phase: Ninth Quarterly
Progress Report, Vol. 1," [PX 1599-9],
1 June 1962-31 August 1962
17
5
Intra-Company Communication: miscellaneous articles to
prepare for NSA presentation,
1962
17
6
"Acceptance Specification for Input-Output Console,
UNIVAC Type 1232A," [DS 4682],
27 June 1963
17
7
"CP667 Programming Considerations,"
1963
17
14
1100/1600 LPM High Speed Printer, Product
Specification,
1964
17
8
"Floating Point on the 1050,"
1964
17
9
"Operational Programming,"
1964
17
10
"A Summary of the State-of-the-art of Low-level
High-speed Analog-to-digital and Multiplexing," UNIVAC Range Systems Group,
1964
17
11
Technical Reports: "A Small Byte-serial Processor,"
"Technical Requirements for Lincoln Laboratory Computer Facility," "Rate
Summary: Spectra 70 Systems,"
1964
17
12
"UNIVAC Integrated Product Line: Report of the IPL
Task Force,"
1964
17
13
"1004 - 1240 Compatibility Study," by P.A. Cooley and
D.E. Gacke,
1965
39
13
“1540/1541 Magnetic Tape Development,”
1965
39
14
“Interface Characteristics, UNIVAC Defense Computer
Equipment,”
1965
18
1
"The Confidence Level in UNIVAC’s Multiprocessing
Capability,"
1967
18
2-3
"The NCF 1100, the Univac 1100 Family of Computers,"
[proposal to MECC],
1968
18
4
"UNIVAC CSTAR Program Management,"
1970
18
5
"Targeted Attributes of Poly-Unit Architecture," by R.
Lindaman [PX 6579],
February 1972
U.S. Military
Projects
18
6
"Selective Alteration of Digital Data in a Magnetic
Drum Computer Memory,"
1947
18
7
"Preparations and Characteristics of Magnetic
Recording Surfaces,"
1949
18
8
"The Construction and Characteristics of a Non-Contact
Electromagnetic Recording and Reproducing Head,"
1950
18
9
"High-Speed Writing and Selective Altering of Digital
Information on Magnetic Surfaces,"
1950
18
10
"The Potentialities of Transistors in Digital
Computing Circuits,"
1950
19
1
U.S. Navy Project Reports,
1950, 1954
19
2
"Proposal for Development of Magnetic Tape
Input/Output Equipment for Logistics Computer," [PX-29682],
1951
19
3-5
"Interim Engineering Report No. I (Design
Specifications) [PX-29848], No. 2 [PX-29905], No.3 [PX 29992], for the Magnetic
Tape Input-Output Equipment for Use with the Logistics Computer,
1952-1953
Mechanized TNT Line, Ordnance Ammunition Center,
Joliet, Illinois,
1951-1952
19
6
Correspondence, site visit report,
1951-1952
19
7
"Interim Engineering Report No. I on Mechanized TNT
Line," [PX-29693],
1951-1952
19
8
"Interim Engineering Report No. II on Mechanized TNT
Line," [PX-29728],
1952
19
9
"Interim Engineering Report No. III on Mechanized
TNT Line," [PX-29772],
1952
19
10
"Interim Engineering Report No. IV on Mechanized TNT
Line," [PX-29833],
1952
19
11
"Interim Engineering Report No. V on Mechanized TNT
Line," [PX-29886],
1952
19
12-13
"Final Engineering Report on Subminiaturized Magnetic
Core Element Digital Equipments for a TACS," Vol. 2 of 2, [PX 71978],
1955
20
1
"AFAC Data Reduction Capabilities,"
1957
20
2
"Functional Characteristics of the NTDS Unit
Computer,"
1957
20
3
Integrated Military Computer Program Planning Team,
1959
20
4
"Real-Time Data-Handling System for U.S. Air
Force/AMR,"
1959-1961
20
5
"ARTRAC Data System Final Report,"
1960
20
6
"A Proposal for a Developmental Program for an
Improved Model of the AN/USQ-20 Computer (Mark 2 Model)," [PX-1806],
1961
20
7
"A Proposal for a Developmental Program for an
Improved Model of the AN/USQ-20 Computer (Mark 2A Model)," [PX-1807],
1961
20
8
"A Proposal for a Developmental Program for an
Improved Model of the AN/USQ-20 Computer (Mark 3 Model)," [PX-1808],
1961
20
12
“Going to Sea with NTDS,” [2720],
20 November 1961
40
6
“The Naval Tactical Data System Modular Concept,” by
Ralph Hileman [IAS Paper No. 62-84],
January 1962
20
9
OpConCenter System Computer (misc. reports),
1961-1962
20
10-11
"Opconcenter System Computer CP-667 (XN-1)/UYK
Technical Proposal Vols. 1 & 2,
1962
21
1
"Technical Proposal for Real-Time Computational
Facility" [for U.S. Air Force],
1962
Warren P. Burrell Records,
1945-1970
Warren P. Burrell's files document his activities and involvement
in many projects, including the ERA 1101, ERA 1103, the UNIVAC File Computer,
and NIKE-X. The majority of the materials consist of technical reports,
blueprints, notes, and correspondence. Additional technical information can be
found in the technical reports and memoranda.
21
2
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) group
X3.6.2,
1968-1969
Blueprints,
1945-1953
21
3-9
Project # 13-100 blueprints,
1945-1950
21
10-13
Project # 13-101 blueprints,
1949-1951
21
14-20
Project # E-46 blueprints,
1949-1950
22
1-5
Project # E-46 blueprints,
1949-1950
22
6-7
Project # 29-100 blueprints,
1951-1952
22
8
Project # 29-101 blueprint,
1952
22
9-10
Project # 2036 blueprints,
1953
22
11
Company Invitations/Announcements,
1951, 1962, 1967
Competitor Information Files,
1956-1964
22
12
Burroughs Corporation,
1956-1964
22
13
Compangie des Machines Bull, Gamma 60,
1956-1964
23
1
Control Data Corporation,
1956-1964
23
2
Honeywell,
1956-1964
23
3
IBM,
1956-1964
23
4
RCA,
1956-1964
23
5
Computer Development Meetings,
1958
23
6-7
"Controlling and Exploiting Giant Computers: A Short
Course at University of California, Los Angeles," course information and notes,
1960
Correspondence,
1952-1969
23
8
General,
1957-1959, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969
23
9
Purchasing: cores, transistors, electron tubes, et.
al.,
1952-1959
24
1
Systems Design Dept. Intra-Company Communication,
June 1967-January 1968
24
2
System Design and Development Dept. Intra-Company
Communication,
August-December 1969
24
3
Systems Engineering Dept. Intra-Company Communication,
1963-1965, 1967
24
4
Systems Research Dept. Project # 555000 Intra-Company
Communication,
1958
24
5-6
Day Files,
1966, 1970
24
7
FJCC,
1962
24
8
General Electric Germanium Products: Semiconductor
Symposium held for ERA,
21 February 1955
24
9
Manpower-Cost,
1958-1959
25
1
"Outline for Unit 1 of Management Training Program for
St. Paul Remington Rand UNIVAC Management and Supervisory Personnel,"
1960
25
2
Patent Issues and IBM Agreement,
1955-1957
25
3-5
Product Planning Discussions,
1958, 1959
25
6
Product and Systems Planning Departments,
1956-1957
26
1
Product and Systems Planning Departments,
1956-1957
26
2
Systems Development Dept. Budget,
1955-1958
26
3
System Planning Department: Warren P. Burrell Notes,
1959
Talks and Writings
26
4
Microelectronics Symposium,
20-21 March 1963
26
5
"A Computer Organization,"
1964
26
6
"Future Systems Concepts" Presentation,
1966
26
7
"A History for UNIVAC New Computer Family,"
1968
Technical Reports, Memoranda and Notes,
1956-1969
26
8
Project Magnetic Drum Storage/Calculator,
December 1949-June 1950
26
9
Project # 13-200 [XA-39300],
1950
27
1
Sine Problem,
1950
27
2
Project # 409-2,
1952
27
3
"Tape-to-Card Converter,"
1952
27
4
"Magnetic Core Translator,"
1953
27
5
ERA 1102 for AEDC, 1105, SCR-671,
1953
27
6
Project # 2056-021 [government contract],
1954
27
7
ERA 1103 floating point,
1954-1955
27
8
ERA Report "1103 Normalized Floating Point Arithmetic
Algorithms,"
1955
27
9
C.B. Tomkins Memos and Notes,
1955-1957
X306,
1955-1958
27
10
Memoranda Related to X306B (DS 66),
1955
27
11
General Notes on X306B Program,
July 1955-February 1958
28
1
General Notes on X306B Program,
July 1955-February 1958
28
2
Memoranda Related to X306B (DS 66B),
1956
28
3
Memoranda Related to X306B,
1957
28
4
Memoranda Directly Relating to X306B
Characteristics,
1957-1958
28
5
Project # 274000 (9080), X306B (DS 66B) Computer,
Final Status Report # 274000,
1958
28
6
"Analysis of Instructions: UNIVAC II,"
1956
28
7
LARC,
1956, 1957
28
8
SGR 1361 Air Force Cambridge Research Center (AFCRC),
1956
29
1
T-2,
1956
29
2
UFC I,
1956
29
3-4
UFC I Logical Design Effort and Assistance,
1956
29
5
Project # 274200 [PX 786],
1957
29
6
ERA 1103 & ERA 1103A Modification,
1957
29
7
"X306 and X306B Computer Preliminary Descriptions,"
1957
29
8
Miscellaneous Technical Memos and Notes,
circa 1950-1957
29
9
Drum Storage System, XU-71 Computer,
1958
29
10
Film Memory Work,
1958
30
1
Project 555000: Large Capacity Memory File,
1958
30
2
"Study and Investigation of New Computer (XU-71
System),"
1958
30
3
UFC-II,
1958
30
4-7
XU-71,
1958-1959
31
1
XU-71 Papers and Reports,
1958
31
2
AMR meetings,
1959
31
3
CincPacFlt [GR 16600],
1959-1960
31
4
PMR,
1959-1960
31
5
Assessment of U.S. Military as Market Option, and
R&D Toward That Market,
1959-1961
31
6
—480 and XU-72B Blueprints and Cost Charts,
1960-1961
31
7
"—490 System Configuration,"
1960
31
8
Tabulations of Characteristics for — and X-Class
Computers,
1960
31
9
Westinghouse Electric Corporation,
1961
32
1
Enhanced 1107 Computer,
1962
32
2
UNIVAC 110X,
1963-1964
32
3
Table Look-Up System,
1964
32
4
University of Michigan T/S System,
1964
32
5-6
UNIVAC 1108,
1964-1965
32
7
Air Force Global Weather Central,
1967
32
8
"Evolution of 1108,"
1967
32
9
Mariner Program (1108 computer),
1967-1968
32
10
UFC III,
1967
32
11
"Project APEX" [1108 computer],
1968
33
1-2
IBM 360/85, LSI,
1968-1969
33
3
UNIVAC 1108,
1968-1969
33
4
1109 Plan,
1969
33
5
"1110 System Description,"
1969
33
6
NASA,
1969
John Lindsay Hill Records,
1947-1981
John Lindsay Hill's files primarily document his work at ERA with
magnetic memory components of computers, especially magnetic drums. Also
documented are ERA projects for 3M, a thermal printer, and a John Plain &
Company product called the Speed Tally, or Distributon, completed after ERA
became a division of Remington Rand. Materials include reports, articles,
correspondence, memoranda, presentations, engineering diagrams, photographs,
and seminar notes and outlines. Additional technical information can be found
in the technical reports and memoranda.
33
7
ERA Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents,
1947-1955
33
8
ERA Correspondence and Reports,
1947-1969
33
9
ERA Patents,
1951-1956
33
10
ERA Speed Tally Project (for John Plain and Company),
1952-1954, 1960-1961, 1981
33
11
ERA Thermal Printer for Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing (3M),
1947-1948
34
1
Machine Tube Life Characteristics,
1952-1956
34
2
Magnetic Storage Articles and Photographs,
1952-1954
34
3-4
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports,
1947, 1950-1956
34
5
Presentations,
1951-1956
34
6
Proposal for Orientation Course in Digital Computing
Techniques,
1957
34