COLLECTION OF EARLY DOCUMENTS THAT BELONGED TO ARMAND AND RICHARD ADAMS
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DOCUMENTS THAT BELONGED TO ARMAND ADAMS
ARMAND ADAMS BEGAN WORKING AT REMINGTON RAND IN 1958 |
A COMPLETE EDVAC COMPUTING SYSTEM MARCH 7, 1947 PRESS RELEASE MIMEOGRAPHED ON CLINTO PAPER - HAND REVISED DATE + THREE FIGURES WITH ELECTRONIC CONTROL CO STAMP PREPARED BY J. PRESPER ECKERT, JR. - ELECTRONIC DISCRETE VARIABLE AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR "EDVAC" FIRST MODEL CONSTRUCTED AT THE MOORE SCHOOL - DELIVERED TO BRL RESEARCH COMPUTING LABORATORY AUG 1949 - (J. PRESPER ECKERT - DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENIAC INTERVIEWS - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE) "I WAS GOING TO BUILD A MACHINE CALLED EDVAC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, BUT DUE TO A HASSLE THAT DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, I LEFT. THEREFORE, OTHER PEOPLE TRIED TO BUILD THE MACHINE THAT I DIDN'T BUILD, AND THEY MANAGED TO FOUL IT UP AND IT NEVER GOT REALLY BUILD DECENTLY." - THE ECKERT-MAUCHLY COMPUTER CORPORATION ATTEMPTED TO BUILD AN IMPROVED EDVAC TO SELL TO CLIENTS ORIGINALLY NAMED EDVAC II IT WAS LATER RENAMED UNIVAC (EXPLAINING FIGURE 1 REVISIONS) |
FIGURE 1 - ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPLETE EDVAC COMPUTING SYSTEM |
FIGURE 2 - SUGGESTED APPEARANCE FOR EDVAC II (ELECTRONIC CONTROL CO.) |
FIGURE 3 - PRINCIPLE OF THE ECKERT-MAUCHLY MERCURY TANK MEMORY |
ENIAC TO EDVAC II MARCH 7, 1947 PRESS RELEASE MIMEOGRAPHED ON CLINTO PAPER - HAND REVISED DATE - THE EDVAC II WAS DESIGNED TO BE A MORE POWERFUL AND COMPACT VERSION OF THE EDVAC BUILT AT THE MOORE SCHOOL EDVAC II WAS LATER RENAMED UNIVAC AND WAS RELEASED AS THE UNIVAC I |
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UNIVAC I SYSTEMS - UNIVAC II SYSTEMS |
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THE UNIVAC SYSTEM |
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MODIFICATIONS TO THE UNIVAC I SYSTEM |
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UNIVAC INFORMATION PACKET DISTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEES - TO DESCRIBE THE UNIVAC TO FAMILY / FRIENDS |
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UNIVAC SYSTEM CHANGES FRANKLIN INSTITUTE MEMO NO. 3 REV. 1 27PP - JUNE 1959 |
THE UNIVAC II SYSTEM PRODUCT BROCHURE 22PP - JULY 10 1959 |
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AND UNIVAC SYSTEM MAKING A UNIVAC SYSTEM AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 4 SHEETS DBL SIDED - UNDATED |
ENGINEERING LABORATORIES - REMINGTON RAND UNIVAC |
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UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS |
BEE PROBLEM STAPLED FILE - WHITPAIN/BLUE BELL FACILITY |
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WHITPAIN INTERCOM MUNICATION - A.E. ADAMS TO T.D. ANGLIM |
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY - UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP UNFOLDED - 1960 |
UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER INFORMATION |
LIST OF ARTIFACTS INCLUDED BEHIND DATESTONE SEALING CEREMONY - B BUILDING AT BLUE BELL EARLY PHOTOCOPY - JUN. 13 1975 |
EDITOR'S FACT SHEET |
EDITOR'S FACT SHEET UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER - WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP 2 SHEETS DBL SIDED |
SPERRY RAND, UNIVAC DIVISION, WORLD HEADQUARTERS |
UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER - WHITPAIN, PA UNIVAC DIVISION, SPERRY RAND CORP 2PP - APR. 1961 |
LETTER TO GERALD PROBST FROM WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP CHAIRMAN |
VITAL STATISTICS ON ENGINEERING LABORATORY WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP 1PG - APR. 26, 1961 |
UNIVAC CONTINUES MONTGOMERY COUNTY GROWTH PATTERN |
EARLY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES MRS. ABEL K HARRIS PHOTO (SOLD LAND TO UNIVAC) 1960 - 1961 - 1964 |
LOBBY - UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER |
FACT SHEET - WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR FACTS 5PP - KEITHMILL ONIONSKIN PAPER - 1961 |
TODAY IS U-DAY POSTER |
HISTORY OF SPERRY RAND PROPERTY IN WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP EARLY PHOTOCOPIES - 1PG - 3 COPIES - 1975 |
INTRA-COMPANY MEMO ANNOUNCING ENGINEERING CENTER |
OPTION CONTRACT TO BUY WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP PROPERTY WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP LAND MAP EARLY PHOTOCOPY - 3PP - 1956 |
FROM ENIAC TO UNIVAC: A CASE STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY NANCY FORTGANG STERN - DEGREE DATE: 1978 AUTHORIZED FACSIMILE PRODUCED BY MICROFILM-XEROGRAPHY IN 1980 BY UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS INTERNATIONAL - HANDWRITTEN RETURN TO A.E. ADAMS ON FIRST PAGE |
ARMAND ADAMS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON / MAINTAINING A SPERRY RAND COMPUTER HISTORY REPORT/FILE |
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE MOORE SCHOOL BY G.W. PATTERSON AND R.L. SNYDER MIMEOGRAPHED ON HAMILTON MIMEO BOND PAPER 15PP PG 1 DETACHED - HAND-WRITTEN DATE 1948 - GIVEN OUT AT SYMPOSIA OF MODERN CALCULATING MACHINES AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS - UNIV OF CALIFORNIA - JULY 29-31 1948 ALSO PUBLISHED AS REPORT NO. 49-5 - MOORE SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
SPERRY RAND COMMENTS |
SUGGESTED REMARKS BY GOVERNOR SCRANTON WILLIAM PENN INN 6/12/64 4PP - AEA/APC 6/10/64 ON LAST PAGE |
FACT SHEET - HISTORY OF COMPUTERS |
EUROPEAN EXECUTIVES TOUR OF UNIVAC / MAY 24-31, 1962 6 LEAFS DOUBLE SIDED - FOLDOUT BACK COVER 1962 |
REMARKS BY H BURKE HORTON TO GUESTS AT UNIVAC |
A HISTORY OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION 24PP - LIKELY 1960 |
TOTAL UNIVAC PERSONNEL - 1953-57 - PHILADELPHIA |
LOCATION OF PERSONNEL / CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCES OF EVENTS REGARDING REORGANIZATION ONION SKIN - 1961 |
DOCUMENTS THAT BELONGED TO G. RICHARD ADAMS
DICK ADAMS BEGAN WORKING AT REMINGTON RAND IN 1953 |
DICK ADAMS 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIFT 1953-73 POEM AND SIGNATURES ETCHED ONTO A BRASS DISC ATTACHED TO A DISC PLATTER W/ WOODEN STAND OUTER DISC MEASURES 14" DIAMETER |
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UNIVAC LARC PROCESSOR - INSTRUCTION AND FUNCTION-SIGNAL ANALYSIS - ORIGINAL 1959 BINDER - 7 PAGE ERRATA SHEETS - UNIVAC LARC CIRCUITRY - AUG 1961 - UNIVAC LARC PROCESSOR MANUAL - PRELIMINARY EDITION/COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL/REGISTERED CIRCULATION - COPY 8 - JUNE 1959 (FIRST AND LAST PAGES DETACHED FROM 1959 MANUAL WHEN ERRATA SHEETS WERE ADDED IN 1961) |
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UNIVAC DCT COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL DCT 500 BROCHURE TYPE 8539 DCT 1000 FLIER |
UNIVAC 9000 SYSTEMS LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS 26PP - 1970 |
UNIVAC TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 12 ARTICLES 80PP - SPRING 1970 |
THOUGHTS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT J.C. CHU 18PP - 1959 |
FUNDAMENTS OF NOISE ELIMINATION IN DIGITAL COMPUTER CIRCUITS HERMAN LUKOFF - 29PP - AUG 1960 |
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE USE OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CONTACTS IN DIGITAL COMPUTER CIRCUITS HERMAN LUKOFF - APRIL 1961 |
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN DICK ADAMS AND J.P. ECKERT |
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UNIVAC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL MAY 21-24, 2972 |
UNIVAC DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL INNOVATIONS REPORT INNOVATIONS MADE BY THE PHILADELPHIA ENGINEERING LABORATORY SEPTEMBER 1969 |
UNIVAC TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM BRAINERD, MINNESOTA - MAY 20-23, 1973 |
UNIVAC STANDARD PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT UNISERVO IIA TAPE HANDLER MODEL 72 RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION - JUNE 1962 |
GENERAL DESCRIPTION UNIVAC OEM TYPE 0769 INCREMENTAL PRINTER MECHANISM OEM-GD0004 (R1) |
SIGNED LETTER FROM H. LUKOFF REGARDING LICENSING A PATENT TO DUPONT PG 2 KEITHMILL ONION SKIN - MARCH 9, 1965 |
SIGNED LETTER FROM J.P. ECKERT REGARDING IMPROVING UNIVAC PRINTER ACTUATORS QUALITY SERVICE BOND PAPER - 4PP OCT. 10, 1962 |
SIGNED LETTER FROM J.P. ECKERT REGARDING A NEW FRIDEN CALCULATOR UNDER $1500 MARCH 25, 1968 |
UNIVAC 1004 CARD PROCESSOR GENERAL REFERENCE MANUAL |
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF C.P.P. MECHANISM BINDER - IDENTICAL BINDER TYPE AS ARMAND ADAMS COMPILED COMPUTER PAPERS ABOVE |
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WHY UNIVAC III? - UNIVAC III LECTURE SERIES PART 1 E.E. MINETT - NOTES BY H. TANNENBAUM - 8PP - 8/8/60 PART 2 - G. SMOLIAR - NOTES BY H. TANNENBAUM - 6PP - 7/26/60 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL |
UNIVAC III - MANUAL 6 - POWER SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLIES PART 4 - UNISERVO POWER SUPPLY MODEL 123 RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION - JAN. 1962 |
A NEW LOOK IN A PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT DESIGN APPROACH LETTER FROM H. LUKOFF TO ENGINEERING PERSONELL ABOUT PAPER EARL MASTERSON - 20PP + 6 SLIDE PP - NOV 19, 1965 |
GUIDEBOOK FOR DESIGNERS OF INPUT-OUTPUT EQUIPMENT EARL MASTERSON - MAY 1963 RESTRICTION OF USE: PROP OF SPERRY RAND CORP - USE BY EMPLOYEES |
EE 542 TERM ASSIGNMENT - DESIGN THE LOGIC FOR A SMALL GENERAL PURPOSE DIGITAL COMPUTER BUSIAC-1 - ROMEO/ADAMS - 1958 ASSIGNMENT SHEET - BINARY ASSIGNMENT FROM 1956 |
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ENGINEERING PLANNING FOLDER - PRINTERS & DATA DEVICES
INTERCOMMUNICATION - JJ MURPHY RESPONSIBLE FOR PERIPHERAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING - SIGNED BY J.P. KIERNAN - 3/26/73 INTERCOMMUNICATION - ESTIMATES FOR NEW PRINTERS - SIGNED BY W.L. POLAND - OCT. 18, 1962 INTERCOMMUNICATION AND 4 CARBON PAGES (9/24/66) - DR. HERZFELD'S MEMO ON ENGINEERING PLANNING - SIGNED BY E.W. CRELLIN - 9/27/66 INTERCOMMUNICATION - TFS FOR UNISERVO 10 AND 14 - MAR. 30, 1973 INTERCOMMUNICATION - THRU-PUTS FOR 48, 64, AND 96 CHARACTER FONTS - JUN. 10, 1974 INTERCOMMUNICATION - COMMENTS ON J.C. SIMONS MEMO ON OCR TEST EQUIPMENT - SIGNED BY A.F. DECKER - 7/3/73 |
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PROJECT 667 - LOW COST 600LPM PRINTER
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS FOR PRODUCTS 0770 AND 0773 PRINTERS IN TWO LARGE BINDERS 1970-73 RANGE - THESE MODELS WERE MAINLY USED IN THE UNIVAC 1100 SERIES INCLUDES REPORTS, TESTS, MOMORANDUMS, COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, PLANS, CONFIDENTIAL PAGES, BLUEPRINTS, AND MORE HAND WRITTEN LETTERS AND SIGNATURES INCLUDE WITTY, ADAMS, PICCIONE, MAHONEY, KIERNAN, MACYS, MOORE, WITZEL, MUELLER, MURPHY, +++ |
UNIVAC 0773-04 &05 PRINTER SUBSYSTEM
54 PP - COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL - 1973 |
ECKERT PAD CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC 29PP - ADAMS ORIGINAL PHOTOCOPIES - 1972 |
PRINTING UNIT MODEL 151 - SYNCHRONIZER MODEL 150
UNIVAC HIGH-SPEED PRINTER MODEL 152 MISSING COVER/TABLES |
UNIVAC SOLID STATE CARD READER AND READ PUNCH UNIT TIMING TECHNICAL MEMO NO. 134 - 9PP - G. DIAZ OCT. 18, 1960 - COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL |
UNIVAC SOLID STATE MANUAL 3 BINDER - INPUT-OUTPUT UNITS RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COPY 9 DEC 1960 PART 1 - INPUT-OUTPUT SYNCHRONIZER LOGIC - RESTRICTED DIST MAY 1961 PART 2 - CARD READY MODEL 45 - RESTRICTED DIST MAR. 1961 PART 3 - BULL P-19R READ-PUNCH UNIT MODEL 67 - REST. DIST. - DEC. 1960 PART 4 - HIGH-SPEED PRINTER MODEL 46 - RESTRICTED DIST. - JUN. 1961 |
UNIVAC SOLID STATE MANUAL 7 - ANALYSIS AND SIGNAL GLOSSERY RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION - OCT. 1960 |
UNIVAC SOLID STATE MANUAL 10 BINDER - THEORY AND MAINTENANCE RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION - COPY NO. 487 PART 2 - LOGIC AND CIRCUITRY - RESTRICTED DIST. AUG. 1961 |
UNIVAC SOLID STATE MANUAL 13 BINDER - RANDEX DRUM FILE MODEL 100 RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION - JUL. 1961 |
UNIVAC SOLID STATE MANUAL 15 BINDER - CARD-PUNCHING PRINTER 108 RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION - JAN. 1962 ILLUSTRATED PARTS BREAKDOWN MODELS 49/108 - REST. DIS. - AUG. 1962 PART 6 (MEANT FOR MANUAL 5) - PAPER-TAPE SYSTEMS |
PERT SCHEDULE FOR LOW COST TAPE CONTROL UNIT 623 ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT - COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL - 1973 |
UNISERVO 12 FOR 9-3 SYSTEM 1/4 SCALE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT - 1973 |
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