COLLECTION OF EARLY DOCUMENTS THAT BELONGED TO ARMAND E. ADAMS
ADAMS BEGAN WORKING AT REMINGTON RAND IN 1957

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.
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ELECTRONIC DISCRETE VARIABLE AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR "EDVAC"
FIRST MODEL CONSTRUCTED AT THE MOORE SCHOOL - DELIVERED TO BRL RESEARCH COMPUTING LABORATORY AUG 1949
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(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."
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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
HAND REVISIONS FROM EDVAC TO UNIVAC (ELECTRONIC CONTROL CO.)
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FIGURE 2 - SUGGESTED APPEARANCE FOR EDVAC II
 (ELECTRONIC CONTROL CO.)

FIGURE 3 - PRINCIPLE OF THE ECKERT-MAUCHLY MERCURY TANK MEMORY
(ELECTRONIC CONTROL CO.)
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MERCURY TANK MEMORY WAS FIRST USED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL BINAC AND LATER THE UNIVAC I

ENIAC TO EDVAC II
MARCH 7, 1947 PRESS RELEASE
MIMEOGRAPHED ON CLINTO PAPER - HAND REVISED DATE
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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

UNIVAC I SYSTEMS - UNIVAC II SYSTEMS
TYPEWRITTEN ON QUALITY SERVICE BOND PAPER - AUGUST 21, 1959 - MARKED CONFIDENTIAL
UNIVAC I / UNIVAC II INSTALLATIONS + SERIAL NUMBERS - HAND-WRITTEN UPDATES

THE UNIVAC SYSTEM
A DESCRIPTION PREPARED FOR THE PERSONNEL OF ECKERT-MAUCHLY COMPUTER CORPORATION
12PP - LIKELY 1948-49 - EARLY XEROGRAPH/PHOTOCOPY
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SECTION ON THE 1950 CENSUS PROBLEM
EVEN AT ONE-SIXTH OF A SECOND PER PERSON - A SINGLE UNIVAC SYSTEM COULDN'T TABULATE THE ESTIMATED 150 MILLION PEOPLE IN TIME
THEREFORE MOST OF THE 1950 CENSUS WOULD STILL BE DONE USING PUNCHED CARD EQUIPMENT AND A UNIVAC SYSTEM FOR SELECT GROUPS

MODIFICATIONS TO THE UNIVAC I SYSTEM
A TALK PRESENTED AT THE UNIVAC USERS CONFERENCE - NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA - OCTOBER 7-9, 1959
MISS D. F. COLBURN
6 SHEETS DBL SIDED- HAND DATED 11/18/59
INCLUDES PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS (SURVEY) AND CURRENTLY AVAILABLE OPTIONAL MODIFICATIONS

UNIVAC INFORMATION PACKET DISTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEES - TO DESCRIBE THE UNIVAC TO FAMILY / FRIENDS
JUNE 25, 1951 - EARLY XEROGRAPH/PHOTOCOPY
INCLUDES COPY OF FIRST PUBLIC UNIVAC DEMONSTRATION (JUNE 14, 1951) GUEST PASS FOR BERNARD VICTOR

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
CONFERENCE ON EXPLORATORY AND RESEARCH PROBLEMS
POCONO MANOR INN - PENNSYLVANIA - APRIL 19 20 21 1960
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DAILY LECTURE SCHEDULE AND TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PROGRAM
53 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING ECKERT AND LUKOFF
JCC WRITTEN ON COVER - LIKELY BELONGED TO JEFFREY CHUAN CHU (HELPED DESIGN/BUILD THE ENIAC AND OTHER EARLY MACHINES)



UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP - BLUE BELL PENNSYLVANIA
ROW ONE PHOTOS - GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY - 1960
ROW TWO PHOTOS - CONSTRUCTION - 1964
ROW THREE PHOTOS - OPENING - UNDATED

BEE PROBLEM STAPLED FILE - WHITPAIN/BLUE BELL FACILITY
SIGNED LETTER FROM STEPHENSON TO ADAMS REGARDING BEE PROBLEM - 1968
PHOTOCOPY OF LETTER FROM INSECT CONTROL - 1968
SIGNED CARBON OF LETTER TO STATE COMMISSION ON AIR POLLUTION ABOUT ORANIC EXCRETION FALLING ON CARS - 1965
PHOTOCOPY REPORT ON ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS BEE HIVES ON BARN AND HOW TO HANDLE SITUATION- 2PP 1967
PHOTOCOPY REPORT ON CAR SPOTTING - 2PP 1966

WHITPAIN INTERCOM MUNICATION - A.E. ADAMS TO T.D. ANGLIM
UNIVAC HISTORY
1PG - APRIL 18, 1963
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY - UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
UNFOLDED - 1960

UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER INFORMATION
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
2PP TYPEWRITTEN - APR. 1961
LIST OF ARTIFACTS INCLUDED BEHIND DATESTONE
SEALING CEREMONY - B BUILDING AT BLUE BELL
EARLY PHOTOCOPY - JUN. 13 1975

EDITOR'S FACT SHEET
EXPANDING UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER - WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
2PP
EDITOR'S FACT SHEET
UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER - WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
2 SHEETS DBL SIDED

SPERRY RAND, UNIVAC DIVISION, WORLD HEADQUARTERS
FACT SHEET
1PG - AUG. 5, 1968
UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER - WHITPAIN, PA
UNIVAC DIVISION, SPERRY RAND CORP
2PP - APR. 1961

LETTER TO GERALD PROBST FROM WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP CHAIRMAN
THANKING SPERRY UNIVAC FOR HOSTING POLICE DEPT.
1PG - APR. 7, 1978
VITAL STATISTICS ON ENGINEERING LABORATORY
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
1PG - APR. 26, 1961

UNIVAC CONTINUES MONTGOMERY COUNTY GROWTH PATTERN
SPECIAL FOR THE INDUCTRIAL PROGRESS EDITION - NORRISTOWN TIMES-HERALD
3PP - ONIONSKIN
EARLY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
MRS. ABEL K HARRIS PHOTO (SOLD LAND TO UNIVAC)
1960 - 1961 - 1964

LOBBY - UNIVAC ENGINEERING CENTER
BUILDING DIGEST (COVER ONLY)
OCTOBER, 1961
FACT SHEET - WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR FACTS
5PP - KEITHMILL ONIONSKIN PAPER - 1961

TODAY IS U-DAY POSTER
DEDICATION OF WHITPAIN ENGINEERING CENTER
17" X 22.25" 1961
HISTORY OF SPERRY RAND PROPERTY IN WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
EARLY PHOTOCOPIES - 1PG - 3 COPIES - 1975

INTRA-COMPANY MEMO ANNOUNCING ENGINEERING CENTER
TO ALL PHILADELPHIA ENGINEERING-PRODUCT PLANNING PERSONNEL
EARLY PHOTOCOPY 1PP FEB 8, 1960
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
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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
THESE ARE DRAFTS OF SINGLE CHAPTERS AND ASSORTED DOCUMENTS FROM THIS UNPUBLISHED WORK
MANY INCLUDE HAND NOTES AND REVISIONS
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- INCLUDES -
COMPUTER MAINFRAMES AND PERIPHERALS - PRODUCT PROFILES - MAR. 1972
INTRODUCTION TO UNIVAC - A WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION - MAR. 1972
HISTORY OF UNIVAC - GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT - 11PP - MAR. 1972
HISTORY OF SPERRY UNIVAC - GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT - 13PP - JAN. 1973
SPERRY RAND CORPORATION - 16PP - JAN. 1974
OUTLINE OF NIPPON UNIVAC KAISHA, LTD. (PART 1) - 7PP 1974
OUTLINE OF NIPPON UNIVAC KAISHA, LTD. (PART 2) - 11PP 1974
THE FORMATION OF SPERRY RAND - 5PP - POST 1977
INTRODUCTION - 2PP - UNDATED

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
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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
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARD
6PP - MARKED UP - 1961
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
CONTACT J.D. WOOD REMINGTON RAND UNIVAC
3PP - UNDATED
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
ON BUSINESS-EDUCATION DAY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963
3PP PG 1 DETACHED - KEITHMILL ONIONSKIN PAPER - OCT. 23 1963
MENTIONS "A HISTORY OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION"
A HISTORY OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION
24PP - LIKELY 1960

TOTAL UNIVAC PERSONNEL - 1953-57 - PHILADELPHIA
ENGINEERING / MANUFACTURING
1PG - 1966 (UPDATED BY HAND TO 1973)
LOCATION OF PERSONNEL /
CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCES OF EVENTS REGARDING REORGANIZATION
ONION SKIN - 1961

BINDER OF COMPUTER PAPERS COMPILED BY ARMAND ADAMS

ADAMS ASSOCIATES
COMPUTER CHARACTERISTICS QUARTERLY
FIRST ISSUE FEB. 1961

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRIC BRAINS
SYSTEMS MAGAZINE PP 19-20 OF EACH ISSUE
NOV/DEC 57 - JAN/FEB 58 - MAR/APR 58

WHAT COMPUTERS CAN DO FOR YOU
MORLEY G. MELDEN
1956

QUALIFICATION FACTORS RECOMMENDED
FOR PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN COMPUTER PLANNING
KLION, PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL AND CO.

THE VALUE VS COST OF COMPUTER UTILIZATION
ADRIAN MCDONOUGH
MARCH 3, 1958

THE IBM 650 AT LEEDS
IBM DATA PROCESSING
SEE IBM SECTION

PREPARING PROCESSING SYSTEMS
FOR ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING
LEONARD GARRETT - UPENN EVENING SCHOOL
6PP UNDATED

INFORMATION
WHAT WE WANT, WHEN WE WANT IT!
DON G. MITCHELL - R&E MAGAZINE
PG 271 UNDATED

SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
3PP UNDATED

BASIC OPERATION OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS
ROBERT MCNAUGHTON
INSTRUMENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA
5 leafs DOUBLE SIDED - SEPT 1958

COMPONENTS OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER
JOHN W. MILBURN
INSTRUMENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA
7 leafs DOUBLE SIDED - SEPT 1958

DATA PROCESSING MANNING SURVEY
RESEARCH & ENGINEERING MAGAZINE
MARCH/APRIL 1958 - PP31-34

DIGITAL OR ANALOG? A BASIC COMPARISON
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MAGAZINE
NOVEMBER 1954 PG 12


 

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