[Computing history]
Maker and role
Robert W. Doran, Compiler
Production date
[1912-1991]
Object detail
Accession number
MSS-2020-7.31
Maker
Description
Research papers compiled by Doran and arranged under the heading computer history. Includes published and unpublished material about computing hardware and software developments (including totalisators) by computer corporations, universities, mathematicians and computer scientists. Cray material includes Doran's own notes.
Makers include Burroughs Corporation; IBM; DEC; Cray; CERFnet; University of California; F. J. Murray; Computing Machine Laboratory Manchester University; The Charles Babbage Institute; Springer-Verlag (a single issue of The Mathematical Intelligencer); and the University of Pennsylvania.
There are some loose clippings copied or cut from individual publications as well, some of this relates to Doran's research on totalisators.
Makers include Burroughs Corporation; IBM; DEC; Cray; CERFnet; University of California; F. J. Murray; Computing Machine Laboratory Manchester University; The Charles Babbage Institute; Springer-Verlag (a single issue of The Mathematical Intelligencer); and the University of Pennsylvania.
There are some loose clippings copied or cut from individual publications as well, some of this relates to Doran's research on totalisators.
Media/Materials
Physical description
9 folders ; each measuring 36 cm
Record level
Series
Collection
Credit line
Robert W. Doran. [1912-1991]. [Computing history], MSS-2020-7.31. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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