Joseph Dela Rutledge papers M2235

Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
September 2017
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Joseph Dela Rutledge papers
Creator: Rutledge, Joseph D., 1928-2016
Identifier/Call Number: M2235
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 half manuscript box, 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1951-1958

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Dela Rutledge (1928-2016) worked at the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation which later became the UNIVAC division of Remington Rand. While at Reminton Rand, Rutledge was one of the engineers responsible for the development of UNIVAC. He went on to work at IBM from 1958-2003.

Scope and Contents

Materials consist of 66 documents of Joseph Dela Rutledge's papers related largely to his work at the Eckhert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and Remington Rand Corporation. Includes printed ephemera (much of it related to UNIVAC), conference papers, discount cards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, blueprints, invoices, a travel expense voucher, and more. The papers show his involvement with the design and engineering of the UNIVAC computer.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Joseph Dela Rutledge papers (M2235). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased by Stanford Libraries in; 2017. Accession MSS 2017-166.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Univac computer -- History
Computer industry -- United States -- History
Rutledge, Joseph D., 1928-2016
Remington Rand, Inc.

Box 1, Folder 1

Matrix Algebra Programs for the UNIVAC by Joseph Rutledge and Harvey Rubinstein. Copy of typed paper presented at the Wayne Conference on Automatic Computing Machinery and Applications, Detroit, Michigan 1951-03-27-1951-03-28

Box 1, Folder 1

High Order Matrix Computation on the UNIVAC by Joseph Rutledge and Harvey Rubinstein. Copy of typed paper presented at the Pittsburgh meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery 1952-05-03

Box 1, Folder 1

An Application of Large Scale Computation to Economics by Emil D. Schell. Typescript paper presented at the Association for Computing Machinery, Pittsburgh, PA 1952-05-02-1952-05-03

Box 1, Folder 2

Manuscript outline and mathematical notations, unsigned but presumed to be Rutledge's handwriting, 7pp

Box 1, Folder 2

Text with pencil tics on some letters as if creating an alpha code for machine reading letter, and pencil drawings on verso; 2pp

Box 1, Folder 2

Flowchart of the history of computing from Babbage and including Radar, Hollerith-IBM, Bell Relay and others; mimeograph 1953-12-04

Box 1, Folder 3

Newspaper clippings and cartoon about UNIVAC

Box 1, Folder 3

Printed cards including UNIVAC system, identification card, discount cards

Box 1, Folder 3

Summary of census UNIVAC log, specific dates in 1951

Box 1, Folder 4

Remington Rand, Inc. Pulse Code 1951-11-26

Box 1, Folder 4

Booklets: Remington Rand Employees Insurance Plan and Employees' Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan 1956-03-01

Box 1, Folder 4

Bill, check receipt for consulting services for Remington Rand, Sperry Rand

Box 1, Folder 4

Traveling expense vouchers incurred for UNIVAC and UARC 1955-1956

Box 1, Folder 4

Hotel rates in Washington, D. C.; Logistics Research Project, memo: We are not sending you a copy of the final program..." 1951

Box 1, Folder 5

Telecomputing Corporation, Specification for Telereader Type 29A 1953

Box 1, Folder 5

Operating Instructions Output Edit 240-9

Box 1, Folder 5

Brief Description of MINAC (alias Frankel machine), 2pp, typescript

Box 1, Folder 5

Coded computer print-out, 1 pp

Box 1, Folder 5

Pencil data in columnar format

Box 1, Folder 5

Underwood Corp, N. Y., trade brochure: ELECOM 2: low cost Electronic Computers

Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence: Joseph Rutledge while at Remington Rand Univac, including with Anatol Holt, and with Arnold Rose 1956

Box 1, Folder 6

Letter from Joseph Rutledge to Dr. Mauchly informing him of accepting IBM's offer 1958

Box 1, Folder 6

Letter from Anatol W. Holt to Dr. Richard Stark, Mathematical Analysis Unit, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, relating to the crystal structure problem which was run on the UNIVAC 1955

Box 1, Folder 6

Re names in compiling systems - a classification which might possibly be complete, 1p; On the assignment of AB registers in LARC, 2pp, both by by J. D. Rutledge 1956

Box 1, Folder 6

On the subject of tags: proposal; General nomenclature system for G. P. II

Box 1, Folder 7

UNIVAC Applications Research Center, UNIVAC IIR Specifications, mimeograph 1956

Box 1, Folder 7

Proposed Advanced Coding System for UNIVAC-LARC by Frances E. Holberton 1956

Box 1, Folder 7

Matrix Math Flow Charts 1952

Box 1, Folder 7

Problem / LMO Edit Compiler, 1p

Box 1, Folder 7

There Once Was a System, short story, 6pp, typed

Box 1, Folder 7

Westinghouse Electrical Company, invoices

Box 1, Folder 7

Report: Standard Coding Procedures for Car-programmed Electronic Calculator Floating Decimal Board no. 1 1952

Box 1, Folder 8

The Application of the Kodak Minicard System to Problems of Documentation, presented at the Annual Meeting, American Documentation Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, November 4-5, 1954

Box 1, Folder 8

IBM Electronic Punched Card Accounting Machines; Principles of Operation. Electronic Calculating Punch Type 606 and Accounting Machine Types 402 and 403

map-folder 2

Arithmetic Unit-PBC 2-5 cycle blue-print. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp., Philadelphia, PA.

map-folder 2

Plug board layout blue-print. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp, Philadelphia, PA

map-folder 2

RemRand News, vol VI, no. 8, NY, 1955-04