Guide to the George A. Michael papers
Finding aid prepared by Bo Doub, Kim Hayden, and Sara Chabino Lott
Processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered
through the Council on Library and Information Resources' Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant.
Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA, 94043
(650) 810-1010
research@computerhistory.org
September 2015
Title: George A. Michael papers
Identifier/Call Number: X4269.2008
Contributing Institution:
Computer History Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
65.92 Linear feet,
49 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 2 oversize flat boxes, and 1 small flat box
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1953-1991
Date (inclusive): 1945-2000
Abstract: The George A. Michael papers consist of material related to the growth of the supercomputing industry and Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory's (LLNL) computing activities while Michael worked there as a computational scientist from 1953 to 1991.
The collection reflects Michael's key role in the advancement of supercomputing inside and outside of LLNL, with reports,
manuals, articles, and records related to conferences and projects from LLNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and other computing
companies and organizations. His personal projects are also represented.
Languages: The majority of the material in the collection is in English, but there is a small amount of material in French, German, and
Italian.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Bo Doub and Kim Hayden, August 2015.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
The Computer History Museum (CHM) can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying
any claims of the copyright holder. Requests for copying and permission to publish, quote, or reproduce any portion of the
Computer History Museum's collection must be obtained jointly from both the copyright holder (if applicable) and the Computer
History Museum.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], [Date], George A. Michael papers, Lot X4269.2008, Box [#], Folder [#], Catalog [#], Computer History
Museum.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George A. Michael, 2007.
Biographical/Historical Note
George Anthony Michael was born February 16, 1926, in Buffalo, New York. He first attended the University of Niagara in Niagara
Falls, New York, and then moved across the country to attend the University of San Francisco, where he earned a degree in
physics in 1952. The following year, Michael went to work as a theoretical physicist for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL) in Livermore, California, known then as the University of California Radiation Laboratory. Michael spent the majority
of his career at LLNL.
During his 41-year career at LLNL, Michael played a large role in building the Laboratory's high performance computing (HPC)
program, which led to LLNL gaining an international reputation as a leader in supercomputing. He co-founded the Salishan Conference
on High-Speed Computing in 1981 and also the annual ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference, first held in 1988. Through these
activities and other initiatives, Michael was essential in improving communications and dialogue between national laboratories,
academia, government, and private industry in the field of high-performance computing.
Michael retired from LLNL in 1991, but continued to be active in the HPC community following his departure from the laboratory.
Starting in 1995, Michael worked on compiling written histories and recording oral histories on the beginnings of computing
at LLNL. Michael died on June 5, 2008, in Livermore, California.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The George A. Michael papers are primarily made up of records Michael collected while he worked as a computational scientist
at LLNL from 1953 to 1991. His role in the development and advancement of supercomputing is well-represented in his papers.
The first series of the collection is made up of materials created at LLNL that document the lab's computing projects and
research, computing environment and programs, administrative issues, and conferences and events. This series is broken up
into eight subseries.
The rest of the collection consists of material created by or related to other companies and organizations, including a large
number of computer manuals. The majority of manuals are from DEC, CDC, Remington Rand, and IBM, and these companies each have
their own series in the collection. The other less-represented companies’ manuals are grouped together in a separate series.
Technical papers and reports published by universities, research groups, and the U.S. government are included in the collection.
Additionally, there is a large number of periodicals, including magazines and journals, and promotional material from various
companies. The collection also contains material related to computer conferences and workshops, many of which Michael attended
or participated in as a speaker or leader. A small portion of the collection contains material from Los Alamos National Laboratory
(LANL), including LANL conference records and technical reports.
The smallest portion of the collection is made up of Michael's personal papers. Most of these are related to his own projects
and his role on the board of trustees in the early days of the Computer History Museum.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 12 series:
Series 1, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1950-1997
Series 2, DEC manuals, 1961-1985
Series 3, CDC manuals, 1962-1979
Series 4, Remington Rand manuals, 1950-1962
Series 5, IBM manuals, 1945-1992, bulk 1953-1975
Series 6, Other manuals and specifications, 1952-1991
Series 7, Technical papers and reports, 1955-1996
Series 8, Conferences, presentations, workshops, and course materials, 1949-1994
Series 9, Periodicals, articles, and clippings, 1954-2000
Series 10, Promotional materials, catalogs, and directories, 1954-1994
Series 11, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1953-1990, bulk 1970-1985
Series 12, Personal papers, 1948-1995, bulk 1969-1985
Related Collections at CHM
Buckholtz, DeSaussure, and Michael Collection, Lot X2592.2004, Computer History Museum.
Oral History of George Michael, 2006, Lot X3418.2006, Computer History Museum.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Control Data Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation
International Business Machines Corporation
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael, George A.
Remington Rand, Inc.
Supercomputing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory records, Series 1,
1950-1997
Language of Material:
English
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of records created at LLNL from 1950 to 1997. Material includes reports, papers, and manuals published
by LLNL, administrative documents and internal communications, conferences and workshops put on by LLNL, project records,
and technical data.
Arrangement
It is organized into the following subseries:
Subseries 1.1, Projects, 1958-1992
Subseries 1.2, Administrative records, 1959-1997, bulk 1970-1986
Subseries 1.3, Equipment, 1953-1990
Subseries 1.4, Periodicals and newsletters, 1952-1991
Subseries 1.5, Technical papers and reports, 1953-1987
Subseries 1.6, Manuals and specifications, 1950-1993
Subseries 1.7, Conferences, presentations, workshops, and course materials, 1955-1995, bulk 1974-1995
Subseries 1.8, Program listings and associated output, 1954-1984
Projects, Subseries 1.1,
1958-1992
Language of Material:
English
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains material that documents projects and research undertaken by LLNL from 1958 to 1992. The majority of
projects are related to supercomputing research, including the development of the S-1 supercomputer, mass storage, and optical
scanning. The largest group from this subseries concerns a joint research and development project with the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) that focuses on dataflow computer architecture, including parallel computing. There is a smaller amount
of material on the creation of the Defense Data Network for the U.S. Defense Communications Agency and research into the use
of holograms in the medical field, computational mathematics, and spatial modeling. Some of the organizations and companies
working with LLNL on projects in this subseries include Control Data Corporation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and Hughes
Aircraft Company. There are also materials related to research trips between Japan and the United States that gave LLNL an
overview of the Japanese computing industry. This subseries is arranged chronologically.
102734636
Optical scanning and film readers
1958-1968
102734638
Computer filmmaking
1963-1965
102734634
Data flow computer joint research project with MIT
1963-1988; bulk 1977-1979
102734642
Line Drawing System Model 1 (LDS-1)
1970-1974
102734647
Other projects and research
1971-1986
102734637
S-1 supercomputer
1976-1985
102659257
Mass storage
1977-1992
102659270
Japanese computing
1981-1985
102734641
Panel on Large Scale Computing in Science and Engineering and SPREAD
1982-1983
102734646
Vaxima
1985-1991
Administrative records, Subseries 1.2,
Bulk, 1970-1986
1959-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains LLNL administrative records relating to personnel, policies, training, and events. The bulk of this
subseries consists of materials relating to personnel and management. The personnel records include correspondence and writings
about hiring and managing employees as well as organizational charts of LLNL's Computation Department. This subseries also
contains administrative notes and messages left for Michael regarding appointments, contacts, and events. Many of the events
documented in this subseries relate to scheduled visitors coming to the laboratory and also LLNL employees visiting other
institutions. Also included in this subseries are policy and planning records, including a "University of California Computing
Plan, 1977-1982," which was created to develop methodologies for providing computing capacity and services throughout the
UC system. Computer and network security is a significant topic in this subseries, with relevant LLNL policies and records
about the NASA Ames/LLNL Security Discussion Group. Lastly, this subseries contains a small amount of organizational overviews
and financial reports (including annual reports) from LLNL and from peer organizations, such as CERN and the Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734648
Computer and network security
1982-1989
102739073
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Computer Information Center publications
indices
1969-1971
102659269
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) overviews and financial reports
1974-1986
102734652
Notes, contacts, and scheduling
1969-1989
102734649
Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Project
1984-1993
102734650
Overviews and annual reports from peer organizations
1959-1986
102734669
Personnel and management
1957; 1972-1997
102734667
Policies and planning
1953-1993
102739074
Training materials
1982-1991
102734668
Updates from the Numerical Mathematics Group (NMG) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL) Computation Department
1970-1984
102734663
Visits to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and other events
1977-1986
Equipment, Subseries 1.3,
1953-1990
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of records related to computing and the equipment used at LLNL, including computers and their input/output
devices, operating systems, software, storage, and networking. The largest group in this subseries contains material about
LLNL's research and procurement of graphical data processing equipment for the lab, including displays, filming equipment,
microfilm, drawing devices, enlargers, copiers, and printers. A smaller, but significant, number of records is related to
LLNL's computers, which include the UNIVAC-1 and DEC VAX, and the supercomputers UNIVAC LARC, CDC 6600, CDC 7600, CDC STAR-100,
and Cray-1. There is also material related to ARPANET and LLNL's high-speed data communications system Octoport, storage options,
time-sharing scheduling, and planning for equipment needs. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734664
CDC 6600 and 7600
1963-1984
102734662
CDC STAR-100
1971-1976
102734666
Graphical data processing
1963-1985
102739075
Indices and schematics
1968-1976; 1981
102734655
Networking
1975-1986
102734660
Planning
1962-1985
102734665
Printing
1965-1985
102734658
Programming
1970-1985
102734653
Software
1983-1985
102734651
Storage
1972-1987
102734657
Time-sharing and production
1974-1987
102734659
UNIVAC 1 and LARC
1953-1965
Periodicals and newsletters, Subseries 1.4,
1952-1991
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries is made up of newsletters, newspapers, and magazines published by LLNL for its employees, with most covering
issues and updates related to computation at the lab. These date from 1952 to 1991. About half of these periodicals are published
by the lab's computation department and are related to its computer network, Octopus. These include Octogram, Octopus Communiqué,
and Tentacle. There is also a small group of newsletters published by the Society of Professional Scientists and Engineers,
the union that represented engineers and scientists at LLNL. Additionally, there is a small number of publications that cover
general LLNL news of interest to staff. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734718
C.I.C. newsletter
1969-1971
102734717
Computation bits
1952; 1959-1960
102734711
Magnet, The
1959-1976
102739128
Menu and Windows
1988-1994
102734709
Newsline
1973-1991
102734712
Octogram
1976-1987; bulk 1987
102734719
Octopus communique
1977-1981
102734714
Open letter to Bob Borchers
1988-1990
102734713
Other newsletters and periodicals
1972-1998
102734708
Tentacle
1981-1989
Technical papers and reports, Subseries 1.5,
1953-1987
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains technical papers and reports published by LLNL from 1953 to 1987. A small group of these were authored
by Michael. The bulk of this subseries is made up of technical reports, with a smaller number of technical papers. The reports
and papers span a range of computing topics, such as multiprocessors, archival storage, programming, and graphical processing.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739081
Authored by George A. Michael
1964-1979
102739079
Technical papers
1955-1983
102739080
Technical reports
1953-1987
Manuals and specifications, Subseries 1.6,
1950-1993
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries is made up of manuals and specifications created by LLNL for the machines and systems used at the lab. Materials
date from 1950 to 1993. Included are programming and user manuals for the Cray-1, CDC 6600, CDC 7600, UNIVAC-1, LARC, PDP-1,
PDP-10, PDP-11, and IBM 7094, 3600, 704, and 7030 computer systems. Also included are manuals for the Livermore Time Sharing
System (LTSS), the network system Octopus, the operating system Chippewa, high-speed printers, and graphical processing programs
and hardware. There is also a large number of LLNL Computation Division Computer Information Center reports, which consist
of descriptions and instructions for various programs, utilities, and subroutines. Specific programming language manuals include
Praxis, TRIX, LRLTRAN, and Fortran. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739133
CDC 6600 system and programming manuals
1965-1968
102734694
CDC 7600 system and programming manuals
1970-1982
102739142
CIC reports
1965-1971
102739046
Code utilities and applications
1960-1985
102739131
Computer Hardcopy Output Recording System (CHORS) manuals
1973-1983
102739134
Cray and CDC 7600 programming manuals
1976-1982
102734695
Cray-1 system and programming manuals
1980-1993
102739052
Fortran graphics
1977-1988
102739143
IBM programming manuals
1959-1966
102739045
Livermore Time Sharing System (LTSS)
1967-1984
102739144
Other computer systems and hardware manuals
1963-1993
102739130
PDP systems and programming manuals
1962-1966; 1980
102739136
TRIX manuals
1972-1985
102739048
UNIVAC-1 and LARC system manuals
1950-1966
Conferences, presentations, workshops, and course materials, Subseries 1.7,
Bulk, 1974-1995
1955-1995
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of material relating to conferences, presentations, and courses that were held at or put on by LLNL.
The conference with the largest amount of records is the Salishan Conference on High-Speed Computing, which Michael co-founded
and organized in 1981. The Salishan Conference materials (named after its venue at the Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach, Oregon)
include administrative correspondence, presentation materials, notes, schedules and agendas, lists of attendees, speaker information,
and personal correspondence of people thanking Michael for organizing the conference, including a letter from Gordon Bell
of DEC. The other conference that Michael co-founded, the ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference, is also documented in this series,
but to a lesser extent. This series also contains a significant amount of presentation slides, notes, and administrative correspondence
relating to presentations that took place at LLNL. Many of these presentations were given by members of LLNL's Computation
Department, but some were also given by visiting representatives of other companies and organizations. Course materials—mostly
from LLNL's continuing education program—and records relating to LLNL meetings are also included in this collection. This
subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739141
ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference
1991-1995
102734697
Computer Information Exchange (CIE) proceedings
1968-1989
102739137
Computer Operations Committee (COC) meetings
1974
102739129
Course materials
1955-1986
102739140
IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
1990
102739122
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) workshop and conference proceedings
1975-1993
102739135
Meetings at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
1981-1984
102739132
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC)
1982
102739138
Presentations at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
1977-1998
102739139
Salishan Conference on High-Speed Computing
1981-1995
Program listings and associated output, Subseries 1.8,
1954-1984
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains program listings, output, and benchmarks from programs developed at LLNL. Programs documented in this
subseries include a location routine (also called "Miller's routine"), a program for plotting figures on a chart called Plotl,
a function titled "Hardy," a program that reads tapes and copies files called RESTORPU, an error-contingency routine, and
a program titled Convolution Integral Film Program — nicknamed, "Nilsson's Nuggets." Programming languages represented include
Fortran. Most of the output in this subseries consists of simulation output in the form of plots and graphs. Also included
are program descriptions, benchmarks (performance tests), design drawings, and flowcharts. This subseries is arranged alphabetically
by folder title.
102734639
Benchmarks
1978-1984
102739031
Pascal and Control Program for Microcomputers (CP/M) floppy disks
1979-1980
102734635
Program listings and subroutines
1954-1963; 1971-1980
102734633
Simulation output and output printouts
1967-1977
DEC manuals, Series 2,
1961-1985
Series Scope and Content
This series contains mostly manuals and reference cards published by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Many of the
manuals in this series focus on the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series of minicomputers, particularly the PDP-11. Also
included are software manuals, many relating to the Fortran programming language, and manuals concerning other machines and
systems, such as the VAX-11. One book contained in this series relates to DEC equipment and was published by DEC, but it is
not specifically focused on a single machine or software system. This book is titled, "Introduction to minicomputer networks."
This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734738
Introduction to minicomputer networks
1968-1974
102734739
Non-PDP product manuals
1961-1985
102734736
PDP-11 manuals
1969-1981
102734737
Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series manuals
1961-1974
102734734
Reference cards
1961-1983
102734735
Software manuals
1964-1984
CDC manuals, Series 3,
1986-1979
Series Scope and Content
This series contains manuals and specifications published by the Control Data Corporation (CDC) from 1962 to 1979. The machine
with the largest amount of materials is the CDC 7600. Other CDC hardware documented in this series include the CDC STAR-100,
CDC 6000 series machines, CDC 8500, and CDC 1604. Programming languages represented in this series include FORTRAN, various
versions of Compass, and COBOL. Also included are materials relating to the CDC Chippewa operating system. This series is
arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734699
CDC 1604 manuals
1962
102734700
CDC 3400, 3600 series COBOL reference manual
1966
102734679
CDC 6000 series Chippewa operating system
1965
102734678
CDC 6000 series reference manuals
1963-1972
102734683
CDC 7600 series
1968-1972
102734690
CDC 8500 preliminary reference manual
1970-1972
102734706
CDC AA102-A customer engineering manual
1977
102734692
CDC education applications software
1974
102734688
CDC FORTRAN extended version 4 reference manual
1977
102734696
CDC input/output specifications
1963-1967
102734691
CDC NOS version 1
1979
102734704
CDC peripheral devices
1963-1965
102734687
CDC programming languages
1965-1976
102734701
CDC STAR-100 hardware reference manuals
1970-1976
Remington Rand manuals, Series 4,
1950-1963
Series Scope and Content
This series contains manuals, program descriptions, notes, and a small amount of memoranda relating to UNIVAC systems and
Remington Rand. The largest part of this series relates to UNIVAC LARC (Livermore Advanced Research Computer), which was designed
in order to run programs and simulations relevant to projects at LLNL. Another focus of the materials in this series is on
the UNIVAC I, with manuals and other documents including publications by Remington Rand, software documentation, and memoranda
and technical papers relevant to UNIVAC I machines. This series is arranged chronologically.
102734740
UNIVAC I
1950-1956
102734742
Other Remington Rand Univac manuals and publications
1955-1962
102734741
Univac LARC
1955-1963
IBM manuals, Series 5,
Bulk, 1953-1975
1945-1992
Series Scope and Content
This series primarily contains manuals published by the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), with a small amount
of specifications and technical bulletins that contain addenda to manuals. IBM machines with the largest amounts of documentation
in this series include the IBM 704, 709, 7090, 7030, 1401, 1440, and 1460. Also included are instructional guides for using
programming languages: COBOL, Basic, DOS 3.1, and FORTRAN. Other types of machines covered in these manuals include accounting
machines, punched card machines, printers, and collators. This series is arranged chronologically.
102734726
Accounting machines, punched card machines, and collators
1945-1962
102734724
Principles of operation bulletin
1950-1957
102734727
IBM 701, 704, 709-7090, and 7030
1953-1961
102734722
IBM 650 bulletin and manuals
1955-1959
102734730
IBM wiring principles and worksheets
1956-1960
102734720
Other IBM manuals, reference cards, and guides
1956-1975
102734728
IBM 1401, 1440, and 1460
1959-1964
102734725
Programming language guides for COBOL, Basic, DOS 3.1, and FORTRAN
1961; 1984-1985
102734721
Maintenance 1403 printer
1964-1966
102734729
Reference documents for IBM System/360 and 370
1968-1978
102734723
RISC manuals/6000
1990-1992
Other manuals and specifications, Series 6,
1952-1991
Series Scope and Content
This series is made up of manuals and specifications from companies and for systems that do not have their own series in the
collection, dating from 1952 to 1991. Included are manuals for computer systems and components from companies like Convergent
Technologies, Cray, Hewlett Packard, Integrated Software Systems Corporation, Intel, Scientific Data Systems, Technical Design
Labs, Varian, and Texas Instruments. There are several manuals for Unix and CP/M operating systems, as well. Also included
are user's manuals for commercial software and manuals for hardware components, such as keyboards, hard drives, graphics equipment,
and the Unicon laser storage system. There are also a number of manuals specifically published for programmers and developers.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734743
Convergent Technologies
1980-1982
102734731
Cray Research, Inc.
1978-1991
102739149
Hardware
1952-1988
102739151
Hewlett Packard
1974-1980
102734744
Integrated Software Systems Corporation
1981-1987
102734733
Intel, Scientific Data Systems (SDS), and other companies' computer systems
1961-1988
102734747
Programmers and developers' manuals
1960-1991
102734745
Technical Design Labs, Inc.
1976-1977
102739154
Texas Instruments
1973-1977
102734746
Users' manuals for commercial software products
1982-1991
Technical papers, Series 7,
1955-1996
Series Scope and Content
This series contains technical reports and papers on various computing and supercomputing topics dating from 1955 to 1996.
A little less than half of these were published by American, European, and Japanese universities, including Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon,
UC Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and Osaka University.
About a quarter of the reports were published by different departments of the U.S. government, including the Department of
the Navy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce's National Technical Information
Service, and NASA. Lastly, there are papers and reports published by technology companies and research groups, such as IBM,
the RAND Corporation, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Lockheed, Sandia Laboratories, and SRI. This series is arranged alphabetically
by folder title.
102734654
Carnegie-Mellon University Department of Computer Science
1974-1979
102734675
European and Japanese universities
1976-1985
102734676
Other technology companies, research groups, and authors
1959-1996
102734674
Other universities
1956; 1967-1990
102734671
RAND Corporation
1950-1957
102734670
Stanford University
1974-1981
102734677
U.S. government
1959-1996
102734673
University of California, Berkeley
1977-1987
102734672
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1957-1987
Conferences, presentations, workshops, and course materials, Series 8,
1949-1994
Series Scope and Content
This series contains materials from conferences, presentations, and courses that were not held at LLNL or Los Alamos National
Laboratory. The conference that is most well-documented in this series is SIGGRAPH, which stands for the Special Interest
Group on Computer Graphics. Included are SIGGRAPH conference proceedings published in the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) periodical Computer Graphics, Michael's notes from these conferences, workshop materials, computer graphics and postcards,
pamphlets, and attendee lists. Other conferences and workshops that are significantly represented in this series include the
1983 Conference on Monte Carlo Methods and Future Computer Architectures held at Brookhaven National Laboratory, early IBM
computation seminars (1949-1951), and the 1983 Parallel Architecture Workshop (PAW) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The records relating to conferences and workshops where Michael served as a speaker, program chairman, or president are grouped
together in this series. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739155
Conference and workshop materials featuring George A. Michael as presenter and/or program
chair
1966-1989
102739156
Conference on Monte Carlo Methods and Future Computer Architectures
1983
102739158
Correspondence, pamphlets, and notes from computing conferences
1956-1992
102739153
Course materials
1972-1990
102739157
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) computation seminar proceedings
1949-1951
102739160
Parallel Architecture Workshop (PAW)
1983
102739161
Presentation materials collected and/or authored by Sidney Fernbach
1981-1982
102739162
Presentation materials related to supercomputers and computing at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory (LLNL)
1969; 1983-1991
102739107
Proceedings from computing conferences
1956-1994
102739150
SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics)
1973-1994
102739159
Workshop materials
1976-1994
Periodicals, articles, and clippings, Series 9,
1945-2000
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of journals, magazines, newsletters, clippings from newspapers and magazines, and photocopies of articles
and books from 1954 to 2000. The main focus of the material in this series is on computer technology. Companies and organizations
with journals in this series include the Association for Computing Machinery, Argonne National Laboratory, the IEEE, and IBM.
In addition to Scientific American, Datamation, and magazines about physics, computing, and specific computer systems, like
the Commodore, this series has a large number of issues of Call-A.P.P.L.E., a magazine published by the cooperative, independent
Apple user group Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.). Newsletters in the series are from both computer
and technology companies such as Computer Control Company, Sanborn Company, DEC, Kodak, and Hewlett Packard, and organizations
such as SIGARCH, the Computer Architecture Technical Committee, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, and
the Charles Babbage Institute. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734705
Call-A.P.P.L.E. and Mac A.P.P.L.E.
1980-1986
102739123
Charles Babbage Institute newsletter
1980-1988
102739113
Clippings and articles
1962-1990
102739124
Computer Architecture Technical Committee newsletter
1984-1986
102739146
Computer display review
1979
102739119
Datamation
1960-1981
102739125
HP key notes
1974-1982
102739116
IBM journals
1964-1981
102734703
Kodak tech bits
1963-1985
102739118
L'Elaborazione automatica
1976-1979
102739115
Mathematical intelligencer
1978-1990
102739117
Optical engineer
1974-1975
102739121
Other journals, magazines, and newsletters
1959-2000
102739114
Photocopied books
1972-1974
102739126
Right angle
1954-1966
102739120
Scientific American
1966-1970
102739127
Vector register
1987-1992
Promotional materials, catalogs, and directories, Series 10,
1954-1994
Series Scope and Content
This series contains promotional material and catalogs from 1954 to 1994. The bulk of the series is made up of product brochures,
company overviews, technical specifications, marketing newsletters, and installation and operational brochures published by
companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Burroughs, Goodyear Aerospace, Scientific Data Systems, Remington Rand, Amdahl,
and Polaroid. This series also contains three 1979 volumes of The Computer Display Review, a subscription-based reference
set that reviewed computer displays and related display products. Also included are catalogs and brochures for microscopes
for use in the computer and semiconductor industry, hand tools, and lab supplies. This series is arranged alphabetically by
folder title.
102739148
Bibliographies, indicices, directories, and glossaries
1964-1987
102739049
Computer company products and overviews
ca. 1954-1994
102739040
Hand tools and lab supplies brochures and catalogs
1975-1978
102739147
Inventories and surveys
1955-1970
102739051
Microscope brochures, specifications, and price sheets
1963-1977
102739145
Product catalogs
1958; 1976-1985
Los Alamos National Laboratory records, Series 11,
Bulk, 1970-1985
1953-1990
Series Scope and Content
This series contains technical papers and reports, administrative records, manuals, and conference and presentation materials
published by or related to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). One large part of this series is composed of materials for
two conferences hosted by LANL, both titled "Frontiers of Supercomputing." The first of these conferences took place in 1983,
while the second 1990 conference revisited the themes of the first and was titled "Frontiers of Supercomputing II: A National
Reassessment." Included are agendas, attendee lists, press, speaker photographs, and viewgraphs of many of the presentations
for both conferences. Another large part of this series is made up of technical papers and reports. Most of these writings
relate to supercomputing, with one authored by Michael — though some cover topics not related to computing, such as the LANL
publications on rock physics, shale oil, and hydrodynamical equations. The rest of this series is made up of in-house programming
manuals, LANL administrative records, an annual report, presentation materials, and other publications published by LANL.
This series is arranged chronologically.
102739035
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in-house programming manuals and output
1953-1985
102739034
Administrative records
1961; 1971; 1980-1986
102739032
Non-computing Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) project reports
1964; 1980
102739033
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) periodicals, technical papers, and catalogs
1970-1994
102739036
Reports by others on supercomputing from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
1978-1984
102739037
George A. Michael report on supercomputing
1980
102739112
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) presentation on Amdahl's Law, computer speed, multiprocessors, and reusable software
ca. 1983
102739039
Frontiers of Supercomputing
1983; 1990
102739038
Proposal to develop new theories for spatial modeling
1984
Personal papers, Series 12,
Bulk, 1969-1985
1948-1996
Scope and Content of the Collection
This series contains personal correspondence, materials relating to personal projects and research, books, clippings, photographs,
and records from Michael's role on the Board of Trustees for the Digital Computer Museum (later renamed the Computer Museum
and subsequently the Computer History Museum). Approximately half of this series is related to the Digital Computer Museum,
with documents from its early years spanning 1981 to 1986. Of interest in this part of the series is correspondence between
Gwen Bell, the first president of the Computer Museum in Boston, and Michael — with letters documenting museum planning and
delegations of responsibilities. This series also contains materials from Michael's personal projects and research, which
include records relating to various historical projects that Michael worked on — including correspondence with members of
the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) regarding Michael's roles in the organization and his
potential authorship of articles for the Annals of the History of Computing. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder
title.
102734645
Digital Computer Museum, Computer Museum, and Computer History Museum
1981-1986
102734643
Personal book collection
1948; 1967-1985
102734640
Personal correspondence, photographs, and clippings
1969-1982
102734644
Personal projects
1972-1995
