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Guide to the Cuthbert C. Hurd papers X2772.2004
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Printed Series 1, Bulk, 1948-1962 1947-1991

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains materials that document the rise of electronic computing and the development of IBM's electronic data processing machines while Hurd worked there from 1949 to 1962. A large portion of the collection consists of newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, conference proceedings, and reports that cover the advances being made in computing at the time, with a focus on the development and release of some of IBM's most notable early computers, including the 701, 650, and 1620. Other materials include histories, specifications, manuals, customer sales sheets, promotional materials, transcriptions, and conference presentations. There is also material about John von Neumann, the celebrated mathematician and a friend of Hurd's, consisting mostly of newspaper clippings and publications written after his death. A small portion of material documents the IBM antitrust trial for which Hurd was a witness in 1979. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

102733981 Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University 1948

 

102733995 Annals of the history of computing 1982-1997

 

102733985 Articles about computing 1951-1988

 

102734017 Articles about IBM 1949-1991; bulk 1953

 

102733978 Articles about or by Hurd 1953-1981

 

102733986 Articles about or by John von Neumann 1949-1991; bulk 1957

 

102733987 Articles about Thomas Watson 1955-1986

 

102733988 Articles by W. J. Eckert 1947-1963

 

102733991 Bibliography on Electronic Computing, additions to the third edition 1953-07

 

102733989 Communications of the ACM 1972-07

 

102733982 Computation seminar : proceedings 1949-12

 

102733984 Computation seminar : proceedings 1951-08

 

102733997 Conference proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery 1952

 

102733998 Conference proceedings of the Electronic Computer Symposium 1952

 

102733999 Conference proceedings of the Joint AIEE-IRE Computer Conference, Review of Electronic Digital Computers 1951

 

102734000 Conference proceedings of the Western Computer Conference and the Institute of Radio Engineers 1953-1955

 

102734001 Hurd presentations 1961-1966

 

102733990 IBM 1620 (CADET) reports and specifications 1958-1959

 

102733979 IBM appendices 1961

 

102734002 IBM Applied Science Division Technical Newsletter 1956

 

102734023 IBM data processing machine photographs 1949-1955

 

102734003 IBM data processing machines customer documents 1952-1962

 

102734004 IBM industrial process automation study ca. 1957

 

102734006 IBM industrial process control program reports 1960

 

102733993 IBM manuals 1953-1960

 

102734005 IBM news publications 1950-1982

 

102734007 IBM Personal Automatic Computing (PAC) report 1955-01-28

 

102734008 IBM press releases and letters 1952-1961; bulk 1953-1955

 

102733983 Industrial computation seminar : proceedings 1950-09

 

102734022 International Research Conference on the History of Computing records 1976-06

 

102734009 John von Neumann biographies and remembrances 1958-1987

 

102734010 John von Neumann symposia papers 1987-1988

 

102734011 Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 1951-12-14

 

102734012 Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computing 1948-1954

 

102734013 Promotional materials 1961-1962

 

102734014 SHARE documents 1958-1972

 

102734015 Survey of Automatic Digital Computers, Office of Naval Research, 1954 1954

 

102734016 Technical reports and specifications 1948-1974

 

Correspondence and personal papers Series 2, 1949-1995

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains letters, memoranda, research, personal photographs, and notebooks collected and/or authored by Hurd. The correspondence in this series covers a wide variety of topics, from personal thank you notes and congratulations to discussions on artificial intelligence and John von Neumann's legacy. Most of the correspondence is interfiled with Hurd's research on computing history, particularly IBM's history, since these research materials were often enclosed within letters from past colleagues or friends. These enclosed research materials could include copies of old IBM memoranda on new data processing machines, lists of people involved with certain initiatives, or summaries of past collaborations with Hurd. Relevant articles from publications were also enclosed in many of Hurd's correspondence. This series also includes a collection of Hurd's personal photographs. Of particular interest is a photograph of Hurd with John von Neumann, and another photograph of Hurd demonstrating the IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer at Expo 58 (Brussels World's Fair, 1958). Also of interest in this series is a collection of letters between Hurd and Thomas Watson, Jr. This series is arranged chronologically.
 

102733973 Seminars, education, and training at IBM and MIT 1949-1978

 

102733974 Monte Carlo method correspondence and research 1949-1984

 

102733976 Personal photographs ca. 1950-1980

 

102733980 IBM 7030 ("Stretch") computer project and Los Alamos National Laboratory correspondence and research 1951-1962

 

102733992 Cuthbert C. Hurd correspondence with Thomas J. Watson, Jr. 1955-1992

 

102733994 Correspondence and research regarding John von Neumann 1957-1993

 

102734024 1960 calendar 1959

 

102734025 Research and Engineering Planning Conference 1961

 

102734027 "Push-Down, Push-Up Accumulators" correspondence and research 1961-12-07-1962-02-27

 

102734026 Travel correspondence 1961-1962

 

102734028 Computer Usage Company (CUC) and International Business Machines (IBM) World Trade Corporation correspondence and research 1961-1967

 

102734029 Telex Corporation v. International Business Machines Corporation trial and computer history projects 1971-1978

 

102734030 Oral histories 1972-1995

 

102734031 Research regarding International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) history and personal correspondence 1982-1989

 

102734032 Stanford University's Department of Electrical Engineering and history of computing correspondence and research 1991-1995

 

102734033 Memoirs 1992-1995

 

United States v. International Business Machines Corp. (1979) records Series 3, 1979

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains transcriptions and exhibit documents from United States v. International Business Machines Corp. (1979), for which Hurd was an expert witness. The majority of the series consists of transcriptions of Hurd's testimony, which took place from January 3 to February 1, 1979. Also included are plaintiff's exhibits comprising photocopies of IBM-related reports, memos, correspondence, and meeting transcripts. Hurd's testimony and the exhibit documents provide a history of IBM's computer development and the early computer industry. This series is arranged chronologically.
 

102733977 Plaintiff's exhibit documents 1979

 

102733975 Hurd testimony transcripts 1979-01-03-1979-02-01

Collection Contents
Printed
Correspondence and personal papers
United States v. International Business Machines Corp. (1979) records
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