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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Project Whirlwind

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation Center records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0062
Abstract This set of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computation Center records spans the years 1950-1962 and documents the genesis of the Computation Center and its eventual transformation into the Information Processing Center. The Computation Center housed one of the first high-speed digital computers built by IBM with technology developed at MIT in Project Whirlwind. The purpose of the Center was to provide a means to educate faculty and students in the use of high-speed digital...
Dates: 1950 - 1962
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Digital Computer Laboratory records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0362
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of computation books, notes, memoranda, and other laboratory records about the development of vacuum tubes and related devices for use in the Whirlwind I computer, and various engineering notes, reports, and memorandums for other DCL projects.

Dates: 1944 - 1959
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the Chancellor, records of Julius A. Stratton as provost, vice president and provost, and chancellor

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0132
Abstract The collection documents the responsibilities of Julius A. Stratton for academic development and research in the positions of provost, vice president and provost, and chancellor, which he held between 1949 and 1957. The records contain reports and memoranda from the schools, departments, and research laboratories, including Lincoln Laboratory, the Research Laboratory for Electronics, and the Computation Center, and material on Projects Charles, Hartwell, Meteor, Troy, and Whirlwind. There...
Dates: 1949 - 1957
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Julius A. Stratton

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0134
Scope and Contents The collection covers the period of Julius A. Stratton's term as the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), January 1, 1959, to June 30, 1966. It contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda about administrative issues including student activities and student housing, relationships with faculty and alumni, and contacts with other universities. Corporation records including correspondence with members of the Corporation; visiting committee material; and...
Dates: 1957 - 1966
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oral History Program, oral history interviews on computers at MIT

 Collection
Identifier: MC-0131
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of supporting documents for and tapes of interviews which discuss Project Whirlwind, Project MAC, and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, all at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). There are transcripts only for the interviews with Hazen, Forrester, Perlis, and Carr (draft). Also includes transcripts and notes of a seminar, "Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence," with Philip Morrison, Jerome Lettvin, and Joseph Weisenbaum, and a...
Dates: 1976 - 1977
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Servomechanisms Laboratory records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0151
Scope and Contents of the Collection World War IIThe Servomechanisms Laboratory’s beginning years, 1940-1945, coincide with World War II and are partially documented in Series 1, files collected by staff member Robert Everett. Memos, graphs, drawings, and final reports relating to research about and application of feedback control to automate navy and army gun control systems, and development of servo-controls for advanced radar systems are the focus of the series. Also included in...
Dates: 1940 - 1959
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Project Whirlwind Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-0665
Abstract The Whirlwind I computer was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1945 and 1952 in a project directed by Jay Forrester. The project was first carried out in the Servomechanisms Laboratory. Later it separated to become the Digital Computer Laboratory and Lincoln Laboratory, Division 6, and testing continued through 1958. Jay Forrester served as director of both laboratories until 1956, and Robert Everett as associate director, then director. A key part of the...
Dates: 1944 - 1959
Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History 5
Computers -- History 3
Electronic digital computers -- History 3
Whirlwind computer. 3
DIC 6345. 2
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governance 2
institutional relationships 2
Artificial intelligence -- History 1
Electronic digital computers 1
Fire control (Aerial gunnery) 1
Fire control (Gunnery) 1
IBM 704 (Computer) 1
Magnetic cores 1
Military education -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge 1
Patent laws and legislation. 1
Patent licenses. 1
Patent suits. 1
Penicillin -- History. 1
Radar -- Antennas -- Research. 1
Research and development contracts, Government. 1
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