Fahnestock, Harris

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-4. The digital computation program of Project Whirlwind might be operated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in many ways. Three representative levels are proposed in the attached curves and charts covering the period 1949 to 1953. Plan 1, at $1.8 million per year, shows the research, development and limited experimental computer operation which could be carried out under a continuation of approximately the present rate of expenditure....

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-21. Memorandum containing an analysis of the Digital Computer Laboratory Proposed 1950-51 Budget.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-632. List of memoranda on correspondence between M.I.T. research teams and Sylvania on Whirlwind I design.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-51. Assessment of renovation undertaken in Division 6 facility space, breakdown of priorities and costs involved.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-30. Memorandum on estimates regarding time and personnel required for the work leading up to the production of digital computers suitable for air defense information centers.

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1677. Those who visited the IBM 701 computer must be very careful that their evaluation of the machine does not go outside our laboratory.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-105. Tentative breakdown of the Division 6 FY'54 extraordinary budget, including listing of accounts and expenses. Corresponds to the basic budget discussion in Memorandum L-104.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-104. Memo regarding Division 6 FY'54 extraordinary accounts budget. A detailed breakdown and justification for the budget appears in Memorandum L-105.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-62. Revision of the Division 6 FY'53 extraordinary expense budget submitted on 29 November 1951. Contains 5 tables outlining 1953 extraordinary expense budget.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-60. Memo regarding group leaders' extraordinary expenditure budget that reviews 1952 budget figures and requests Air Force work projections for revised 1953 budget. Includes Group 60, Group 61, Group 62, Group 63, Group 64, and Group 65.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-74. Revised Column 4 to the Budgetary Control Statement F/53 as requested by Dr. A. G. Hill and P. V. Cusick. Reference: Budgetary Control Statement F/53, Division VI, for four months ending October 31, 1952.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-48. I have compared the referenced budget proposals with our present staff and expenditures, and the expansion we can now expect during the next year. Within the wide limits of approximation applying to such a period of expansion, I believe our budgets are in balance and do not need revision at this tine.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-117. Personnel estimate for Fiscal 1954 completed for Division 6 to show anticipated personnel needs existing in June 1954 and the estimated average needs during the previous fiscal year. Estimates of extraordinary expenses for the year were submitted to Walter DeQuoy in Memorandum L-104, dated 29 June 1953.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-3. Many plans are now being considered for the military use of information systems built around electronic digital computers. Such systems appear unique in their ability to process and evaluate information sufficiently rapidly for modern high-speed military operations. The advantages gained when digital information systems make possible the better integration and more effective use of other military equipment should more than justify the...

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-57. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing Taylor's trip on vacuum tubes, Whittemore floor space, engineering reports, Whirlwind I installation, drawings, and spares, Whirlwind II contractor, use of Whirlwind I by Adam's group, and magnetic drums. Attending: Jay W. Forrester, C. W. Adams, D. R. Brown, R. R. Everett, H. Fahnestock, N. H. Taylor, C. R. Wieser, and P. Youtz.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-73. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing five-digit multiplier, ARDC Conference in Baltimore, December 10, 1952, AIEE-IRE-ACM Computer Conference, budget, and magnetic drums. Present: R. R. Everett, C. W. Adams, S. H. Dodd, H. Fahnestock, N. H. Taylor, C. R. Wieser, P. Youtz.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-99. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing mail service, Vitro Corporation, Standards Committee, and Remington Rand. Present: J. W. Forrester, S. H. Dodd, R. R. Everett, H. Fahnestock, N. H. Taylor, C. R. Wieser, and P. Youtz.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-44. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing test equipment, Whlttemore Power, A. G. Hill visit, and reports. Attending: S. H. Dodd, R. R. Everett, H. Fahnestock, J. W. Forrester, N. H. Taylor, C. R. Weiser, P. Youtz.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-103. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing new personnel, Division 3 organization, move of MTC, dissemination of group leaders' decisions, spare buffer drum; IBM Drum, and secret biweekly. Present: J. W. Forrester, S. H. Dodd, R. R. Everett, H. Fahnestock, R. A. Nelson, J. C. Proctor, N. H. Taylor, C. R. Wieser.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-34. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing the commencement of weekly group leader meetings, formation of Group 64 and 65, the Division 6 Lincoln Progress Report, security classification of Whirlwind II, time schedules and manpower. Attending: Forrester, Everett, Fahnestock, Wieser, Taylor, Dodd, Youtz, and Adams.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-42. Minutes of weekly group leader meeting discussing building facilities, Whirlwind II meetings, block diagram meetings, and training. Attending: C. W. Adams, S. H. Dodd, H. Fahnestock, J. W. Forrester, N. H. Taylor, C. R. Weiser, P. Youtz.

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1663. Memorandum on the handling of confidential information from IBM.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-170. Memorandum containing a subjective index to Project Whirlwind Publications.

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Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-122. Commencing July 1, 1951 there will be some changes in the contracts and D.I.C. account numbers under which the laboratory operates. This memorandum will explain these changes.

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1418. Memorandum on an interim telephone system installed in the Whittemore Building laboratories.

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MIT DIC 6673. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-26. Letter to Nathaniel McLean Sage on funds needed to extend the capacity of the Whirlwind computer to demonstrate its capabilities for handling low flying aircraft requiring the processing of information from many radar sets.

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-1696. Maintenance of complete records of our work with IBM requires liaison between MIT and this company be through a central point of contact. Art Kromer will handle this assignment.

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-1360. Memorandum by Digital Computer Laboratory staff on changes to accounting for magnetic materials charges.

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Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-117. Administrative memorandum from Electronic Computer Division research teams on funding account policies.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-27. Proposal for the expenditure of $50,000 on Contract N5ori-60, Task Order 1, transferred to the Office of Naval Research by the Air Force.