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Magnetic cores -- Patents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Jay Wright Forrester papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0439
Scope and Contents This collection documents the professional activities of Jay Wright Forrester, director of the Digital Computer Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Materials in this collection span from approximately 1940 to 2000, and include Forresters research, writings, speeches, correspondence, corporate consulting materials, and course notes for classes he taught at MIT. Forrester's research is documented in records about his patents and computation notebooks. These materials...
Dates: 1940-circa 2000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Magnetic Core Memory records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0337
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Forrester patent litigation extended over many years and resulted in a voluminous set of records. The records represent the documentation assembled and produced by MIT and the law firm of Kenway & Jenney in the course of the suits.The collection fully documents the development of magnetic core memory and MIT's involvement in the patent litigation cases. It also provides information concerning the administrative handling of a major university patent and the relationship...
Dates: 1932 - 1975

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the Vice President for Industrial and Government Relations records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0035
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes about patents held by Jay Forrester and the Research Corporation for magnetic core memory, correspondence with government agencies regarding the funding and administration of research projects, and information about the Operations Evaluation Group.

Dates: 1958 - 1965