Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Gordon D. Goldstein Collection
Goldstein, Gordon D.
NMAH.AC.0554
Archival Resource Key
2 Cubic feet
6 boxes
1948 - 1957
Papers relate to Gordon D. Goldstein, a computer engineer and frequent seminar speaker and participant, especially in the fields of linguistics and machine translation.
English
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Biographical / Historical
Born in 1917, Gordon D. Goldstein graduated from Clarkson College of Technology with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. In 1941, Goldstein took a job with the Army Signal Corp as a civilian inspector of radio and navigation equipment. After leaving the Army Signal Corp, Goldstein took a job as development engineer at the Washington Institute of Technology where he was employed until 1950. From 1950 to 1951 he worked as chief engineer with computers for the Census Bureau in Philadelphia.
In 1951, Goldstein left the Census Bureau and took a job with the Navy Department. During his tenure there, Goldstein worked in three offices or divisions: the Naval Ordnance Laboratory (electronics scientist), the David Taylor Model Basin's Applied Mathematics Laboratory, and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Information Systems Program where he was involved with applications of UNIVAC I. Goldstein worked in the Office of Naval Research from 1956 until his retirement in 1980.
Sources
Berkeley, Edmund C., ed. Who's Who in Computers and Data Processing 1971: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Computer Professionals. New York: The New York Times Book and Educational Division, 1971.
Gordon D. Goldstein Papers, 1950-1979. Charles Babbage Institute: Center for the History of Information Processing.
Williams, Michael R. A History of Computing Technology. Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 5 series.
Series 1, National Bureau of Standards, Electronic Computers Section/Standards Eastern Automatic Computer, 1948-1953
Series 2, U.S. Navy/Applied Mathematics Laboratory, 1950-1957
Series 3, UNIVAC-Remington Rand Corporation/Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, 1948--956
Series 4, UNIVAC Conferences, 1950-1956
Series 5, Publications and Competitor Materials, 1950-1955
Scope and Contents
The Goldstein Collection documents an interesting and important period in the development of the early computer industry. Many of the items in the collection are technical in nature; others, however, provide an interesting perspective on the development of post-war American culture. Items in the collection include design and training materials, operational manuals, professional literature, advertisements and promotional items, photographs, business and office documentation, and conference and seminar materials.
The collection is divided into five series. The first three series correspond to Goldstein's employment history; the fourth series includes notes and minutes from UNIVAC and computer conferences attended by Goldstein; and the fifth series contains general computer publications and computer advertisements. Of particular interest in the last series is a copy of the 1954 Report to the Association for Computing Machinery: First Glossary of Programming Terminology. This item was edited by Grace Murray Hopper.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Custodial History
The collection was transferred from the Division of Information, Technology and Communication (now Division of Medicine and Science) to the Archives Center on June 28, 1996.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Gordon D. Goldstein on December 13, 1978.
Related Materials
Materials in Other Organizations
The Charles Babbage Institute, Center for the History of Information Processing houses the Gordon D. Goldstein Papers, 1950-1979, http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/cbi00068.xml
Archives Center, National Museum of American History houses the Computer Oral History Collection, 1969-1973, 1977 http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/fa_comporalhist_index.aspx
Preferred Citation
Gordon D. Goldstein Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
Processed by John M. Murphy, intern, August 1998; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
Seac computer
Systems engineering
Technical manuals -- 20th century
Univac computer
Design drawings
Computers
Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
ENIAC.
Remington Rand.
National Bureau of Standards, Electronic Computers Section/Standards Eastern Automatic Computer
Series 1
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1948 - 1953
High speed circuits technical planning group meetings
Archival Resource Key
1948 December 15-1950 April 27
1
1-2
Bureau of Ships Analog Computer (BUSAC'S) method for addition and subtraction
Archival Resource Key
1950 January 23
1
3
Engineering and operational specifications for Bureau of Standards Automatic Computer
Archival Resource Key
1950 June
1
4
Notes on computer seminar
Archival Resource Key
1950 October 8-1951 January 25
1
5
Memoranda
Archival Resource Key
1950 July-1951 March
1
6
Graduate School of the National Bureau of Standards, electron computers course and pulse circuitry and digital computers
Archival Resource Key
1950 September-1951 May
1
7
Reprint from the National Bureau of Standards publication, Technical News Bulletin, SEAC demonstrates high reliability
Archival Resource Key
1951 May
1
8
FOSDIC, A pre-input data recorder for computers
Archival Resource Key
1953 December
1
9
U.S. Navy/Applied Mathematics Laboratory
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1957
Operational Manuals and Training Materials
2.1
Archival Resource Key
1952 - 1956
The defense calculator, notes on
Archival Resource Key
1952 March
1
10
Specifications for automatic plotter to be used with UNIVAC computing system
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1954 March
1
11
High speed printer
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1954 December 15-1956 March 1
1
12
Testing and Maintenance Documentation
2.2
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1953 - 1956
Percent efficiency chart and AMS summary of UNIVAC maintenance
Archival Resource Key
1953 January-July
1
13
Planning and programming division policies
Archival Resource Key
1954 October
1
14
Programming procedures and planning and programming division policies
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1956 May
1
15
Professional Literature
2.3
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1956 - 1957
U.S. Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia, computation and ballistics department
Archival Resource Key
1955 January
1
16
Report on the progress of the Bureau of Ships Computer Laboratory. Talk Given by Dr. Harry Polachek at the chief's council, Bureau of Ships
Archival Resource Key
1956 February 7
1
17
Proceedings of progress report, 1953-1956. Engineering and Development Division. Applied Mathematics Laboratory. Edited by Gordon D. Goldstein
Archival Resource Key
1957 May
1
18
Memoranda
2.4
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1952 - 1956
Memoranda
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1952 - 1956
1
19-20
Office Humor
2.5
Archival Resource Key
1952
Light touch folder
Archival Resource Key
1952 May-December
1
21
UNIVAC-Remington Rand Corporation/Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1948 - 1956
Design Materials
3.1
Archival Resource Key
1948 - 1952
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation Diagrams
Archival Resource Key
1948 - 1950
1
22
Design Drawings
Archival Resource Key
1949 - 1951
1
23
Fuse Panel, UNIVAC Blowers and Uniservo Primary Power Diagram
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1950 April
2
1
Terms and Symbols Used In UNIVAC Diagram
Archival Resource Key
1950 August
2
2
Control Circuits and Timing Chart
Archival Resource Key
1950
2
3
Book of Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation Diagrams
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1952
2
4-7
Function Signals
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
8
Operational Manuals and Training Materials
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1949 - 1956
Floating decimal point subroutines for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Archival Resource Key
1949
2
9
UNIVAC engineering aids
Archival Resource Key
1950 May
2
10
Basic operation cycle - UNIVAC and breakdown of UNIVAC instructions
Archival Resource Key
1950 June
2
11
Preliminary description of the UNIVAC for Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
Archival Resource Key
1950 July
2
12
UNIVAC operational notes
Archival Resource Key
1950 August
3
1-5
Instructional booklet containing miscellaneous items pertaining to the operation of the UNIVAC Computer
Archival Resource Key
1950
3
6
Introduction to Computers, prepared by the training section, Electronic Computer Department, Remington Rand
Archival Resource Key
1950
3
7
A.I. appendix describes the operation of typical electronic circuits which make up the logical elements shown on the block diagrams
Archival Resource Key
1951September-October
3
8
UNIVAC system pulse code instructions
Archival Resource Key
1951
3
9
Operation codes
Archival Resource Key
1952 March
3
10
UNIVAC II: A Preliminary Manual
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1955 June
3
11
Servo Systems alignment procedure: UNIVAC Training School, Philadelphia
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1955 December
3
12
Manual of Operation: The Central Computer of the UNIVAC System
Archival Resource Key
1956
3
13
Magnetic tape to tape converter
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undated
3
14
Testing and Maintenance Documentation
3.3
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1950 - 1956
UNIVAC maintenance lectures
Archival Resource Key
1950 January-1951 October
4
1
Replacement rates of vacuum tubes and crystal diodes in Mark III Calculator
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1951 May-1952 September
4
2
UNIVAC test equipment and special tools
Archival Resource Key
1952 June
4
3
Recirculation amplifier alignment in the DC test bench
Archival Resource Key
1952 September
4
4
The definitions of service record headings for UNIVAC
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1952 October
4
5
Test of power supply HUM measurements
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1952 September
4
6
AC power distribution
Archival Resource Key
1953 March
4
7
Equipment and tools, Eckert-Mauchly design
Archival Resource Key
1953 May
4
8
Long tank standby and overheat microswitch adjustment
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1953 May 27
4
9
Service routines index
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1952 January-1954 October
4
10-12
UNIVAC tape-to-card converter
Archival Resource Key
1954 October
4
13
Color coding of 1N48 germanium crystal diodes
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1956 August
4
14
General instructions for maintenance checks
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undated
4
15
Index to the troubleshooting block diagram book for UNIVAC central computer group
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undated
6
1
Index to drawings and figures, volume three
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
2
Tool and test equipment for a UNIVAC installation
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undated
4
16
UNIVAC spare parts, local procurement, out of town procurement, chokes, coils, pulse transformers, mechanical parts and assemblies, short mercury tanks with chassis, UNIVAC pulse transformers, coils, delay lines, and chokes, and UNIVAC number one," invoices
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undated
4
17
Advertisements and Promotional Materials
3.4
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1950 - 1956
Advertisements and promotional materials
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1950 - 1956
4
18-19
Photographs of UNIVAC system
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
20
Publications
3.5
Archival Resource Key
1954 - 1956
The Programmer
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1954 - 1956
4
21
The Programmer
The UNIVAC System: A 1954 Progress Report
Archival Resource Key
1954
4
22
UNIVAC Conferences
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1956
Association for Computing Machinery
Archival Resource Key
1950 September
5
1
Association for Computing Machinery
Archival Resource Key
1951 March
5
2
UNIVAC Maintenance Conference
Archival Resource Key
1954 May
5
3
UNIVAC Servicing Engineers Conference
Archival Resource Key
1954 October
5
4
UNIVAC System Engineers Conference
Archival Resource Key
1955 June
5
5
UNIVAC System Engineers Conference
Archival Resource Key
1956 June
5
6-7
Publications and Competitor Materials
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1955
Articles related to UNIVAC
Archival Resource Key
1952 - 1955
5
8
Articles related to UNIVAC
General computer literature
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1954
5
9-10
Competitor materials
Archival Resource Key
1952 - 1955
5
11-12