Simon E. Gluck collection of photographs of EDVAC and MSAC computers 1990.232
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Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Simon E. Gluck collection of photographs of EDVAC and MSAC computers 1990.232
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Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Additonal Extent Statement ...... 5
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Summary Information
Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator - col: Gluck, Simon E. Title: Simon E. Gluck collection of photographs of EDVAC and MSAC computers ID: 1990.232 Date [inclusive]: 1948-1951 Physical Description: 36 item(s) Physical Location: GL Box 1. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Computer pioneers John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and their associates at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering built six of the world's first electronic digital computers between 1943 and 1951. This collection consists of undated black and white photographs and slides; twelve of the eighteen slides are duplicates of the photographs. Two of the images are engineering drawings (EDVAC's block diagram and control panel) and the rest are images of the EDVAC and MSAC computers.
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Biographical Note
Simon E. Gluck, who collected these photographs, was an engineer educated at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked on most of the early computer projects there during the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was later associated with the Burroughs Corporation where he worked as an engineer in the Paoli, Pennsylvania, plant.
Computer pioneers John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and their associates at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering built six of the world's first electronic digital computers between 1943 and 1951. This work began under an Army Ordnance Dept. contract which funded the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) in 1943. After World War Two the staff of the Moore School built the EDVAC and BINAC, computers with stored-memory capability. The MSAC (Moore School automatic computer) was built for the Army Signal Corps in 1951.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of undated black and white photographs and slides; twelve of the eighteen slides are duplicates of the photographs. Two of the images are engineering drawings (EDVAC's block diagram and control panel) and the rest are images of the EDVAC and MSAC computers. The EDVAC was the first effort to develop a computer with stored memory capability. The EDVAC images are of the pilot model (which was demonstrated at the Franklin Institute in 1947), exposed panels, magnetic wire input/ output, timing unit, and mercury acoustical memory. The MSAC images include views of the flip-flop module, basic chassis, and pulse transformer design. In addition, there are images of individuals (some identified) who worked with Simon Gluck at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Audiovisual Collections
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Access Restrictions This collection is open for research.
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Related Materials
Related Archival Materials Simon E. Gluck papers (Accession 1987), Manuscripts and Archives Dept., Hagley Museum and Library.
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Controlled Access Headings
• EDVAC (Computer) • Computer industry • Computer hardware • Computer engineering
Additonal Extent Statement
18 photographic prints : b&w ; 5x7 in. 18 slides in paper mounts : b&w.
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