Remington Rand - UNIVAC Division, 1950-1955
Part of collection: Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division photographs and audiovisual materials (1985-261)
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1955
Historical Note
The Remington Rand Univac Division was the result of the amalgamation of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation of Philadelphia, the Engineering Research Associates of St. Paul, and the Remington Rand Tabulating Machines Division of Norwalk. The machines produced by this Division of the Remington Rand corporation drew from the work of all three of the corporate entities to produce the first UNIVAC computer (1951) and its card-reading computer predecessors.
In 1943 the Division began its work on the development of an electronic calculating machine. The result of this work was the electronic 409 punched card calculating computer (1949). The UNIVAC Division expanded on the design of the 409 machine to create the UNIVAC 60 and 120 models in 1952 and 1953, respectively.
Scope and Content
The series contains images of the Remington Rand punched card equipment that preceded the development of the first Remington Rand computers, such as model 2, 3, and 4 tabulators and sorters. This also includes verifiers, interpreters, and collators. This series also contains images of the early Remington Rand punched card computers developed by the in Norwalk, Connecticut (the 409, and the UNIVAC 60 and 120), those developed by the former Engineering Research Associates in St. Paul, Minnesota (1103 computer system), and the first UNIVAC computer developed by the former Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company.
General Physical Description note
(photographic prints and negatives: b&w; color; color transparencies: 8x10; 5x7; 4x5; 35mm)
Extent
From the Collection: 105 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
Litigators may not view the collection without approval.
There are no viewing or listening stations for analog audio, video, or film in the reading room. To access this material, please place a digitization request for the item(s).
Film material is located in remote storage. Please contact staff 48 hours in advance of research visit at askhagley@hagley.org
Physical access to unstable portions is granted at the discretion of the conservator. In order to increase access to unstable materials, digital copies have been created.
Related Names
Subject
- Remington Rand, Inc. Univac Division (Organization)
Creator
- From the Collection: Sperry Rand (Corporation). Univac Division (Organization)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
