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Computer engineering

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Seymour Yuter collection of Technitrol, Inc., lawsuit records

 Collection
Accession: 1901
Abstract:

The collection consists of copies of trial records collected by Seymour C. Yuter (dates unknown), a patent attorney for Technitrol, Inc. They include documents from the interlocking suits of Technitrol v. Control Data Corp., Technitrol v. Sperry Rand, and Technitrol v. U.S.A., which came to trial between the late 1950s and the mid 1970s. The principal point at issue was, who was the inventor of the magnetic storage drum. The records provide a fascinating picture of the early history of the computer industry and trace the role played by the military in the years immediately after World War II.

Dates: 1945-1976

Sperry Rand Corporation, Engineering Research Associates (ERA) Division records

 Collection
Accession: 2015
Abstract:

Engineering Research Associates (ERA) origins can be traced to the classified World War II-era Navy project to break the German secret codes by using electronic data processing. After the war, ERA became a private sector company that did pioneering work in computer development. In 1952, it was purchased by Remington Rand. The records include the correspondence of ERA's founding engineers including William Norris and Arnold Cohen. Also included is business and technical correspondence, legal records, patents, and oral histories.

Dates: 1949-1965