DOME COLLECTIONS |
Institute Archives & Special Collections |
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COLLECTION |
Project Whirlwind |
Content |
Records related to the work of Project Whirlwind. An MIT research project which produced MIT's first high-speed digital computer and "magnetic core memory". Project directed by Jay Forrester. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Whirlwind
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Size |
1800 PDFs of research memos and reports; 5,000 photo negatives |
Age |
1946-1954 |
Source |
Currently MITRE Corporation; about to be transferred to MIT Archives |
Rights |
MIT Research; government funded (all documents have been de-classified) |
Anticipated Audience |
researchers interested in the history of computing and MIT's role |
Benefits |
Promotional, first foray into documenting computers and making that information available on-line. |
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Format |
PDFs. Photo negatives. Paper |
Metadata |
needs descriptive metadata |
Funding |
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Other Comments |
We have the papers of Jay Forrester, along with many other related collections. |
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