Sperry Rand Corporation. Univac Federal Systems Division Univac Computers , circa 1968. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Sperry Rand Corporation. Univac Federal Systems Division
Dates: circa 1968
Creator: Sperry Rand. Univac Division.
Extent: 1 box (0.1 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 129
Abstract:

Collection consists of a compilation created by the Federal Systems Division to document their products from 1954-1968. The compilation, titled Univac Computers , contains computer characteristics descriptions and photographs of computers as well as charts showing the Federal Systems aerospace and military computer genealogies.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Greg Mellen.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute does not hold the copyright to any materials in the collection. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

Sperry Rand Corporation Federal Systems Division Univac Computers (CBI 129), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Historical Note

Sperry Rand's Univac Federal Systems Division in St. Paul, Minnesota, designed and built computers largely for aerospace and military use.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a compilation created by the Federal Systems Division to document their products from 1954-1968. The compilation, titled Univac Computers , contains computer characteristics descriptions and photographs of computers as well as charts showing the Federal Systems aerospace and military computer genealogies.

The compilation was originally contained in a binder with the characteristics description facing the photograph of the computer described. After processing, the characteristics description precedes the photograph of the computer described. An identical number has been added in pencil and circled to each characteristics description and the corresponding photograph in the upper right corner on the reverse side to assure the correct descriptions and photographs remain correlated.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• Sperry Rand. Univac Division.
• Airborne computers.
• Computers.
• Military art and science -- Data processing.
• Naval art and science -- Data processing.
• Univac computer.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1		Aerospace computer genealogy and military computer genealogy, circa 1968. Box 1, Folder 1 Note Includes Univac Computers title page.
		Computer Characteristics and Photographs, circa 1968. Box 1, Folder 2 Note Photographs are missing for a few of the computers; also included are descriptions and photographs (a couple missing) of several peripherals at the end of the compilation.