Donald G. Aronson Papers, 1951-1954. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Donald G. Aronson papers
Dates: 1951-1954
Creator: Aronson, Donald G.
Extent: 1 box (0.25 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 189
Abstract:

Papers contain documentation from Don Aronson's career in computing in the early-to-mid 1950s, including information on the computing programs at the University of Manchester.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The papers were donated by Donald G. Aronson in 2007.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

Donald G. Aronson Papers (CBI 189), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Biographical Note

Donald G. Aronson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 2, 1929. He received his BS in 1951, his MS in 1952, and his PhD in 1956. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota, Aronson was a research assistant for Project Whirlwind at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1950 and 1952 and a research assistant in the University of Illinois Digital Computer Laboratory from 1956 to 1957. In September of 1957, Aronson joined the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Mathematics Department as an instructor. Aronson retired as Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in June 2002, but continued his affiliation with the university as the Director of the Post-Doctoral Program at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.

In the summer of 1954, Aronson was employed in London as a Scientific Officer at the National Research Development Counsel to work with Christopher Strachey and Donald Gilles. His assignment was to write a program to simulate the proposed Ferranti Pegasus Computer on the Ferranti Mark 1 Computer at the University of Manchester. The original program sheets for the successful simulation are among these papers.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The Donald G. Aronson Papers contain documentation from Don Aronson's career in computing in the early-to-mid 1950s, including information on the computing programs at the University of Manchester.

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.
• Aronson, Donald G.
• University of Manchester. Manchester Computing

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1		Developmental Materials, 1953-1954. Box 1, Folder 1
		Simulation of 7PC on MUC, 1954. Box 1, Folder 2
		Programmer's Handbook (2nd Edition) for the Manchester Electric Computer Mark II, August 1952. Box 1, Folder 3
		Manchester University Computer Inaugural Address, July 1951. Box 1, Folder 4