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On January 8, 1948, the Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of an EDVAC electronic digital computer for research program use.
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, January 8, 1948, p. 954.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 45th Report, November 19, 1948, p. 172.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 45th Report, January 13, 1949, p. 204.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 47th Report, July 16, 1952, p. 145.
5. Graduate College Catalog, 1954-56, p. 29.
6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 53rd Report, November 24, 1964, p. 240.
7. Graduate Programs, 1972-1974, p. 59.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
9/63, 6/68, 7/89; 6/22/2000; 7/30/2010; 5/13/2011
By type of material (computer) and chronological thereunder.
Bulletins, Guides and Manuals including copies of Digital Computer Laboratory Bulletins 1-10 (March-November 1963), ORDVAC Manual (1951), Generalized Algebraic Translator-Compiler Manual (1961), Preliminary Guide to the Use of ATHOS (1961), Users' Manual for ALCOR-ILLINOIS-7090 ALGOL-60 Translator (1964), 1401 HAVOC System Manual (1965) and index to PORTHOS Manual (1965). ILLIAC publications include Illiac Programming Guides (1954, 1956, 1961), Elementary Description of ILLIAC (1964), Ibal ILLIAC III Basic Assembler Language (1968), ILLIAC III Programming Manual (1968), S-M-V Programming Manual (1968), and ILLIAC IV, Documents 193-198 and Final Technical Reports (1973). The series includes ILLIAC Program Library Index Codes 18-331 - with lacunae (1952-61), ILLIAC Active Program Library, Auxiliary Program Library, and Statistical Library (1957-61) and papers on ILLIAC II equipment (1958-59) and problems (1960), IBM 650 Program library (ca. 1961), and Statistical Analysis Library Tape (SALT) user manual.