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Drums of the Atanasoff-Berry computer, Physics
Date: 1939/1942
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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John V. Atanasoff letter to N. B. Krim of the Raytheon Production Corporation regarding the purchase of vacuum tubes, May 21, 1941
Date: 1941-05-21
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesThyratronsComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to the Iowa State College Research Council regarding the mechanization of mathematical equations and a request for grant money, March 24, 1939
Date: 1939-03-24
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsComputersElectronic digital computersDifferential-algebraic equations
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Letter from Sam Legvold to J.V. Atanasoff, January 5, 1942
Date: 1942-01-05
Creator: Legvold, Sam, 1914-1985
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to N. B. Krim of the Raytheon Production Corporation regarding the purchase of vacuum tubes, July 23, 1940
Date: 1940-07-23
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesThyratronsComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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The last remaining part of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Date: /1948
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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Diagram of power source and memory circuit for the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, 1985
Date: 1985
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: CapacitorsMemory management (Computer science)Electronic circuitsComputers--Power supply
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: diagrams
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John V. Atanasoff letter to R. M. Bowie of the Hygrade Sylvania Corporation regarding the purchase of vacuum tubes, June 19, 1940
Date: 1940-06-19
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Mechanical device for the solution of equations involving the Laplacian operator
Date: 1949-11-16
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Murphy, Glenn, 1908-1978
Subjects: Laplacian operatorDifferential equationsInventionsMechanical engineering
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: bulletinsreports
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Design notes for a hog house
Date: 1980-02-22
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsEquationsSwine--Housing
Genre: notes (documents)
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Clifford Berry and the original Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Date: 1942
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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Letter from J.V. Atanasoff to J.W. Woodrow, September 21, 1945
Date: 1945-09-11
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Employees--RecruitingBiophysics
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyWashington (D.C.)Maryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to R. D. Holt of the Cinch Manufacturing Corporation regarding the purchase of socket plugs, March 13, 1940
Date: 1940-03-13
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesElectric contactorsComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to G. D. O'Neill of the Hygrade Sylvania Corporation regarding a paper on vacuum tubes, July 26, 1941
Date: 1941-07-26
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Photograph of the back of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) punched card readers
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Subjects: Electronic digital computersPunched card systemsComputers
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: photographs
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Letter from J.V. Atanasoff to Professor Lindstrom of Iowa State College, May 23, 1945
Date: 1945-05-23
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Employees--RecruitingElectrical engineering
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyMaryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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Letter from Harold V. Gaskill to John V. Atanasoff, February 14, 1946
Date: 1946-02-14
Creator: Gaskill, Harold V.
United States. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Ships
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyWashington (D.C.)Maryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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Legal Decision, 1973
Date: 1973-10-19
Creator: Larson, Earl R.
Subjects: Electronic digital computersPatentsPatent suits
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Genre: legal correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to R. M. Bowie of the Hygrade Sylvania Corporation regarding the purchase of vacuum tubes, May 21, 1941
Date: 1941-05-21
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesThyratronsComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Lecture by J.V. Atanasoff at EDUCOM in Boston October 31, 1984
Date: 1984-10-31
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Computer scienceResearch
Location: Massachusetts--Boston
Genre: notes (documents)
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Design of electrical data recording and reading mechanism
Date: 1941
Creator: Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Subjects: Calculators
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: theses
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Diagram of Atanasoff-Berry Computer, 1985
Date: 1985
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Electronic digital computersElectronic circuits
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: diagrams
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John V. Atanasoff letter to Harry A. Ehle of the International Resistance Company regarding the purchase of resistors, January 4, 1940
Date: 1940-01-04
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsElectric resistors
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Lecture by J.V. Atanasoff given at Digital Computer Museum in Marlboro, Massachusetts on November 11, 1980
Date: 1980-11-11
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Electronic digital computersAnalog computersPatent infringement
IBM Personal Computer CompanySperry Rand (Corporation)
Location: Massachusetts--Marlborough
Genre: papers (documents)
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Design details and sketches for a camera
Date: 1956-04-29
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Engineering drawingsInventionsCameras
Genre: design drawingsnotes (documents)
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer frame, circuit installed
Date: 1939/1942
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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Letter from J.V. Atanasoff to J.W. Woodrow, October 8, 1943
Date: 1943-10-08
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Employees--RecruitingWorld War (1939-1945)
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyMaryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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John Vincent Atanasoff videos
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University ArchivesISU FilmsComputer History Museum
Subjects: Electronic digital computers--HistoryComputersPatents (United States)
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Iowa State CollegeIowa State University
Location: IowaIowa--Story CountyIowa--Ames
Genre: documentary film
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer drawing, 1985
Date: 1985
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: technical drawings
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Harold V. Gaskill letter to John V. Atanasoff regarding the Acoustics Division at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, June 5, 1948
Date: 1948-06-05
Creator: Gaskill, Harold V.
Subjects: Societies
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowaMaryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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Design details and sketches for a seeder
Date: 1980-02-19/1980-04-09
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Engineering drawingsInventionsEquationsPlanters (Agricultural machinery)
Genre: design drawingsnotes (documents)
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John V. Atanasoff letter to Sam Legvold of Iowa State College regarding an invention of interlocking blocks, blocks with guiding projections, and blocks with a sloping face, May 5, 1948
Date: 1948-05-05
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsBlocks (Building materials)Patents
Location: Maryland--Silver Spring
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to the Bodine Electric Company regarding the purchase of rotor and stator punchings, October 5, 1940
Date: 1940-10-05
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsPunching (Metal-work)
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Harold V. Gaskill letter to John V. Atanasoff regarding red points and blue cheese, August 8, 1945
Date: 1945-08-08
Creator: Gaskill, Harold V.
Subjects: CheeseRation cards
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Photograph of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) punched card readers
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Subjects: Electronic digital computersPunched card systemsComputers
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: photographs
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Photo of Circuitry for the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Date: 1940-08-07
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Genre: photographs
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John L. Gustafson with the working replica of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Date: 1998
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Computer engineering
Gustafson, John Leroy, 1955-Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University. Department of Computer Science
Genre: photographs
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John V. Atanasoff letter to Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation regarding progress on his computing machine, July 10, 1940
Date: 1940-07-10
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Study of anti-aircraft tracking: Final Report under Contract GBM sr 165, March 29, 1945
Date: 1945-03-29
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Antiaircraft artillery--ResearchTesting--StandardsResearchHuman physiology
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: papers (documents)
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John V. Atanasoff letter to Harry A. Ehle of the International Resistance Company regarding the purchase of resistors, February 19, 1940
Date: 1940-02-19
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsElectric resistors
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Application of punched card equipment to the analysis of complex spectra
Date: 1935
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Brandt, A. E.
Subjects: Punched card systemsNumerical calculations--Data processingSpectrum analysisMathematical statistics
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: articlesreports
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John V. Atanasoff letter to Harold V. Gaskill of Iowa State College regarding the Acoustics Division at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and the purchase of a farm, June 10, 1948
Date: 1948-06-10
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Country lifeAgriculture
Iowa State College
Location: Maryland--Silver SpringMaryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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Letter from Jay W. Woodrow of Iowa State College to J. V. Atanasoff, August 21, 1945
Date: 1945-08-21
Creator: Woodrow, Jay Walter, 1884-
Subjects: Employees--RecruitingBiophysics
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyWashington (D.C.)Maryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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John Vincent Atanasoff standing in front of Atanasoff Hall
Date: 1988
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Iowa State University. Department of Computer Science
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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Harold V. Gaskill letter to John V. Atanasoff regarding the appointment of the new Dean of Engineering, June 15, 1948
Date: 1948-06-15
Creator: Gaskill, Harold V.
Subjects: Deans (Education)
Downie-Smith, J. F., 1902-
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to R. M. Bowie of the Hygrade Sylvania Corporation regarding the purchase of vacuum tubes, January 4, 1940.
Date: 1940-01-04
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesThyratronsComputersElectronic digital computers
Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Part of an Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Date: 1939/1942
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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View inside the replica of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Date: 1989
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer drawing, 1941
Date: 1941
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: technical drawings
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Letter from J.V. Atanasoff to Jean regarding his patent infringement lawsuit, July 11, 1981
Date: 1981-07-11
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Computer sciencePatent infringement
Burks, Arthur W. (Arthur Walter), 1915-2008
Location: New York (State)--Long Island
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to Irgin Stewart of the Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning regarding the mechanization of mathematical equations and a request for grant money, July 10, 1940
Date: 1940-07-10
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsComputersElectronic digital computersDifferential-algebraic equations
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Letter from J.V. Atanasoff to H.V. Gaskill, August 2, 1945
Date: 1945-08-02
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Cheesemaking
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: correspondence
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Letter from J.V. Atanasoff to Ike Coleman of Iowa State College, November 28, 1942
Date: 1942-11-28
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Mechanical engineering
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyMaryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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Design details and sketches for a solar evaporator
Date: 1981-07-01/1981-07-19
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Engineering drawingsInventionsEquationsSolar energy
Genre: design drawingsnotes (documents)
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Side view of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, 1942
Date: 1942
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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Diagram of power source and memory circuit for the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, 1985
Date: 1985
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: CapacitorsMemory management (Computer science)Electronic circuitsComputers--Power supply
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story County
Genre: diagrams
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Correspondence between J.V. Atanasoff and H.V. Gaskill, June 13, 1946
Date: 1946-06-13
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyWashington (D.C.)Colorado--BoulderMaryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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John V. Atanasoff letter to R. M. Bowie of the Hygrade Sylvania Corporation regarding the purchase of vacuum tubes, July 23, 1940
Date: 1940-07-23
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: InventionsVacuum-tubesThyratronsComputersElectronic digital computers
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: correspondence
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Correspondence between J.V. Atanasoff and H.V. Gaskill, September 12, 1945
Date: 1945-09-12
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: Employees--RecruitingWorld War (1939-1945)
Iowa State College
Location: Iowa--AmesIowa--Story CountyWashington (D.C.)Maryland--U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Genre: correspondence
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer during construction phase
Date: 1989
Creator: Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)
Subjects: ComputersElectronic digital computersComputer engineering
Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)Berry, Clifford Edward, 1918-1963
Iowa State University
Location: Iowa--Story CountyIowa
Genre: photographs
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