Standards Western Automatic Computer Circuit Notebooks
name: label: Creator
content: Huskey, Harry D.
label: Creator
content: Larson, Harry
label: Creator
content: Rutland, Dave
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society
label: Names
content: United States. National Bureau of Standards
title: label: Topic
content: Standard Western Automatic Computer
topic: label: Topic
content: Computers -- History -- 1940-1950
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Huskey, Harry D.
label: Creator
content: Larson, Harry
label: Creator
content: Rutland, Dave
setName: label: See more items in
content: Standards Western Automatic Computer Circuit Notebooks
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents circuit development for the Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC). SWAC was an early digital computer built in 1950 by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles, California.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Designed in 1950 by Huskey, and built by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles, California, SWAC was an early version of an electronic digital computer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1952
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred by the Division of Science Medicine and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) to the Archives Center in 2010.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1217
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Notebooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three bound notebooks maintained by Harry Huskey, Dave Rutland and Harry T. Larson, documenting circuit development for the Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC). SWAC was an early digital computer built in 1950 by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles, California. Additional materials include one folder of test routines and coding sheets, from 1952.