Eldo C. Koenig Personal Computer Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Koenig, Eldo C.
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
topic: label: Topic
content: Computer science
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content: Computer software
label: Topic
content: Computers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Eldo C. Koenig.
creator: label: Creator
content: Koenig, Eldo C.
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Koenig held various positions at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company from 1944-1962 including supervisor of the computer laboratory. In 1962 he left Allis-Chalmers to take a teaching position with the University of Wisconsin. Koenig received the Alfred Noble Prize (not to be confused with the Nobel Prize) for his work on analog computers in 1951 and was active in several professional organizations, including the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.12 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1969.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Koenig donated the papers to the Division of Mathematics (now Division of Medicine and Science), National Museum of American History, in 1988. They were transferred to the Archives Center in 1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0650
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Awards
label: Type
content: Technical reports
label: Type
content: Diagrams
label: Type
content: Technical drawings
label: Type
content: Laboratory notes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Articles
label: Genre/Form
content: Awards
label: Genre/Form
content: Technical reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Diagrams
label: Genre/Form
content: Technical drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Laboratory notes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Papers representing Koenig's research on early personal computers. Includes photographs, articles, laboratory reports, Koenig's students' research, writings and illustrations and diagrams on hardware and software.