B.H. Worsley Collection
name: label: Author
content: Worsley, Beatrice H., Dr. (associate professor)
label: Names
content: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mathematics
label: Names
content: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
label: Names
content: University of Cambridge
topic: label: Topic
content: Computers and women
label: Topic
content: Computers
label: Topic
content: Education and educators: mathematics and computer science
label: Topic
content: Women
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by The Department of Computing and Information Service, Queen's University, through Dr. Beatrice H. Worsley, 1971.
creator: label: Author
content: Worsley, Beatrice H., Dr. (associate professor)
setName: label: See more items in
content: B.H. Worsley Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents Beatrice H. Worsley's work with computers.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: It represents personal papers of Dr. Beatrice H. Worsley and other documents. All are concerned with early development of automatic digital computers, circa 1946-1959.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1959
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Mathematics (now Division of Medicine and Science), September 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0237
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Dissertations
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Proceedings
label: Type
content: Publications
label: Type
content: Promotional literature
label: Type
content: Technical notes
label: Type
content: Theses
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into 2 series

Series 1: Notes/meeting announcements, 1946-1959

Series 2: Publications, 1947-1955
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, October 1986
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Dissertations
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Proceedings
label: Genre/Form
content: Publications
label: Genre/Form
content: Promotional literature
label: Genre/Form
content: Technical notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Theses
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Dr. Worsley's papers include handwritten notebooks, loose notes, memoranda, reprints from her articles in professional journals, and copies of her theses written in fulfillment of the master's and doctor's degree, from MIT and the University of Cambridge, respectively. All of these papers deal with technical and theoretical problems of computer design. Also included are numerous manuals and descriptive materials about them--current models of computers manufactured by IBM and other producers; and proceedings of several conferences of computer specialists.