Summary
Letters to Professor Thomas Cherry, Head of the Department of Mathematics, from Douglas Hartree and E. N. Mutch.
Hartree's letter is apparently in response to inquiries made by Cherry regarding the finding of a permanent home for the CSIRO computer. The letter contains Hartree's advice on organisational and staffing arrangements based on his experience at the Cavendish Laboratory. Hartree also provides, at Cherry's request, his opinion of Pearcey. Mutch's letter details the operating and maintenance needs of a large computer, such as the one at Cambridge, and the staffing needed for these purposes.
Correspondence details:
25/5/54 D.R. Hartree to T.M. Cherry: Permanent home for the CSIRO computer. Hartree provides his opinion of Pearcey.
26/5/54 E.N. Mutch to T.M. Cherry: Operating and maintenance needs of a large computer, and the staffing needed for these purposes.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), by Jul 2003
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Issued By
Computation Laboratory, University of Melbourne (The), Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1954
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Author
Professor Thomas M. Cherry - University of Melbourne (The), 1954
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Author
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Author
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Collector
CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995 or later
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Inscriptions
Title: 'Douglas Hartree'
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Paperwork & documentation
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
