Summary
Correspondence relating to the appointment by the University of an Engineer in Charge for CSIRAC. The letters contain opinions about possible candidates for the position. Correspondents include HK Messerle, AG Doe and TM Cherry.
Correspondence details:
17/11/54 T.M. Cherry to E.P. Wright Request for reference for E.H. Palfreyman who is possible candidate for position as Engineer in charge.
2/12/54 T.M. Cherry to H.K. Messerle Enquiring if he is interested in role as Engineer in Charge.
2/12/54 T.M. Cherry to D.M. Myers Requesting opinion on H.K. Messerle.
7/12/54 H.K. Messerle to T.M. Cherry Interested in position and supplying details of current work as requested.
7/12/54 A.G. Doe/Uni of Syd to T.M. Cherry Recommending H.K. Messerle.
10/12/54 T.M. Cherry to A.G. Doe/Uni of Sydney Thank you for the opinion of Messerle.
10/12/54 T.M. Cherry to H.K. Messerle Supplying further details of position as requested.
14/12/54 H.K. Messerle to T.M. Cherry Decided to stay in Sydney and not accept offer.
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Collection Names
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), by Jul 2003
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User
Computation Laboratory, University of Melbourne (The), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1954
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Collector
CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995 or later
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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
