Gordon D. Goldstein papers
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of subject files containing reports, memoranda, electronic mail print outs, and notes created by Goldstein as an electronics engineer and research administrator at the Office of Naval Research. Some of the material appears to have been gathered in his role as editor of the Digital Computing Newsletter. Topics include: Spring Joint Computer Conferences of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, the International Federation for Information Processing Congress 65, David W. Taylor Model Basin Applied Mathematics Laboratory, ARPANET (electronic mail) correspondence and program documentation, European computing, computer-assisted language translation, and the UNIVAC computer.
Dates
- 1950-1979
Creator
- Goldstein, Gordon D. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
CBI holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Biographical Note
Gordon D. Goldstein received a degree in electrical engineering from Clarkston College of Technology at Potsdam, New York. In 1941 he began work as a civilian inspector of radio and navigation equipment with the Army Signal Corps. During the mid 1940's to 1950 he was a development engineer with the Washington Institute of Technology. From 1950 to 1951 he was chief engineer with computers for the Census Bureau in Philadelphia. In 1951 he joined the Navy Department, working first as an electronics scientist with the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, then in research and development at the David Taylor Model Basin's applied mathematics laboratory, and finally, in 1956, with the ONR Information Systems Branch until his retirement in 1980. He was involved with applications of the Univac I, including a Russian translation project.
Goldstein was editor of ONR's Digital Computer newsletter, and a member of the Interagency Group for Research and Information Systems (IGRIS). He was a frequent seminar speaker and participant, especially in the fields of linguistics and machine translation.
Goldstein was also active in professional societies. He was a treasurer of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), and very involved in the Spring Joint Computer Conferences (SJCC), acting as chairman of the proceedings committee for SJCC '64, and secretary of the SJCC '71 steering committee. He was a member of the public information committee of the International Federation of Information Processing Societies (IFIP), a member of the IFIP organizing committee in 1963, and part time congress committee member for IFIP Congress '65.
Extent
2 boxes (0.8 cubic feet)
Abstract
Collection consists of subject files containing reports, memoranda, electronic mail print outs, and notes created by Gordon Goldstein as an electronics engineer and research administrator at the Office of Naval Research. Some of the material appears to have been gathered in his role as editor of the Digital Computing Newsletter.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- ARPANET Correspondence and Software Documentation, 1973-1978
- Book review, 1979
- Conferences and Symposia, 1963-1971
- ONR Records, 1950-1968
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Gordon D. Goldstein in 1987.
- ARPANET (Computer network) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- American Federation of Information Processing Societies
- Computer industry -- Europe -- History -- Sources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computer industry -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computer industry -- United States -- Societies, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computer programs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- David W. Taylor Model Basin. Applied Mathematics Laboratory.
- Electronic mail systems. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Goldstein, Gordon D.
- International Federation for Information Processing
- Machine translating. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Office of Naval Research
- Univac computer Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Gordon D. Goldstein Papers, 1950-1979. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Pat Hennessy and Kevin D. Corbitt, February 1991.
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
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