Collection Name: The Herman H. Goldstine Collection

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Dates: 1941–1971

Size: 6 linear feet

Contents:
Blueprints
Correspondence
Tables
Reports

Main Entry: Goldstine, Herman Heine

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Computers—History

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Note: Herman H. Goldstine, a mathematician, was intimately involved in the design and development of the first electronic computers. The file consists of correspondence, reports, mathematical tables, blueprints, diagrams, legal records and exhibits, and printed materials relating to computer development. The bulk of the materials are from the years 1943 to 1948.

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Collection Name: Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Incorporated

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Dates: 1927–1934

Size: 55 cubic feet

Contents:
Correspondence
Manuscripts

Main Entry: Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Incorporated

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Social Sciences—Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

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Note: The corporation was formed in 1927 to organize the composition, editing, and publication of the Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences. It originated as a jointly sponsored project of 10 professional associations including the American Anthropological Association, the American Historical Association, the American Political Science Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Education Association. Placed under the leadership of Edwin R.A. Seligman as editor in chief, Alvin Johnson served as associate editor and the MacMillan Company published the work. The records consist of correspondence; original manuscripts, translations, and drafts of articles; organizational files; and business records. Widely supported by the American and European intellectual communities of the time, correspondents and contributors include many names famous in the social sciences.

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Collection Name: Committee for an Experimental College/Committee

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Dates: 1958–1962

Size: 4.5 linear feet

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Correspondence
Manuscripts
Reports

Main Entry: Committee for New College

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Hampshire College

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Note: In 1958, the presidents of Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts appointed this faculty committee to develop plans “for a new experimental college located in close proximity to the four institutions, aimed at producing education of the highest quality at a minimum cost per student and with as small a faculty relative to the size of the student body as new methods of instruction and new administrative procedures can make possible” (from the charge to the committee). The New College Plan, the final report of the committee, was produced in November 1958. This document represents the initial educational blueprint for Hampshire College.

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