Artifact Details

Description

The Paul R. Pierce collection of IBM documentation contains manuals, bulletins, diagrams, and parts catalogs ranging in date from 1956 to 1970. The materials are related to the IBM 7094, 7090, 709, and 650 systems and their peripherals. Additionally, there is one publication for the Bendix G15.

Below is a basic inventory of the materials in the collection.

Box 1:

717 printer, 1959;
757 printer control unit, 1959;
9M71/76B, 1963 (2);
9M81A, 1964;
7094 II documentation and diagnostic program releases, 1964 (4);
7094 Data Processing System customer engineering instruction-reference manuals and supplements, 1962.

Box 2:

7302 Core Storage, 1961-1962 (2);
Diagnostic programs for 7090-7094 systems, 1960-1964;
7094 Arithmetic simulator program, 1964;
7094-related notes and correspondence, 1968-1970;
Parts catalogs, 1960-1962 (2);
Bendix G15D Programmers Reference Book, 1959;
Also holds a small amount of loose material related to the IBM 650 Program Library, 1956-1959.

Box 3:

7909 data channel manual and parts catalog, 1962-1963;
7090/7094 modification letters, 1965.

Box 4:

IBM 2302 diagrams, ca. 1970 (2).

Box 5:

IBM 709 central processing unit system diagrams and pluggable unit diagrams, 1956-1959 (3).

Box 6:

IBM 709 central processing unit system diagrams and pluggable unit diagrams, 1956-1959 (3).

Box 7:

IBM 709 central processing unit system diagrams and pluggable unit diagrams, 1956-1959 (2);
7302 A Magnetic Core Storage Unit Vol. 1, 1961-1962.

Box 8:

7302 A Magnetic Core Storage Unit Vol. 2, 1961-1962;
3 binders of IBM 7631 Data Processing System diagrams and card circuit diagrams, 1969 (3).

Date

1956-1970

Author

Pierce, Paul

Extent

9.6 linear feet in 3 record cartons and 5 newspaper boxes

Category

Collection Record

Subject

Computer programming--Handbooks, manuals, etc; IBM 650 (Computer); IBM 709 (Computer); IBM 7094 (Computer)

Collection Title

Paul R. Pierce collection of IBM documentation

Credit

Gift of Paul Pierce

Lot Number

X7694.2016

Related Records

102784975

Paul R. Pierce collection of IBM materials