Yes, as Debbie mentions we have the Edmund Berkeley papers, it is a very full and large collection (about 90 boxes I think) on his life's work in computing, anti-nuke, and other work. Bernadette Longo published an insightful biography book using the collection. We have copies of Brainiac, and some other artifacts along with the collection of papers. He was a co-founder of ACM so also some in our ACM Organizational Records on Berkeley. Best, Jeff *Please connect: Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-yost-b714566> Twitter <https://twitter.com/jeffreyyost6> CBI-FB <https://www.facebook.com/babbageinstitute> Blockchain & Society FB <https://www.facebook.com/Decentralizedinternet/>* *Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. @JeffreyYost6* Director, Charles Babbage Institute <http://www.cse.umn.edu/cbi>; Research Professor, HSTM 222 21st Avenue South, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN 55455 *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press * Co-Editor *PI, NSF-funded CBI project "Mining a Useable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy."* *Blockchain & Society Blog and Site* <https://www.blockchainandsociety.com> (Founder/Leader) *Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces> *Co-Editor (w/ Amanda Wick) *Committee Member, National Academy of Engineering Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society* *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press) <https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6>* On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 2:49 AM Deborah Douglas <ddouglas@mit.edu> wrote:
We(MIT Museum) recently acquired some of Edmund Berkeley’s games (I’ve attached a picture of Brainiac) from the estate of his Berkely’s son (most of the papers went to the Babbage Institute that had already acquired materials from Berkeley.). One thing that I learned is that Patrick McGovern’s (MIT, 1959) first job was writing for Berkeley’s *Computers & Automation* magazine.
The folks at Baker Library (or maybe people on this list) will know when the first B-School case studies about computers and computing were introduced into the curriculum.
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Evan et al,
This is a great topic! I think Patrick McCray is traveling at the moment, but he is currently at work on a book that examines the history of computing via a number of books on computing. His argument is that writing on computing shaped how people experienced and thought about computing. His chapters are organized around a set number of books (can't remember the number), and his narrative covers the post-WWII period up to about 2000. As he examines this set of books, he also explores other books/writings, the publishing industry (and the role computers played in publishing), the rise of "tech journalism," and many other topics. I'm sure he would love to chat about what he's up to.
Lee
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 10:58 AM Evan Koblentz <evank@njit.edu> wrote:
I’m interested in a new-to-me research angle: the people who changed computing by writing about it.
Lovelace comes to mind. So do Vannevar Bush and Edmund Berkeley.
1. Who else should I consider from prior to 1965? (I have the microcomputer generation covered.) 2. Are there existing papers on this subject?
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