Iowa State University. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Department of Statistics

Cyclone Computer Records

1950-1965, n.d.

3.30 linear ft. (4 document boxes, 1 half-document box, and 1 oversized box)

RS 13/24/5

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Open for research

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

Iowa State University, Department of Statistics, Cyclone Computer Records, RS 13/24/5, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

2

Advisory Committee on Computing Services – Reports and Correspondence

1959-1960

1

3

Advisory Committee on Computing Services – Reports and Correspondence

1960-1961

1

4

All-Campus High-Speed Computing Service Progress Report No. 1, February 1957-June 1958

1958

1

5

Coding Forms and Notes

n.d.

6

1

Computer Operation Cost Analysis

1960-1961

6

2

Computer Usage Data

1959-1960

1

6

Computing Lab Forms

n.d.

1

7

Correspondence and Reports Regarding Improvements to Computing Facilities at Iowa State College

1955-1959

1

8

Correspondence Regarding Computer Center

1961-1962

1

9

Correspondence Regarding Undergraduate Curriculum in Computer Related Mathematics

1962

1

10

Cyclone Computer – Correspondence

1955-1960

1

11

Cyclone Computer – Correspondence

1959-1960

1

12

Cyclone Computer – Correspondence

1960-1961

2

1

Cyclone Computer – Correspondence, Reports, and Notes

1960-1961

2

2

Cyclone Computer – Informal Progress Reports

1956-1958

2

3

Cyclone Computer – National Science Foundation Proposals

1957-1958

2

4

Examples of Computer Coding and Flow Charts

1961, n.d.

2

5

Financial Report of the Digital Computer Project

1958

2

6

General Literature on Computing and Computer Equipment

1950-1963

2

7

IBM 650 – Correspondence

1955-1959

2

8

IBM 650 – Correspondence

1959-1961

2

9

IBM 709 – Correspondence Regarding Purchase

1959-1960

2

10

IBM 709 – Correspondence, Notes, and Reports

1960

2

11

IBM 709 – Purchase Plan

ca. 1960

2

12

IBM 7070 – Correspondence, Notes, and Reports

1960-1961, n.d.

3

1

IBM Rental Correspondence

1955-1957, n.d.

3

2

IBM Rental Correspondence

1957-1958

3

3

IBM Rental Correspondence

1958-1959

3

4

IBM Rental Correspondence

1959-1960

1

1

Newspaper Clippings on Cyclone and Computer Lab

1956-1959

3

5

Organization of Computing Lab

1961, n.d.

6

3

Organizational Charts

1961

3

6

Organizational Structure of Computing Center – Correspondence

1960-1961

3

7

Paper – "Efficient Non-Linear Least Squares Estimation Without Absolute Minima," by H. O. Hartley and Aaron Booker

ca. 1961

3

8

Paper – "Equipping a University Laboratory to Satisfy the 'Computational Demand'," by H. O. Hartley

ca. 1956

3

9

Paper – "Outline of Computational Procedures for Weather Forecast Project," by H. O. Hartley

n.d.

3

10

Paper – "Practical Organizational Plans for a Complete University Computing Service," by T. A. Bancroft

1961

3

11

Paper – "Regression and Systems of Equations Analysis on the IBM-650," by Harlow W. Halverson

1960

3

12

Paper – "The Analysis and Design of Experiments with the Help of Computers," by H. O. Hartley

n.d.

3

13

Paper – "The Organization of Statistical Instruction in Colleges and Universities," by T. A. Bancroft

1960

6

5

Programming Notes

1965

3

14

Programming Notes

n.d.

6

4

Programming Notes

n.d.

3

15

Programming Notes – E. J. Thomas

n.d.

6

6

Programming Notes – Gowen, Graduation Program

1961

6

7

Programming Notes – H. R. Leribaux

1961, n.d.

6

8

Programming Notes – Hutchcroft

n.d.

6

9

Programming Notes – Klaus Hinkelmann

n.d.

6

10

Programming Notes – Peterson Program

1963

6

11

Programming Notes – Wolins-McKinney Block Correlations

n.d.

3

16

Programming Notes and Flow Charts

1962, n.d.

3

17

Proposed All Campus Computing Center – Correspondence and Reports

1950-1953

4

1

Publication – General Information Manual: An Introduction to Engineering Analysis for Computers, IBM (International Business Machines)

1961

4

2

Report – "A Practical Organizational Structure for Computing Activities at Iowa State University"

1961

4

3

Report – "A Progress Report on the Electronic Computer Program," by T. A. Bancroft

ca. 1957

4

4

Report – "A Proposal for Improvement of the Computational Facilities at Iowa State College"

1956

4

5

Report – "An Evaluation of the Present High-Speed Computing Facilities at Iowa State University and a Plan for Their Future Development"

1960

4

6

Report – "Organization for a Computing Center for Iowa State University"

1961

4

7

Report – "Programmer-Numerical Analysis Group of the Statistical Laboratory"

ca. 1962

4

8

Report – "Suggestions for the Operation of High-Speed Computing Facilities at Iowa State College"

1959

4

9

Report – "Supplement to 'Suggestions for the Operation of High Speed Computing Facilities at Iowa State University'"

n.d.

4

10

Report – "The Cyclone: An Automatic Electronic Digital Computer"

1956

4

11

Report – "The Improvement of Computational Equipment at Iowa State College"

ca. 1956

4

12

Report to the National Science Foundation on the Construction of an Electronic Digital Computer at Iowa State College

1958

4

13

Reports on Computer Usage

1959-1962

4

14

SOAP II A Coding Literature

1960, n.d.

4

15

Statistics 380: Introduction to High Speed Computing – Coursework

1961-1963

4

16

Statistics 380: Introduction to High Speed Computing – Examinations and Problem Sets

1961-1963

4

17

Statistics 380: Introduction to High Speed Computing – Notes

1963-1964

5

1

Statistics 380: Introduction to High Speed Computing – Problem Sets

1963-1964

5

2

Statistics 380: Introduction to High Speed Computing – Problem Sets

1963-1964, n.d.

5

3

Statistics 380: Introduction to High Speed Computing – Problem Sets

1964-1965, n.d.

5

4

Statistics 499: Special Problems – Examination Problem Sets

1961, n.d.

5

5

Statistics 499: Special Problems – Notes

1960-1961

5

6

Technical Report 2.1 – "Regression Analysis Involving Non-Linear Functions Linear in the Parameters," by Scott Krane

1959

5

7

Technical Report 2.3 – "The Modified Gauss-Newton Method for the Fitting on Non-Linear Regression Functions by Least Squares," by H. O. Hartley

1959

5

8

Technical Report 3.1 – "Statistical Correction of Errors in the Barotropic Forecast," by H. O. Hartley and Scott Krane

1960

5

9

Technical Report 3.2 – "The Use of Green's Function in the Numerical Solution of the Barotropic Equation," by H. O. Hartley

1960

5

10

Technical Report 3.3 – "Numerical Trials on a Proposed Statistical Correction of Biotropic Forecasts," by H. O. Hartley and Scott Krane

1960

5

11

Technical Report 3.4 – "A Test of the Homogenity of Regression Coefficients Within a 'Meteorologically Homogeneous Regime'," by E. J. Hughes

1960