National Institute of Standards and Technology
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National Bureau of Standards |
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ACTIVE DATES: |
1901-present |
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PERSONS INVOLVED: |
Thomas C. Bagg; Madeline M. (Berry) Henderson; Joseph Hilsenrath; David R. Lide; Alfred J. Lotka |
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The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) used the SEAC in conjunction with the Patent Office for a joint systems development program called HAYSTAQ.1 The two agencies wanted HAYSTAQ to be able to search the contents of a technical document in any field. Progress on the machine was slow and in 1961 a panel appointed by the commissioner of patents suggested that NBS should obtain funds to begin a R&D program in information storage and retrieval as well as establish a clearinghouse and coordinating center for information retrieval with the Patent Office. The R&D program, although limited by funds, undertook projects which improved searching techniques. The HAYSYAQ project increased and improved search strategies as well as performed various psychological and statistical studies. Named National Bureau of Standards in 1901; renamed Bureau of Standards in 1903; renamed National Bureau of Standards in 1934; renamed National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 19882 Redmond C. Cochrane has written an in-house history of NBS titled Measure for Progress: A History of the NBS (Washington, DC: NBS, 1966). For detailed information about NBS and related archival materials, see NBS' entry in the Physics History Network: https://history.aip.org/phn/21612008.html |
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1. Adkinson, B. W. (1978). Two Centuries of Federal Information. Dowsen, Hutchinson, & Ross, Inc.: Stroudsburg, PA. 2. NIST. (2023, February 14). From NBS to NIST. https://www.nist.gov/pao/nist-100-foundations-progress/nbs-nist |
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PAPERS AT: |
National Archives |
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PAPERS DATES: |
1830-1987 |
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Correspondence, records of directors and associate directors, publications, records of institutes, records of divisions and sections, motion pictures, still pictures, etc. See full description in the records guide available at https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/167.html |
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PAPERS AT: |
Charles Babbage Institute Archives 211 Andersen Library 222 21st Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
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PAPERS DATES: |
1956 - 1978 |
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SIZE: |
731 boxes (241.25 cubic feet) |
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Collection contains reports, manuals and publications from corporations, government agencies, and academic computing centers covering a broad range of computer-related topics. The collection only contains a few documents that predate 1962. See full details at https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/38 |
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