Landmarks In Digital Computing

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell and Paul E. Ceruzzi Washington, DC Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994 160pp. 80 b&w photographs, 5 x 9 Paper: 1-56098-311 $15.95

A Smithsonian Pictorial History

The following is a selection from a recently published book by myself and Peggy Kidwell, a specialist at the National Museum of American History. The book began as a response to the many requests we get, at both museums, for information about our collections of computing machinery and especially for photographs. It is not a comprehensive catalog--indeed, no such catalog exists although there are computerized records of both museums' collections in computing. To produce such a catalog would critically depend on a number of assumptions about the criteria for inclusion; i.e., what exactly constitutes a "computing machine." Some of these intellectual issues are discussed in the Preface, reproduced below. The authors, as well as other members of the Smithsonian staff, are continuing work on contextualizing our artifacts. We hope to publish additional books, more focused on the missions of our respective museums, in the future.

If you wish to order the book, you may do so by calling Smithsonian Press at 1 (800) 782-4612.

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