Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.
This collection contains files on the early development of UNIVAC and ASCII. It includes reports, notes, meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, lists, diagrams, graphs, and manuals. Materials date from 1942 to 1969.
Ralph E. Mullendore worked for the United States Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland, where he was a member of the team working on the nation's first computer, UNIVAC I. He worked for the bureau as a computer diagnostician and troubleshooter, retiring in 1984 after 33 years. He served in the United States Marine Corps and then as a Navy officer, attaining the rank of the commander. During World War II, he developed and patented an azimuth finder, a navigational aid used aboard Navy vessels. Mullendore was one of 70 members of the main development team for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
Ralph E. Mullendore worked for the United States Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland, where he was a member of the team working on the nation's first computer, UNIVAC I. He worked for the bureau as a computer diagnostician and troubleshooter, retiring in 1984 after 33 years. He served in the United States Marine Corps and then as a Navy officer, attaining the rank of the commander. During World War II, he developed and patented an azimuth finder, a navigational aid used aboard Navy vessels. Mullendore was one of 70 members of the main development team for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
Ralph E. Mullendore was born September 2, 1910, near Hagerstown, Maryland, the son of Harry and Atha Mullendore. He graduated in 1933 from the University of Maryland at College Park with a degree in chemical engineering. He was a charter member of the Maryland Alpha Charter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He worked for the United States Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland, where he was a member of the team working on the nation's first computer, UNIVAC I.
The team was responsible for installation and maintenance of the UNIVAC (UNIVersal Automatic Computer), the first commercial use computer built in the United States and installed in the United States Bureau of the Census on March 31, 1951.
This collection contains files on the early development of UNIVAC and ASCII. It includes reports, notes, meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, lists, diagrams, graphs, and manuals. Materials date from 1942 to 1969.
Arranged in two series: ASCII and UNIVAC, and in chronological order within series.
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[Identification of item], Ralph Mullendore Papers, MC 00439, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of John H. Ptak, 2012 (Accession no. 2012.0025) and 2017 (Accession no. 2017.0003).
Processed by: Jennifer Baker, 2012 January; Finding aid by: Jennifer Baker, 2012 January and Vivian Phinizy, 2012 March; updated by Linda Sellars, 2017 February.
The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) series contains punch card standards work, a review on the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, manuscript notes written by Ralph Mullendore, reports on X3.2 activities and other files related to the work of Ralph Mullendore. Materials date from 1942 to 1969.
The UNIVAC, (UNIVersal Automatic Computer) series contain diagrams of the UNIVAC, UNIVAC instructions on use, UNIVAC training programs, UNIVAC correspondence, a list of function table signals, and other files related to the UNIVAC system. Materials dated from 1942 to 1969.
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[Identification of item], Ralph Mullendore Papers, MC 00439, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.