Edward C. Svendsen Papers

April 24, 1905
Manuscript Collection #574
Creator(s)
Svendsen, Edward C.
Physical description
0.073 Cubic Feet, 5 items
Preferred Citation
Edward C. Svendsen Papers (#574), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

This collection includes printed materials and publications (undated) pertaining to Navy computer technology developments by members of USNA class of 1941.


Biographical/historical information

Captain Edward C. Svendsen was a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941 and served on board USS Mississippi in the Pacific during World War II. During that time he also served as an engineering officer and as project manager of the Naval Tactical Data System. Captain Svendsen was a post-graduate school at the Naval Academy, worked at the U.S. Naval Computer Machine Laboratory, performed duties at the San Francisco Navy Yard, was assigned to the Design Division at the Bureau of Ships, and worked on the Naval Tactical Data System.


Scope and arrangement

This collection contains one folder with five items. The items are all related to the research conducted by E. C. Svendsen on Navy computer technology developments.


Administrative information
Custodial History

May 18, 1989), 5 items; Publications of member of USNA Class of 1941, pertaining to Navy computer technology developments. Donor: Capt. Edward C. Svendsen, USN (Ret).

Source of acquisition

Gift of Capt. Edward C. Svendsen, USN (Ret).

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Key terms
Personal Names
Svendsen, Edward C.
Corporate Names
United States. Navy--Automation
United States. Navy--Data processing
United States. Navy--Officials and employees

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Item 1 Design of a Real-Time Data Processing System by Edward C. Svendsen, Capt. USN and Donald L. Ream, undated
Box 1 Folder a Item 2 What's different about the hardware in tactical military systems by Edward C. Svendsen and Donald L. Ream, undated
Box 1 Folder a Item 3 Captain E. C. Svendsen the Man behind NTDS by Paul W. Cherrington, 1972
Box 1 Folder a Item 4 Publication of Armed Forces Management, 1961
Box 1 Folder a Item 5 Warship Design/Combat Subsystem Integration - A Complex Problem, Unnecessarily Overcomplicated by Reuven Leopold, Captain E. C. Svendsen, and Harvey G. Kloehn, 1972