The North Carolina State University, Information Technology Division, Triangle Universities Computation Center records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, grant proposals from Triangle Universities Computation Center to the National Science Foundation, newsletters, budgets, annual reports, financial records, documentation, indexes to documentation, and other miscellaneous files relating to the startup and operation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1964 to 1991.
The Triangle Universities Computation Center was a nonprofit organization formed in 1965 by representatives of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. The common goal was to provide mainframe computing services such as electronic data and batch processing to the three universities, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and other educational institutions in North Carolina. The presidents and chancellors of the three universities, Chancellor John T. Caldwell, North Carolina State University; Chancellor Paul F. Sharp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and President Douglas Maitland King, of Duke University met and unanimously approved the establishment of a joint computation center, located in Research Triangle Park. The Triangle Universities Computation Center was dissolved in 1990.
The Triangle Universities Computation Center was a nonprofit organization formed in 1965 by representatives of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. The common goal was to provide mainframe computing services such as electronic data and batch processing to the universities, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and other educational institutions in North Carolina. The presidents and chancellors of the three universities, Chancellor John T. Caldwell, North Carolina State University; Chancellor Paul F. Sharp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and President Douglas Maitland King, of Duke University met and unanimously approved the establishment of a joint computation center, located in Research Triangle Park. The Triangle Universities Computation Center was dissolved in 1990.
The Triangle Universities Computation Center was incorporated as a non-profit corporation, wholly owned by the three universities, on August 23, 1965. Dr. J. K. Ferrell, Professor of Chemical Engineering, was named Acting President for the year 1965 to 1966. Initial funding for the center was made possible by grants from the National Science Foundation. The center also provided information processing services to governmental and industrial laboratories in the Research Triangle area. The Triangle Universities Computation Center dissolved in 1990 due to financial difficulties, the increased use of personal computers, and disagreements among the partners.
The North Carolina State University, Information Technology Division, Triangle Universities Computation Center records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, grant proposals from Triangle Universities Computation Center to the National Science Foundation, newsletters, budgets, annual reports, financial records, documentation, indexes to documentation, and other miscellaneous files relating to the startup and operation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1964 to 1991.
The collection is organized into ten series:
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Information Technology Division, Triangle Universities Computation Center Records, UA 007.041, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Indexes to Triangle Universities Computation Center's programs and services provide titles and additional information about some of the publications in the Documentation series (Series 10). Paper copies of indexes are filed in the beginning of the series. Two have been scanned and are available here and here.
Transferred by North Carolina State University Office of the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology.
Processed by Vivian Phinizy; finding aid created by Vivian Phinizy, July 2013.
The collection is organized into ten principal series:
The Board of Directors records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, budgets and memoranda related to the origin and operation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1968 to 1974 and 1981 to 1990.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Campus Center Directors records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, budgets, reports and memoranda related to the operation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1968 to 1974 and 1978 to 1990.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The National Science Foundation Proposal series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, bylaws, proposals to the National Science Foundation for the establishment of the Triangle Universities Computation Center, and memoranda related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1965 to 1969.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Annual Reports series contains fiscal year reports, meeting minutes, memoranda, financial statements, and annual reports related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1971 to 1987.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Committees records contain meeting minutes for the Computing Center Advisory Committee, the Computer Planning Committee, the Computer Advisory Committee, the Personnel Committee and the Service Equipment Committee related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1960 to 1987.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Operations Files contain reference manuals, equipment rental agreements, program usage reports, system projects, power failure logs, hardware configuration, equipment ratings and budget, job turn around reports and other items related to the operation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1968 to 1990.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Newsletters series contains Newsline,the newsletter for the Triangle Universities Computation Center, and Educational Computing Service, the newsletter for the University of North Carolina. The newsletters are dated from 1971 to 1991.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Correspondence series contains correspondence about the organization of the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Materials are dated from 1967 to 1974 and 1981 to 1987.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order by latest date in file.
The Financial and Management records contain preliminary budgets and planning documents, the history of the Triangle Universities Computation Center, space plans, a five-year plan, information about rate settings, staff structure, peer reviews and other records for the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Material are dated from 1964 to 1990.
Materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
The Documentation series begins with indexes and lists of documents for the Triangle Universities Computation Center. The document types included in this series are the Customer Services Documents (CS), the General Information Series (GIR or GI), the Installation Management Documents (IM), the Internal Administrative Series (IA), and the Library Service Series (LS or LSR). The GI and LS series contain user oriented documents such as manuals and tutorials. The GI or LS designation may be suffixed by the letter "R" (e.g. LSR or GIR). The "R" indicates that one or more Triangle Universities Computation Center campuses may have restricted distribution of the document, usually because of document cost or the specialized nature of the information. Materials are dated from 1968 to 1991.
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by document type and numerical order by document number.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Information Technology Division, Triangle Universities Computation Center Records, UA 007.041, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.