Robert M. Kalb

Papers, 1926-1970

CBI 4

9 cubic feet in 9 boxes

Creator: Kalb, Robert M., 1904-1976

By: Bruce H. Bruemmer, March 1991

ACQUISITION: The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Robert M. Kalb, Jr. in 1981

ACCESS: The collection is unrestricted.

COPYRIGHT: The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items that were covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

PREFERRED CITATION: Please cite the collection as follows: Robert M. Kalb Papers (CBI 4), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Biography

Robert M. Kalb was born in Fostoria, Ohio, on April 30, 1904. He obtained a BEE from Ohio State University in 1927, and did graduate work in electrical engineering at Ohio State (1927-1928) and physics at Columbia University (1929-1932). He was a research engineer with Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, (1928-1941) where he was engaged in transmission development problems involving submarine cables and repeater lines. He also was involved in ferromagnetics, non-linear circuits, and switching and relay developments. He became chief engineer at the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company of Chicago during 1941, and chief electrical engineer with the Automatic Instrument Company (1945-1946). In 1947 he joined Engineering Research Associates, St. Paul, MN, and supervised the development and construction of terminal equipment for communications systems. He was later involved in the automatic airlines reservation system, an air traffic control system, flight plan storage system, and digital computer equipment. He stayed with the company when it was purchased by Remington-Rand in 1952, and after it became a part of Sperry Rand's Univac Division.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memoranda, manuals, patents, published and unpublished reports, photographs, notes, newspaper articles and reference material relating to Bell Laboratories, Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, Engineering Research Associates, the Univac division of Remington Rand and Sperry Rand, and professional organizations such as the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the IEEE Computer Group, and conferences. Topics covered include Bell Laboratories' "Out-of-Hour" courses, air traffic control and airline reservation systems, telecommunications equipment, information exchanges with IBM, computer standards, wages, the electronic data processing industry, and Univac products. Also included are records relating to legal cases in which Kalb was involved, such as the Honeywell vs. Sperry Rand lawsuit and a Federal Communications Commission inquiry of the data processing industry.

While the Kalb Papers encompass both Robert M. Kalb's professional and personal activities, the majority of the papers reflect his work with a succession of companies in the fields of electrical engineering and, later, computers.

• Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1903-1946
• Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, 1941-1944
• Automatic Instrument Company, 1944-1946
• ERA, Remington Rand, Sperry Rand, 1939-1969
• Legal, 1956-1973
• Professional Organizations and Conferences, 1926-1972
• Subject Files, 1925-1976
• Photographs, 1926-1942

Index Terms

• American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
• Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.
• Engineering Research Associates.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• International Business Machines Corporation.
• Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company.
• Honeywell, Inc.
• Remington Rand, Inc.
• Sperry Rand Corporation.
• United States. Federal Communications Commission.
• Computer Group Conference.
• Air traffic control.
• Airlines--Reservation systems.
• Computer industry--United States.
• Computers--Law and legislation.
• Digital communications.
• Electronic data processing.
• Electronic data processing--Standards.
• Telecommunication--Equipment and supplies.
• Wages--Electronic data processing personnel.

Inventory

Manuals

• Analytical Dynamics, 1931. (Box 1, folder 1)
• Bell System Organization, 1935. (Box 1, folder 2)
• Design of Telephone Relays, 1938. (Box 1, folders 3-4)
• Dynamics of the Vacuum Tube, 1927. (Box 1, folder 5)
• Dynamics of the Vacuum Tube, 1931. (Box 1, folder 6)
• Electro-Mechanical and Acoustical Systems, 1929. (Box 1, folder 7)
• Electro-Mechanical and Acoustical Transmission, 1928. (Box 1, folder 8)
• Feedback Amplifiers, 1935. (Box 1, folders 9-10)
• Ferromagnetics and Electric Circuits I, 1933. (Box 1, folder 11)
• Ferromagnetics and Electric Circuits II, 1933. (Box 1, folder 12)
• Introductory Survey for Engineering Students, 1928. (Box 1, folder 13)
• Network Analysis and Feedback Amplifier Design, 1939. (Box 1, folders 14-15)
• Phenomena of Alternating Magnetization, 1930. (Box 1, folder 16)
• Physical Metallurgy, 1937. (Box 1, folder 17)
• Statistical Methods and Quality Control, 1934. (Box 1, folder 18)
• Telephone Transmission Engineering, 1928. (Box 1, folder 19)
• Theory of Non-Periodic Phenomena, 1928. (Box 2, folder 1)
• Theory of Non-Periodic Phenomena, 1929. (Box 2, folder 2)
• Theory of Trigonometric Integrals, 1934. (Box 2, folders 3-4)
• Topics in Modern Physics III - Dielectrics, 1931. (Box 2, folder 5)

General

• Bell Labs/AT&T Patents, 1931-1933. (Box 2, folder 6)
• Certificates, 1930-1933. (Box 2, folder 7)
• Columbia University (Part-time Postgraduate Study), 1929-1933. (Box 2, folder 8)
• Correspondence, 1931-1941. (Box 2, folder 9)
• Data Sources, 1903-1944. (Box 2, folder 10)
• Memoranda and Papers, 1928-1941. (Box 2, folders 11-14)
• Organization Reference Numbers, 1940. (Box 2, folder 15)
• Papers, 1935. (Box 2, folder 16)
• Patents, Kalb (et. al) 1934-1946. (Box 2, folder 17)
• Published Papers, 1935-1938. (Box 2, folder 18)

• Annual Reports, 1940-1944. (Box 2, folder 19)
• Development Reports, 1941-1942. (Box 2, folder 20)
• Catalog, n.d. (Box 2, folder 21)
• Correspondence, 1944. (Box 2, folder 22)
• Improved Relaymatic Switchboard, 1944. (Box 2, folder 23)
• Signal Corps Laboratories Visits, Report, 1941-44. (Box 2, folders 25-27)

• Memorandum, 1944-1946. (Box 2, folder 28)

• Day Files (14 volumes), 1956-1969. (Box 3)
• Air Traffic Control Articles, 1955, 1967. (Box 4, folder 1)
• Air Traffic Control Books, 1948-1961. (Box 4, folders 2-5)
• Conference Notes, 1954. (Box 4, folder 6)
• Consulting Services Fees, 1970-1972. (Box 4, folder 7)
• Correspondence, UNIVAC, 1961-1969. (Box 4, folder 8)
• Directories, 1956-1957. (Box 4, folder 9)
• EDP Industry Report, 1968. (Box 4, folder 10)
• Employee Merit Rating and Salary Recommendation, 1947-1957. (Box 4, folder 11)
• Engineering Intelligence Report (CDC et. al.), 1955-1962. (Box 4, folder 12)
• Flight Plan Storage and Processing Equipment, n.d. (Box 4, folder 13)
• Industrial Communications Training Series, 1959. (Box 4, folder 14)
• Industry Comparisons, 1955-1966. (Box 4, folder 15)
• Information Interchange with IBM, Out Correspondence, 1958-1959. (Box 4, folder 16)
• IBM Interchange Travel Expenses, 1953-1957. (Box 4, folder 17)
• Job Descriptions, 1953. (Box 4, folder 18)
• Military Contract Correspondence (Air Force), 1955-1956. (Box 4, folder 19)
• News Articles, Remington Rand Buy out of ERA, 1952. (Box 4, folder 20)
• Notes, 1948-1968. (Box 4, folder 21)
• Ore-Car Coding System (RI-273) Patent Disclosures, 1952-1956. (Box 4, folder 22)
• Organization, Univac, 1955-1957. (Box 4, folder 23)
• Organization Charts, Remington Rand/ERA, 1955-1969. (Box 4, folder 24)
• Packaging for Computer Applications (Chapter 12), n.d. (Box 4, folder 25)
• Packaging Handbook Correspondence, 1966-1968. (Box 4, folders 26-28)
• Patents by R.M. Kalb, (U.S. and Canada) 1951-1959. (Box 4, folder 29)
• Policy, UNIVAC, 1956-1958. (Box 4, folder 30)
• Record Storage Lists, 1960-1970. (Box 4, folder 31)
• Reports for Navy Department, ERA, 1949-1951. (Box 4, folder 32)
• Research and Development Planning Analysis, 1960-1961. (Box 4, folders 33-34)
• Retirement, 1969? (Box 4, folder 35)
• Retirement Plan, 1957. (Box 4, folder 36)
• Systems Engineering, 1961-1965. (Box 4, folder 37)
• Teleprinter Corporation Appraisals, 1959-1960. (Box 4, folder 38)
• UNIVAC 418-III Marketing Guide, 1968? (Box 5, folder 1)
• UNIVAC 9400 Marketing Guide, 1968? (Box 5, folder 2)
• UNIVAC Automatic Reservation System, 1957. (Box 5, folder 3)
• UNIVAC Automatic Reservation System (Theories on Queuing), 1956-1959. (Box 5, folder 4)
• UNIVAC Computer Installations, 1950-1959. (Box 5, folder 5)
• Variable Budget Presentation, 1964. (Box 5, folder 6)
• Wage and Salary Correlations, 1957. (Box 5, folder 7)
• Wage and Salary Information, 1956-1960. (Box 5, folders 8-9)
• Wage and Salary Surveys, 1947-1960. (Box 5, folder 10)
• Wage Surveys, 1951-1963. (Box 5, folder 11)
• Wages, Classification, and Compensation for Engineers, 1939-1960. (Box 5, folder 12)
• Wages-Professional Salary Guide, 1957. (Box 5, folder 13)
• Work Logs, 1955-1968. (Box 5, folder 14)

• Sperry vs. IBM and U.S. vs. IBM, Court Documents and Kalb's Notes, 1956. (Box 5, folder 15)
• Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee, Statement by Opel, IBM, 1965-1966. (Box 5, folder 16)
• Federal Communications Commission Inquiry
  • Correspondence, Phone Calls, Articles, 1967-1968. (Box 5, folder 17)
  • Diebold Research Program, 1968. (Box 5, folder 18)
  • Electronics Industry Association's Response, 1968. (Box 5, folder 19)
  • Inquiry and List of Respondents, 1966-1968. (Box 5, folder 20)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1968. (Box 5, folder 21)
  • Microwave Communications, Inc., 1968. (Box 5, folder 22)
  • News Articles, 1967-1968. (Box 5, folder 23)
  • UNIVAC Response, n.d. (Box 5, folder 24)
  • UNIVAC Response Background, 1967-1968. (Box 5, folders 25-26)
  • UNIVAC Response, Preliminary Report, 1967. (Box 5, folder 27)
  • UNIVAC Response, Table of Contents and Summary, 1967. (Box 6, folder 1)
  • Control Data Corporation vs International Business Machines, 1968. (Box 6, folder 2)
  • Data Processing Financial and General Corporation vs. International Business Machines, Complaints, 1969. (Box 6, folder 3)
• Honeywell vs. Sperry Rand
  • Exhibits pertaining to Sperry/IBM Information Interchange, 1971. (Box 6, folder 4)
  • Outline of Kalb Testimony, 1972. (Box 6, folder 5)
  • Testimony of Irma M. Wyman, 1971. (Box 6, folders 6-8)
  • Testimony of Wyman, #2, Category I, Set 3, 1971. (Box 6, folders 9-12)
  • Testimony of Wyman, #2, Category II, Set 3, 1971. (Box 6, folders 13-14)
  • Testimony of Wyman, #2, Category III, Set 3, 1971. (Box 6, folder 15)
  • IBM/Sperry Information Interchange Organization and Correspondence (1956-1958), 1972. (Box 6, folder 16)
  • Proceedings Transcript, 1972. (Box 6, folder 17)
  • Kalb Correspondence, 1970-1973. (Box 6, folder 18)

• Acoustical Society of America, Correspondence, Constitution and Bylaws, 1942. (Box 7, folder 1)
• Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee, Program, 1959. (Box 7, folder 2)
• American Federation of Information Processing Societies, 1963 Fall Joint Computer Conference Final Report, 1963-1964. (Box 7, folder 3)
• American Institute of Electrical Engineers
  • "An Electronic System for Processing Air Traffic Control Information," 1954. (Box 7, folder 4)
  • Computing Devices Committee, Newsletters, Papers, 1960-1962. (Box 7, folder 5)
  • Correspondence, 1929,1967. (Box 7, folder 6)
  • Magazine Articles, 1949 -1957. (Box 7, folder 7)
  • Programs, 1926-1962. (Box 7, folder 8)
  • Technical Papers, 1934-1963. (Box 7, folders 9-11)
• American Physical Society, Nomination for Membership, 1942. (Box 7, folder 12)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Discussion and Papers of Meeting, 1940. (Box 7, folder 13)
• American Standards Association
  • Documentation, 1936-1938, 1944, 1969. (Box 7, folder 14)
  • Proposed and Approved Standards, 1962-1968. (Box 7, folders 15-17)
  • Sectional Committee X-3 (Organization and Representation), 1960-1969. (Box 7, folder 18)
  • USA Standard Cobol, 1968. (Box 7, folder 19)
  • Use of Units, 1969. (Box 7, folder 20)
• Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, Facts Book, 1968. (Box 7, folder 21)
• Experiments in Art and Technology, E.A.T. Newsletter, 1968. (Box 7, folder 22)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • AIEE - IRE Merger, 1962. (Box 7, folder 23)
  • Banquet Programs, 1967-1975. (Box 7, folder 24)
  • Computer Conference
    • Advertisements, News Articles, Arrangement Notes, 1967-1969. (Box 7, folder 25)
    • Budgets (Preliminary), 1968-1969. (Box 7, folder 26)
    • Correspondence, 1967. (Box 7, folder 27)
    • Correspondence, 1968. (Box 7, folders 28-29)
    • Correspondence, 1969. (Box 7, folders 30-31)32Correspondence and Reports from Committees, 1969-1970. (Box 7,
    • folder 32)
    • Computer Conference Digests, 1967-1969. (Box 7, folders 33-34)
    • Computer Conference Final Report, 1967. (Box 8, folder 1)
    • Computer Conference Final Report, 1968. (Box 8, folder 2)
    • Computer Conference Final Report, 1969. (Box 8, folder 3)
    • Information Requests, 1969. (Box 8, folder 4)
    • Minutes, 1968-1969. (Box 8, folder 5)
    • NASA Space Program Speech and Article, 1969. (Box 8, folder 6)
    • Technical Program, 1968-1969. (Box 8, folder 7)
  • Correspondence, 1963-1972. (Box 8, folder 8)
  • International Telephone Communication, 1966. (Box 8, folder 9)
  • Notes and Travel Information, 1963-1964. (Box 8, folder 10)
  • Section Executive Committee, 1969-1971. (Box 8, folder 11)
• Institute of Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Electronic Computer Symposium, 1952. (Box 8, folder 12)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Data Reduction Symposium, Minutes, 1955. (Box 8, folder 13)
• National Electronics Conference, Radio Propagation Paper, 1946. (Box 8, folder 14)
• National Telemetering Conference, Papers and Discussions, 1954. (Box 8, folder 15)
• Pennsylvania State University Automation Seminar, Program, Notes, Correspondence, and Paper, 1955. (Box 8, folder 16)
• Radio Engineers Club of Chicago, History, Bylaws, Membership List, "Distortion," 1945. (Box 8, folder 17)
• Railway Systems and Procedures Association, Proceedings, 1954 Fall Meeting, 1955 Spring Meeting, 1954-1955. (Box
• 8, folder 18)
• The Royal Society, Proceedings, 1931-1938. (Box 8, folder 19)
• Symposium on Guided Missile Range Instrumentation, Proceedings, 1954. (Box 8, folder 20)
• Systems Science Conference, Program and Papers, 1964. (Box 8, folder 21)

• Circuit and Wave Pattern Diagrams, n.d. (Box 8, folder 22)
• Computer Graphic Print-outs of Woman, n.d. (Box 8, folder 23)
• Control Data Corporation Opening, News Articles, 1957-1959. (Box 8, folder 24)
• Cryptanalysis Lessons, 1942. (Box 8, folder 25)
• Electrical Reproduction Company, Correspondence and Prospectus, 1946. (Box 8, folder 26)
• Employment, 1926-1941. (Box 8, folder 27)
• Eugene R. Kalb, Obituaries, 1965. (Box 8, folder 28)
• Honeywell Cartoon Calendar, 1957. (Box 8, folder 29)
• House Searching, 1948-1949. (Box 8, folder 30)
• Nela School of Lighting/National Lamp Works, 1926. (Box 8, folder 31)
• Ohio State University, 1925-1958. (Box 8, folder 32)
• Personal Financial Accounts, 1946-1955. (Box 8, folder 33)
• Potter Instruments, Company, Chain Printer, n.d. (Box 8, folder 35)
• Robert M. Kalb, Biography, 1942, 1976. (Box 8, folder 36)
• Robert M. Kalb, Personal Correspondence, 1948-1969. (Box 8, folder 37)
• Royal Arch Masons, The Observer, 1965. (Box 8, folder 38)
• Ruth Kalb Correspondence (Far East Trip), 1962. (Box 8, folder 39)
• "The Coming Computer Utility--Laissez-Faire, Licensing or Regulation?," 1967-1968. (Box 8, folder 40)
• Patent Applications, 1932-1941. (Box 9, folder 1)

• AIEE Photographs, n.d. (Box 9, folder 2)
• Nela School of Lighting Photographs, 1926. (Box 9, folder 3)
• Photos of Electric Sparks, n.d. (Box 8, folder 34)
• Signal Corps Equipment Photos, 1942. (Box 2, folder 24)