Catalogue description NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (N.R.D.C.)

The material relates to the following principal projects in which Strachey was involved during this appointment

CSAC 71.1.80/C.27 - CSAC 71.1.80/C.33 Completion of the draughts-playing program begun for ACE.

CSAC 71.1.80/C.34, CSAC 71.1.80/C.35 'Love Letters' program, miscellaneous notes.

CSAC 71.1.80/C.37, CSAC 71.1.80/C.38 St. Lawrence River Power Project.

CSAC 71.1.80/C.39-CSAC 71.1.80/C.64 Manchester University Computing Machine Laboratory.

CSAC 71.1.80/C.65-CSAC 71.1.80/C.94 Ferranti Pegasus Computer. Design and projects.

CSAC 71.1.80/C.95-CSAC 71.1.80/C.102 Very High Speed Computers.

CSAC 71.1.80/C.103-CSAC 71.1.80/C.115 Miscellaneous notes and drafts.

Strachey's folders have been retained, and his titles or descriptions given in inverted commas. In the absence of his own indications, exact dates or attributions cannot always be given with certainty. Very bulky folders have sometimes been divided for ease of handling, and a note has been made of such cases.

For material relating to Strachey's appointment to N.R.D.C. see CSAC 71.1.80/A.39 - CSAC 71.1.80/A.42.

For projects undertaken at the request of N.R.D.C. when Strachey was working as a private consultant, see CSAC 71.1.80/C.117, CSAC 71.1.80/C.118-CSAC 71.1.80/C.119, CSAC 71.1.80/D.100-CSAC 71.1.80/D.103.