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uatucc Inventory of the Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) records, 1954-1990 and undated Processed by: Mary Samouelian; machine-readable finding aid created by: Mary Samouelian University Archives Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: December 2007Processed by Mary Samouelian, November 2007; Finding Aid encoded by Mary Samouelian, University Archives, Duke University, December 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) records, 1954-1990 and undated University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary University Archives, Duke University Triangle Universities Computation Center Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) records, 1954-1990 and undated Material in English 18.2 Linear Feet 11,400 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) was incorporated in 1965 as a cooperative venture between Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with the goal of providing main-frame computing services, such as electronic data and batch processing, to the universities, RTI International and others. It dissolved in 1990 due to financial difficulties, the increased use of personal computers, and disagreements among the partners. Materials in the collection include administrative records, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial and statistical reports, memoranda, proposals, newsletters, photographs, slides, a scrapbook, and other materials from the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Collection is open for use by researchers. In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use excluding scrapbook and photographs which are located at the repository.

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) records were received by the University Archives as a series of transfers from 1974-2000.

Processing Information

Processed by Mary Samouelian, November 2007

Encoded by Mary Samouelian, December 2007

Accessions 74-159, 78-36, 78-37, 78-150, A88-0015, A90-105, A93-1, A2000-15 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Historical Note

The Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) was incorporated in 1965 as a cooperative venture between Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Owned by all three universities, its primary goals were to provide each institution with adequate computing facilities as economically as possible, minimizing the number of system programming personnel and fostering greater cooperation between the universities with an exchange of system programs and ideas. Housed in the Science and Technology Research Center in centrally located Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, TUCC eventually expanded its main-frame computer services beyond the three universities, to support the electronic data processing needs of RTI International and other research organization located in RTP.

TUCC's decline began in the mid-1980s with an unsuccessful bid to purchase and operate a supercomputer in RTP, with the goal of transforming RTP into a "Southern Silicon Valley". This failed bid, coupled with increasing financial difficulties, the growing number of clients purchasing their own personal computers and thus needing fewer TUCC services, and escalating disagreements among member institutions about how the center should be run, ultimately lead to the dissolution of TUCC in September, 1990.

Collection Overview

The TUCC records spans the years 1954-1990. The collection is arranged into two series: Administrative Records, 1954-1990 and Visual Materials, 1966-1989 and undated.

Materials in the collection include administrative records, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial and statistical reports, memoranda, proposals, newsletters, photographs, slides, a scrapbook, and other materials from the Triangle Universities Computation Center.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Duke University. Education--Data processing. Education--Data processing--Planning. Electronic data processing--Batch processing. Electronic data processing--Distributed processing. Electronic data processing--United States--History. Information technology--North Carolina. North Carolina State University. Triangle Universities Computation Center. Triangle Universities Computation Center--Programming services. TUCC Information services. Universities and colleges--North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Related Material Inventory of the Business and Finance Division records, 1956-1983. University Archives, Duke University. Inventory of the Department of Computer Science records, 1961-1978. University Archives, Duke University. Preliminary Inventory of the Thomas M. Gallie Papers, 1955 – 1972. University Archives, Duke University. Preliminary Inventory of the Vice President for Business and Finance records, 1962-1985. University Archives, Duke University. Contents of Collection Administrative Records, 1954-1990 10 Boxes

These files consist of a variety of administrative materials, including reports, financial statements, correspondence, meeting minutes, grant proposals, and news articles documenting the history of TUCC. These materials detail the creation and initial funding of TUCC, its activities over the course of its operations, and its eventual dissolution in September, 1990.

1Anniversary Celebration (10th & 20th) Information, 1975, 1986 Annual Reports, 1970/71-1973/74 Annual Reports, 1974/75-1977/78 Annual Reports, 1987/79-1981/82 Annual Reports, 1982/83-1986/87 Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws, 1965-1989 Assistant Directors' Meeting Minutes, 1972-1980 Assistant Directors' Meeting Minutes, 1981-1984 Assistant Directors' Meeting Minutes, 1985-1988 Board of Directors Correspondence, 1967-1969 Board of Directors Correspondence, 1975-1978 Board of Directors Correspondence, 1983 Board of Directors Correspondence, 1984 Board of Directors Correspondence, 1985-1990 Board of Directors Minutes, 1965 Board of Directors Minutes, 1966 Board of Directors Minutes, 1967 Board of Directors Minutes, 1968 Board of Directors Minutes, 1969 Board of Directors Minutes, 1970 Board of Directors Minutes, 1971 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1971 Jul-Dec 2Board of Directors Minutes, 1972 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1972 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1973 Jan-Jul Board of Directors Minutes, 1973 Aug-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1974 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1974 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1975 Board of Directors Minutes, 1976 Board of Directors Minutes, 1977 Board of Directors Minutes, 1978 Jan-Sep Board of Directors Minutes, 1978 Oct-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1979 Board of Directors Minutes, 1980 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1980 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1981 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1981 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1982 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1982 Jul-Dec 3Board of Directors Minutes, 1983 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1983 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1984 Board of Directors Minutes, 1985 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1985 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1986 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1986 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1987 Board of Directors Minutes, 1988 Board of Directors Minutes, 1989 Jan-Jun Board of Directors Minutes, 1989 Jul-Dec Board of Directors Minutes, 1990 Campus Center Directors (CCD) Meeting Minutes, 1973-1976 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1977 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1978 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1979 4CCD Meeting Minutes, 1980 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1981 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1982 Jan-Jun CCD Meeting Minutes, 1982 Jul-Dec CCD Meeting Minutes, 1983 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1984 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1985 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1986 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1987 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1988 CCD Meeting Minutes, 1989-1990 Campus Systems Programmers Meeting Minutes, 1970-1974 Campus Systems Programmers (CSP) Meeting Minutes, 1975-1980 CSP Meeting Minutes, 1981-1985 CSP Meeting Minutes, 1986-1989 Committee on Long Range Planning Minutes, 1966 Communications, 1965-1966 Computation Center Director's Meeting Minutes, 1967-1971 5Computation Center Director's Meeting Minutes, 1972 Computation Center Director's Meeting Minutes, 1973 Computation Center Director's Meeting Minutes, 1974 Jan-Jul Computation Center Director's Meeting Minutes, 1974 Sep-1975 Dec Computation Center Director's Meeting Minutes, 1976 Computer Planning Committee Minutes and Correspondence, 1967 Jan-Aug Computer Planning Committee Minutes and Correspondence, 1967 Sep-Dec Computer Planning Committee Minutes and Correspondence, 1968 Computer Planning Committee Minutes and Correspondence, 1969 Correspondence, 1965 Correspondence, 1966 Correspondence, 1967-1968 Document Demand, 1971-1972 DoD Auditors, 1966 Duke Data Channel Newsletter, 1988 May-Nov Equipment Purchase, 1969 FE Status Meeting, 1982-1984 Finance Committee Minutes, 1976 Finance Committee Minutes, 1977 Finance Committee Minutes, 1978 Finance Committee Minutes, 1979 Finance Committee Minutes, 1980 6Finance Committee Minutes, 1981 Finance Committee Minutes, 1982-1985 Finance Committee Minutes, 1986 Finance Committee Minutes, 1987 Finance Committee Minutes, 1988 Finances, 1968-1970 Financial Statements, 1966-1969 Financial Statements, 1970-1972 Financial Statements, 1973-1976 Financial Statements, 1977-1981 Financial Statements, 1982-1987 Financial Statements, 1988-1990 Historical Information on TUCC, 1965-1975 and undated History of TUCC, 1966-1985 History RTC, 1964-1967 IBM Correspondence, 1954-1969 7Installation Management Documents (IM002 - IM035, including Index), 1975-1987 Internal Documents (IA001-IA047), 1984-1987 Internal Documents (IM37-IM112), 1975-1988 Long Range Technical Planning Committee Minutes, 1967-1968 Memorandum (AC-01 through AC-37), 1966-1967 Memorandum (AD-01 through AD-23), 1965-1966 Memorandum (GI-01 through GI-26), 1966-1967 Memorandum (IA-01 through IA-14), 1966-1967 Memorandum (IP-01 through IP-09), 1966-1967 Memorandum (IS-06 through IS-51), 1966-1967 Memorandum (LS-01 through LS-27), 1966-1967 Memorandum (NL-01), 1966 Memorandum (OP-01 through OP-44), 1966-1967 Memorandum (PAD-01 through PAD-23), 1966-1967 Memorandum (TAD-01 through TAD-05), 1966-1967 Memorandum (TP-01 through TP-19), 1966-1967 Memorandum (WP-01 through WP-20), 1966-1967 Memorandum - Administrative, 1968-1970 Memorandum - Indexes and General, 1966-1967 News Articles About TUCC, 1967-1975 News Released From TUCC, 1966-1988 Newspaper Articles - Supercomputer & TUCC's Demise, 1987-1988 North Carolina Computer Orientation Project (NCCOP) Memorandum, 1966-1967 North Carolina State University (NCSU) Computing Center Newsletter, 1988-1989 Planning and Evaluation Committee Minutes, 1966-1968 President's Correspondence, 1983 Jan-Jun President's Correspondence, 1983 Jul-Dec 8President's Correspondence, 1984 Jan-Jun President's Correspondence, 1984 Jul-Dec President and Director's Correspondence, 1981 Jan-Jun President and Director's Correspondence, 1981 Jun-Dec President and Director's Correspondence, 1982 President and Director's Correspondence, 1985 Jan-Jun President and Director's Correspondence, 1985 Jun-Dec President and Director's Correspondence, 1986 Jan-Jun President and Director's Correspondence, 1986 Jun-Dec President and Director's Correspondence, 1987 Jan-Jun President and Director's Correspondence, 1988 Jan-Jun President and Director's Correspondence, 1988 Jun-Dec President and Director's Correspondence, 1989 Jan-Jun President and Director's Correspondence, 1989 Jun-Dec President and Director's Correspondence, 1990 Jan-Oct Purchase of TUCC Computer Correspondence, 1969 9Proposals - IBM, 1965-1967 Proposals - NSF [Duke's proposal for the Modernization of the Computer Facilities], 1965 Feb Proposals - NSF [UNC's proposal for the Modernization of the Computer Facilities plus Amendment], 1965 Feb Proposals - NSF [Duke & NCSU proposal for the Establishment of TUCC], 1965 Jul Proposals - NSF [Duke's proposal for the Expansion of Computation Capacity], 1968 Sep Proposals - NSF [NCSU's proposal for the Expansion of Computation Capacity], 1968 Sep Proposals - NSF [UNC's proposal for the Expansion of Computation Capacity], 1968 Sep Proposals - NSF [Duke's proposal for a Computer Science Laboratory], 1968 Sep Proposals - NSF [Support of NCCOP], 1970 Apr Proposals - NSF [For Triangle Supercomputer Center], 1983 Dec-1984 May Proposals - NSF For Arpanet Access], 1985 Aug Proposals to TUCC - Control Data Corporation, 1965 Mar Proposals to TUCC - General Electric, 1965 Proposals to TUCC - IBM, 1965 Mar President and Director's Correspondence, 1990 Jan-Oct Proposals to TUCC - Univac, 1965 Mar 10Rate Setting, 1965-1971 and undated Reports, 1966-1969 Supernews (TUCC newsletter), 1984-1986 System Programmers Meeting Minutes, 1971-1977 Tax Exempt Status Correspondence, 1966-1969 Tax Exempt Status Correspondence, 1971-1975 TUCC Newsline, 1969-1973 TUCC Output Newsletter, 1983-1988 University Computing Center Committee Minutes, 1969-1971 UNC Newsbrief, 1988 May-1989 May Utilization Reports, 1968-1970 Williams, Leland H., 1961, 1985 Wylbur Subcommittee Meeting Minutes, 1981-1983 Visual Materials, 1968-1991 and undated 4 Boxes

Materials in the collection include photographs (both black and white and color), color slides, microfilm reels, a scrapbook and videotape documenting social functions and operational activities related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center. Of particular interest are the microfilm reels copied by Control Data Corporation (CDC) at TUCC as part of their discovery procedure relative to the anti-trust suit against IBM. Due to the fragile nature of the materials, items in Box 11 are located in off-site storage.

11Microfilm Reels, 1972 Photograph Negatives, 1975 and undated Videotape - Dr. Williams lecture, 1973 12Scrapbook, 1965-1990 13TUCC Photographs, 1966, 1971, 1973-1975 TUCC Photographs, 1975-1976, 1979 TUCC Photographs, 1981, 1982-1983, 1986, 1989 TUCC Photographs (Miscellaneous company events), undated TUCC Photographs (Operations/Employees), undated TUCC Photographs (Picnics), undated 14TUCC Slides, 1965-1967 TUCC Slides (Duke), 1968 TUCC Slides (NCSU, UNC), 1968 TUCC Slides, 1971 TUCC Slides, 1979 TUCC Slides, 1982 TUCC Slides, undated