Clover, H. Dick2011-06-082011-06-081986-06-05H. Dick Clover, OH 113. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 5 June 1986, Bloomington, Minnesota. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107219OH 113https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107219Transcript, 66 pp.After briefly discussing his early life and education, Clover focuses on his work with Engineering Research Associates (ERA). Topics include: the work of C. B. Tompkins; Clover's association with Communication Supplementary Activities-Washington (CSAW); the relationship between CSAW and ERA; the formation of ERA; the roles of Howard Engstrom, Ralph Meader, John Parker, and John Howard in ERA; research on magnetic drums and disks; the relationship between Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation and ERA; and Clover's administrative work with the Navy contracts at ERA. Clover concludes the interview with a brief description of ERA under Remington Rand and Sperry Rand.en-USComputer historyUnited States. -- NavyParker, John E., 1900-1989Northwestern Aeronautical CorporationTompkins, Charles Brown, 1912-Meader, Ralph I.Magnetic recorders and recording -- HistoryMagnetic drums -- HistoryHoward, John H. (John Hayes)Engstrom, Howard T.Engineering Research AssociatesDefense contracts -- United StatesComputer storage devices -- Research -- HistoryComputer industry -- United States -- HistoryUnited States. -- Navy. -- Communications Supplementary Activities-WashingtonOral History