Object Record
McBee McBee Punch Card Set
McBee Punch Card Set close up
| Catalog Number | 02.0021.004 |
| Title | McBee Punch Card Set |
| History | This punch card set was used at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases as a way to store, analyze, and collate date from small and large epidemiology studies conducted by Drs. Joseph Bell, Robert Huebner, Robert Chanock, and Albert Kapikian on various viruses. With the sorting pin, may variables could be addressed. |
| Description |
02.0021.004.01 - McBee punch card selector 02.0021.004.02 - punch card selector 02.0021.004.03 - McBee punch card punchers 02.0021.004.04 - McBee punch card punchers 02.0021.004.05 - .79 punch card (Dose, H, P, Int, Dur., R) 02.0021.004.80 - .170 punch card, large 02.0021.004.171 - punch card box .01 Stainless steel rod set into handle with "McBee, patent pending" stamped in. Top of the handles has lever with red plastic tumb holder; ones pushes on the lever to release the rod. .02 Long stainless steel rod. Handle is green plastic with metal screw to turn to loosen rod. Rod can be put in one of four holes. .03-4 Stainless steel. Spring between wide handles. When handles are closed, the lower jaw goes up to make tag-punch. Top of jaw has thumb lever to raise to empty compartment of punched tabs. .03 has "McBee, Made in USA, 5227, 633," stamped in. .04 is the same but with "5227, 621." .05-79 Manila cardboard sheet with double rows of holes punched around sides. Some holes are labeled by typewriter. .80-170 Large manila cardboard sheet with double rows of holes punched around sides. Pre-printed with name, birth, address, etc. .171 Wood box with no top, painted light green. |
| Date | late 1950s and early 1960s |
| Organizations | NIH; NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) (1955-present) |
| Buildings | Building 7 |
| NIH Property # | none |
| Old NIH Property # | none |
| Serial # | none |
| People |
Huebner, Robert J. Kapikian, Albert Z. Bell, Joseph A. Purcell, Robert H. Chanock, Robert M. |