Florence R. Anderson papers

Collection

Identifier: CBI 101

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains brief outlines maintained by Florence R. Anderson, a programming instructor for North American Aviation, of applications programming classes developed at NAA for the IBM 701 and IBM 704, as well as minutes, reports, and manuals related to the development of PACT I (Project for the Advancement of Coding Techniques).

Dates

Creation: 1953-1956

Creator

Anderson, Florence R. (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items 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).

Historical Note

In October 1953, an IBM 701 computer was delivered to North American Aviation (NAA) in Los Angeles, California. In order for the engineers to learn to use the computer in their particular fields of engineering, classes were conducted in applications programming. Florence Anderson was one of the programming instructors at NAA.

Extent

0.2 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection contains brief outlines of applications programming classes developed at NAA for the IBM 701 and IBM 704, as well as minutes, reports, and manuals related to the development of PACT I (Project for the Advancement of Coding Techniques).