Florence R. Anderson papers
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
- 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
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).
- North American Aviation
- PACT (Computer program language) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Programming languages (Electronic computers) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Florence R. Anderson Papers, 1953-1956. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Kevin D. Corbitt, October 1994.
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Charles Babbage Institute Archives Collecting Area
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 - 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55455
612-624-5050
cbi@umn.edu
