Walter M. Carlson papers

Collection

Identifier: CBI 114

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

Contains documents, photographs, and audiovisuals related to American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), its History of Computing Committee (HOCC), and work preserving the history of computing.

Also contained in the collection are a slide tape show on the history of computing, photographs and slides of AFIPS-sponsored conferences, and video and audio clips from media conference coverage. Photographs of significant AFIPS figures have been removed to CBI's photograph collection.

Dates

Creation: 1960-1990

Creator

Carlson, Walter M. (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access to materials:

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).

Biographical Note

Walter Carlson chaired the American Federation of Information Processing Societies' History of Computing Committee in the mid-to-late 1980s. He was also an executive at International Business Machines (IBM).

Extent

5 boxes (4 cubic feet)

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains documents, photographs, and audiovisuals related to the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), its History of Computing Committee (HOCC), and work preserving the history of computing.