Walter M. Carlson papers
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
- 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)
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.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- History of Computing Committee (HOCC), 1982-1989
- AFIPS General Files, 1960-1990
- Audio-Visual Materials and Photographs, undated and circa 1966-1986
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Walter Carlson in 1992.
- American Federation of Information Processing Societies
- American Federation of Information Processing Societies. History of Computing Committee
- Computer industry -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computers -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Walter M. Carlson Papers, 1960-1990. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Kevin D. Corbitt, August 1995.
- 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
