ADAPSO records
Scope and Content Note
The Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO) records document the organization's administration and activities, as well as its involvement in issues affecting member companies, such as antitrust, open network architecture, and software protection and copyright.
Only a small amount of material on ADAPSO's annual Management Conferences (1973, 1992, 1993) and other ADAPSO sponsored events is included. Materials related to issues of interest to ADAPSO members can be found throughout the collection, and include reports, position papers, and transcripts of congressional testimony. Materials on IBM and antitrust issues can be found throughout the collection as well, but are concentrated in the IBM series.
Acronyms used in this finding aid:
- ADAPSO = Association of Data Processing Service Organizations
- ITAA = Information Technology Association of America
Dates
- 1960-1999
Creator
- ADAPSO (Organization)
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).
Historical Note
The Association of DAta Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO) was founded in 1961 as a non-profit trade association for data processing service bureaus in the United States. Several organizational meetings were held throughout 1960 under the name Data Actuating Technical Association (DATA). ADAPSO was incorporated in 1962.
In 1972, ADAPSO reorganized into three sections: the Data Center Section, the Computer Timesharing Services Section, and the Association of Independent Software Companies (AISC). The AISC section was the result of a merger between AISC and ADAPSO. The AISC section eventually became the Software Industry Association Section.
ADAPSO's first headquarters were located in Pennsylvania. After brief stints in New York City and New Jersey, the organization relocated to metropolitan Washington, D.C. in 1978 to concentrate on its role as an advocate for the computer software and services industry.
ADAPSO changed its name to the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) in 1991.
ADAPSO Presidents
- Romuald Slimak (Sperry Corporation) – 1961
- Clifford G. Green (Statistical Reporting and Tabulating, Ltd.) – 1962-1963
- H.W. Robinson (C-E-I-R, Inc.) – 1963-1964
- Ray W. Johnson (Systems Data Processing Company) – 1964-1965
- Samuel J. Tesauro (S.J. Tesauro & Company) – 1965-1966
- Salvatore Parisi (Tabulating & Data Processing Corporation) – 1966-1967
- Frank Lautenberg (Automatic Data Processing, Inc.) – 1967-1968
- Leonard J. Palmer (Computer Servicenters, Inc.) – 1968-1969
- John L. Roy (United Data Processing Services) – 1969-1970
- Bernard Goldstein (United Data Centers) – 1970-1972
- Thomas J. O’Rourke (Tymshare) – 1973
- Robert W. Olsen (Computer Services Corporation) – 1974-1975
- Leon Weisburgh (Anstat) – 1976
- Louis E. Pfeiffer (A.O. Smith Corporation) – 1977
- Richard L. Crandall (Comshare, Inc.) – 1978
- John P. Imlay, Jr. (Management Science America, Inc.) – 1979
- A.S. Blankenship (Data Processing of the South, Inc.) – 1980
Chairmen of the Board
- Robert Weissman (National CSS, Inc.) – 1981
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg (AGS Computers, Inc.) – 1982
- Fred S. Lafer (Automatic Data Processing, Inc.) – 1983
- Douglas C. Altenbern (Endata, Inc.) – 1984
- Arthur M. Kramer (Mobix Partners) – 1985
- George Raymond (Automatic Business Centers, Inc.) – 1986
- Jay N. Goldberg (Money Management Systems, Inc.) – 1987
- John P. Courtney (Computer Task Group, Inc.) – 1988
- Lawrence A. Welke (International Computer Programs, Inc.) – 1989
- David J. Eskra (Pansophic Systems, Inc.) – 1990
- Judith Hamilton (Ernst & Young) – 1991
- Robert B. Laurence (PRC, Inc.) – 1992
Extent
19 boxes (>17.7 cubic feet)
Abstract
The Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO) records document the organization's administration and activities, as well as its involvement in issues affecting member companies, such as antitrust, open network architecture, and software protection and copyright.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- Administrative Files, 1960-1994
- Conferences, Meetings, and Seminars, 1961-1994 (with gaps)
- IBM, circa 1970-1994
- "Issues", 1963-1995
- Membership Directories & Surveys, 1967-1999 (with gaps)
- Microcomputer Software Section, 1973-1993
- Photographs and Slides, circa 1962-1991
- Processing & Network Services Division, 1992-1993 (David Peyton)
- Reports & Publications, 1961-1998 (with gaps)
- Serial Publications, 1962-1995
- Speeches, circa 1979-1992 (with gaps)
- Testimony, 1987-1995
Researchers should note that materials are filed alphabetically under both ADAPSO and ITAA, as appropriate.
Acquisition:
The bulk of the collection was donated by ITAA in October 2002; the remainder of the materials were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by a variety of individuals and corporations in numerous accessions.
- ADAPSO
- Computer industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computer service industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computer software industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Information Technology Association of America.
- Title
- ADAPSO Records, 1960-1999. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Carrie Seib, Maria Plonski, Josh Knatterud-Hubinger, Amanda Schwarze, and Jessica Huffman 2004-2009.
- Date
- July 2005
- 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
