Association for Computing Machinery Records

The records of the ACM document this organization's administration and operations from 1947 to 2006. The documentation is strongest for the years 1960s-1990s with only a scattering of materials from the time of the founding in 1947 until the headquarters office and staff were established in 1960. There are records of the major governing bodies of the ACM in both membership governance and organizational administration including president, executive committee and council. There are also records of headquarters operations including executive director, offices of administration, policy and procedures, membership, publications and SIG services. The four major governing boards, membership, publications, SIG and education, are documented in the files of ACM staff who served on them. There is a smaller group of historical and reference materials which include directories, annual reports, programs, photographs, copies of incorporation records and the ACM Information Center files, a subject classified set of reference files from the 1960s. The ACM records throughout consist mainly of meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, memos, reports, budgets, policies, news releases, membership and marketing samples and project and committee files. The ACM press books for the years 1984 to 1998 are included. The records document the administration, policies and procedures, operations, activities and projects of the ACM, in particular membership and professional services and publication efforts. The SIGs are somewhat documented in the area of support and administration from the headquarters office, with little documentation on their conferences and other activities. Files on dechartered student chapters and dechartered SIGs document the range of these local and subject-specific entities that existed worldwide at different times.