History of Programming Languages Conference, 1978, Los Angeles, California records 1959, 1972-1993

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History of Programming Languages Conference, 1978, Los Angeles, California records 1959, 1972-1993

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Collection contains correspondence, reports, draft presentations, newspaper clippings, notes, memoranda, National Science Foundation grant records, publicity materials, and mailing lists relating to the planning and organization of the conference. Also includes conference proceedings in the form of black-and-white video cassettes, reel-to-reel and cassette audio recordings, black-and-white photographs, slides, transcripts of presentations, preprints of papers, and book drafts.

10 boxes (8 cubic feet)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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