Walter M. Carlson papers 1960-1990

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Walter M. Carlson papers 1960-1990

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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.

5 boxes (4 cubic feet)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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Carlson, Walter M.

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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). From the guide to the Walter M. Carlson papers, 1960-1990, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) IBM executive and chair of AFIPS History of Computing Committee in the mid 1980s. From the description of Walter M. Carlson papers...

American federation of information processing societies

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The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was established on May 10, 1961 to advance and disseminate knowledge in the field of information science, and to represent member societies on an international level. The federation was an outgrowth of the National Joint Computer Committee, which was established in 1951 to sponsor the Joint Computer Conferences. One of the main contributions of AFIPS was its sponsorship of the Joint Computer Conference, renamed the National Comp...