AFIPS records, 1960-1990.

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AFIPS records, 1960-1990.

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The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) records document the organization's administration and activities, and the AFIPS-sponsored Spring and Fall Joint Computer Conferences (later the National Computer Conference). The records include budget and financial information, reports, board and committee minutes, conference materials, and publications. A few brochures, minutes and conference materials on the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) are also included. Researchers should note that these materials include official AFIPS records as well as materials from the personal papers of several organization presidents: Walter Anderson (1972-1973), Eddie Ashmore (1987), and Howard Funk (1988-1990). For example, the majority of "Board of Directors Minutes" files include only the official minutes of the board and attachments, but some files also include notes, correspondence, and other materials gathered by Walter Anderson in his capacity as AFIPS president. The materials have been grouped into seven series and arranged alphabetically. Most materials are alphabetical within, with the exception of board of directors and conference board minutes, which are arranged chronologically.

10.7 cubic ft. (17 boxes)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885439

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Joint Computer Conference

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Asmus, H. G.

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Gilchrist, Bruce.

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Gilchrist was a prominent computer scientist. In the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) he served as secretary (1960-1962) and vice president (1962-1964). In 1966 he was elected president of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and was the organization's executive director from 1968-1973. From the description of Bruce Gilchrist papers 1960-1973. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306801 ...

National Computer Conference

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Tanaka, Richard I.

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Anderson, Walter L. (Walter Leonard), 1922-

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Anderson joined Engineering Research Associates in 1946 and worked as a design engineer. He later transferred from St. Paul to the Arlington, VA office and worked in sales. He was one of the founders of General Kinetics, Inc. in 1955 and became its president in 1965. From 1962 to 1964 he was chairman of the IEEE Professional Group on Electronic Computers (now the IEEE Computer Society). He served as director of American Federation of Information Processing Societies and held many committee posts...

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...