Paul Armer Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)
label: Creator
content: SHARE (Association)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Computers, Information and Society
label: Names
content: Rand Corporation
topic: label: Topic
content: Information processing, human
label: Topic
content: Human information processing
label: Topic
content: Computers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Paul Armer, 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)
label: Creator
content: SHARE (Association)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Paul Armer Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents computing organizations in which Paul Armer was active.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Armer, an employee of the Rand Corporation, was a pioneer in computer development on the West Coast in the 1950s and 1960s.  He was an officer of the Los Angeles chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the 1950s and served on its National Council in 1958-1960 and 1964-1968.  He participated in the ACM National Lectureship Series in 1966 67.  He also represented the ACM on the National Joint Computer Committee, (NJCC) in 1958 61 and was vice chair of NJCC during 1959-1960.  Armer was president of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) in 1968-1969.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Cubic feet (15 document boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1970
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Computers, Information and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science)to the Archives Center, February 6, 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0323
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Memorandums
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Minutes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The Collection is divided into four series. 

Series 1: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Series 2: National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC)

Series 3: SHARE

Series 4: American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, 1989.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Memorandums
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Minutes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection represents files of the organizations noted above in which Armer was active.  It includes minutes of meetings, correspondence (of Armer and others) and memoranda relating to the organizations and their committees.  Published papers and rough drafts of articles on a wide range of subjects related to computer uses and applications are also included.  Reports and summaries of meetings and symposia cover a variety of issues relating to computers and information processing.  All of the material is carefully grouped in folders labeled by subject and in chronological order.  Additional material relating to Paul Armer's career is contained in oral histories in NMAH Archives Center Collections.