Conference on Federal Government Involvement in Electronic Computing Documentation
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of History and Technology
label: Names
content: Association for Computing Machinery.
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content: Data Processing Management Association
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content: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
label: Names
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medicine and Science
label: Speaker
content: Collins, Michael, 1930-2021
label: Names
content: Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992
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content: Merzbach, Uta C., 1933-
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content: Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
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content: Rosenthal, Solomon
topic: label: Topic
content: Computers -- History
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content: Conferences -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of History and Technology
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers and recordings relating to a conference held at the National Museum of History and Technology (now called the National Museum of American History) on October 23, 1978. The Conference was a joint effort by the Smithsonian, the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Data Processing Management Association, and the Washington, D.C.chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The collection includes: a program signed by participants; photographs taken at the conference; planning documents such as invitations to speakers to participate and responses to them, proposed guest lists, proposed agendas, press releases, minutes of the planning committee for the Conference; documents relating to budgeting for the conference; and audiocassette and reel-to-reel tapes of the conference.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The concept for this conference was developed by Sol Rosenthal and Bill LaPlante, both considered pioneers in the field of computing. The conference was planned to honor the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Washington chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1979. An additional impetus was the awareness that many of the original members of the chapter were at advanced ages, and the fear that early computer history would become lost if not recorded. A committee was formed with Rosenthal and Smithsonian Curator Uta Merzbach as chairs, a program was developed, and speakers and participants invited. The conference, held on October 23, 1978 was considered very successful as participants provided a wealth of historical detail. Notable participants include Grace Murray Hopper, former NASA astronaut Michael Collins, and Jacob Rabinow, among others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976-1979
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Medicine and Science (now Division of Medicine and Science), National Museum of American History, in 2012.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1298
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audiocassettes
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content: Audiotapes
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content: Budgets
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content: Minutes
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content: Photographs
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content: Programs
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content: Press releases
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
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content: Audiocassettes
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content: Audiotapes
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content: Budgets
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content: Minutes
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content: Photographs -- 1970-1980
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content: Programs
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content: Press releases
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is currently unprocessed.