University of
Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]
History of Programming Languages Conference (1978 : Los
Angeles, Calif.)
History of Programming
Languages Conference, 1978, Los Angeles, California records
1959, 1972-1993
10 boxes (8
cubic feet)
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.
CBI 19
English
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by the
Association for Computing Machinery.
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in
the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as
published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair
use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation:
History of Programming Languages Conference Records (CBI 19), Charles
Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following
groups:
- Conference Management, 1972-1993
- Conference Program, 1977-1982
- Publication, 1977-1982
Historical Note
The History of Programming Languages Conference was organized by the
Special Interest Group in Programming Languages of the Association for
Computing Machinery, and took place in Los Angeles on June 1-3, 1978. The
purpose of the conference was to provide a written record for programming
languages that were created by 1967, remained in use by 1977, and influence the
field of computing. Speakers included those who had played a major part in the
development and use of ALGOL, APL, APT, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, GPSS, JOSS,
JOVIAL, LISP, PL/I, SIMULA, and SNOBOL. Jean E. Sammet served as general and
program committee chairman, and John A. N. Lee was the administrative chairman.
Proceedings of the conference were edited by Richard L. Wexelblat and published
in 1981 as History of Programming Languages.
Scope and Content Note
Conference Management materials document the organization and the
administration of the History of Programming Languages Conference. Materials
include correspondence, planning notes and material, memoranda, mailing lists,
National Science Foundation grant records, and administrative policies.
Correspondents include Herbert R. J. Grosch, John A. N. Lee, Jean E. Sammet,
and Richard L. Wexelblat.
Conference Program materials include drafts of session papers,
transcripts of presentations, material related to the production of audio tapes
and video tapes of the conference, and audio tapes and video tapes of
conference sessions.
Publication records include biographies of presenters, copies of some
of the presentations included in the published volume, proofs and drafts, and
administrative material related to the publication of the proceedings.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Grosch, Herbert R. J.
Lee, John A. N.
Sammet, Jean E., 1928-
Wexelblat, Richard L.
ALGOL (Computer
program language)
APL (Computer
program language)
APT (Computer
program language)
BASIC (Computer
program language)
COBOL (Computer
program language)
FORTRAN
(Computer program language)
GPSS (Computer
program language)
JOSS
(Electronic computer system)
JOVIAL
(Computer program language)
LISP (Computer
program language)
PL/I (Computer
program language)
Programming
languages (Electronic computers)
Programming
languages (Electronic computers) --Congresses
SIMULA
(Computer program language)
SNOBOL
(Computer program language)
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Conference Management,
1972-1993
1
1
ACM Guidelines for ACM SIG/SIC and Regional
Conferences,
1972, 1976-1977.
1
2
ACM Technical Meeting Request Form,
1976-1977.
1
3
Administrative Committee,
1978.
1
4
Archive Choice,
1979-1980.
1
5
Audio-Visual Aids,
1977-1978.
1
6
Budget,
1977-1979.
1
7
Description of Conference,
1971-1972, 1975, 1977.
1
8
Exhibits,
1977-1978.
1
9-14
Finances,
1977-1985.
1
15-20
Grosch, Herbert,
1959, 1977.
1
21
Language Coordinator Mailings,
1977-1978.
1
22-23
Local Arrangements,
1977-1978.
1
24
Mailing List,
1977-1981.
1
25-26
Memoranda, Technical and Other Major Distribution Memos,
1977-1978.
Miscellaneous
1
27
AFIPS -- NCC 1978,
1977-1979.
1
28
Annals of the History of Computing, (Advertisements,
Reviews, and related Correspondence),
1978-1981.
1
29
Birds of a Feather Session,
1978.
1
30
Brochure for NCC 1982,
1979-1982.
Correspondence
2
1-2
Correspondence,
1977-1978.
2
3
Distribution of Conference Material,
1979, 1981.
2
4
Requests to Reprint HOPL Papers and Photos,
1978-1983.
2
5
Reviews and Complimentary Letters re: Conference,
Book, Tapes,
1978-1983.
2
6
Thank You Letters,
1978-1979.
2
7
Travel Authorizations and Travel-Related
Correspondence,
1977-1978.
NSF Grant
2
8-9
Correspondence,
1977-1980.
2
10
Date Extension Material,
1979-1980.
2
11
Final Report,
1981.
2
12-15
Finances,
1977-1980.
2
16-17
Proposal,
1977-1978.
2
18
Quarterly Reports,
1978-1980.
2
19-20
Planning Notes,
1977-1979.
2
21
Program Committee,
1977-1978.
2
22
Program Planning and Layout,
1977-1978.
2
23-24
Publicity,
1977-1978.
2
25
Registration,
1977-1978.
2
26
Scholarships,
1977-1978.
3
1
Speaker Guidelines,
1977-1978.
3
2
Speaker Mailings,
1977-1978.
3
3
Speaker Responses and Acceptance Letters,
1977.
Special Speakers
3
4
Banquet Speech,
1978.
3
5
Banquet Toastmaster,
1977-1978.
3
6
Closing Session Speaker,
1977-1978.
3
7
Discussants,
1977-1978.
3
8
Keynote Speaker,
1977-1978.
3
9-10
Staff,
1977-1978.
3
11
Transcription Services,
1978.
10
Paper Submission and Guidelines for Comments,
1992.
10
Financial Documentation,
1991-1992.
10
Financial Documentation,
1991-1993.
10
Grant Information,
1992-1993.
10
Grant Information,
1992.
10
Logo,
1990-1991.
10
Publications.
10
Preprints/Book.
10
Publicity,
1992-1993.
10
Publicity.
10
Book Exhibits Coordination,
1992-1993.
10
Volunteers.
10
AV and Recording.
10
Hotel Arrangements,
1990-1991.
10
HOPL - Hotel.
10
HOPL General Correspondence.
10
Correspondence,
1992-1993.
10
Admin Meeting HOPL.
10
Correspondence, Jean Sammet,
1990.
10
My Forum Talk.
10
HOPL Forum.
10
Workshops.
10
Forum.
10
Small Talk.
10
Evaluation Form.
10
Student Fellows.
10
Others.
10
Cassette Tapes.
10
Slides.
Conference Program,
1977-1982
Papers (drafts)
3
12
ALGOL 58,60,
1977-1978.
3
13
APL,
1977-1978.
3
14
APT,
1977-1978.
3
15
BASIC,
1977-1978.
3
16
COBOL,
1977.
3
17
FORTRAN,
1977-1978.
3
18
GPSS,
1977-1978.
3
19
JOVIAL,
1977-1978.
3
20
JOSS,
1977-1978.
3
21
LISP,
1977-1979.
3
22
PL/1,
1977-1979.
3
23
SIMULA,
1977-1978.
3
24-25
SNOBOL,
1977-1978.
Photos
7
Photos and Related Correspondence,
1977-1978.
Presentations (transcripts)
4
1
Opening Session
4
2
ALGOL Session
4
3
APL Session
4
4
APT Session
4
5
BASIC Session
4
6
COBOL Session
4
7
FORTRAN Session
4
8
GPSS Session
4
9
JOSS Session
4
10
JOVIAL Session
4
11
LISP Session
4
12
PL/1 Session
4
13
SIMULA Session
4
14
SNOBOL Session
4
15
Question-and-Answer Session
4
16
Closing Remarks
4
17
Banquet
Tapes
4
18
Audio/Video Tape Order Booklet,
1978-1979.
4
19-20
Audio/Video Tape Promotional Brochure,
1979-1980.
4
21
Audio/Video Tape Release Forms,
1978-1979.
4
22
Audio/Video Tape Status and Correspondence,
1977-1982.
4
23
Video Excerpts Correspondence and Notes,
1978-1979.
4
24
Video Excerpts Speaker Releases,
1978-1979.
4
25-28
Video Excerpts Transcripts, Notes and Correspondence,
1978-1979.
4
29
Video Tape Requests,
1979.
Audio cassette tapes
5
Opening Session (1)
5
Language Sessions (13)
5
Closing Remarks (1)
5
Excerpts (3)
5
Banquet (2)
Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes
6
Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes (5)
Video Tapes
6
Opening Session, Sammet and Hopper (2)
8
Programming Language and Closing Sessions
(15)
Publication,
1977-1982.
9
1
Biographies of Authors,
1978-1979.
9
2-3
Contract,
1979.
9
4
Copyright Transfer Forms,
1978.
9
5
Editorial Board,
1977-1978.
9
6
Index,
1978-1981.
9
7
Photos and Related Correspondence,
1978-1980.
Preprint papers
9
8
"American Side of the Development of ALGOL," Alan J.
Perlis
9
9
"European Side of the Last Phase of the ALGOL 60,"
Peter Naur
9
10
"BASIC," Thomas E. Kurtz.
9
11
"History of COBOL," Jean Sammet
9
12
"History of FORTRAN I, II, III," John
Backus
9
13
"Development of the General Purpose Simulation System
(GPSS)," Geoffrey Gordon.
9
14
"JOSS: Johnniac Open-Shop System," C. L. Baker.
9
15
"Development of JOVIAL," Jules I. Schwartz
9
16
"History of LISP," John McCarthy
9
17
"Early History and Characteristics of PL/1," George
Radin
9
18
"Development of the SIMULA Languages," Kristin
Nygaard, Ole-Johan Dahl
9
19
"History of the SNOBOL Programming Languages," Ralph
E. Griswold
9
20
Preprints for Book,
1978-1979.
9
21
Pricing,
1980.
9
22-24
Production,
1977-1979.
9
25
Promotional Material,
1981.
9
26-32
Proofs and Drafts,
1978-1980.
9
33
Publications Board,
1978-1981.
9
34
Publisher,
1977-1978.
9
35-36
Status and Correspondence,
1977-1982.