Correspondence on and other papers relating to Charles Babbage

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Includes correspondence with Angela Pacillo, University of Bari; Jim Roberts; Doron D. Swade, Science Museum; Sir Austin Robinson, Sidney Sussex College; Jenny Jardine, Cambridge University Development Office; Ole Immanuel Franksen, Technical University of Denmark Lyngby; E. F. Clark; Pierre E. Mounier-Kuhn, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers; Alan J. Clark, Deputy Librarian of the Royal Society; Philip C. Enros, Science Council of Canada; Robert Bolick, MIT Press; Douglas Fraser, Christ's College; Michael Lindgren, National Museum of Science and Technology Stockholm. Also includes list of Babbage portraits, reviews by Doron Swade of works on Babbage, papers relating to the launch of the Works of Charles Babbage, edited by Martin Campbell-Kelly, summary of a Babbage opera, a draft paper 'Babbage's expectations for the difference engine' by MVW, notes on archival collections and versions of Pray, Mr Babbage.

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Papers of Maurice WilkesWilkes

Personal and Professional Papers (Series I)Wilkes/I

Correspondence and related administrative papersWilkes/I/A

Lecture notes, related correspondence, and papers related to lecture tours and other visitsWilkes/I/B

Diaries and notebooks stored in the Bottom Drawer of the College Room filing cabinetWilkes/I/BD

Correspondence and associated papers relating to academic visits overseasWilkes/I/C

Papers relating to overseas academic visits and to articles written by WilkesWilkes/I/D

Royalty statements, publishers' agreements and related papersWilkes/I/E

Papers relating to overseas academic travelWilkes/I/F

Historical projectsWilkes/I/G

MiscellaneousWilkes/I/K

Miscellaneous press cuttings, brochures and other papers of a broadly biographical natureWilkes/I/K/1

Correspondence and notes on the history of computingWilkes/I/K/2

Drafts of lectures, and associated notesWilkes/I/K/3

Technical notes on miscellaneous computing subjectsWilkes/I/K/4

'Unpublished papers' by MVWWilkes/I/K/5

Correspondence on miscellaneous, mostly non-computing topicsWilkes/I/K/6

Correspondence and associated papers chiefly relating to the history of computingWilkes/I/K/7

Correspondence and other papers relating to a case between IBM, for whom MVW provided an affidavit, and the European CommissionWilkes/I/K/8

Correspondence and other papers relating to litigation over US Patent 3701972Wilkes/I/K/9

Family ration books, savings cards, insurance books, identity cards and other related documentsWilkes/I/K/10

Correspondence with Martin Campbell-Kelly, Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, and his research student Mary CroarkenWilkes/I/K/11

Two versions of a paper by MVW on Empiric, 'a programming language designed to facilitate a fine grain of protection'Wilkes/I/K/12

Miscellaneous lecture notes by MVW on the history of computingWilkes/I/K/13

'Lecture notes on the numerical solution of partial differential equations', prepared by MVWWilkes/I/K/14

Press cuttings, booklets and a photograph relating principally to MVW's grandfather, V. A. WilkesWilkes/I/K/15

Drafts of an account of a lecture on the ENIAC by John Brainerd delivered at the Computer Museum in 1981 which MVW prepared for the Annals of the History of ComputingWilkes/I/K/16

Notes and papers on lunar harmonic analysis, including copy of MVW, 'The solar and luni-solar harmonic components of geomagnetic variation at San Fernando', Journal of atmospheric and terrestrial physics (1962) and several EDSAC programme sheetsWilkes/I/K/17

Algol programs run in Amsterdam by Aad van Wijngaarden and othersWilkes/I/K/18

Miscellaneous reports and papers by MVWWilkes/I/K/19

Miscellaneous correspondence removed from a miscellaneous file in MVW's Olivetti officeWilkes/I/K/20

Miscellaneous correspondence removed from a miscellaneous file in MVW's Olivetti officeWilkes/I/K/21

Correspondence with Martin Campbell-Kelly, Department of Computer Science at the University of WarwickWilkes/I/K/22

Correspondence with Mary Croarken about her paper for the special issue of the annals of the History of Computing re the history of computing at CambridgeWilkes/I/K/23

Correspondence and related papers re articles in Annals of the History of ComputingWilkes/I/K/24

Correspondence on and other papers relating to Charles BabbageWilkes/I/K/25

Correspondence and other papers relating to reports on the Modula-2 and Modula-3 programming languagesWilkes/I/K/26

Correspondence and some related papers on the history of computingWilkes/I/K/27

Correspondence, photographs, review and other papers relating to MVW's Computing perspectives, published by Morgan Kauffman in 1994Wilkes/I/K/28

Research papers, reports and correspondence relating to CRISP, ARM and other topical matters, mostly prepared by MVW for the Olivetti Research BoardWilkes/I/K/29

Correspondence and associated papers relating to WISPWilkes/I/K/30

Papers and programs relating to the Programmer's Utility Filing System (PUFS)Wilkes/I/K/31

Papers and programs relating to WISP AutocodeWilkes/I/K/32

Correspondence and papers relating to lecture on E. V. Appleton, delivered by MVW to the IEE in 1995 and a paper written for Notes and Records of the Royal SocietyWilkes/I/K/33

Correspondence between MVW and Allan Bromley re Charles Babbage, with associated papersWilkes/I/K/34

Notes and papers relating to cryotrons, involving Dudley Buck and A. D. Little Inc.Wilkes/I/K/35

Correspondence re Charles Babbage's Cambridge career with Doron Swade and Brendan BradshawWilkes/I/K/36

Correspondence with I. Bernard Cohen and others relating to Charles Babbage, the Winthrop family, Howard Aiken, and Whig historyWilkes/I/K/37

'As broadcast' scripts for Third Programme recordings on aspects of computingWilkes/I/K/38

Miscellaneous correspondence as head of departmentWilkes/I/K/39

Miscellaneous correspondence as head of department, with associated papersWilkes/I/K/40

LecturesWilkes/I/L

Personal and Professional Papers (Series II)Wilkes/II

Personal and Professional Papers (Series III)Wilkes/III

AwardsWilkes/IV