Correspondence, notices and other papers relating to biographical matters

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Includes draft Who's Who entries and related correspondence, a number of concise biographical summaries, a letter from Stewart Lee, University of Cambridge, and a number of portrait photographs including three by Sean Potter.

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Papers of Maurice WilkesWilkes

Personal and Professional Papers (Series I)Wilkes/I

Personal and Professional Papers (Series II)Wilkes/II

Personal and Professional Papers (Series III)Wilkes/III

Files primarily relating to personal and biographical mattersWilkes/III/P

Correspondence, notices and other papers relating to biographical mattersWilkes/III/P/1

Correspondence and other papers on miscellaneous biographical and personal topicsWilkes/III/P/2

Routes and maps collected by MVWWilkes/III/P/3

Correspondence for the most part with Allan G. Bromley, University of Sydney, with press cuttings and photocopiesWilkes/III/P/4

Papers and correspondence relating to the fiftieth anniversary celebration of EDSAC in CambridgeWilkes/III/P/5

Correspondence, lecture lists, programmes and other papers relating to the University of Cambridge and to the Computer LaboratoryWilkes/III/P/6

Correspondence and papers relating to the Annals of the History of ComputingWilkes/III/P/8

Correspondence, photographs, conference programmes and other papers relating to a Babbage-Faraday Conference held in St John's College Cambridge during July 1991Wilkes/III/P/9

Correspondence and papers relating to MVW's trusteeship of the Computer History Museum, BostonWilkes/III/P/12

Correspondence with staff at the Oxford English Dictionary and related papers detailing MVW's work as a specialist consultantWilkes/III/P/13

Correspondence, itineraries, programme and other papers relating to the NEC C&C Prize awarded to MVW in 1988Wilkes/III/P/14

Correspondence with Hank Tropp, Humboldt State University, and related papersWilkes/III/P/15

Correspondence, photocopied articles, agreements and other papers re MVW's contribution to the Encyclopedia of Computer ScienceWilkes/III/P/16

Correspondence and other papers relating to a visit by Henry [Hank] Tropp to St John's College CambridgeWilkes/III/P/17

Correspondence, publicity material, press cutting and other papers relating to the Italgas Prize won by MVWWilkes/III/P/22

Correspondence, speeches, laureate references and other papers relating to the Kyoto Prize awarded to MVW in 1992Wilkes/III/P/24

Correspondence, draft articles, editorial information and other papers relating to MVW's aborted biography of Charles Babbage for the Oxford DNBWilkes/III/P/25

Correspondence, CVs, obituary notice and other papers relating to William Elliott and his archiveWilkes/III/P/27

Correspondence and press cutting relating to the award of the Mountbatten Medal and the offer of an honorary degree from the University of WolverhamptonWilkes/III/P/28

Correspondence, briefing paper, offprint and other papers relating to MVW's investigation of optical computing and its application to telecommunications, which included visits to the BT Laboratories at MartleshamWilkes/III/P/29

Correspondence with Jeremy Norman re the cataloguing of his library and computing collection and his work as an antiquarian book dealerWilkes/III/P/31

Correspondence, newsletter, menu and invitation re MVW's admission as an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument MakersWilkes/III/P/32

Correspondence, drafts, notes and press cuttings relating to the Royal Society memoir for Tom Kilburn, written jointly by MVW and Hilary KahnWilkes/III/P/33

'The evolution of the single chip microcomputer 1980-2005'Wilkes/III/P/34

Files relating principally to membership of various clubs, societies and other bodiesWilkes/III/S

Technical filesWilkes/III/T

Files relating to later research and lecture toursWilkes/III/V

AwardsWilkes/IV