Miscellaneous reports and papers by MVW

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Includes a report on a UNESCO conference; 'The design of a symbol-interpretation language intended for implementation in hardware'; 'Magnetic tape regarded as a data transmission medium'; 'A system of data organisation for a general-purpose programming language'; 'Professional computer assistance in research groups'; 'Training of programmers and numerical analysts in the United Kingdom'; 'A test problem for systems of computer-aided mathematics'; 'Digital computers in control'; 'Digital computers: what they are and why they are important in management'; 'WISP as an outer programming language'.

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'Unpublished papers' by MVWWilkes/I/K/5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