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Claude A. R. Kagan Papers, 1951-1981. Finding Aid.

Summary Information
Title: Claude A. R. Kagan papers
Dates: 1951-1981
Creator: Kagan, Claude A. R.
Extent: 4 boxes (1 cubic foot)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 16
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, memoranda, sketches, newsletters, and policy manuals largely relating to the origin and organization of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and allied professional groups.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use
Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Claude A. R. Kagan in 1986.

Access Restrictions:

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:

Claude A. R. Kagan Papers (CBI 16), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.


Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:

  • American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), 1959-1965, 1981
  • American Institute of Electrical Engineering (AIEE) Computing Devices Committee, 1958-1964
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 1976
  • National Joint Computer Conference (NJCC), 1951-1963
  • Other Professional Activities, 1962-1966

Biographical Note

Claude A. R. Kagan received a B.M.E., B.E.E. (1949) and M.S. (1950) from Cornell University, after which he was employed by Ebasco Services. In 1953 he joined the Western Electric Company in Lawrence, Massachusetts. At Western's Engineering Research Center in Princeton he worked on a computer system technology and high-level language development.

Long interested in the use of computers in engineering and communication, he was active in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers' computing devices and data communications committees. He became vice-chairman of the American Institute of Electrical Engineer's (AIEE) Computing Devices Committee in 1959 and chairman in 1960. He held that position throughout the formation of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) in 1962. He also chaired several AFIPS committees and served on the board of the National Joint Computer Conference (NJCC).


Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection includes correspondence, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, memoranda, sketches, newsletters, and policy manuals largely relating to the origin and organization of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and allied professional groups. The collection includes information about the AFIPS education committee, early Joint Computer Conferences, the Harry Goode Memorial Award, the AFIPS constitution and logo, and the computer-related activities of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Institute of Radio Engineers and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Correspondents of note include: Ruben A. Imm, Keith W. Uncapher, and Willis H. Ware.

Subject Terms
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.
  • Imm, Ruben A.
  • Kagan, Claude A. R.
  • Uncapher, Keith W.
  • Ware, Willis H.
  • American Federation of Information Processing Societies
  • American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Computing Device Committee
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Institute of Radio Engineers
  • Joint Computer Conference
  • Computer engineering--Congresses
  • Electronic data processing--Congresses
Box and Folder List
 Location  Title
 
American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), 1959-1965, 1981 
Note The American Federation of Information Processing Societies series includes drafts of the proposed constitution, constitution committee correspondence, drawings of proposed AFIPS logos, education committee materials, and minutes of meetings, reports on policies, and correspondence relating to the first AFIPS sponsored conferences. The conference records document the changes that were implemented when AFIPS became responsible for the Joint Computer Conference. Correspondents include most of the original AFIPS board members, including Willis H. Ware and Ruben A. Imm.
Box 1
Board, 1961 Box 1, Folder 1
 
Conference Committee, 1961-1964 Box 1, Folder 2
 
Conferences:  
Box 1
1962 Spring Joint Computer Conference, 1961-1962 Box 1, Folder 3
 
1962 Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1962-1963 Box 1, Folder 4
 
1963 Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1962-1964 Box 1, Folder 5
 
1964 Spring Joint Computer Conference, 1963-1964 Box 1, Folder 6
 
1964 Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1963-1964 Box 2, Folder 1
 
1965 Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1964-1965 Box 2, Folder 2
 
Constitution, 1960-1964 Box 2, Folder 3
 
Constitution Committee, 1959-1961 Box 2, Folder 4
 
Education Committee, 1962-1964 Box 2, Folder 5
 
Harry Goode Award, 1964-1965, 1981 Box 2, Folder 6
 
Logo, 1961 Box 2, Folder 7
 
American Institute of Electrical Engineering (AIEE) Computing Devices Committee, 1958-1964 
Note This series contains several files of correspondence, a file of appointments to NJCC and AFIPS, and copies of a newsletter.
Box 2
Correspondence, part 1, 1959-1960 Box 2, Folder 8
Box 3
Correspondence, 1959-1962 Box 3, Folder 1-5
 
Appointments to NJCC and AFIPS, 1958-1963 Box 3, Folder 6
 
AFIPS/AIEE Correspondence, 1961-1964 Box 3, Folder 7
 
AFIPS/AIEE Planning Phase, 1958-1961 Box 3, Folder 8
 
IRE/AIEE Correspondence, 1959-1961 Box 3, Folder 9
 
Institute Technical Group, 1961 Box 3, Folder 10
 
Newsletter, 1962-1963 Box 3, Folder 11
 
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 1976 
Box 3
Policy on appointments to AFIPS, 1976 Box 3, Folder 12
 
National Joint Computer Conference (NJCC), 1951-1963 
Note The NJCC files contain minutes of meetings, reports on policies, and correspondence related to the computer conferences it sponsored.
 
Conferences:  
Box 4
1951 Eastern Joint Computer Conference, Local Arrangements Committee, 1951 Box 4, Folder 2
 
1959 Eastern Joint Computer Conference, 1959-1960 Box 4, Folder 3
 
1960 Eastern Joint Computer Conference, 1959-1960 Box 4, Folder 4
 
1960 Western Joint Computer Conference, 1959-1960 Box 4, Folder 5
 
1961 Eastern Joint Computer Conference, 1960-1961 Box 4, Folder 6
 
1961 Western Joint Computer Conference, 1960-1961 Box 4, Folder 7
 
Minutes, 1960-1962 Box 4, Folder 1
 
NJCC Policy Manual, 1959-1963 Box 4, Folder 8
 
Other Professional Activities, 1962-1966 
Note This series includes a transcript of the session, "Data Communications - The 1976 View," held at the 1966 National Electronics Conference. It also contains the paper which Kagan, who organized and chaired the session, wrote entitled " Group Signaling and Monitoring System," based on a simple communications device used during the session.
Box 4
Addresses and Committee Lists, 1962-1964 Box 4, Folder 9
 
National Electronic Conference, "Data Communications - 1976 View," 1966 Box 4, Folder 10