International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 2.1 ALGOL Bulletin Records, 1959-1976. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 2.1 ALGOL Bulletin records
Dates: 1959-1976
Creator: IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algol
Extent: 2 boxes (0.6 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 29
Abstract:

Collection includes an incomplete run of the ALGOL Bulletin, numbers 1-39 (numbers 9, 17, and 18 were not included in the collection), an ALGOL mailing list, a technical report, and a report on ALGOL 60.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

Materials were given to CBI by Mrs. Alan J. Perlis in 1990, the Association for Computing Machinery in 1990, and various individuals.

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:

International Federation for Information Processing. Working Group 2.1, ALGOL Bulletin (CBI 29), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

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

• ALGOL Bulletin
• Miscellaneous

Historical Note

The ALGOL (Algorithmic Language) programming language was developed by committees of the Association for Computing Machinery and the Gesellsch aft fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik for the task for specifying computational processes on digital computers. The first version of ALGOL was published by Perlis and Samuelson in 1959 and is now known as ALGOL 58. The ALGOL Bulletin was an outgrowth of an ALGOL implementation conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark in February 1959. The Regnecentralen in Copenhagen served as the production and distribution center for the irregularly published ALGOL Bulletin which was initially edited by Peter Naur.

Initially, the ALGOL Bulletin served a largely European audience since suggested changes in ALGOL in the United States were sent to ACM Communications. The last issue of the ALGOL Bulletin published by this group was number 15 in 1962. In 1962, the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) created Working Group 2.1 (Working Group on ALGOL) which displaced the original group and the ALGOL Bulletin became an IFIP publication.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection contains an incomplete run of the ALGOL Bulletin, numbers 1-39. Numbers 9, 17, and 18 were not included in the collection. In addition, an ALGOL mailing list, a technical report, and a report on ALGOL 60 are also included in the collection.

Related Material

The Alan J. Perlis Papers (CBI 64)

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.
• IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algol
• ALGOL (Computer program language) -- History -- Sources.
• ALGOL (Computer program language) -- Research.
• ALGOL (Computer program language) -- Periodical
• Computer industry -- Societies, etc.
• Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- History -- Sources.
• Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Research.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
		ALGOL Bulletin
Box 1		Numbers 1-39, 1959-1976. Box 1, Folder 1-7
Box 2		Numbers 1-39, 1959-1976. Box 2, Folder 1-3
		Miscellaneous
Box 2		ALGOL 60 Report, 1960. Box 2, Folder 4
		ALGOL mailing list, 1971. Box 2, Folder 5
		Technical report, 1968. Box 2, Folder 5