Willis H. Ware Papers, 1948-1997. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Willis H. Ware papers.
Dates:
Creator: Ware, Willis H.
Extent: 17 boxes (15 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 40
Abstract:

Collection contains reports, proceedings, reference material, publications and correspondence relating to Willis Ware's career and professional involvement with the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data and the Privacy Protection Study Commission.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Willis H. Ware in 1980 and 2000.

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:

Willis H. Ware Papers (CBI 40), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

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

• Automated Personal Data Systems (ADPS) Records, 1972-1973
• Privacy Protection Study Commission (PPSC) Records, 1975-1977

Biographical Note

Willis H. Ware was one of the original staff members of the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton in 1946. In 1952, Ware joined Rand Corporation and from 1964 to 1971, he served as the head of the Computer Sciences Department at Rand and became a senior member of the corporate research staff. Ware was the first president of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and received several awards including the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Centennial Medal and AFIPS' Distinguished Service Award.

Ware was chairman of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data, which was established in 1972 "...in response to growing concern about the harmful consequences that may result from uncontrolled application of computer and telecommunications technology to the collection, storage, and use of data about individual citizens." The committee's report entitled Records Computers and the Rights of Citizens, published in July 1973, led to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974.

Ware also served as vice-chairman of the Privacy Protection Study Commission which was created by the Privacy Act of 1974. The commission devoted two years to its study of personal data used by government and the private sector. Its final report entitled Personal Privacy in an Information Society and the associated appendices made recommendations for protecting personal data.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection contains meeting and hearing transcripts, background notebooks, reports, statements, presentations, briefings, and other miscellaneous records from the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems (APDS) and the Privacy Protection Study Commission (PPSC) that Ware collected in his capacity of chairman and vice chairman respectively. The collection also includes company files collected by Ware during his career.

Topics include: computers and the rights of citizens, technology and privacy, personal privacy in an information society, automated personal data systems, and the privacy implications of medical, credit, and other records.

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.
• Ware, Willis H.
• United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems
• United States. Privacy Protection Study Commission
• Computers--Access control
• Data protection
• Privacy, Right of--United States

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
		Automated Personal Data Systems (ADPS) Records, 1972-1973
Box 1		Transcripts, 1972.  Box 1, Folder 1-16 Note Proceedings of the committee meetings, some of which also included presentations that are recorded in the transcript. Please note: transcripts for the first, fifth, and seventh meetings of the committee were not received with the collection.
		Background materials, 1972.  Box 1, Folder 17-24 Note Includes statements, publications, and memoranda, for committee meetings. No background material for the seventh meeting was received with the collection.
Box 2		Background materials, 1972.  Box 2, Folder 1-11 Note Includes statements, publications, and memoranda, for committee meetings. No background material for the seventh meeting was received with the collection.
		Records Computers and the Rights of Citizens [Final report of APDS], 1973.  Box 2
		Privacy Protection Study Commission (PPSC) Records, 1975-1977
		Transcripts, 1975-1977.   Note Proceedings of regular commission meetings as well as hearings that it held. Some regular commission meetings also included presentations.
		Meeting Transcripts, 1975-1977
Box 7		[Initial meeting] 11 July 1975.  Box 7 , Folder 16
Box 7		29 October 1975.  Box 7, Folder 17
Box 2		15 November 1975.  Box 2 , Folder 17
Box 3		12 December 1975.  Box 3 , Folder 7
Box 7		Commission meeting and presentations on freedom of the press, 22 January 1976.  Box 7 , Folder 18-19
		Commission meeting and discussion of Internal Revenue Service matters, 23 January 1976.  Box 7 , Folder 20-21
Box 3		20 April 1976.  Box 3, Folder 17-18
Box 3		21 April 1976.  Box 3 , Folder 19-23
Box 4		22 April 1976.  Box 4, Folder 1-3
		Executive session, 25 May 1976.  Box 4, Folder 11-12
Box 5		20 October 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 13-14
Box 5		21 October 1976.  Box 5, Folder 15-16
Box 5		22 October 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 17
Box 7		General executive session, 10 November 1976.  Box 7 , Folder 22-23
Box 6		2 February 1977.  Box 6, Folder 21-22
		Policy recommendations on insurance, 3 February 1977.  Box 6, Folder 23
Box 7		Policy recommendations on insurance, 3 February 1977.  Box 7, Folder 1
Box 7		Policy recommendations on commercial reporting, electronic funds transfer, and depository institutions, 9 February 1977.  Box 7 , Folder 2-3
		Policy recommendations on medical records, 10 February 1977.  Box 7 , Folder 4-5
Box 7		Policy recommendations on research and statistics, and educational records, 2 March 1977.  Box 7, Folder 6-7
		Policy recommendations on research and statistics, and educational records, 3 March 1977.  Box 7, Folder 8
		Review of commission findings, 6 March 1977.  Box 7, Folder 9-10
		Review of commission findings, 17 March 1977.  Box 7, Folder 11-12
Box 7		Recommendations, 3 May 1977.  Box 7 , Folder 13
		Recommendations, 4 May 1977.  Box 7 , Folder 14-15
		Hearing Transcripts, 1975-1977
Box 3		Credit cards and reservation systems, 11 February 1976.  Box 3, Folder 8-9
		Credit cards and reservation systems, 12 February 1976.  Box 3, Folder 10-11
		Credit cards and reservation systems, 13 February 1976.  Box 3, Folder 12
Box 4		Credit reporting and payment authorization, 3 August 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 22
Box 5		Credit reporting and payment authorization, 3 August 1976.  Box 5, Folder 1-2
Box 5		Credit reporting and payment authorization, 4 August 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 3-5
		Credit reporting and payment authorization, 5 August 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 6-8
Box 5		Employment and personnel record keeping practices, 9 December 1976.  Box 5, Folder 22
Box 6		Employment and personnel record keeping practices, 9 December 1976.  Box 6, Folder 1
Box 6		Employment and personnel record keeping practices, 10 December 1976.  Box 6 , Folder 2-3
		Employment and personnel record keeping practices, 16 December 1976.  Box 6 , Folder 4-5
		Employment and personnel record keeping practices, 17 December 1976.  Box 6 , Folder 6-7
Box 2		Mailing lists, 12 November 1975.  Box 2 , Folder 12-13
Box 3		Mailing lists, 10 December 1975.  Box 3 , Folder 1-2
		Mailing lists, 11 December 1975.  Box 3 , Folder 3-4
Box 4		Medical records, 10 June 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 13-15
		Medical records, 11 June 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 16-17
		Medical records, 20 July 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 18-19
		Medical records, 21 July 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 20-21
Box 6		Private investigative firms, 26 January 1977.  Box 6, Folder 19-20
		Public assistance and social services, 11 January 1977.  Box 6, Folder 12-14
		Public assistance and social services, 12 January 1977.  Box 6, Folder 15-16
		Public assistance and social services, 13 January 1977.  Box 6, Folder 17-18
Box 6		Record keeping practices of educational institutions, 7 October 1976.  Box 6 , Folder 9-10
Box 5		Record keeping practices of educational institutions, 8 October 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 11-12
		Record keeping practices of educational institutions, 11 November 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 18-19
		Record keeping practices of educational institutions, 12 November 1976.  Box 5 , Folder 20-21
Box 4		Record keeping practices of institutions within the insurance industry, 19 May 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 4-6
Box 4		Record keeping practices of institutions within the insurance industry, 20 May 1976.  Box 4, Folder 7-8
Box 4		Record keeping practices of institutions within the insurance industry, 21 May 1976.  Box 4 , Folder 9-10
Box 6		Research and statistics, 5 January 1977.  Box 6 , Folder 8-9
		Research and statistics, 6 January 1977.  Box 6 , Folder 10-11
Box 3		Tax return confidentiality, 11 March 1976.  Box 3 , Folder 13-14
		Tax return confidentiality, 12 March 1976.  Box 3 , Folder 15-16
		Hearing Summaries, 1975-1976  Note Includes summaries prepared by the commission staff. Some hearing summaries are included with the Draft Recommendations subseries to retain original order.
		Credit cards, 1976.  Note See: entry under "Draft Recommendations" subseries.
		Federal tax return confidentiality, 1976.   Note See: entry under "Draft Recommendations" subseries.
Box 2		Mailing lists, November 1975-January 1976. Box 2, Folder 16
Box 11		Medical records, 1976. Box 11, Folder 7
		Statements, Presentations, etc., 1975-1977   Note Written statements and presentations not included as part the transcripts or the subject specific background notebooks.
Box 11		John S. Ammarell, Wackenhut Corporation (re: Private investigative services), circa 1976.  Box 11 , Folder 19
Box 11		Bureau of Disability Insurance (Social Security Administration), circa 1976.  Box 11, Folder 20
		Consumer and commercial credit, August 1976.  Box 11, Folder 21 Note Statements by numerous individuals and organizations
Box 11		Ruth M. Davis [presentation to the], National Bureau of Standards, 29 October 1975.  Box 11 , Folder 22
Box 11		Defense Privacy Board Briefing, 1976.  Box 11, Folder 23
Box 12		Educational Testing Service, 12 November 1976.  Box 12, Folder 1
		MITRE Corporation presentation, 8 September 1975.  Box 12, Folder 2
		R. L. Polk and Co., Motor Statistical Division, Sample Vehicle Registration Statistical Reports [Exhibit], 1975.  Box 12, Folder 3
Box 12		Social Security Administration (re: supplemental security income), circa 1977.  Box 12 , Folder 4
		John L. Spafford, Associated Credit Bureaus, 4 August 1976.  Box 12 , Folder 5
Box 12		Stanford Research Institute, 1975.  Box 12, Folder 6
		Background Notebooks, 1975-1977  Note These notebooks contain reference materials, including statements, briefings, memoranda, and publications, distributed or collected on relevant privacy issues.
		Meetings, 1975-1977
Box 8		23 June 1975.  Box 8 , Folder 1
		13 November 1975.  Box 8 , Folder 2
		12 December 1975.  Box 8 , Folder 3
Box 8		22-23 January 1976.  Box 8, Folder 4
Box 8		22 July 1976.  Box 8, Folder 5
Box 8		20-22 October 1976.  Box 8, Folder 6
Box 8		2-3 March 1977.  Box 8 , Folder 7 Note Includes some policy recommendation drafts
		Hearings and privacy issues, 1975-1977
Box 8		Credit bureaus, 1976. Box 8, Folder 8
		Credit cards, Notebook I, 1976. Box 8, Folder 9-12
		Credit cards, Notebook II, 1975. Box 8, Folder 13
		Credit cards, Notebook III, 1976. Box 8, Folder 14
		Credit reporting, Notebook I, circa 1975. Box 8, Folder 15
		Credit reporting, Notebook II, 1976. Box 8, Folder 16-17
Box 8		Credit reporting and payment authorization, circa June 1976. Box 8 , Folder 18
Box 8		Depository institutions, 1976. Box 8, Folder 19
		Depository and lending institutions, 1976. Box 8, Folder 20-23
		Depository and lending institutions, April 1976. Box 8, Folder 24
		Education records, Notebook I, 1976. Box 8, Folder 25-26
		Education records, Notebook II, 1976. Box 8, Folder 27-28
Box 9		Education records, Notebook III, 1976. Box 9, Folder 1-2
		Employment and Personnel records, Notebook I, 1976. Box 9, Folder 3-6
		Employment and Personnel records, Notebook II, 1976. Box 9, Folder 7-9
Box 9		Federal tax return confidentiality, Notebook I, September 1975. Box 9 , Folder 10
Box 9		Federal tax return confidentiality, Notebook II, 1976. Box 9, Folder 11-12
		Insurance, Notebook I, 1976. Box 9, Folder 13-17
		Insurance, Notebook II, 1976. Box 9, Folder 18
		Insurance, Notebook III, 1976. Box 9, Folder 19
Box 2		Mailing lists, October-November 1975. Box 2 , Folder 14-15
Box 3		Mailing lists, December 1975. Box 3 , Folder 5-6
Box 9		Medical records, Notebook I, 1976. Box 9, Folder 20-21
		Medical records, Notebook II, 1976. Box 9, Folder 22-23
Box 10		Medical records, Notebook II, 1976. Box 10, Folder 1
		Medical records, Notebook III, 1976. Box 10, Folder 2
		Medical records, Notebook IV, 1976. Box 10, Folder 3
		Medical records project, 1976. Box 10, Folder 4
Box 10		Privacy (General), circa 1975. Box 10 , Folder 5
Box 10		Private investigation firms, 1977. Box 10, Folder 6
		Public assistance and social services, Notebook I, 1976. Box 10, Folder 7-9
		Public assistance and social services, Notebook II, 1976. Box 10, Folder 10-11
		Public assistance and social services, Notebook III, 1976. Box 10, Folder 12
		Research and statistics, Notebook I, 1976. Box 10, Folder 13
		Research and statistics, Notebook II, 1977. Box 10, Folder 14-15
		Research and statistics, Notebook III, 1977. Box 10, Folder 16
		Social Security Number, 1976-1977. Box 10, Folder 17-18
Box 10		Ware's personal reference notebook.  Box 10 , Folder 19
		Papers: Issues and Options, 1976
Box 11		Credit grantors, circa August 1976. Box 11 , Folder 8
Box 11		Insurance institutions [Draft], 1976. Box 11, Folder 9
		Insurance institutions, 1976. Box 11, Folder 10
		Medical records, 1976. Box 11, Folder 11
		Public assistance and social services, 1976. Box 11, Folder 12
		Research and Statistics, 1976. Box 11, Folder 13
		Social security number [Draft], 1976. Box 11, Folder 14
		Draft Recommendations, 1976-1977  Note Includes preliminary drafts of specific and overall recommendations including comments from outside sources and some hearing summaries.
Box 10		Complete draft recommendations, 1977. Box 10, Folder 20-21
Box 11		Credit cards: Hearing summary and policy recommendations, 1976. Box 11, Folder 6
		Federal tax return confidentiality: Comments on tax return confidentiality, 1976. Box 11, Folder 5
		Federal tax return confidentiality: Draft Recommendations, 1976. Box 11, Folder 1
		Federal tax return confidentiality: Summary of hearings on tax return confidentiality and comments on draft recommendations, 1976. Box 11, Folder 3-4
		Insurance, depository institutions, credit granting institutions, electronic funds transfer, and medical records, 1976. Box 11, Folder 2
Box 10		Responses from businesses and industry, 1977. Box 10, Folder 22-23
		Reports, 1976-1977  Note Contains preliminary and final reports and reports generated for the commission on relevant privacy issues.
Box 11		Annual report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, 1976. Box 11, Folder 15
Box 11		Executive director re: Commission activities, 2 April 1976. Box 11 , Folder 16
		Final report and appendices:
Box 7		Personal privacy in an information society: The report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977. Box 7
		Privacy law in the United States: Appendix 1 to the report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977. Box 7
		The citizen as taxpayer: Appendix 2 to the report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977. Box 7
		Employment records: Appendix 3 to the report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977. Box 7
		The Privacy Act of 1974: An Assessment: Appendix 4 to the report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977. Box 7
		Technology and privacy: Appendix 5 to the report of the report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977. Box 7
Box 11		Findings report: Medical records project, circa 1977. Box 11, Folder 18
Box 7		McCaffrey, Seligman, & von Simson: Employee records and personal privacy, 1976. Box 7 Note This report consists of 2 volumes: one volume contains data, the second volume contains the summary.
Box 11		Privacy Protection Study Commission, Federal tax return confidentiality, June 1976. Box 11, Folder 17
		Miscellaneous Commission Records, 1975-1977  Note Includes policies of the commission, information on a state privacy laws workshop, pending privacy legislation, and plans for accomplishing the commission's charge.
Box 12		Plan book: Practices assessment program, January 1976. Box 12, Folder 7-8
Box 13		PPCS policies, 1975. Box 13, Folder 1
Box 13		Press conference, 11-12 July 1977. Box 13 , Folder 3
		Program development and management plan, January 1976. Box 13 , Folder 2
Box 13		Background information (Press release material on PPCS), circa 1977. Box 13, Folder 4
Box 13		State Privacy/Fair Information Practices Act Workshop, September-October 1976. Box 13 , Folder 5
Box 13		Pending Public Disclosure Legislation, 1976. Box 13, Folder 6
		Company Files.
Box 14		Aeroneutronic Systems, October 25, 1957. Box 14
		ALWAC Corporation, December 1953. Box 14
		ANELEX, undated. Box 14
		Argonne National Laboratory, October 1955. Box 14
		ATLAS, 1961-1966. Box 14
		AEC and Livermore Computers, 1960-1961. (3 folders.)  Box 14
		Autonetics - Recomp II, 1956-1966. Box 14
		Bendix, 1960. (2 folders.)  Box 14
		Bendix G-20, undated. Box 14
		Benson Lehner Corporation, May 1963. Box 14
		Bibliography-Computers, 1959. Box 14
		Bryant Products, 1962. Box 14
		Bull Machine Company (Paris), 1958-1960. Box 14
		Bull Gamma-60, 1958. Box 14
		Burroughs, undated. Box 14
		Burroughs D825, April 1964. Box 14
		Business Week, 1964. Box 14
		Collins Kineplex, 1957. Box 14
		Computer Control Company, October 1963. Box 14
		Computer Control DDP-124, May 1965. Box 14
		Computer Research Corporation (CRC) CADAC, 1952-1954. Box 14
		Control Data Corporation (CDC), 1964-1965. (4 folders.)  Box 14
		Control Data Corporation, undated. Box 14
		Control Data 160-A, undated. Box 14
		Control Data 915, undated. Box 14
		Control Data 1604, 1961-1966. Box 14
		Control Data 3300/3500, 1965. Box 14
		Control Data 6060, 1965. Box 14
		Data Products 6111, May 1965. Box 14
		Datamatic, October 17, 1958. Box 14
		Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), 1962-1963. Box 14
		Digital Equipment Corporation Model 30, 1962. Box 14
		DSI Model 2000, undated. Box 14
		Elecom 120, 1953-1954. Box 14
		Electronic Associates, Inc, 1965-1968. Box 14
		Electrodata, undated. Box 14
		Electrodata/CEC, 1952-1954. Box 14
Box 15		Engineering Research Associates (ERA), 1951-1953. Box 15
		Engineering Research Associates, 1954. Box 15
		ERA 1101, undated. Box 15
		European Computers, 1959. Box 15
		Ferranti, Inc., 1952. Box 15
		FTR, undated. Box 15
		General Electric, 1964-1968. Box 15
		Hogan Laboratory, April 24, 1952. Box 15
		Honeywell, undated. Box 15
		Intelligent Machines Research Corporation, 1956-1957. Box 15
		International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), 1958. Box 15
		IBM Corporation, 1948-1965. (2 folders.)  Box 15
		IBM 360 Model 44, undated. Box 15
		IBM 7030, undated. Box 15
		IBM 7070, September 25, 1958. Box 15
		IBM 7094 Model II, undated. Box 15
		IBM Graphic Data Processing, undated. Box 15
		IBM Model 709-7090, 1959. Box 15
		IBM Model 1401, undated. Box 15
		IBM System 360, 1970. Box 15
		IBM System 360 PL/I, undated. Box 15
		ICT 1900, undated. Box 15
		International Telemeter Corporation, 1954. Box 15
		Laboratory for Electronics, 1962. Box 15
		Librascope, 1962. Box 15
		Lincoln Laboratory, April 30, 1957. Box 15
		Litton Data Systems Photographs, undated. Box 15
		Logistics Research (ALWAC), 1953. Box 15
		Los Alamos Scientific Lab, 1956-1971. Box 15
		MacDonald, August 13, 1953. Box 15
		Magnavox, undated. Box 15
		Marchant Calculator 1954. Box 15
		MINIAC, undated. Box 15
		National Cash Register, 1958. Box 15
		Naval Ordnance Research Computer (NORC), January 30, 1953. Box 15
		Oak Ridge National Laboratory, circa 1952. Box 15
		OARAC, undated. Box 15
		Packard Bell, 1959. Box 15
		Packard Bell PB 440, 1962. Box 15
		Philco Corporation, 1963-1964. Box 15
		Philco S-2000, 1958. Box 15
		Potter Instrument Corporation, 1964. Box 15
		Powers-Samas, undated. Box 15
		Ramo Wooldridge, 1961-1963. Box 15
		Ramo Wooldridge RW 400, undated. Box 15
		Raydac, January 12, 1953. Box 15
		Radio Corporation of America (RCA), undated. Box 15
		RCA 501, 1958. Box 15
		RCA 601/301, 1960. Box 15
		Raytheon 520 System, 1965. Box 15
		Scientific Computing System (SCS) EAI 8400, May 1965. Box 15
		Scientific Computing System (SCS) EAI Mod 8800, May 1965. Box 15
		Scientific Data Systems, 1962-1963. Box 15
		Space Technology Laboratores (STL)/Thompson Ramo Woodridge (TRW), 1964-1965. Box 15
		Stromberg-Carlson, 1958. Box 15
		Stromberg Carlson 5000, undated. Box 15
		Underwood Corporation, 1955. Box 15
		United States Air Force Project RAND, 1954-1955. Box 15
		UNIVAC, undated. (2 folders.)  Box 15
		UNIVAC II, 1955-1957. Box 15
Box 16		UNIVAC 1206, October 23, 1961. Box 16
		UNIVAC BINAC, 1949-1952. Box 16
		UNIVAC Data-Communications, 1957. Box 16
		UNIVAC File Computer, 1957. Box 16
		UNIVAC M-460, undated. Box 16
		UNIVAC Military Trainer, undated. Box 16
		University of Illinois ILLIAC II, February 25, 1965. Box 16
		Subject Files.
Box 16		AFIPS Miscellaneous, 1961. Box 16
		Computer and Invasion of Privacy Congressional Hearings, 1966. (2 folders.)  Box 16
		Computer Security Reports, 1971-1992. Box 16
		Computing in Japan, 1982. Box 16
		Congressional Testimony (Computers), October 1983. Box 16
		Electronic Mail, 1981-1983. Box 16
		Ford (Vice President) Committee, 1974. Box 16
		Government Acts on Computer Privacy and Security, 1977-1987. Box 16
		Kastenmeier Testimony, January 24, 1984. Box 16
		Post Office Electronic Communication (Glenn/Stevens), 1979-1984. Box 16
		Privacy Protection Study Commission, 1974-1976. (2 folders.)  Box 16
		Privacy Source Materials - Bills, Reports, etc., 1974-1975. Box 16
		Protecting Privacy Report, 1983. Box 16
		Reports by Willis Ware, 1979-1997. Box 16
		Seminar on Policy Issues in Data Protection, June 1974. Box 16
Box 17		Strategic Computing Report, October 28, 1983. Box 17
Box 16		Transborder Data Flow, 1978-1979. Box 16