Betty Jo Ellis Papers, 1959. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Betty Jo Ellis papers
Dates:
Creator: Ellis, Betty Jo.
Extent: 1 box (0.1 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 106
Abstract:

This collection includes Betty Jo Ellis' presentation on the jargon of computers and programming apparently presented at the 6th Annual Symposium on Computers and Data Processing in Estes Park, Colorado in 1959; correspondence and documentation related to the order code of the Institute for Advanced Study computer; collection of published cartoons related to computers and a poem about computers.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

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:

Betty Jo Ellis Papers (CBI 106), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Biographical Note

Betty Jo Ellis was a computer programmer for the United States Department of Defense.

Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection includes Betty Jo Ellis' presentation on the jargon of computers and programming, apparently presented at the 6th Annual Symposium on Computers and Data Processing in Estes Park, Colorado, in 1959; correspondence and documentation related to the order code of the Institute for Advanced Study computer; a collection of published cartoons related to computers, and touching poems about computers and seashells.

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.
• Ellis, Betty Jo.
• Institute for Advanced Study computer.
• Computers--Caricatures and cartoons.
• Computers--Humor.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1		"Therefore is the name of it called Babel because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth," July 1959. Box 1 , Folder 1 Note A presentation on jargon of computing presented at the 6th Annual Symposium on Computers and Data Processing in Estes Park, Colorado. Includes a conference registration list.
		Institute for Advanced Study order code, March 1959. Box 1 , Folder 2
Box 1		Cartoons (most sources unattributed), 1959. Box 1, Folder 3
		Me (poem), undated. Box 1, Folder 4