Historical Resources
Seymour Cray with his
Cray-1 supercomputer,
sometimes known as the
world's most expensive
loveseat
The Value of History to Companies
Value Proposition for Establishing
Archives or Other Historical Programs in Your Organization
Glenn Bugos
Learning
From History: Leveraging Experience and Context to Improve
Organizational Excellence
James Cortada
From the Journal of Organizational Excellence 21, no. 2 (Spring
2002): 23-29
Posted October 2007
How-to's on Doing History
How
to Conduct and Preserve an Oral History
Arthur Norberg
On commission to the IT History Society
This article discusses the value of oral history to research
historians, exhibit designers, and companies, and it provides
basic information about how to go about conducting, editing,
and distributing the oral history.
The
Process of Donating Your Individual or Organizational Records
to an Archival Repository
This article describes the typical process that an individual
will confront when wanting to donate records to an archival repository.
It discusses such topics as copyright, disposition rights, how
the repository will take care of the collection, how access to
the collection is administered, and tax deductions.
History as an Educational Tool
Using History to
Teach Computer Science and Related Disciplines, 2004 (1.8
MB PDF).
Stemming from a series of NSF-funded workshops, this report offers
innovative ideas on how to use the rich, empirical material of
history to enhance student learning and appreciation for fundamental
concepts in computer science and related disciplines. Reports
by twenty authors are divided into five parts: 1) two introductory
papers; 2) six essays on curricular issues and strategies; 3)
twelve course syllabi; 4) five historical case studies; and 5)
two essays on key resources in the history of computing. The
work was conducted under the auspices of Computing
Research Association.
Perspectives on History in Computing and Education
This is material from a panel session at the annual meeting of
the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
(SIGCSE)
, held in Portland, Oregon on March 13, 2008. The topic was
on using history to inspire, motivate, attract, and retain
computer science students at the college level.
Hard-to-find Historical Writings
Computing
Before Computers
Edited by William Aspray with contributions by: W. Aspray:
A. G. Bromley: M. Campbell-Kelly: P.E. Ceruzzi: M. R. Williams.
This book covers the information process technologies in use
prior to the computer. Topics include early calculators, difference
and analytical engines, logic machines, punched card machinery,
analog computing devices, relay calculators, and electronic calculators.
This book has long been out of publication. It was published
originally in 1990 by Iowa State University Press. When the print
run was exhausted, the press returned copyright to the authors.
For permission to reproduce this material, contact any of the
authors. Thanks to Ed Thelen for scanning the document
and posting it on his own history of computing web site.
An Illustrated History of Computers: Part 1
This web site includes text and more than 50 photographs of
vintage computing technology. It was organized in 2002 by John
Kopplin and is part of a for-profit site for Computer Science
Lab, which sells a programming curriculum for high school students
and others. The historical curriculum is free, however.
http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/History.htm
Types of Documentation to Preserve
The Society of American Archivists has identified the following
types of records as among the most important to be retained by
an organization in its archival collection (whether held internally
or externally. Listed below are some of the types of documentation
which archival repositories preserve for historical and administrative
research:
Architectural records
Articles of incorporation, charters
Audio recordings
Budgets
Bylaws and revisions
Clippings
Constitution and revisions
Correspondence of officers
Directories
Financial statements
Handbooks
Legal documents
Memoranda
Minutes of meetings
Membership lists
Motion picture film and videotape
Newsletters and other publications (generated by the organization)
Organizational charts
Pamphlets, brochures, fliers, etc.
Photographs
Planning documents
Press releases
Reports (annual, committee, etc.)
Rosters
Scrapbooks
Speeches
Subject files
Tax returns
For more information, see the complete
SAA brochure on Donating Your Organizational
Records to a Repository.
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