Guide to the Ann Jones collection of IBM Manuals M2489
Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
April 2019
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Note
This is a listing of collection materials.
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Ann Jones collection of IBM Manuals
creator:
Jones, Ann
source:
Jones, Ann
Identifier/Call Number: M2489
Physical Description:
3.6 Linear Feet
(nine manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1984-1993
Content Description
This collection consists of IBM manuals created between 1984 and 1993. Subjects covered include Virtual Machine Library, Virtual
Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture, Content Management Systems, Resource Access Control Facility, The System Product
Interpreter (REXX), Advanced Program-to-Program Communication for the IBM Personal Computer, Virtual Machine System Product
and labels from binder spines of Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture (VM/ESA) manuals.
Biographical / Historical
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational information technology company headquartered
in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911, founded in Endicott, New York, as the
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924. IBM produces and sells
computer hardware, middleware and software, and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers
to nanotechnology. IBM is also a major research organization, holding the record for most U.S. patents generated by a business
(as of 2019) for 26 consecutive years. Inventions by IBM include the automated teller machine (ATM), the floppy disk, the
hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database, the SQL programming language, the UPC barcode, and dynamic
random-access memory (DRAM). The IBM mainframe, exemplified by the System/360, was the dominant computing platform during
the 1960s and 1970s. IBM has continually shifted business operations by focusing on higher-value, more profitable markets.
This includes spinning off printer manufacturer Lexmark in 1991 and the sale of personal computer (ThinkPad/ThinkCentre) and
x86-based server businesses to Lenovo (in 2005 and 2014, respectively), and acquiring companies such as PwC Consulting (2002),
SPSS(2009), The Weather Company (2016), and Red Hat (agreement announced in October 2018, actual acquisition to be in the
second half of 2019). Also in 2014, IBM announced that it would go "fabless", continuing to design semiconductors, but offloading
manufacturing to GlobalFoundries. Nicknamed Big Blue, IBM is one of 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
and one of the world's largest employers, with (as of 2017) over 380,000 employees, known as "IBMers". At least 70% of IBMers
are based outside the United States, and the country with the largest number of IBMers is India. IBM employees have been awarded
five Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, ten National Medals of Technology (USA) and five National Medals of Science (USA). [Wikipedia]
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ann Jones; 2019. Accession MSS 2019-202.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Ann Jones collection of IBM Manuals (M2489). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Technical manuals
IBM
Jones, Ann
Jones, Ann
Box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Guide for Assembler. Release 1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Guide. Release 1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Guide for Assembler. Release 1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Migration Guide. Release 1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. General Information. Release 1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Primer. Release 1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. General Information. Release 1.1
1990
box 1
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. Procedures Language VM/REXX Reference. Release 1.1
1991
box 2
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Development Guide. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 2
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. XEDIT Command and Macro Reference. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 2
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Development Guide. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 2
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Reference for Assembler. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 3
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Command Reference. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 3
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CP Command and Utility Reference. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 3
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. XEDIT User's Guide. Release 2
1990-1992
box 4
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CP Programming Services. Release 1.1
1990-1992
box 4
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. System Messages and Codes. Release 1.1
1990-1992
box 4
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Guide. Release 1.1
1990-1992
box 5
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Administration Reference. Release 1
1990
box 5
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. Connectivity Planning, Administration, and Operation. Release 1
1990
box 5
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. Service Introduction and Reference. Release 1
1990
box 5
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Usder's Guide. Release 1
1990
box 5
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. XEDIT User's Guide. Release 1
1990
box 5
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. XEDIT Command and Macro Reference. Release 1
1990
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Guide. Release 1
1990
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Development Reference. Release 1
1990
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. CMS Application Migration Guide. Release 1.1
1990-1991
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. Conversion Notebook Release 1
1990
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. DFSMS/VM Function Level 210. Overview
1991
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. DFSMS/VM Function Level 210. Installation and Customization
1991
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. DFSMS/VM Function Level 210. User's Guide
1991
box 6
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. DFSMS/VM Function Level 210. Messages and Codes
1991
Box 7, Folder 1-2
Virtual Machine Enterprise Systems Architecture. Planning Administration. Release 2
1991-1992
Box 7, Folder 3
Resource Access Control Facility. RACF General User's Guide. Version 1, Release 9.2
1992
Box 7, Folder 4-5
Resource Access Control Facility, Security Administrator's Guide. Version 1, Release 9.2
1993
Box 7, Folder 6
The System Product Interpreter (REXX). Examples and Techniques. G. Brodock, edited by C. Morse, February 1984. Washington
Systems Center Technical Bulletin.
Box 8, Folder 1
Advanced Program-to-Program Communication for the IBM Personal Computer. Programming Guide
1986-12
Box 8
Binder and case for Advanced Program-to-Program Communication for the IBM Personal Computer. Programming Guide.
Box 8
Virtual Machine System Product. Quick Reference. Release 5
1986-12
Box 9
Empty 3-ring binder with Virtual Machine Library graphic
Box 9
Labels from binder spines of VM/ESA materials