Guide to the Jim C. Warren papers
Finding aid prepared by Bo Doub, Kim Hayden, and Sara Chabino Lott
Processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered
through the Council on Library and Information Resources' Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant.
Computer History Museum
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2016
Title: Jim C. Warren papers
Identifier/Call Number: X2595.2004
Contributing Institution:
Computer History Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
94.38 Linear feet,
74 record cartons, 5 manuscript boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1975-1995
Date (inclusive): 1956-2000
Abstract: The Jim C. Warren papers document Warren’s founding and chairmanship of the West Coast Computer Faire, his political activism
related to online access and civil liberties, his computer-related publications and writing career, and his technological
consulting projects and research. Also included is material related to other computer conferences and workshops, manuals and
promotional material from various companies, reports and articles, and newsletters from computer clubs, organizations, and
companies. Material dates from 1956 to 2000, with the bulk of the collection being from 1975 to 1995.
Languages: The majority of material in the collection is in English, but there are a small number of items in Swedish.
creator:
Jim, C. Warren
Access Restrictions
An item in Box 38, Folder 3, is restricted from access until Jim Warren’s death. An item in Box 20, Folder 8, is restricted
due to the inclusion of a social security number, and an item in Box 38, Folder 13 is restricted due to the inclusion of a
third-party’s address; researchers must use redacted photocopies of these two items.
Publication Rights
The Computer History Museum (CHM) can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying
any claims of the copyright holder. Requests for copying and permission to publish, quote, or reproduce any portion of the
Computer History Museum’s collection must be obtained jointly from both the copyright holder (if applicable) and the Computer
History Museum.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], [Date], Jim Warren papers, Lot X2595.2004, Box [#], Folder [#], Catalog [#], Computer History Museum.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jim C. Warren, 2003.
Processing Information
Warren frequently re-used documents by making notes on the reverse sides of forms and other documents with previous functions.
Processors kept the sides containing Warren’s notes facing up.
Biographical/Historical Note
Jim Clarke Warren, Jr. was born July 20, 1936, in Oakland, California. Warren taught math at the high school level for two
years before earning his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and education in 1959 from Southwest Texas State Teachers College,
now known as Southwest Texas State University. He then went on to earn three master’s degrees: in mathematics and statistics
from University of Texas at Austin in 1964, medical information science from University of California Medical Center in 1974,
and computer engineering from Stanford University in 1977. He was also a PhD candidate in computer engineering at Stanford,
and he chaired the mathematics department at the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California, from 1965 to 1967. During his
college years, Warren also taught mathematics and computer courses at the college level, including at San Jose State University,
San Francisco State University, and Stanford. During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, Warren took on freelance work as a
minicomputer programmer and consultant under the name Frelan Associates, with most of his work concentrated on custom-built
realtime data-acquisition/process-control applications in biomedical research settings at Stanford University and its School
of Medicine. During this same time, he chaired the Association for Computing Machinery's regional chapters of SIGPLAN and
SIGMICRO, and the San Francisco Peninsula ACM. From 1968 to 1969, he was the general secretary of the Midpeninsula Free University.
In 1977, Warren founded the West Coast Computer Faire, a conference that promoted personal computer use and showcased to the
public pre-assembled personal computers and kits for building your own computer. The Apple II and Commodore PET were both
introduced at the first Computer Faire, which was considered a significant event in the history of personal computing. Warren
chaired the Faire until he sold it in 1983, and during this time, he also published the Silicon Gulch Gazette, a newspaper
that promoted the Faire. The last Computer Faire was held in 1991.
Warren founded, edited, and published several other periodicals that focused on the computer industry and technology. He was
the founding editor of the programming and microcomputing periodical Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia;
Running Lite without Overbyte from 1976 to 1978 (published by the People’s Computer Company), and the founder and publisher
of Intelligent Machines Journal (later sold and renamed InfoWorld) from 1978 to 1979 and DataCast magazine from 1982 to 1983.
Warren also published a newsletter called Jim’s Industry Notes from around 1977 to 1978 that focused on the computer hobbyist
industry.
Warren was active in the antiwar efforts of the 1960s, and he returned to those activist roots in the 1980s and 1990s when
he became more publicly involved in the politics around public policy and electronic civil liberties, access, and privacy.
In the 1980s, he was elected as a trustee of the San Mateo County Community College District, serving from 1985 to 1989, and
he published an occasional newspaper focused on local politics called the Peninsula Citizens' Advocate. He was the founding
chair of the 1991 Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, and he assisted Assemblywoman Debra Bowen with key technical
language for California Assembly Bill 1624, a bill she introduced and authored in 1993 that stated that computerized public
legislative records must be made available to the public online and at no cost. He served on the Secretary of State's Electronic
Filing Advisory Panel in 1995, which made recommendations on the digitization and online accessibility of political-campaign
financial statements. He also served on the Senate Task Force on Electronic Access to Public Records in 1997.
From 1990 to 1995, Warren was on the board of Autodesk Inc. and chaired the company’s CEO search in 1994. He continued writing,
and was a columnist for the magazines MicroTimes, Government Technology, and BoardWatch up to 2000. Warren currently lives
in Hansville, Washington.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The Jim C. Warren papers contain records documenting his various projects and roles as the founder of the West Coast Computer
Faire, a publisher of computing-related periodicals, an engineer, and a political activist. The collection spans 1956 to 2000
with the bulk of the collection ranging from 1975 to 1995.
The largest series in this collection relates to Warren’s coordination and administration of the Computer Faire and contains
material on the Faire’s exhibitors, speakers, and administration.
The collection also holds records from Warren’s more independent projects, especially his political work relating to public
access to digitized legislative and political records, rights of privacy, and online security. Warren’s computing and engineering
projects are also featured – some from his work as a programming consultant early in his career. A small amount of Warren’s
independent projects are also featured in the series of his personal papers, which also contain personal correspondence, records
from his education, primarily from his time at Stanford, and documentation of his participation in various user groups and
professional organizations.
Published periodicals and material related to their production make up a significant amount of this collection – including
some started by Warren. Material in the collection relating to publications that Warren founded, edited, and published document
DataCast magazine, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Silicon Gulch Gazette, Jim’s Industry Notes, Intelligent Machines Journal (precursor
to InfoWorld), and the Peninsula Citizens' Advocate. Publications in the collection that Warren was not directly involved
in managing include a variety of newsletters from computing user groups and clubs and technical papers and reports mostly
published under academic institutions. The collection also contains promotional material, catalogs, and brochures published
by various companies – with a significant quantity by Apple.
A significant amount of material documents the events that Warren attended, researched, or was involved in presenting at or
organizing. These events include conferences, workshops, and public talks. Notable among these events are records documenting
the Bootstrap Project seminars at Stanford University – founded by Doug Engelbart under the mission of developing interactive
computing systems and coordinating the organizations that create them.
The last two areas of the collection, which are both organized by company, are manuals and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
records. This collection contains manuals from over 130 companies and institutions. The companies that are most represented
in terms of quantities of manuals are Apple and Microsoft. The DEC records also contain DEC-published manuals as well as promotional
material, program listings, and correspondence and proceedings from the DEC Users Society (DECUS).
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 11 series:
Series 1, Computer Faire, 1968-1991
Series 2, Political research and projects, 1980-1996
Series 3, Computing and technology research and projects, 1969-1995
Series 4, Publications and writings, 1972-1995
Series 5, Conferences, workshops, and public talks, 1975-1997
Series 6, Personal papers, 1964-1994, bulk 1974-1993 Series 7, Manuals, 1956-2000
Series 8, Promotional material, company overviews, and catalogs, 1975-1998
Series 9, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) records, 1962-1982
Series 10, Newsletters, 1971-1996
Series 11, Articles, technical papers, and reports, 1963-1996
Separated Material
Periodicals and West Coast Computer Faire conference proceedings were separated from the main collection. Non-text items were
also separated. These include over 70 photographs that have been scanned and cataloged, West Coast Computer Faire proceedings
on audio cassette, packaged software, ephemera, keyboards, a digital camera, and other electronic components. To view catalog
records for separated material search the CHM catalog at
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/ .
Related Collections at Other Repositories
Silicon Valley Ephemera Collection. M0443. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
West Coast Computer Faire Collection, 1977, 1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Assembly Bill 1624 (1993)
Data protection--Law and legislation
Datacasting (data braodcasting)
Privacy, Right of
Public records--Access control
Warren, Jim C.
West Coast Computer Faire
Computer Faire, Series 1,
1968-1991
Series Scope and Content
This series contains Warren’s files on the Computer Faire, revealing his systems for organizing and managing this widely attended
event. The largest part of this series relates to companies and organizations that exhibited at the Faire. Second in quantity
are Warren’s files on the speakers who participated in the Faire’s presentations and sessions. Last, and smallest, in this
series is Warren’s general administrative material documenting various aspects of the events’ planning and coordination. The
parts of the series concerning exhibitors and speakers cover the Computer Faire’s first few years before Warren sold his rights
to the event in 1983, while the administrative material spans a larger time period ending the same year that the last Faire
was held. Warren’s original alphabetical filing order is preserved in the first two parts of this series relating to exhibitors
and speakers. The third portion, administrative material, was found in a less usable order and was arranged by records’ functions
and types.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into 3 subseries:
Subseries 1.1, Exhibitors, 1968-1982
Subseries 1.2, Speakers, 1976-1983
Subseries 1.3, Administrative material, 1976-1991
Exhibitors, Subseries 1.1,
1968-1982
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains files on companies and organizations that exhibited at the first few years of Computer Faire events
– mainly from 1977 to 1981. Most of this material consists of agreements and correspondence between Warren and exhibiting
companies reserving exhibitor booths at the events. Companies of special interest or with larger quantities of material include
Apple Computer Inc., Atari, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Texas Instruments, and Verbatim. Some of the files
in this subseries comprise Warren’s more general corporate profiles with contact information and reference files. Also included
are material on the mailing list that Warren kept on Computer Faire attendees and exhibitors. Warren and Computer Faire Inc.
maintained several mailing lists of computer industry professionals and organizations that Warren had printed into label sets
to be sold to other companies and individuals (mostly advertisers). The people who bought Warren’s mailing lists could use
them to send mail solicitations as a means to advertise and coordinate. Correspondence, promotional material, and address-tracking
for these mailing lists are all included in this subseries. Warren’s original alphabetical order by company name is preserved
with each folder group cataloged under its corresponding letter of the alphabet.
102734792
123 company names
1977-1980
102739188
A company names
1975-1982
102739199
B company names
1969; 1976-1981
102739200
C company names
1969-1970; 1972-1974; 1976-1981
102739202
D company names
1968-1973; 1976-1980
102739203
E company names
1976-1981
102739204
F company names
1976-1981
102739205
G company names
1976-1981
102739206
H company names
1968-1981
102739207
I company names
1972-1981
102739211
J company names
1976-1981
102739208
K company names
1976-1981
102739209
L company names
1975-1981
102747948
M company names
1976-1981
102736163
N company names
1975-1981
102736164
O company names
1977-1981
102736165
P company names
1975-1981
102736004
Q company names
1974-1981
102736003
R company names
1974-1981
102736002
S company names
1974-1981
102736001
T company names
1975-1981
102736158
U company names
1977-1981
102736159
V company names
1975-1981
102736162
W company names
1968-1970; 1975-1981
102736160
X-Y company names
1976-1981
102736161
Z company names
1977-1981
Speakers, Subseries 1.2,
1976-1983
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries is made up of material related to speakers at the Computer Faire dating from 1976 to 1983. The material consists
of speaker applications, session proposals, and reports and abstracts. Also included are notes about the speakers written
by Warren and other Computer Faire staff, and correspondence between Warren and speakers about their sessions. A number of
well-known people in the computer industry are represented, as are artists and authors who were interested in or used computers
in their work. People of note in this series include Bob Wallace, Bob Ulrickson, Ted Nelson, Adam Osborne, Tim Scully, Mike
Seashols, and others. Folder titles are named for each letter of the alphabet, and within the folders, the documents are arranged
alphabetically by speaker surname. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734769
A surnames
1978-1983
102734771
B surnames
1978-1983
102734772
C surnames
1978-1983
102734773
D surnames
1978-1983
102735922
E surnames
1978-1983
102735921
F surnames
1978-1983
102735920
G surnames
1978-1983
102735919
H surnames
1978-1983
102735973
I surnames
1978-1983
102735974
J surnames
1978-1983
102735975
K surnames
1978-1983
102735976
L surnames
1978-1983
102735918
M surnames
1978-1983
102736144
N surnames
1977-1983
102736148
O surnames
1977-1983
102736145
P surnames
1977-1983
102736146
R surnames
1977-1983
102736150
S surnames
1977-1983
102736151
T surnames
1977-1982
102736152
U surnames
1976-1978
102736153
V surnames
1976-1982
102736154
W surnames
1977-1983
102736155
Y surnames
1978-1982
102736156
Z surnames
1977-1982
Administrative material, Subseries 1.3,
1976-1991
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains Computer Faire administrative records relating to the coordination of speakers into panels, advertising
for each Computer Faire, outreach, and various aspects of planning. About half of the records in this subseries are published
under Computer Faire Inc., which owned and operated this event from the first fair Computer Faire in 1977 until Warren sold
the rights to the event venture in 1983 to Prentice Hall. Most of the post-1983 records were published under Interface Group,
led by Sheldon Adelson, who acquired the rights to the fair event soon after 1983 and managed it until its last show in 1991.
The largest group of records in this subseries consists of correspondence with potential speakers, panelists, and chairpersons
– including Warren himself acting in all three roles – along with presentation material, instructions for speakers and participants,
and Warren's notes and listings of potential speakers. These records deal with coordinating groups of speakers and instructing
all Computer Faire speakers, as opposed to the records in subseries 1.2, which are filed individually by each speaker’s surname.
Other parts of this subseries include Computer Faire programs and exhibition guides, press, and correspondence regarding advertising.
, and recordsRecords and transcriptions from the West Coast Computer Faire Advisory Board are also included here. The West
Coast Computer Faire Advisory Board was set up after 1983, subsequent to Warren’s exit from the venture. Lastly, this subseries
contains documents relating to the formation of an association of computer retailers, which include documentation of meetings
between computer store owners at different events, especially the Computer Faire, questionnaires filled out by Computer Faire
participants interested in joining this retailer association, and directories of personal computer stores. This subseries
is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734799
Administrative correspondence and notes
1976-1987
102724414
Best of the IBM PC faires, volume 1 : conference proceedings of the first IBM PC faire
1983
102734802
Computer retailers association
1976-1980
102734840
Exhibits and meeting room reservations
1977-1984
102724415
IBM PC faire : program and exhibits guide
1983-08-26
102734765
Press and advertising
1976-1989
102734763
Programs and exhibition guides
1977-1991
102734757
Speakers, panels, and section chairs
1976-1991
102734853
West Coast Computer Faire Advisory Board
1986-1988
Political research and projects, Series 2,
1980-1996
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of records that document Warren’s political activism from 1980 to 1996. In 1993, Warren helped Assemblywoman
Debra Bowen draft California Assembly Bill 1624, which passed into law in 1994 and declared that computerized public legislative
records must be made available to the public online and at no cost. Included in this series are draft proposals and reviews
of the bill, text amendments to it, notes and research, and correspondence. Warren also served on the California Secretary
of State's Electronic Filing Advisory Panel in 1995, which made recommendations on the digitization and online accessibility
of political-campaign financial statements. Included are the panel’s report and the financial statements of several California
politicians. Warren was involved or interested in a number of other political issues that were related to the public’s increasing
use of the internet, including electronic civil liberties, privacy, security, and cryptography, and this series includes records
pertaining to his research on all those topics. Also included are political and campaign material from California and San
Mateo County elections. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739077
California Assembly Bill 1624
1992-1994
102739090
California politics and elections
1986-1996
102739084
Computer security
1990-1995
102739083
Cryptography
1988-1994
102739076
E-filing of campaign and lobbying financial disclosures
1993-1995
102739078
Electronic civil liberties
1989-1996
102739082
Electronic privacy [RESTRICTED]
1989-1996
102739085
Electronic surveillance
1988-1990
102739092
National politics
1980-1994
102739089
Other notes and correspondence
1990-1994
102739088
San Mateo County politics and elections
1989-1996
102739086
Search and seizure
1991-1995
Computing and technology research and projects, Series 3,
1969-1995
Series Scope and Content
This series is made up of material related to a variety of computing research and projects that Warren worked on from 1969
to 1995. Included are Warren’s correspondence and notes, and articles and reports he used in his research on networking, the
internet, databases, and online access to local government information. There are records from several database projects Warren
worked on, including those for San Mateo County demographics, GIS, and voter registration. Efforts related to Warren’s doctoral
dissertation at Stanford University are also documented in this subseries. A part of Warren’s doctoral research involved how
people managed to port applications and programs across heterogeneous machines with unrelated instruction sets. Warren aimed
to create a means for inputting comprehensive descriptions of any two computers’ machine-level instruction-sets, along with
a program for automatic conversions to machine-level code for each of those computers. , plus records related to a project
for a portable operating system for microcomputers that Warren worked on while a student at Stanford. Also included is are
correspondence, notes, program listings, and documentation related to projects Warren worked on as a programming consultant
in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including programs for medical data collection and computer interfaces for tropospheric
propagation measurements. Finally, there is a small amount of administrative material and correspondence related to completed
projects. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739164
Completed projects notes, contracts, and invoices
1981-1982
102735914
Computer interfaces for tropospheric propagation measurements project records
1972-1973
102739166
Database project records
1984-1993
102735912
MAC-5 project records
1970-1971
102735911
Medical data collection project records
1970
102735913
Microform Data Systems project records
1969-1970
102739163
Notes and research on networking and the internet
1987-1995
102739165
Notes and research on online public access to local government information
1991-1995
102739167
Other notes and correspondence
1989-1993
102734909
Portable operating system for microcomputers project records
1973-1974
Publications and writings, Series 4,
1972-1995
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of administrative records, notes, correspondence, and research related to publications founded, edited,
and published by Warren, and his freelance writing and editing. Material dates from 1972 to 1996. The majority of this series
is related to DataCast magazine, which Warren founded and published from 1982 to 1983, and includes Warren’s notes, correspondence,
and research on the topics covered by the magazine, such as microcomputing, datacasting, and broadcasting, plus planning and
budgeting records, letters to the editors, and subscription records. The two co-editors of DataCast magazine, Tony Bove and
Cheryl Rhodes, authored articles and provided much of the research for the magazine. There is also a large amount of administrative
records, notes, correspondence, and research related to the programming and microcomputing periodical Dr. Dobb's Journal from
1976 to 1979. There is a smaller amount of administrative material related to the Silicon Gulch Gazette, which was published
from 1977 to 1986 as a means to promote the Computer Faire and share information about the microcomputer industry. A very
small portion of this series contains notes and correspondence related to Jim’s Industry Notes, a newsletter published from
around 1977 to 1978 that focused on the computer hobbyist industry; Intelligent Machines Journal, which Warren founded in
1978 and then sold in 1979, and which was then renamed InfoWorld; and The Peninsula Citizens' Advocate, a local politics newspaper
Warren published irregularly during the 1980s. Finally, there are several folders’ worth of administrative records, notes,
correspondence, and other records that are either related to multiple publications or it is unclear which specific publication
they belong to. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739111
DataCast administrative records
1981-1983
102739108
DataCast notes and research on broadcasting and telephony
1978-1982
102734681
DataCast notes and research on datacasting
1972-1986
102739109
DataCast notes and research on microcomputing
1980-1981
102734702
DataCast notes and research on miscellaneous computing issues
1976-1982
102734682
DataCast notes and research on networking
1980-1981
102739104
Dr. Dobb’s Journal administrative records
1976-1977
102739105
Dr. Dobb’s Journal notes, research, and correspondence
1976-1979
102739098
Intelligent Machines Journal / InfoWorld notes and correspondence
1979-1984; 1992
102739101
Jim’s Industry Notes correspondence and notes
1977-1978
102739100
Miscellaneous administrative records, notes, and correspondence
1978-1988; 1995
102739106
Other writings
1975-1990
102739087
Peninsula Citizen’s Advocate correspondence and other records
1986-1992
102739102
Silicon Gulch Gazette administrative records
1977-1986
Conferences, workshops, and public talks, Series 5,
1975-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of Warren’s files, arranged in his original order, relating to events he attended, researched, or was
involved in presenting at or organizing. The first part of the series Warren filed chronologically and the second part he
filed by the name or subject of the event. Material includes conference proceedings, presentation material, programs and pamphlets,
correspondence, and photographs.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into 2 subseries:
Subseries 5.1, Chronological files, 1976-1996
Subseries 5.2, Alphabetical and subject files, 1975-1997
Chronological files, Subseries 5.1,
1976-1996
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains Warren’s conference files that he arranged chronologically from 1976 to 1996. Types of material in
this subseries include conference programs and pamphlets, correspondence, papers and presentation material presented at events,
articles and publications relating to conferences, and photographs. The years with the largest amounts of material are 1978,
1994 and 1995. Of particular interest in the 1995 conference files are material on “Ties That Bind: Converging Communities
– Community Network Conference.” Included in this file is a report titled "A Communications Strategy for Revitalization: Communications
as Engagement" from The Millennium Report to the Rockefeller Foundation. A significant amount of material documents the 1994
Commonwealth Club "Electronic Public Access to Government" presentation as well, with weekly publications of the club interfiled
with these records. This subseries is arranged chronologically.
102734748
1976 files
1976
102734749
1977 files
1977
102734750
1978 files
1978
102739170
1979 files
1979
102739171
1980 files
1980
102739172
1981 files
1981
102739173
1982 files
1982
102739174
1983 files
1983
102739178
1984 files
1984
102739179
1985 files
1985
102739180
1986 files
1986
102736178
1987 files
1987
102739182
1988 files
1988
102739184
1989 files
1989
102739185
1990 files
1990
102739186
1991 files
1991
102739187
1992 files
1992
102739189
1993 files
1993
102739190
1994 files
1994
102739198
1995 files
1995
102739201
1996 files
1996
Alphabetical and subject files, Subseries 5.2,
1975-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries contains Warren’s files related to conferences and other events that he filed by the title, subject, or type
of the event (as opposed to its chronological order). The conference with the largest amount of material in this subseries
is the IEEE Computer Society International Conference (COMPCON). Warren served on the COMPCON Program Committee for a number
of years, working to identify possible speakers and garnering interest for those speakers to participate. Close to half of
the COMPCON material is bound proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and the other half includes correspondence
between Warren and other COMPCON attendees, calls for papers, conference program pamphlets, and Warren's notes and correspondence
regarding COMPCON panels he participated in. Another event with significant documentation in this subseries is the IEEE Asilomar
Microcomputer Workshop (also called the workshop on microprocessors) held annually in Asilomar, California. Warren served
on the Asilomar Workshop’s steering and organizing committee and chaired a number of its sessions -- participating in various
capacities from the late 1960s through the mid-1990s. This subseries also contains records relating to political conferences
and meetings, especially the 1993 Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy. Training seminars, workshops, meetings, and
public talks are also documented. Lastly, many items in this subseries relate to the Bootstrap Project at Stanford University,
which was an inter-organizational consortium founded by Doug Engelbart geared toward developing interactive computing and
coordinating organizations and their information systems to co-evolve effectively. Many of the Bootstrap Project materials
relate to Groupware --– a software system for collaborative computing --– as well as planning and administrative material
for Bootstrap Project seminars. Warren volunteered some of his time on this project, helping Engelbart organize and run lectures.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734890
American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) conference materials
1969-1979
102735923
Apple library of tomorrow
1993
102734684
Asilomar microcomputer and microprocessor workshop and conference materials
1977-1997
102739168
Bootstrap Project seminars
1983-1991
102734685
Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy
1991-1993
102734689
Conferences relating to computing and/or politics
1975-1994
102734698
IEEE Computer Society International Conference (COMPCON) materials and correspondence
1975-1993
102734686
IEEE Computer Society International Conference (COMPCON) proceedings
1982-1991
102734680
Training seminars, workshops, meetings, and public talks
1975-1995
Personal papers, Series 6,
Bulk, 1974-1993
1964-1994
Series Scope and Content
This series contains personal correspondence, research, notes, business cards, notes about contacts, receipts, and personal
clippings. The personal correspondence includes letters of appreciation from friends and Computer Faire attendees, invitations
to events and parties, and postcards. Material relating to Warren’s education are also contained in this series, with records
concerning his degrees at Stanford University in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and his MS
in Medical Information Science from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Another large part of this series
relates to Warren’s memberships and participation in various user groups and professional organizations – especially the Association
for Computing Machinery (ACM), Women's Wire, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Also included
in this series is material relating to Warren’s research and personal projects documenting consulting work that Warren was
involved in, writings about mathematical curricula for elementary school education, legal matters Warren was interested or
involved in, technical notes comparing different computers' performances, and correspondence with the Computer History Association
of California. Other material represented in this series includes Warren’s health-related records and inquiries about various
computers and electronics. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102739183
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) publications and administrative
correspondence
1974-1980
102734756
CompuPro and G & G Engineering
1981-1982
102734908
Correspondence and membership records from user groups and professional organizations
1968-1994
102734710
Education
1970-1993
102739072
Electronics inquiries
1979-1993
102739068
Health-related records [RESTRICTED]
1977; 1990-1993
102739169
HyperAge Communications litigation
1988
102739067
Notes and contacts
1980-1994
102739070
Personal clippings
1976-1993
102739069
Personal correspondence [RESTRICTED]
1973-1996
102739066
Personal research and projects
1964; 1976-1994
102739071
Receipts
1976-1990
Manuals, Series 7,
1956-2000
Series Scope and Content
This series is made up of computing manuals from a variety of companies and for a variety of software, hardware, and programming
languages dating from 1956 to 2000. Included are manuals from more than 130 companies and institutions, with Apple, IBM, Microsoft,
Stanford University, Symantec, and FileMaker having the largest concentrations of manuals. Most companies and institutions
have their own record and folder group and are filed alphabetically by name, though a small number of companies that have
few manuals are filed together alphabetically under the same catalog record. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder
title.
102734787
ACIUS 4th DIMENSION
1989
102735924
ACIUS FILE FORCE
1990
102735925
Adaptec Toast 4 deluxe
1999
102734767
Adobe Illustrator
1993-1996
102735927
Adobe Systems manuals
1984; 1993-2000
102735928
Affinity Tempo II
1989-1992
102735926
After Hours Software TouchBASE, the personal contacts database
1991
102739191
Aladdin Systems manuals
1990; 1994; 1997
102739192
Alethic Backmail user's manual
1990
102734881
Apple AppleScript
1993
102734810
Apple Computer, Inc. manuals
1992-1997
102734907
Apple inside Macintosh set
1985-1994
102734817
Apple LaswerWriter
1988
102734898
Apple Macintosh manuals
1988-1994
102734831
Apple remote access manuals
1991-1993
102739193
APS manuals
1994-1999
102739194
Ark Workspace user's guide
1991
102739195
Ashton-Tate software manuals
1985-1991; bulk 1990
102739196
ATi manuals
1996; 1997
102739197
Attain In Control owner's manual
1993
102721271
Autodesk AutoCAD customization manual
1992-08-05
102721270
Autodesk AutoCAD development system - programmer's reference manual
1992-03-22
102721264
Autodesk AutoCAD manuals and promotional material
1989-1991
102739175
Autodesk AutoCAD manuals and templates
1984-1989
102721276
Autodesk AutoCAD SQL extension - reference manual
1992-10-08
102721275
Autodesk AutoCAD, release 12 - extras manual
1992-05-27
102721277
Autodesk AutoCAD, release 12 - IGES interface specifications
1992-05-18
102721269
Autodesk AutoCAD, release 12 - reference manual
1992
102721274
Autodesk AutoCAD, release 12 - render reference manual
1992-05-20
102721272
Autodesk AutoCAD, release 12 - tutorial
1992-05-28
102721273
Autodesk AutoLISP, release 12 - programmer's reference guide
1992-04-23
102739176
Autodesk Generic CADD 2.0 manuals
1992
102739177
Autodesk The Autodesk developer handbook
ca. 1992
102737538
Avid Technology
1996
102734901
Bank of America
1993
102734816
Basic Business Software Company
1978-1979
102734813
Bell Laboratories
1975-1979
102734814
Borland
1989; 1992
102734851
Burroughs and ButtonWare
1964; 1985
102734876
C. Itoh Electronics, Cahners Publishing, California Scientific Software
1975-1990
102734899
Carnegie-Mellon University
1976-1981
102734794
Casady & Greene
1995
102734900
Chena Software
1991
102734783
CIE Terminals and Cipher Data Products
1981-1983
102734860
Claris CAD
1988
102735931
Claris Home Page and Organizer
1996-1998
102735932
Claris MacDraw II, MacWrite II, and MacPaint
1987-1989
102734790
CompuPro
1978-1982
102734812
CompuServe
1990-1992
102734869
Computer Associates
1987-1991
102734879
Connectix
1998-1999
102735933
Control Data Corporation
1978
102734873
Cornell University, CoStar, and Cybersoft
ca. 1989-1992
102734880
Dantz Development Corporation
1989-1995
102735934
Data General Corporation
1972
102734875
DataPak Software
1991-1996
102734872
Dataproducts
ca. 1980
102735935
Datastorm Technologies
1987-1991
102735958
Diablo Systems
1981-1982
102734827
Diehl Graphsoft
1994
102734762
Digi-Fonts
1988
102734861
Digital Research
1977-1984
102734867
Dymax
1972-1976
102734824
Dynamic Microprocessor Associates
1990
102680625
Eastman Kodak professional DCS 200 digital camera user's manual
1993-1996
102734839
Elkay Software and Epic MegaGames
1989; 1994
102734811
Executive Systems
1985-1990
102735936
Farallon Computing and Fauve Software
1988; 1995
102735937
Fido Software
1988
102734894
FileMaker Inc.
1990-1999
102735938
Foresight Resources
1985
102735939
Fractal Design and Freeware
1984; 1993
102734768
Fujitsu
1980; 1991-1992
102734828
FutureWave Software
1995
102735941
General Automation, Generic Software, and Genesis Micro Software
1974-1990
102734793
Global Village
1991-1995
102735940
Handmade Software
1998
102734847
Hemenway Associates
1979
102735942
Hewlett Packard
1978-1993
102734838
IBM 1620 and 1800
1960-1970
102734897
IBM 3420 and 3803
1973
102734906
IBM 650 and 704
1956-1959
102734905
IBM General information manuals
1961-1964
102734795
IBM Personal Computer
1984-1987
102734841
IBM Personal Computer AT
1984-1985
102734883
IBM System/360
1967-1973
102735944
Individual Software and Insignia
1984-1990
102734856
InstallShield Software, IEEE, and Interactive Computers
1978; 1997
102735945
InterCon Systems
1993
102735946
Intuit
1994-1996
102734844
JAM Software
ca. 1990
102734761
Letraset USA
1987
102734854
LogiTech
1986-1989
102734857
Looking Glass Technologies, Lotus, and Lynn Abbott & Associates
1984; 1995-1996
102734796
Macromedia
1994-1998
102734785
Marinchip Systems
1978
102734893
MarketPlace, Maxis Software, McDermott Consulting, and Metropolis Software
1988-1992
102734868
McCracken Associates Inc.
1965
102734800
Micro Computer Resources
1990-1994
102734833
Micro Concepts and Micro Logic
1980-1982
102734825
Micrografx and MicroHelp
1987
102734863
MicroLogic Software
1986-1988
102734896
MicroPro and Microspot
1986-1990
102734864
Microsoft Excel
1992-1994
102734807
Microsoft FoxBASE and FoxPro
1989-1994
102734789
Microsoft Mail
1989
102734834
Microsoft MS-DOS
1988-1993
102734788
Microsoft Office and associated applications
1992-1994
102734786
Microsoft PowerPoint
1988-1992
102734782
Microsoft Stat Pack, Programmer's Library, and Small Business Consultant
1988-1989
102734846
Microsoft Windows 98
1998-1999
102734815
Microsoft Word
1992-1994
102734829
Microsoft Works
1989
102734865
Mindscape and MMB Development
1990-1991
102734845
MMC AD Systems
1989
102734832
Natural Intelligence
1991
102734866
Now Software
1993
102727754
O'Reilly & Associates
1993-1994
102734836
ON Technology
1991-1994
102727773
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
1984; 1990
102734855
Parsons Technology and Performer Systems
1990-1996
102734892
Personal Bibliographic Software
1991
102734882
Peter Norton Computing and PMC Telesystems
1987; 1991
102734888
Prentice Hall
1991
102734877
Prescience and Pro CD
1989; 1995
102734862
Qualcomm
1992-1997
102734871
Quarterdeck Office Systems and Quicksoft
1987-1989
102734823
Revolution Software, Richards Software, and Rockwell
1979; 1988; 1995
102734803
SAM76
1976-1978
102735930
Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) System V directory : the guide to software, hardware, and services for
the SCO System V environment
1990
102734826
Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) Xsight and Open Software Foundation Motif (OSF/Motif)
manuals
1989
102735947
SAS Institute
1989
102735929
Siemens and Silicon Beach Software manuals
1988
102734852
Software Marketing Corporation
1991
102734891
Software Ventures
1991-1995
102734884
Solutions and Soroc Technologies
ca. 1977; 1988
102734835
Stanford University ALGOL W and WYLBUR manuals
1969-1975
102734849
Stanford University manuals
1973-1975; 1989
102734797
Stanford University PL/ACME manuals
1967-1970
102734859
STF Technologies and Street Map Software
1987; 1992
102734850
Sun Microsystems and SuperMac Software
1986-1994
102735951
Symantec Antivirus for Macintosh
1992
102735950
Symantec C++
1995
102734848
Symantec Norton DiskLock, Norton Macintosh utilities, and SUM II
1989-1995
102735952
Symantec THINK C
1991
102735953
Symantec THINK Pascal
1991
102735948
Synergy Software
ca. 1990
102734809
Theta Systems and T/Maker
1987-1988
102734895
Valor Software
1987-1988
102734806
VisiCorp Personal Software
1981-1983
102734886
Visionary Software and Ward Mundy Software
1987; ca. 1992
102735954
WATCOM Products
1987-1989
102734889
Windcrest/McGraw-Hill
1991-1993
102735955
Wolfram Research, Woodware, and Wyse
1983-1989
102735956
Xerox PARC
1975
102735957
Yellow Bits and ZTerm
1990-1992
Promotional material, company overviews, and catalogs, Series 8,
1975-1998
Series Scope and Content
This series contains promotional material, company overviews, catalogs, libraries, and bibliographies for a variety of computer
products and companies, dating from 1975 to 1998. Product and company brochures, press releases, and press kits make up the
largest part of this series. A large variety of companies are represented, but Apple has the most material in this series,
with brochures that document its history and its products. There is also a large amount of software catalogs, and a smaller
number of software libraries and bibliographies. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102735910
Apple
1985-1993
102734903
Company and product brochures
1976-1994
102734902
Press releases and kits
1975-1998
102735977
Software and electronics catalogs
1978-1995
102735978
Software libraries and bibliographies
1981-1994
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) records, Series 9,
1962-1982
Series Scope and Content
This series is made up of material related to DEC that dates from 1962 to 1982. Material includes brochures, price lists,
manuals, and program listings for a variety of DEC products, including the PDP-8, PDP-10, and PDP-11, peripherals such as
DECtape and the AX08, software, and the programming language FOCAL. Also included is a large amount of material related to
DEC Users Society (DECUS), including correspondence, catalogs, newsletters, promotional material, and records from symposia
and proceedings. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734778
DEC AX08 Laboratory Peripheral instruction manual
1968; 1971
102735915
DEC computer games
1974
102734798
DEC FOCAL guides
1969
102734766
DEC FOCAL program listing
1969-1972
102734777
DEC PDP-10 and PDP-11document editor guide
1968; 1980
102734779
DEC PDP-11 brochures and price lists
1969-1974
102734775
DEC PDP-11 memory brochures
1970
102734808
DEC PDP-11 program manual
ca. 1972
102734776
DEC PDP-8 and PDP-11 price lists
1972
102734781
DEC PDP-8 promotional material
1969; 1972
102734791
DEC PDP-8 software developed by others
ca. 1972
102735916
DEC press kit
1980
102734804
DEC PS-8 progam listing
1970; 1972
102734774
DEC software support manual
1971
102735917
DEC terminal users guides
1972-1982
102734755
DEC Users Society (DECUS) local groups
1968-1969
102734752
DEC Users Society (DECUS) member correspondence
ca. 1970
102739043
DEC Users Society (DECUS) program library catalog
1969-1973
102734751
DEC Users Society (DECUS) program newsletter
1969
102734754
DEC Users Society (DECUS) promotional material
1968; 1971
102734753
DEC Users Society (DECUS) symposia proceedings
1962-1968
102739042
DEC Users Society (DECUS) symposia programs
1968-1972
102739063
DECtape modifications developed by others
1969-1972
Newsletters, Series 10,
1971-1996
Series Scope and Content
This series is made up of newsletters published from 1971 to 1996. The majority of newsletters are from computer user groups,
clubs, and organizations. There are also a smaller number of newsletters from computer companies, and from political, environmental,
and activist groups. The number of issues varies for each newsletter, from just one issue to several folders’ worth of issues.
The newsletters with the most issues in this series include the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey’s newsletter, the Homebrew
Computer Club’s newsletter, IEEE Grid, Hewlett Packard’s Bench Briefs, the Peninsula ACM’s SIGMICRO Newsletter and SIGPLAN
Notices, National Semiconductor Corporation’s The Bit-Bucket and COMPUTE, ON_LINE, CACHE, the San Francisco Personal Computer
Users Group’s Blue Notes, and newsletters published by Computer Information Exchange. For a complete inventory of newsletters,
please ask the archivist for the list in the collection’s lot file. The newsletters are filed alphabetically by newsletter
title, and this series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734784
A newsletters
1976-1982; 1990-1996
102734805
B newsletters
1977-1981; 1990-1996
102734801
C newsletters
1974-1982; 1990-1996
102734820
D newsletters
1975-1982
102734821
E newsletters
1976-1982; 1991-1996
102734837
F-G newsletters
1975-1982; 1990-1995
102734819
H newsletters
1975-1982; 1994-1996
102734830
I newsletters
1975-1982; 1990-1996
102734822
J-K newsletters
1976-1979; 1990
102734764
L newsletters
1978; 1987-1993
102734842
M newsletters
1974-1996
102734758
N newsletters
1974-1982; 1990-1993
102734759
O newsletters
1976-1981; 1991-1996
102734760
P newsletters
1975-1982; 1990-1996
102734870
R newsletters
1974-1979; 1990-1993
102734874
S newsletters
1971-1996
102734878
T newsletters
1971-1982
102734887
U-X newsletters
1976-1981; 1990-1995
Articles, technical papers, and reports, Series 11,
1963-1996
Series Scope and Content
This series contains technical papers and reports, articles, and clippings from 1963 to 1996. The clippings and articles focus
on both computer technology and the political issues Warren was interested in. These date from 1974 to 1996. The technical
papers and reports focus more on computing, with most of them published by universities in the United States, Europe, and
Japan, such as MIT, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Toronto, and University of Washington. Carnegie
Mellon University and Stanford University technical reports make up the bulk of these. There also quite a few reports from
the U.S. Air Force and Army, IBM, and the RAND Corporation. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
102734818
Carnegie Mellon University computer science research review
1974-1981
102739065
Carnegie Mellon University technical reports
1972-1989
102739064
Clippings
1974-1996; bulk 1990-1996
102739060
IBM technical papers and reports
1970-1976
102739057
MIT technical papers and reports
1974-1977
102739062
Other company and organization technical papers and reports
1970-1995
102739058
Other university technical papers and reports
1964-1979; 1993
102739059
RAND Corporation technical reports
1963-1980
102739097
Stanford University Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science technical papers and
reports
1966-1976
102739056
U.S. government technical reports
1970-1983
102739054
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign technical reports
1971-1974
102739053
University of Toronto technical papers and reports
1969-1986
102739055
University of Washington technical papers and reports
1974-1975