Guide to the Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Collection

Daniel Hartwig

Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: SC0618

Creator: Charles Babbage Insititute

Title: Charles Babbage Institute oral history collection

Dates: 1979-1991

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet

Summary: This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews selected for their relevance to the history of computer science at Stanford, including the development of the computer science department and Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Persons interviewed are Saul Amarel, Bruce G. Buchanan, Vinton Cerf, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Louis Fein, Alexandra I. Forsythe, Gene H. Golub, John McCarthy, William F. Miller, Allen Newell, Nils J. Nilsson, Bernard M. Oliver, Dabbala R. Reddy, Joseph F. Traub, and Terry Winograd. There is also a transcript of the Burroughs B 5000 Conference held on September 6, 1985.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Materials may not be photocopied; copyright resides with the Charles Babbage Institute.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

[Description of Item], Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Collection (SC0618). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of Originals

These materials are availble from the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/index.html .

Description of the Collection

This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews selected for their relevance to the history of computer science at Stanford, including the development of the computer science department and Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Persons interviewed are Saul Amarel, Bruce G. Buchanan, Vinton Cerf, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Louis Fein, Alexandra I. Forsythe, Gene H. Golub, John McCarthy, William F. Miller, Allen Newell, Nils J. Nilsson, Bernard M. Oliver, Dabbala R. Reddy, Joseph F. Traub, and Terry Winograd. There is also a transcript of the Burroughs B 5000 Conference held on September 6, 1985.

Access Terms

Amarel, Saul.

Buchanan, Bruce G.

Cerf, Vinton.

Charles Babbage Insititute

Feigenbaum, Edward A.

Fein, Louis

Forsythe, Alexandra I.

Golub, Gene H. (Gene Howard), 1932-2007

McCarthy, John, 1927-2011.

Miller, William F.

Newell, Allen.

Nilsson, Nils J., 1933-

Oliver, Bernard M., 1916-

Reddy, Dabbala Rajagopal.

Stanford University. Computer Science Department. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), 1932-

Winograd, Terry.

Artificial intelligence.

Computer science.

Box 1

Transcripts

Transcripts