Computers
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Archives of the Mathematical Laboratory and its successor, the Computer Laboratory, 1934 - 2006
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/COMP
Scope and Contents
The archives comprise limited quantities of administrative material, including of the Computing Service. Much more significant are the surviving records of EDSAC and EDSAC 2 [Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator], among the earliest electronic computers, developed in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
1934 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Records of the Cambridge University Computer Preservation Society, 1996 - 2002
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXXIV
Scope and Contents
The records comprise minutes and papers of business meetings and speaker meetings; historical accounts of the society; list of officers; flyers from Societies Fair; and accounts. They include a detailed list of contents, prepared by Joseph Myers (Trinity College, 1995).
Dates:
1996 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).