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An Event to Remember ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing
Program cover for the Association for Computing Machinery's 1997 Expo and Conference.
A History of Personal Workstations
ACM Press history series
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Past is Prologue: Twentieth Anniversary Conference of the Association for Computing Machinery
Program for the 20th Anniversary National Conference Exposition of the Association for Computing Machinery on August 29-31, 1967 in Washington, D.C.
ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing
Program cover for the Association for Computing Machinery's 1997 conference.
Program, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), Fall Joint Computer Conference
Program, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1965. For many years, ACM was a co-sponsor of the joint computer conferences.
Photograph, Awards Banquet at the 1979 ACM Annual Meeting
Awards banquet at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI. Carl Hammer, recipient of the ACM Distinguished Service Award, is seated to the immediate left of the podium.
Photograph, unidentified men at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, unidentified men at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship, undated.
A History of Medical Informatics
Book cover
Parallel Functional Languages and Compilers
Book cover
Computing: A Human Activity
Book cover
The OPEN Process Specification
Book cover
New Community Networks: Wired for Change
Book cover
Database Security
Book cover
Virtual Reality Systems
Book cover
Communications of the ACM: The Digital Society
Magazine cover
ACM Queue: Tomorrow's Computing Today
Magazine cover
Proceedings of the APL96 Conference
Program cover
Building Neural Networks
Book cover
Computer Graphics Proceedings
Program cover
1987 ACM Awards Program
1987 Awards Program brochure celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Presentation of the ACM Distinguished Service Award to Carl Hammer
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award to Carl Hammer at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI.
Presentation of the Grace Murray Hopper Award to Steve Wozniak
In 1979 Steve Wozniak was presented with the Grace Murray Hopper Award at the ACM annual meeting in recognition of "his many contributions to the rapidly growing field of personal computing and, in particular, to the hardware and software for the…
ACM Model High School Computer Science Curriculum Guide
Prepared by the Task Force of the Pre-College Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Model High School Computer Science Curriculum guide includes specific recommendations for "the essential concepts in computer science which every…
Brochure for "The Blind in EDP"
Brochure produced in 1965 by the Committee on Professional Activities of the Blind of the Association of Computing Machinery.
Brochure, "The Selection, Training and Placement of Blind Computer Programmers"
Brochure, "The Selection, Training and Placement of Blind Computer Programmers." Created jointly by the ACM Committee on Automation and Computation and the Committee on Professional Activities of the Blind in 1966.
Computer programming with Braille
Computer programming with Braille.
Photograph, Street scene with bus advertising the town meetings at the New York City Hilton Hotel associated with ACM's annual meeting
Photograph of a street scene with a bus advertising the town meetings to be held at the New York City Hilton Hotel in conjunction with ACM's 1970 annual meeting.
Blank certificate for the chartering of a secondary school Computer Club of the Association for Computing Machinery
Blank certificate used to certify that a given school has been chartered as a secondary school Computer Club of the Association for Computing Machinery. Certificate includes room for sponsorship information as well as space for the signatures of the…
ACM-Sponsored International Collegiate Programming Contest
Exhibit hall filled with tables and personal computers for the use of the competitors of the programming contest.
ACM Student Membership Brochure
Student membership brochure for the Association for Computing Machinery. The brochure lists the special benefits associated with a student membership.
Advertisement for "The Thinking Machine"
Advertisement for "The Thinking Machine." This was the fourth episode in the five-part television series "The Machine That Changed the World." The fourth episode focused on the search for artificial intelligence.
Invitation to the premiere screening of "The Machine That Changed the World"
Invitation to the premiere screening of "The Machine That Changed the World" on April 2, 1992 at the Computer Museum in Boston, MA.
Press Release, "The Association for Computing Machinery Sponsors PBS Series on the History of Computers"
Press release announcing the Association for Computing Machinery's sponsorship of a PBS series on the history of computers. "The Machine That Changed the World" was a five-part televsion series that aired on PBS in 1992.
A Teacher's Guide to "The Machine That Changed the World"
The Teacher's Guide to "The Machine That Changed the World" includes background information, viewing goals, discussion questions and suggested activities for each of the five episodes in the series.
Report, "Strategic Planning for the 1990s: A Report to the ACM Executive Committee"
The ACM "Strategic Planning for the 1990s: A Report to the ACM Executive Committee" begins with the statement, "ACM has reached a state of stagnation. It knows too little about its members and subscribers. It knows virtually nothing about its…
Memorandum for the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery
Report No. 2 listed the early purpose of the organization as "to advance the science, development, construction, and application of the new machinery for computing, reasoning and other handling of informaiton." The memorandum also discussed the…
"Recommended Future Directions for ACM," Final Report of Long Range Planning Committee
The Final Report of the Long Range Planning Committee covers the dates May 1973-November 1974 and made recommendation on changes in direction in a number of areas, and additionally suggested that the organization be grouped into four overarching…
Planning for Leadership: The ACM in the 1990s
"Planning for Leadership: The ACM in the 1990's" was authored by the Long-Range Planning Committee in 1986 and identified the four key roles for the organization during the 1990s. These included "providing publications for scientists and providing…
Report, "ACM Name Change Feasibility Study"
The "ACM Name Change Feasibility Study" explored "the always-defeated effort to adopt a different name." The 1996 report also outlines a number of goals, including: working to ensure ACM's relevance, expand its international presence, increase its…
Conference Program, "Strategic Directions in Computing Research"
The ACM Conference, "Strategic Directions in Computing Research" aimed to "develop an understanding of and consensus on the goals of computing research."
Press release, "Scientists Predict That by the Year 2000 Most People Will Be Linked to a Computer Network"
Press release issued in 1991 by the Association for Computing Machinery. The release outlines two key predictions: computer speed and memeory will continue to grow and advances in comunications will make computer power available to virtually…
Conference program, "Computing Trends in the 1990's"
Advance program for the ACM 17th Annual Computer Science Conference. The focus of this conference was on preparing for computing in the 1990s as well as emerging trends in computing.
ACM Membership Card
ACM Membership Card
ACM 1948 Membership Directory
ACM Membership Directory, members as of May 21, 1948
ACM Membership Handbook, circa 1985
Floppy disk with ACM Membership Handbook
ACM Membership Booth at the 1976 ACM Annual Meeting
Conference attendees at the ACM Membership Booth.
ACM Membership Booth at the 1980 ACM Annual Meeting
Photograph of the 1980 ACM Membership Booth featuring a poster for the ACM's halloween Computer Graphics Contest.
"People," the 1991 ACM Directory
"People" includes contact inforamtion for council members, headquarters office, members of each board, chapter officers and the heads of each special interest group.
"ACM: Organization and Key People"
Organization directory featuring lists and ocnfact inforamtion for the council members, headquarters office, members of each board, chapter officers and heads of each special interest group.
ACM Membership Application, "Your Professional Society"
ACM membership application from the late 1960s.
Flyer, "Time is Running Out - Vote on the ACM Constitutional Amendment"
Flyer reminding ACM members to vote on the proposition "that the ACM Constitution, Article 12, Amendments, Section 2, Constitution, be amended."
Ballot for Voting on Proposed Constitution and Bylaws
Ballot for Voting on the Porposed Association for Computing Machinery's Proposed Constitution and Bylaws, dated May 20, 1949.
Ballot for 1948 Elections
Ballot for the 1948 Election of ACM offices including President, Vice-President, Section Officers and Members-at-Large.
SIGGRAPH program, 1984
Program for Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics, July 23-24, 1984.
SIGGRAPH program, 1983
Program for Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics, 1983.
SIG99-2000 Guide to ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
This guide lists each ACM SIG along with a brief description, its membership costs, areas of interest, benefits accrued from joining, and publications and professional activities.
Photograph of Robert Bates, chairman of the Washington, DC chapter of SIGDEAF (Special Interest Group for the Deaf)
Photograph of Robert Bates, chairman of the Washington, DC chapter of SIGDEAF (Special Interest Group for the Deaf). Bates is standing inf ront of a display at an undated National Association of the Deaf Convention.
"Computers & Society," Special Issue, October 1990
The October 1990 Special Issue of "Computers & Society" was a joint publication of SIGCAS (Special Interest Group on Computers and Society) and SIGCAPH (Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physcially Handicapped). This issue contained the…
Program for 20th Anniversary Meeting of SIGBOOZE
Program for the 20th anniversary of SIGBOOZE, a special interest group "serving computing and the imbibing arts," held during the 40th anniversary meeting of ACM, October 28, 1987.
Brochure for SIGGROUP "Where Groupwork Happens"
Brochure for SIGGROUP, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group for Groupwork.
Brochure for SIGDA, "Propelling Innovation in Design Automation"
Brochure for SIGDA, ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation.
Advertisement for "History of Porgramming Languages" conference
Advertisement for the Association for Computing Machinery's "History of Porgramming Languages" conference sponsored by SIGPLAN and held in Los Angeles, CA.
Report, "Why Are SIGs Not Growing?"
Report by Lillian Israel, ACM's Associate Director of Membership Services and Marketing. "Why Are SIGS Not Growing? Stabs, Guesses and Shots in the Dark" was produced circa 1990 and in it Israel suggests six problems facing SIGs along with proposed…
SIG/SIC Annual Report Form for SIGART
1974 Annual Report from SIGART (Special Interest Group for Artificial Intelligence) for the chairman of ACM's SIG/SIC board. Each SIG filled out similar yearly reports with information about their elected officials, newsletter activity, meeting…
"Notice on Organization of an 'Eastern Association for Computing Machinery'"
The "Notice on Organization of an 'Eastern Association for Computing Machinery'" recounts the formation of the ACM in the early months of 1947.
Photograph of Edmund C. Berkeley
Photograph of Edmund C. Berkeley, undated. Berkeley was one of the founders of the ACM and served as the association's first secretary. He did much of the early work in forming and organization the association.
Program, "Founder's Dinner Silver Anniversary Evening"
Program, "Founder's Dinner Silver Anniversary Evening" held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA to honor the founders of the association.
First Glossary of Programming Terminology, Report to the Association for Computing Machinery
First Glossary of Programming Terminology, Report to the Association for Computing Machinery produced by the Committee on Nomenclature (Grace Murray Hopper, Chairman with C. W. Adams, J. W. Backus, J. W. Carr, III, R. F. Osborn, G. W. Patterson, J.…
Photograph of John W. Mauchly
Photograph of John W. Mauchly, undated.
Report of Proposed "Constitution and Bylaws of the Association for Computing Machinery"
Report of proposed "Constitution and Bylaws of the Association for Computing Machinery," Form proposed February 15, 1948.
Correspondence, between John von Neumann and Edmund Berkeley
Correspondence, two letters between John von Neumann and Edmund Berkeley regarding interest in the ACM, dated September 15, 1947 and September 23, 1947.
Summary report, "The Pilot Model of EDVAC"
Summary report, "The Pilot Model of EDVAC" documenting the First Meeting of the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery at Columbia University, September 15, 1947. Draft of September 22, 1947.
Program, "40 Years of Achievement, ACM 1947-1987"
Program, "40 Years of Achievement, ACM 1947-1987." Anniversary event held at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in Dallas, TX, October 27, 1987.
Program, Conference on Automatic Computation
Program, Conference on Automatic Computation, September 7-9, 1950 in Washington, DC.
Program, 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
Program, 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference. Final Program, June 12-16, 1988 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Program, Women's Conference Activity
Program, women's conference activity for women accompanying their husbands. The program assured attendess that "every day will bring a program of activities to please a variety of feminine tastes."
Program, The Twenty-Third ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Program, The Twenty-Third ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Indianapolis, IN on February 14-17-1993.
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Indianapolis, IN, February 1993
Photograph from the ACM International Computer Chess Championship in Indianapolis, IN; February 1993.
Photograph, Woman Presenting at ACM70 on "The Housewife's New Helper"
Photograph, woman presenting at ACM70 on "The Housewife's New Helper" which was a computer designed by Honeywell.
Photograph, Woman Standing by a Poster Presentation at ACM68
Photograph, Woman Standing by a Poster Presentation at ACM68. Poster boards demonstrate "Who makes the computer work," "What makes a computer work," and "How we make a computer work."
Program, "ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace" Conference Schedule
Program, "ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace" Conference Schedule at San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA on March 10-14, 2001.
Photograph, ACM Annual Meeting Attendees, 1970
Photograph, ACM Annual Meeting Attendees, 1970.
Program, The Twenty-Second Annual ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Program, The 22nd Annual ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Doubletree Hotel in Albuquerque, NM, November 17-20, 1991.
Program, The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship
Program, The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Reno, Nevada, November 12-15, 1989.