Correspondents Conway-Elvey
MS. Landin 44
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondents Conway-Elvey
Shelfmark
MS. Landin 44
Summary
Correspondents include:
Melvin E Conway
Donald F Cowell (=Closed)
Professor D.C Cooper
Dr B Courcelle
R.J Cunningham (=Closed)
Dr A Dubinsky (=Closed)
Roy Edwards (=Closed)
Owen Davies
Calvin Elgort
J.S.N Elvey.
Subjects include:
ADAM (Automated Data Mangement) program operating system for the United States Air Force
Landin's manuscript 'A Language-free Introduction to Programming' - a textbook version of his course on Programming early-mid 1980s
recruitment of Dr J.S.N Elvey to the Oxford University Computing Laboratory Programming Research Group (=Closed)
Dr J.S.N Elvey's unpublished draft of 'Information, Approximation and Mathematical Computation'
research proposal for an Intelligence Knowledge-Based System out of Oxford and subject of mathematical taxonomy
merger of the British Computer Society Algol Association
biographical memoirs of Christopher Strachey
artificial intelligence.
Also includes folder of letters marked 'Unanswered' with letters from the following correspondents:
John Newsome Crossley
Martin Campbell-Kelly
Peter Clark, formerly of St John's College Oxford, relating to early exploration of artificial intelligence
C A R (Tony) Hoare.
Date
Nov 1965-Oct 1992
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Peter Landin, computer scientist, academic and gay rights campaigner
Correspondence
Correspondents Conway-Elvey
