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100	1		_aBackus, John W., _d1924-2007.
245	0	0	_aJohn W. Backus papers, _f1951-2001 _g(bulk 1953-1991).
300			_a2,000 _fitems.
300			_a12 _fcontainers plus _a1 _foversize.
300			_a4.8 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, notes, slides, photographs, and other papers relating to Backus's work as a computer scientist at IBM on programming languages, particularly FORTRAN. Includes material relating to Backus's early work on the IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator and Backus-Naur Form (BNF). Documents Backus's pursuit as IBM Fellow, 1963-1991, of his own research projects relating to mathematical theories of programming and the development of functional programming languages. Also includes files pertaining to Backus's political activism as a member of Computer Professionals Against ABM in the early 1970s and as an opponent of the strategic defense initiative in the 1980s.
544			_3Sound recording _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
545	0		_aComputer scientist.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007001
600	1	0	_aBackus, John W., _d1924-2007 _xPolitical activity.
610	2	0	_aInternational Business Machines Corporation.
650		0	_aBallistic missile defenses.
650		0	_aCalculators.
650		0	_aComputers.
650		0	_aFORTRAN (Computer program language)
650		0	_aProgramming languages (Electronic computers)
656		7	_aComputer scientists. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007001
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007001.3
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