Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History -John Clifford Shaw Papers

The John Clifford Shaw Papers contain reports, research notes, correspondence, memorandum, and diagrams documenting Shaw?s development of one of the earliest list processing languages (IPL) and an early interactive, time sharing program, the JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (JOSS). The collection also contains printed material on the RAND Corporation and the evolution of the artificial intelligence and electronic computer industry in the 1950s and 1960s.