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ACCN 1037
Ashton, Alan Conway, 1942-
Alan Conway Ashton papers
1970-1976
3 boxes
2.5 linear feet
The Alan Conway Ashton papers (1970-1976) consist of a draft of his University of Utah dissertation Electronics, music and computers, instructional materials including tests, lecture notes, and assignment sheets for various courses in computer science. Ashton created the WordPerfect word processing software.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Note
Alan Conway Ashton was a professor of computer science at Brigham Young University who created the WordPerfect word processing software. He was president of WordPerfect Corporation.
The Alan Conway Ashton papers consist of a draft of his University of Utah dissertation
Electronics, music and computers, instructional materials including tests, lecture notes, and assignment sheets for various courses in computer science.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Alan Conway Ashton in 1988
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 1988.
Ashton, Alan Conway,1942- --Archives
Ashton, Alan Conway,1942- --Electronics, music and computers
Brigham Young University--Faculty
Computers--Study and teaching--Utah
Technology
Drafts (documents)
Instructional materials
Dissertation
1
1
Electronics, Music and Computers, draft of the introduction and chapter one
1
2
Electronics, Music and Computers, draft of chapter two
1
3
Electronics, Music and Computers, draft of chapter three
1
4
Electronics, Music and Computers, draft of chapter four
1
5
Electronics, Music and Computers, draft of chapter five
1
6
Electronics, Music and Computers
1
7
MIT problem sets
1
8
BASIC programming notes
1
9-10
Hardware information
1
11
General materials
Course materials
1
12
CS130.2, lecture notes
1
13
CS130.2, assignments
1
14
CS130.2, assignments and exams
1
15
CS130.90, lecture notes and class rolls
1
16
CS130.90, lecture notes
1
17
CS130.90, assignments
1
18
CS130.90, quizzes
1
19-21
CS130.90, exams
2
1-3
CS130.90, exams
2
4-6
CS220, lecture notes
2
7
CS220, assignments
2
8
CS220, lab assignments
2
9
CS220, exams
2
10
CS232, lecture notes
2
11-12
CS232, lecture notes and assignments
2
13
CS232, assignments and exams
3
1
CS330, lecture notes
3
2-3
CS330, assignments and exams
3
4
CS330, ADA
3
5
CS330, Algol
3
6
CS330, APL
3
7
CS330, BASIC
3
8
CS330, C
3
9
CS330, COBOL
3
10
CS330, Forth
3
11
CS330, LISP
3
12
CS330, Logo
3
13
CS330, Pascal
3
14
CS330, PL/I
3
15
CS330, Shell
3
16
CS330, Simula
3
17
CS330, Snobol
3
18-19
CS351, lecture notes
3
20-22
CS380, lecture notes