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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 10.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8000 items) |
| Abstract | Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Papers consist of personal and professional papers of Fred Brooks, documenting his career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the founding of the Computer Science Department. The collection includes grant proposals for the creation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) and for Brooks' work on computer graphics. Also included are a manuscript of Brooks' book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, speeches, and other writings, as well as audiovisual materials related to Brooks, including early video footage of microprocessors and audio recordings of talks and appearances by Brooks. |
| Creator | Brooks, Frederick P., Jr., 1931- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Encoded by: Laura Smith and Anne Wells, September 2018
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Fred Brooks was born in Durham, N.C., grew up in Greenville, N.C., and was educated at Duke University and Harvard University. Working at IBM in the 1950s and 1960s, he was an early innovator in software development and computer architecture. In 1964, he came to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he founded the Department of Computer Science. Brooks's book "The Mythical Man-Month" (first published in 1975) is an influential work on software engineering and project management and has been reprinted many times. Brooks received many awards and honors throughout his career, including the prestigious Turing Award in 1999. In 2008, the new computer science building at UNC was named for Brooks. He retired from teaching in 2015.
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Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Fred Brooks, documenting his career at UNC-Chapel Hill and the founding of the Computer Science Department. The collection includes grant proposals for the creation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) and for Brooks' work on computer graphics. Also included are a manuscript of Brooks' book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, speeches, and other writings, as well as audiovisual materials related to Brooks, including early video footage of microprocessors and audio recordings of talks and appearances by Brooks.
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Series 1. Papers, 1955-1990.
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Series 2. Audiovisual Materials, 1967-1975 and undated.
Arrangement: Chronological by format.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from original containers.
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