Catalogue description Folder of correspondence and papers documenting the preliminary negotiations which led...

Folder of correspondence and papers documenting the preliminary negotiations which led to the establishment of the Programming Research Group.

Includes: Draft application by L. Fox to D.S.I.R. for a grant to Oxford University for research into non-numerical uses of computers, to be directed by Strachey (July 1964).

Strachey's ms. 'Notes on Fox's application'.

Correspondence between Strachey and Fox re this application and minor amendments suggested by Strachey. Strachey sent Fox a copy of the 'technical note' (in CSAC 71.1.80/B.2) to accompany the proposal.

After the grant was awarded (from 1 July 1965), the correspondence continued re space, equipment and budget requirements of the new group. The name 'the programming research group', suggested by Strachey in his letter to Fox, 6 May 1965, was adopted.

Some correspondence with and re prospective members of the Group is also included.