Audio cassettes with recordings of interviews Donald Cowan likely participated in recounting the history of computer science at the University of Waterloo. One cassette is a recording of a group interview. These interviews may have taken place as part of the 25th anniversary of computer science at the University of Waterloo in 1992. It is not clear who is serving as the interviewer on any of the tapes.

Slides featuring photographs of IBM computer equipment at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs and the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs possibly of a computer expo at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring text and diagrams used during a presentation given by Paul Dirksen likely titled, "Networking IBM personal computers at University of Waterloo."

Slides featuring photographs primarily of computer equipment at the University of Waterloo. Some slides include images of students and staff working with the equipment.

A photograph of the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo taken on May 3, 1982. This photograph is a reproduction of an image from a file in the Graphic Services fonds titled, "View of Red Room, Computer Centre," reference code 82-05-04. A link to file 82-05-04 is available in the related materials note.

Slides featuring photographs of the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of an unidentified event at the University of Waterloo. The event name may have included the acronym OUCC and it may have been held between May 15-17 (year unknown).

Slides featuring photographs of computer equipment at the University of Waterloo. Some slides feature photographs of unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams related to various topics including networks, input methods, facilities at the University of Waterloo and more. Some slides feature images of the University of Waterloo crest, the Mathematics and Computer Building, the Red Room, and the Computing Centre. It is possible these slides are duplicates from several presentations.

Slides and negatives featuring images of text, diagrams and graphics used during a presentation likely titled, "Waterloo microcomputer systems for the 1980s." The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo. The presentation may have been delivered at the ACM Dallas Conference in 1982.

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams used during a presentation about the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system. The slides also include information about the University of Waterloo, student computing problems, and the delivering of computing services and micro computer networks. The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and graphics that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Need for a network." Twelve slides are numbered 25-36. The other twelve slides are duplicate copies. The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and graphics that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Micro computer networks for education at the University of Waterloo." The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs primarily of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Many of the images include unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring photographs primarily of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Many of the images include unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring photographs primarily of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Many of the images include unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring photographs of the University of Waterloo including images of Dana Porter Library, the greenhouses, Grad House, the Mathematics and Computer Building, the Red Room and Computing Centre. Some slides also include photographs of staff and students using computer equipment. It is possible that these slides were used during a presentation about the University campus and computing facilities.

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams used during a presentation about the Computing Centre and educational software at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. One of the slides also features a photograph of computer equipment.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system.

Negatives featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "The evolution of computer systems for student use at the University of Waterloo."

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams used during a presentation about the computer science program at the University of Waterloo. Some of the slides feature photographs of the Mathematics and Computer Building (one shows the pink tie), a campus sign, and people working at computer stations.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Some of the slides also feature photographs of a lecture hall, a campus sign, the Mathematics and Computer Building, and several unidentified people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Includes images of people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Some of the slides also feature photographs of a lecture hall, classrooms, and several unidentified people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the Red Room and other computer labs in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs possibly of Computer Science Day at the University of Waterloo in 1967. Includes images of Dana Porter Library, the Physics Building, and unidentified individuals using computer equipment.

Photographs related to computer science at the University of Waterloo. Includes images of computer equipment, buildings, facilities, staff, students, labs, and more. All of the photographs in this file are reproductions of images in the Graphic Services fonds. Graphic Services fonds reference codes are written on the back of each photograph. Some of the photographs have captions written on the back identifying the subjects of the image.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Computer science education, University of Waterloo experience."

Slides featuring photographs of the University of Waterloo, specifically buildings, computer equipment as well as staff and students using computer equipment. Many of the photographs are copies from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection or the Graphic Services fonds.

Loose pages of a photograph album with various photographs and corresponding captions glued to to the pages. The photographs feature the IBM System 360 Model 44, the IBM 2260 display terminal, keypunched cards, a card reader, the Calcomp tape unit, the console panel and typewriter, auxiliary storage devices, tape drives, disk drives, storage drum, data cell, printer, and Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer equipment and the University of Waterloo campus including the art gallery, swimming pool, basketball court, and theatre. Also includes portraits of Paul Dirksen and duplicate lecture slides used during presentations.

Slides featuring photographs of the University of Waterloo campus and buildings including Dana Porter Library, the Mathematics and Computer Building, Grad House, and the William G. Davis Computer Research Centre.

Mounted oversized transparences featuring photographs of computer labs in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of an unidentified event at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of an unidentified event at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of various IBM equipment as well as unidentified people using computer equipment. Some of the photographs appear to have been taken inside the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Photographs documenting a one-week trip that several faculty members at the University of Waterloo took, including Donald Cowan and Shirley Fenton, to Tokyo, Japan to train IBM faculty. Some of the faculty members who participated in this trip also presented at a conference. Includes images of students working at computers, Donald Cowan standing in front of a computer while running a program from Waterloo, Shirley Fenton teaching as well as Donald Cowan and his wife with Shirley Fenton and guests at a restaurant. Also includes one sticker for the SATT Software Racing Team.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation likely titled, "Personal work station at the University of Waterloo." Also includes one slide featuring a photograph of students working at computer stations. Several of the slides are duplicated.

Photographs related to computer science at the University of Waterloo. Includes images of computer equipment, buildings, facilities, staff, students, labs, and more. The photographs in this file are likely reproductions of images found in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection and the Graphic Services fonds. The photographs do not have any identifying reference codes on the back.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers possibly in the Computing Centre. These slides are likely duplicates of other slides in the fonds.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers likely in the Computing Centre.

Slides featuring text about problems of training in practical areas and debugging processors. One slide features a map of Southwestern Ontario. The slides were likely used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers likely in the Computing Centre. Several of the images are likely reproductions from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection or Graphic Services fonds.

Slides featuring images of text and two maps used during a presentation likely titled, "Computing in Canada." The presentation appears to include an explanation of educational software and computer programs at secondary schools, community colleges, universities, and the University of Waterloo.

A book titled, "Waterloo 6809 assembler: tutorial and reference manual" by Donald Cowan and M.J. Shaw. The book was published as part of the "Series in Computer Science and Computer Applications."

A publication titled, "Solutions to the problems in : an introduction to COBOL with WATBOL" by Donald Cowan, J.A. Derosie, V.J. Watts, and T.A. Wilkinson. The publication is one hundred and sixteen pages.

A manual titled, "Instructor's manual to accompany the textbook: an introduction to COBOL with WATBOL - a structured programming approach" by Donald Cowan and B. J. Rowe. The text is one hundred and sixteen pages.

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 2" by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing techniques, and to illustrate their implementation using the COBOL language." The manual is printed in two parts. Part 2 covers in detail the applications-oriented subjects such as sorting, file maintenance and report generation. Part 2 is one hundred and forty-two pages.

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 1, by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing techniques, and to illustrate their implementation using the COBOL language." The manual is printed in two parts. Part 1 introduces COBOL-oriented concepts and is one hundred and twenty-two pages.

A copy of an article titled, "Diversity, accessibility and adaptability: data communication need for higher education, the University of Waterloo experience," by Donald Cowan, S.L. Fenton, A. Pittman, and T.M. Stepien. The report was reprinted from IEEE Communications Society, IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 12-15, 1988, pages 1576-1580.

A copy of an article titled, "Computer networks : technology boon/moral and legal nightmare," by Donald Cowan. The article is twenty-four pages.

A report titled, "Computer networks and generalized Moore graphs," by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, R.G. Stanton. This report was published as External Report 15 by the Computer Communications Network Group (CCNG) at the University of Waterloo. The report was also published in an an offprint from Proceedings of the Third Manitoba Conference on Numerical Mathematics, October 3-6, 1973, pages 379-398.

A photocopy of a proof for an article titled, "Networks for education at the University of Waterloo" by Donald Cowan, S. Fenton, James Wesley Graham, and T.M. Stepien. The article was published in Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, volume 15, (issue 5), pages 313-327, in October 1988.

A typed manuscript titled, "The data transform programming method and file processing problems" by C.J. Lucena, R.C.B. Martins, and P.A.S. Veloso (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Donald Cowan (Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo). The manuscript is 48 pages. In addition, the file contains a second copy of the article on a dot matrix printout and two copies of abstracts and introductions for the article in both English and Portuguese.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to data directed design. Includes notes, correspondence, computer printouts, a bibliography, and related items. In addition the file includes copies of the following articles:

• 1. Manna, Zohar and Richard Waldinger. (January 1980). A deductive approach to program synthesis. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, volume 2, (number 1), pages 90-121.

• 2. Cheatham, T.E., G.H. Holloway, and J.A. Townley. (1981). Program refinement by transformation. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, pages 430-437.

• 3. Bergland, G.D. (October 1981). A guided tour of program design methodologies. Computer, pages 13-37.

• 4. Sharma, D.K. (November 1981). McDonald's problem : an example of using Dijkstra's programming method. The Bell System Technical Journal, volume 60, (number 9), pages 2157-2165.

• 5. Levy, Michael R. (June 1982). Modularity and the sequential file update problem. Communications of the ACM, volume 25, (number 6), pages 362-367.

The materials in this file may have been used to support the creation of the article titled, "The data transform programming method and file processing problems"by C.J. Lucena, R.C.B. Martins, and P.A.S. Veloso (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Donald Cowan (Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo).

Slides featuring portraits of several individuals and photographs of people working with computer equipment. These images were used in the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo. Also includes photocopies of the images that likely served as proofs showing how the images would appear in the published book.

Two proofs for the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo.

A handwritten copy of a presentation titled, "Recent design experience with multiple process structuring" delivered by Doug Dyment at the University of Waterloo. This item is the author's presentation copy that was given to Donald Cowan.

Slides featuring various text and diagrams related to computer networking. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo. A note on the original slide box read, "[Gembro] slides for 25th."

Slides featuring various images and text related to the compiler WATBOL. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text with commands for a computer program. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text with commands for a computer program. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text and diagrams related to sequential circuits. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text and diagrams related to computer memory. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams related to users, applications, and systems. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo. Two of the slides may have been used in a lecture on the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams related to the computer programming language Waterloo BASIC. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams possibly related to the University of Waterloo, especially its Computer Science program and future direction. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams used in a presentation titled, "Networking IBM personal computers at University of Waterloo," delivered by Paul Dirksen. Some slides are duplicated.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams related to academic services and systems and experimental-control activities. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams related to personal computing, microprocessors, and microcomputers. Two of the slides feature the Red Room inside the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

A copy of a document titled, "Math 132B notes: linking and loading" by T. Gornall and L.D. Rogers. It is possible this document was used by students and instructors as part of coursework at the University of Waterloo.

A copy of the course notes prepared by Donald Cowan for the undergraduate course, CS 454: Distributed systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in Fall 1987.

A letter written by Bruce Simpson, Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo to Mr. Dara Yavari-Issalou, Honeywell Limited, providing details about the undergraduate course, Computer applications in business: data bases. Based on the contents of the letter, it appears Mr. Yavari-Issalou was invited to deliver lectures to students as part of the course.

Dot matrix printouts of students grades for the undergraduate course, CS 438: Computer applications in business: data bases, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1984. Also includes notes, correspondence, student assignments, a class lists, and classroom seating assignments.

Dot matrix printouts of students grades for the undergraduate course, CS 338: Computer applications in business: data bases and data communications, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1984. Also includes notes, student's verifications of illness and a medical certificate, and correspondence.

Instructional materials used as part of the undergraduate course, CS 338: Computer applications in business: data bases and data communications, taught at the University of Waterloo likely in 1984. Includes diagrams, notes, and a handout titled, "Widget Distributing Company." Also contains a copy of the publication, "Unstructured data bases" by Gaston H. Gonnet written in March 1982.

Dot matrix printouts of student grades for the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1984. Also includes questionnaires (now commonly referred to as course evaluations) completed by students enrolled in the course and related notes.

Dot matrix printouts of student grades for the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983. Also includes a student's verification of illness, notes, and related correspondence.

Blank copies of the mid-term test and the final exam given to students enrolled in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983.

Instructional materials used to teach students about the linker computer system program as part of the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983. Includes overhead transparencies and notes.

A blank copy of the final exam given to students enrolled in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in Fall 1983. Also includes dot matrix printouts of student grades, and related correspondence.

Instructional materials used as part of the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, likely taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983. Includes overhead transparencies, notes, course outlines, handouts, assignments, and an assignment manual.

Overhead transparencies with handwritten notes used as teaching aids in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983.

Questionnaires (now commonly referred to as course evaluations) completed by students enrolled in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Characteristics of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in Spring 1980. Also includes handwritten notes for a PET presentation, a problem set likely distributed to students, and one item of correspondence outlining the recommended course content for CS 250 in 1981 from J.W. Wong to several faculty members at the university including Donald Cowan.

A document titled, "Files created by the linker," and two pages of hand drawn diagrams. It is likely that this document and the diagrams were used by students and instructors as part of the coursework for, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo.

A copy of a paper titled, "the definitive treatise on parameter passing in WATMAP" by Jim Burgess. This paper may have been written in association with the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo, although the nature of this association is unclear.

Blank copies of mid-term and final exams likely given to students enrolled in the undergraduate class, CS 240: Principles of programming languages and data structures, taught at the University of Waterloo in Spring/Fall 1977, Spring 1978 and Spring/Fall 1980.

Dot matrix printouts of student grades for the undergraduate course, CS 180: Introduction to file processing, taught at the University of Waterloo in Winter 1983. Also includes 2 keys for a filing cabinet.

A document titled, "Solutions to Critical Path Method problems," that primarily contains diagrams. It is likely this document was used by students and instructors as part of their coursework at the University of Waterloo.