LEO editor

The following web links provide search facilities covering most of the UK’s and Ireland’s
official archives: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ and http://copac.jisc.ac.uk

LEO Foundation. Established by David Tresman Caminer to promote the memory of
LEO and use revenue from the publication of the McGraw-Hill published books on the
LEO story to that end. The Foundation organised the 50th anniversary conference of the
first LEO application at the London Guildhall with sponsorship from the City of London
and the Wall Street Journal. The papers presented at the conference were subsequently
published by the Journal of Strategic Information Systems in a special edition edited by
Professor Robert Galliers. Members of the Foundation included Peter Hermon (treasurer),
Colin Tully, John Aris and Frank and Ralph Land. Subsequently, after the death of David
Caminer, aged 92, the Foundation was merged with the LEO Computers Society.

LEO Computers Society. http://www.leo-computers.org.uk/ The Society has a
membership of over 600 interested in the story of LEO. Chair of the Society is Peter
Byford. The Society publishes a regular Newsletter – editor Bernard Behr, Hilary
Caminer and Vince Bodsworth and from Spring 2019 called LEO Matters – describing aspects of the LEO story. One of its chief objectives is the preservation and publication of
the LEO heritage. As such it has engaged in a partnership with the Cambridge Centre for
Computer History in a project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to further that
objective. The Society and its members hold significant memorabilia in the form of :
Material collected from deceased and live members of the Society, donated to the
Society and loaned for archiving and digitising to the Cambridge Centre for
Computing History. The annex to LEOPEDIA list the material held by CCH as at
October 2018
A Dropbox archive in the name of Frank Land which holds the Oral Histories of
members of the Society who participated in the Society’s Oral History Project –
coordinator Mike Tyzack – and other texts submitted by members.
Individual computer records collected by members but unclassified and un-indexed
Other memorabilia saved or collected by individuals and held in various forms and
not classified or indexed
Summary of Lectures and Talks given by members of the Society since the beginning
of 2019
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tkq_OwB5w4uIWQmWVy7Qh5DhTaXYhq
Q8qXxk5tv3CmU/edit?usp=sharing Members wishing to add to this archive
download
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_zVfSHb4o0qFripJHlz6bEGgJ2RXQn
BjsgHcEARKWK7pdJQ/viewform
Also included are applications for membership of LEO Computers Society from non-LEO
family members.
Received April 2021: Professor Alan Kay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay

Centre for Computing History Cambridge (CCH): Note: CCH when referred to
in any part of LEOPEDIA stands for The Centre for Computing History and any other
designation should be changed such as CCH Museum should be as above.
www.ComputingHistory.org.uk 
Contact: leo@computinghistory.org.uk
The CCH and LEO Computers Society entered a partnership in the summer
of 2018 for the storage and archiving of LEO memorabilia. At the same time the
Partnership submitted a bid for funds from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for support of
further work in archiving and providing education and presentations noting the work of
the LEO pioneers. The project has been completed but the partnership continues.

A short description of the LEO project, including photos can be found at:
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pages/50348/Welcome-to-LEO-the-first-business-computer/. Further details can be found in the project’s blog: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/55718/Project-Blog/
The main outputs of the project were:

• The archive, much of which has been digitised. The digital archive is presented as part of Leopedia and can be found at: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pages/52267/LEOPEDIA/
• A new documentary film about LEO, available on YouTube and accessible via the blog: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pages/52267/LEOPEDIA/
• A Virtual LEO I app, available to use at CCH and also via tablet devices – see https://www.leo1.co.uk/

CCH welcomes comments on any of the catalogued material from LCS members, whether flagging up an error or omission or providing a related memory or point of interest. Any notification should be sent to leo@computinghistory.org.uk including the 5 digit reference number from the title.

25th November, 2020, The LEOComputer. A 45-60 minute tour of an historic location or
museum to reveal interesting stories and anecdotes related to the theme. Tours are
designed to be interactive, so audience participation is encourage Tours are recorded
and will include pre-recorded interviews with our invited guests , who include Peter
Byford, Mary Coombs, Chris Monk, Neville Lyons and Georgina Ferry

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AO6_xU4bm4J0B_k&id=EEB2B1DCFD87846F%2
1755&cid=EEB2B1DCFD87846F The whole presentation – 48 mins . The link provides
extracts from individual presentations. I

32 Minutes –

Interview with Anne Hyde – YouTube

Peter Byford – 41 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zyZG0OxFI