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  Pioneers of the 'Fortran' Programming Language (HTML)
New York Times
Steve Lohr
June 13, 2001
© Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company
 
  Fortran Automated Coding System For the IBM 704 (6,264KB PDF file)
John Backus, et al.
Oct. 1956
The very first FORTRAN manual.
 
  History of Programming Languages (701KB PDF file)
39" x 17" poster
O'Reilly Media, Inc
2004

Notes:

Pioneers of the 'Fortran' Programming Language
Scroll down to see "before" and "after" photos

Fortran Automated Coding System For the IBM 704
See cover, note "Fortran", and title page. Also page 9 showing program on coding sheet
Copies of other early FORTRAN manuals are also available from the same site.

History of Programming Languages
It shows FORTRAN as the earliest high level language, starting in November 1954, FORTRAN I in October 1956, FORTRAN II in 1957, FORTRAN III at the end of 1958 and FORTRAN IV in 1962.