Sperry Gyroscope Company was incorporated in 1929, and in 1933, SperryCorporation was incorporated as a holding company of other small firms, including SperryGyroscope, Ford Instrument Company, and Intercontinental Aviation, Inc. In 1955 it acquired Remington Rand. Sperry Gyroscope was interested in Remington Rand because of the UNIVAC, the first commerically available computer, which Remington Rand produced and delivered to the United States Census Bureau in 1951. At the time, Remington Rand was known mostly for its typewriters, although with the 1955 takeover by Sperry, Remington was dropped from the name, and the newcompany was known as Sperry Rand. Sperry Rand continued to produce UNIVACs and expand its computer product line. By the time of the merger with Burroughs Corporation in 1986, SperryRand had dropped the Rand part of its name, and was simply known as the Sperry Corporation.
From the guide to the James P. Cordes collection of Sperry Univac photographs and publications., 1971-1987, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi])
