Computer and Communications Industry Association collection of antitrust records ca. 1940-1980

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Computer and Communications Industry Association collection of antitrust records ca. 1940-1980

Contains photocopied or microfilmed transcripts, exhibits, briefs, reports, depositions, and other court records from various antitrust suits in the computer industry. The most heavily documented case is U.S. vs. IBM. Other plaintiffs and defendants include: David Bunch, Howard S. Levine, American Telephone and Telegraph, Bell Telephone Laboratories, CALCOMP, Control Data Corporation, Greyhound Computer, ILC Data Devices, Litton Industries, Memorex Corporation, Telex, Transamerica Computer, and Western Electric.

82 boxes (81.5 cubic feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6615060

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International Business Machines Corporation

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International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in New York State on June 16, 1911 under the name Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. In 1922, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. purchased all of the shares of Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft. In 1924 the official name of the company was changed to International Business Machines Corporation. In 1933, IBM CEO Thomas Watson ordered the merger of IBM subsidiaries in Germany (Optima, Degemag, Holgemag, Dehomag) under the name De...

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.

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Western electric company

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The Western Electric Company was a subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. The firm manufactured a wide variety of telephone equipment at its Hawthorne Works in Chicago, Illinois. A notable series of worker efficiency experiments known as the Hawthorne Studies were staged at the plant between 1924 and 1933. From the description of Photograph album, 1925. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 52815587 From the description of Western Electric Com...

Control Data Corporation

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In January 1980, William C. Norris began planning for Control Data Corporation (CDC) executives to write histories of the major business segments of the company. After compiling a list of potential contributors, selected current and former CDC executives were requested to write narratives, with as much supporting documentation as possible, on specific business areas or topics in mid-1980. By late 1981, all the narratives had been completed. From the description of Control Data Corpor...

California Computer Products.

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California Computer Products, Inc. (CalComp) was a manufacturer of digital plotters, disk drives, and other "plug-compatible" computer equipment. Incorporated in 1958, CalComp was involved primarily with the production of plotters until about 1968, when it began selling disk drives manufactured by Century Data Systems. In 1973 CalComp filed a claim against IBM for unfair competition. The company claimed that IBM had monopolized the disk drive market through the premature introductio...

Transamerica Corporation

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Greyhound Computer Corporation.

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Computer and Communications Industry Association,

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Computer and Communications Industry Association duplicated and made available to its members court documents from antitrust cases in the computer industry. From the description of Computer and Communications Industry Association antitrust records, ca. 1940-1980. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306920 The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) was involved in the duplicating and making available of court documents o...

Telex Corporation

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ILC Data Device Corporation

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Bunch, David

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Levine, H. S.

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Litton Industries

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Memorex Corporation

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American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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