James W. Cortada papers 1890-2007.

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James W. Cortada papers 1890-2007.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301480897

Papers include research materials for The Digital Hand, IBM publications, and books authored or edited by James W. Cortada on the history of business and computing.

53 boxes (53 cubic feet).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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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...

Cortada, James W.

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James W. Cortada has held a variety of sales, consulting, management and executive positions at IBM in the United States (1974-present). Beginning in the late 1970s he began writing on the management and use of computers and then in the 1980s also turned his attention to the history of the business uses of computers. He is the author or editor of over two dozen books on the business uses of information technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Florida State University and is a...