Engineering Research Associates (ERA)-Remington Rand-Sperry Rand records 1945-1988.

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Engineering Research Associates (ERA)-Remington Rand-Sperry Rand records 1945-1988.

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The Engineering Research Associates-Remington Rand-Sperry Rand Records document research, development and production activities at company facilities in St. Paul, Minnesota. Collection consists of technical information on company projects, administrative materials related to the St. Paul location, engineers' files, and materials exhibited at the ERA 40th anniversary event in 1986.

40 boxes (14.2 cubic feet).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7308192

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Sperry Rand Corporation

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Engineering research associates

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Burrell, Warren P.,

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Burrell joined Engineering Research Associates (ERA) as an engineer, working in computer development in 1948. In 1952 Remington Rand purchased ERA amd it became the Remington Rand Engineering Research Associates Division. Sperry Corporation and Remington Rand merged in 1955 to form the Sperry Rand Corporation. After the merger the computer development portion of the company became Remington Rand UNIVAC, a Division of Sperry Rand. From the description of Engineering Research Associate...

Hill, John L. 1909-.

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Kershaw, Jay A.

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Charles Babbage Institute

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