Oral history interview with Elmer Trousdale, ca. 1977.

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...

Norris, Dan

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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...

Trousdale, Elmer B.,

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Lawyer from the Oppenheimer firm that worked with Control Data Corporation on its lawsuit against International Business Machines. From the description of Oral history interview with Elmer Trousdale, ca. 1977. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685380 ...

Fischer, Debra

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