Burroughs Corporation collection, 1886-1990.

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Burroughs Corporation collection, 1886-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63282918

Contains the records of the Burroughs Historical Collection, which was part of the Unisys Corporate Archives before the archives was closed in 1991.

383 cubic ft.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885040

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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There are 17 Entities related to this resource.

Haydu Brothers.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6967q58 (corporateBody)

Control Instrument Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f9x04 (corporateBody)

Universal Adding Machine Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc2bn5 (corporateBody)

Pike Adding Machine Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z11g2x (corporateBody)

Pike Adding Machine Company was started in 1903 in Orange, New Jersey and was an early competitor of Burroughs in the adding and calculating machine field. It was acquired by Burroughs Adding Machine Company in 1909. From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Pike Adding Machine Company records, 1903-1911, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) ...

Burroughs Adding Machine Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v44vrp (corporateBody)

Burroughs Sales Division was expected to keep detailed ledgers and notes about their business deals and business prospects. From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Sales records, 1914-1922, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) The Burroughs Adding Machine Company sent regular "To The Field Force" letters to their salesmen and sales/service managers in the field to notify them of new company decisions, procedures and other various...

ElectroData (Firm)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x99b0 (corporateBody)

The ElectroData Corporation was taken over by Burroughs in 1956. This acquisition gave Burroughs a good start in the computer industry, as ElectroData had been working with computers for a couple of years, and had built the Datatron 205 and was building the Datatron 220. From the description of ElectroData Corporation records, 1952-1979. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424810 ...

Moon-Hopkins Billing Machine Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs33ck (corporateBody)

Charles R. Hadley Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g2mdv (corporateBody)

The Charles R. Hadley Company was acquired by the Burroughs Corporation in September 1955. The Hadley Company was later consolidated into another Burroughs Corporation subsidiary, the Todd Company. From the description of Charles R. Hadley Company records, 1905-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62483058 From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Charles R. Hadley Company records, 1905-1956, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles...

Acme Carbon and Ribbon Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t2wsd (corporateBody)

Burroughs, William Seward, 1858?-1898

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William Burroughs received his A.B. from New York University in 1859. From the description of Student notebook, 1858. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 478161112 ...

American Arithmometer Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w74s1s (corporateBody)

The American Arithmometer Company was the forerunner of the Burroughs Corporation. It was incorporated in January of 1886 in St. Louis, Missouri, by four men: William S. Burroughs, Richard M. Scruggs, Thomas Metcalfe, and William R. Pye. Their purpose was to sell the adding machine invented by William S. Burroughs. The original capital stock was $100,000, divided into 1000 shares. These four men were also the original shareholders and members of the Board of Directors. The American Arithmometer ...

Seytec (Firm)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv9r2k (corporateBody)

Todd Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f9xkr (corporateBody)

System Development Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc51jh (corporateBody)

System Development Corporation evolved out of the System Development Division of the RAND Corporation. This division, and later the independent company, were in the business of studying how humans and machines (especially computers and sophisticated electronics) interacted. The System Development Division was spun off in 1957, and became the non-profit company named SDC, or System Development Corporation. SDC became a for-profit operation in 1968, and was acquired by Burroughs Corporation in 198...

Mittag & Verlag, inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g52x2q (corporateBody)

Balbik Systems, Ltd.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd68dm (corporateBody)

Burroughs Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f2rjw (corporateBody)

The collection contains manuals for a number of different Burroughs computer systems, including the B6700, the B7000/B6000/B5000 families, and large systems in general. They concentrate on the programming languages (ALGOL and COBOL), but also contain primers on CANDE, WFL, and the DMSII system. From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Product literature., 1910-1984, (Bulk: 1961-1982), (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) The HOBO ...