Oral history interview with Carel Sellenraad, 1982-1984.

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Oral history interview with Carel Sellenraad, 1982-1984.

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In this wide-ranging interview, Sellenraad describes his long association with Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and the impact of World Wars I & II on the sales and service of calculators, adding, and bookkeeping machines in Europe. Subjects include: Sellenraad's emigration from Rotterdam, Netherlands to the United States prior to World War I; his employment as a Burroughs salesman after a succession of jobs; his volunteering to serve in the Expeditionary Force and experiences in Europe during World War I; his work in international advertising for Burroughs upon his return to the United States; his return to Rotterdam to work with a Burroughs agency; his management of the Burroughs sales force in the Netherlands after 1938 and during World War II.

Transcript : 219 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885215

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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