Oral history interview with Thomas J. Watson and James W. Birkenstock 1985 Apr. 25.

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Oral history interview with Thomas J. Watson and James W. Birkenstock 1985 Apr. 25.

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Watson and Birkenstock discuss the circumstances surrounding the decision reached by Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and Ralegh Phillpotts, chairman of British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM), to end the original licensing agreement between IBM, BTM, and International Computers, Ltd. during World War II and after 1949. The interview covers the original agreement made in the early 1900s by Herman Hollerith, the relationship between IBM and BTM during World War II and after 1949, and IBM license agreements with Cyril Holland-Martin and Gerhard Dirks.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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