Oral history interview with Simon E. Gluck, 1986 July 25.

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Oral history interview with Simon E. Gluck, 1986 July 25.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297937

Gluck, Marx, Thompson, Wendell, and Wolf discuss the growth of research and development within the Burroughs Corporation. Subjects include: the establishment and growth of the research and development facility at Paoli, Penn.; research on electronic equipment for banks; research on general and special purpose computers; and the integration of Burroughs acquisitions -- ElectroData Corporation and System Development Corporation -- into Burroughs research and development.

Sound cassettes : 3 (90 min. each): analog, mono.Transcript : 108 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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