Hollerith family papers, 1880-1986.

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Hollerith family papers, 1880-1986.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954438

Chiefly personal papers, business records, and real estate and financial papers, of Hollerith's wife, Lucia Beverly Talcott Hollerith (1865-1944), and their three daughters, Lucia Beverly Hollerith (1891-1982), Nannie Talcott Hollerith (1898-1985), and Virginia Hollerith (1902-1994). Topics include daily life; business concerns; shopping; charitable associations; settlement of the estates of various family members; operation of the family's farm in Mathews County, Va.; management of rental properties in Washington, D.C., and Maryland; maintenance of the family's home in Georgetown; and the process of transferring the Georgetown home to an historic preservation easement. Other family members represented (though to a much lesser extent) are Herman Hollerith and his sons, Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976), Charles Hollerith (1893-1979), and Richard Hollerith (1900-1967).

7.78 cubic ft.

Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8050368

Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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Hollerith, Herman, 1892-

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Hollerith, Lucia Beverly Talcott, 1865-1944

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Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982

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Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985

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Hollerith, Virginia

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Hollerith made a significant contribution to the development of the modern electronic computer with his Hollerith Electric Tabulating System, an electronic punchcard system he developed while working for the Census Bureau. He was especially inlfuenced by John Shaw Billings, then head of Vital Statistics for the Census Bureau. Virginia Hollerith is the daughter of Herman Hollerith. From the description of Biographical sketch of Herman Hollerith, ca. 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929

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Inventor and businessman. From the description of Papers of Herman Hollerith, 1850-1982 (bulk 1910-1927). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060889 Biographical Note 1860, Feb. 29 Born, Buffalo, N.Y. 1879 Graduated, Columbia University School of Mines,New York, N.Y. ...

Hollerith family.

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Family of Herman Hollerith (1860-1929), inventor of the punch card tabulation system. From the description of Hollerith family papers, 1880-1986. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954438 ...

Hollerith, Richard, 1900-1967

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Hollerith, Charles, 1893-1972

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