Burroughs Corporation records. Analysis of competitor products (competitive information
) and competitors’ product literature.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains Competitor Information
sheets, compiled by staff at Burroughs, which include information about competitor adding machine and computer companies and their products.
The collection also contains product literature files on Burroughs’ competitors, which, in addition to product literature, include manuals, newspaper clippings, annual reports, price lists, machine schematics and drawings, and a few scattered photographs.
This is one series of the Burroughs Corporation Records (CBI 90). Please see the other series finding aids for further information regarding the Burroughs Corporation.
Dates
- 1907-1971
Creator
- Burroughs Corporation (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Historical Note
Burroughs compiled special informational sheets (Competitor Information
) for the sales department to use in countering arguments against Burroughs products or showing how a Burroughs machine was better than the competitors'. Burroughs also kept product literature files, which included a variety of types of information on the company’s competitors and their products.
Extent
14 boxes (4.75 cubic feet))
Abstract
The collection contains "Competitor Information" sheets, compiled by staff at Burroughs, which include information about competitor adding machine and computer companies and their products. The collection also contains product literature files on Burroughs’ competitors.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- Analysis of Competitor Products ("Competitor Information")
- Competitors’ Product Literature
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.
- Burroughs Corporation
- Calculators Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Computers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Burroughs Corporation Records. Analysis of Competitor Products (Competitive Information) and Competitors’ Product Literature, 1907-1971. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Susan A. Stepka, September 1995; revised by Carrie Seib and Amanda Schwarze, November 2003.
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Charles Babbage Institute Archives Collecting Area
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 - 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55455
612-624-5050
cbi@umn.edu
