Burroughs Corporation records. Legion of Honor records.
Scope and Content Note
The collections contains information about awards given out each year and the annual convention. Convention materials include the itinerary, location information, and speeches.
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
- 1961-1972, 1985
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
The Legion of Honor was a group of top-ranked sales representatives and field managers of the Burroughs Corporation. They had an annual convention at different hotels/country clubs around the country; it was a way for the company to say thank-you to its best salesmen. To get into the Legion of Honor, a salesman needed to make a quota, but also show the basic credentials of product knowledge, excellent sales campaigns, perseverance and zeal.
Extent
2 boxes (2 cubic feet)
Abstract
Collections contains information about awards given out and the annual convention of the Legion of Honor, a group for top ranking sales representatives and field managers at Burroughs Corporation.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- Conventions
- Awards
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.
- Computer industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Selling -- Computers. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Burroughs Corporation Records. Legion of Honor Records, 1961-1972, 1985. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Susan A. Stepka, September 1995.
- Date
- July 2005
- 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
