Burroughs Corporation records. Mechanical library.
Scope and Content Note
Collection was originally bound in volumes numbering 1-76. The information in each volume was all intermixed, including all of the above listed types of information. These were rearranged into a classification utilizing the series letters. The collection itself now has several subseries.
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
- 1920-1968
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 mechanical library was essentially a set of service books that described each machine. There were variations like instruction books, symbol lists, shop tool lists, and feature prints (blueprints). These were kept by the patent department. The way Burroughs identified different machines changed over the years, and sometimes included a style #, a class #, a series #, or any combination of these.
Extent
7 boxes (7 cubic feet))
Abstract
The mechanical library was essentially a set of service books that described each machine. There were variations like instruction books, symbol lists, shop tool lists, and feature prints (blueprints). These were kept by the patent department. The way Burroughs identified different machines changed over the years, and sometimes included a style #, a class #, a series #, or any combination of these.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- Instruction Books
- Symbol Lists and Parts/Tool Catalogs
- Feature Prints (blueprints)
- Miscellaneous
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.
- Burroughs Corporation
- Computer industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Office equipment and supplies industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Burroughs Corporation Records. Mechanical Library, 1920-1968. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Susan A. Stepka, September 1995; Updated by Kevin Irving, February 2007.
- Date
- 1995
- 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
