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Burroughs Corporation records. Photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: CBI 90, Series 68

Scope and Content Note

Contains approximately 6000 negatives and prints of various sizes documenting Burroughs employees, facilities, events, awards, and products from 1949 to 1963. The amount of photographs taken decreased significantly after 1960 and a large number of negatives from late 1957 to mid-1958 were severely water damaged.

Elements of information included for each image are: main subject, additional subjects, publication citation (if published), date of photograph, format of material available, and negative numbers. Personal and corporate names are entered in direct order (i.e., forename before family name). Citations of publications are less frequent with the later images.

Scope and Contents

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

  • Creation: 1949-1963

Creator

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

Photographs taken by Burroughs Adding Machine and, after 1953, Burroughs Corporation for publicity use and internal publications.

Extent

27 boxes (6 cubic feet)

Arrangement of Collection

Images are arranged by negative number.

Acquisition:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.

Related Material

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.

Title
Burroughs Corporation Records. Photograph Collection, 1949-1963. Finding Aid.
Author
Prepared by Susan A. Stepka and Kevin D. Corbitt, September 1996.
Date
July 2006
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Collecting Area Details

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Elmer L. Andersen Library
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Minneapolis MN 55455
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