Burroughs Corporation records. Pike Adding Machine Company records
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of ledger books recording various business activities of the Pike Adding Machine Company before and after it became a subsidiary of Burroughs Adding Machine Company.
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: 1903-1911
Creator
- Pike Adding Machine Company (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
Pike Adding Machine Company was started in 1903 in Orange, New Jersey and was an early competitor of Burroughs in the adding and calculating machine field. It was acquired by Burroughs Adding Machine Company in 1909.
Extent
4 boxes (3 cubic feet)
Abstract
Collection contains ledger books recording various business activities of the Pike Adding Machine Company before and after it became a subsidiary of Burroughs Adding Machine Company.
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991.
Subject
- Office equipment and supplies industry. (Organization)
- Burroughs Adding Machine Company (Organization)
- Title
- Burroughs Corporation Records. Pike Adding Machine Company Records, 1903-1911. 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
