Burroughs Corporation records. Shareholder meetings and reports
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of information on the annual meeting of shareholders/stockholders, semi-annual and quarterly reports to shareholders, and special notices to shareholders.
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
- 1922-1986
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
From the first stockholders of the American Arithmometer Company (William S. Burroughs, William Pye, Thomas Metcalfe, and Richard M. Scruggs) to the thousands of stockholders it had when it merged with Sperry in 1986, Burroughs has depended upon these people for its financial stability. By 1986, Burroughs had paid out continuous quarterly dividends for 91 years. These, of course, had gone up and down with the fortunes of the company, but there was always a divided to pay stockholders every quarter. In the 1960s, Burroughs started calling their stockholders "shareholders" instead.
Extent
3 boxes (0.66 cubic feet)
Abstract
Collection consists of information on the annual meeting of shareholders/stockholders, semi-annual and quarterly reports to shareholders, and special notices to shareholders.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- Annual Meetings of Stockholders
- Annual Meetings of Shareholders
- Quarterly Reports to Burroughs Stockholders
- Quarterly Reports to Burroughs Shareholders
- Semi-Annual Reports to Burroughs Stockholders
- Special Notices to Stockholders
With the materials in each group placed in chronological order.
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991.
- Burroughs Adding Machine Company
- Burroughs Corporation
- Stockholders Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Unisys Corporation
- Title
- Burroughs Corporation Records. Shareholder Meetings and Reports, 1922-1986. 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
