Auerbach Associates Market and Product Reports
Scope and Content Note
Contains private consulting reports commissioned by government agencies and businesses on subjects including computer systems, peripherals, robots, software, computer input-output equipment, storage devices, terminals, magnetic tapes, optical character recognition devices, printers, punched card systems, and computer markets.
Access to reports under twenty years old is completely restricted. Additional restrictions may apply for reports commissioned by companies.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1981
Creator
- Auerbach Associates (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access to materials:
Parts of the collection are restricted. Please contact the CBI archivist for more information.
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
Auerbach Associates, Inc., founded by Isaac L. Auerbach in 1957, was one of the earliest systems design and software companies formed in the United States. It grew to become a major consulting firm in the computer industry and was known for its series of subscriber publications relating to industry overviews, market analyses, computers, peripherals, and software. Auerbach Associates, Inc. was purchased by the Calculon Corporation in 1979.
Extent
173 boxes (57.1 cubic feet)
Arrangement of Collection
The physical arrangement of the collection maintains the original order of the reports -- numerical order by report order. However, to facilitate access, the finding aid inventory is arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the company commissioning the report from Auerbach Associates and in alphabetical order by report title there under.
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by the Calculon Corporation in 1986.
Subject
- Bunker-Ramo Corporation. Teleregister Products and Services. (Organization)
- Burroughs Corporation (Organization)
- Center for Computer Sciences and Technology. (Organization)
- Electronics Research Center (U.S.) (Organization)
- General Electric Company (Organization)
- Great Britain. Central Computer Agency. (Organization)
- Great Lakes Carbon Corporation. (Organization)
- Honeywell Inc. (Organization)
- Ing. C. Olivetti & c. (Organization)
- International Business Machines Corporation (Organization)
- International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. (Organization)
- Library of Congress. Information Systems Office. (Organization)
- Lincoln Laboratory. (Organization)
- National Library of Medicine (U.S.) (Organization)
- Naval Air Development Center. Air Warfare Research Dept. (Organization)
- Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) (Organization)
- NAVSEC (Organization : U.S.) (Organization)
- NCR Corporation. (Organization)
- North American Philips Co. (Organization)
- Philco Corporation. (Organization)
- Philips’ Gloeilampenfabrieken. Electrologica. (Organization)
- Radio Corporation of America (Organization)
- Raytheon Company (Organization)
- Republic Aviation Corporation. Missile Systems Division. (Organization)
- Rome Air Development Center (Organization)
- Sperry Rand (Corporation) (Organization)
- Sperry Rand (Corporation). Univac Division (Organization)
- Standard Computers, inc. (Organization)
- Standard Telephones and Cables (London, England) (Organization)
- United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Electronic Systems Division. (Organization)
- United States. Army. Army Electronics Command. (Organization)
- United States. Army Automatic Field Systems Command. (Organization)
- U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Engineering Installation Agency. (Organization)
- United States. Army Materiel Command. (Organization)
- United States. Army Strategic Communications Command. Engineering Directorate. (Organization)
- United States. Army, Europe. Communications-Electronics Engineering Installation Agency. (Organization)
- United States. Bureau of Employment Security. (Organization)
- United States. Defense Communications Agency. (Organization)
- United States. Dept. of Labor. Manpower Administration. (Organization)
- United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. (Organization)
- United States. Dept. of Labor. Manpower Administration. Office of Manpower Management Data Systems. (Organization)
- United States. Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation, and Research. (Organization)
- United States. Dept. of Defense. (Organization)
- United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of ADP Management. (Organization)
- United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Organization)
- United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. (Organization)
- United States. Federal Aviation Administration. (Organization)
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Organization)
- United States. National Security Agency. (Organization)
- United States. Naval Command Systems Support Activity. (Organization)
- United States. Naval Electronic Systems Command. (Organization)
- United States. Naval Oceanographic Office. (Organization)
- United States. Navy (Organization)
- United States. Office of Education. Division of Information Technology and Dissemination. (Organization)
- United States. Office of Naval Research (Organization)
- Western Electric Company (Organization)
- Western Union Telegraph Company. (Organization)
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Air Arm Division. (Organization)
Topical
- Computer industry -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Computer input-output equipment
- Computer printers
- Computer software -- History -- Sources.
- Computer software industry -- United States -- History -- Sources.
- Computer storage devices
- Computer terminals.
- Computers -- United States -- History -- Sources.
- Computers -- United States -- Optical equipment.
- Electronic data processing consultants
- Interactive computer systems.
- Magnetic tapes.
- Optical character recognition devices.
- Punched card systems.
- Title
- Auerbach Associates Market and Product Reports, 1958-1981.
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Bruce H. Bruemmer, December 1987; revised David P. Berge, 2000-2002.
- Date
- June 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
