Control Data Corporation records. Planning documents and reports.
Scope and Content Note
This series documents Control Data Corporation's (CDC) annual and interim planning processes. Records reflect planning done by individual divisions of CDC, as well as the company as a whole, and include formal and informal planning reports, meeting minutes, memoranda and correspondence. Early planning records include more informal planning documentation; as the company grew, the planning process became more involved and later documentation includes more formal reports.
The series includes company-wide operating plans and long range plans; divisional plans; planning information for international operations and marketing; product line plans, and reports used for planning.
Dates
- 1957-1991
Creator
- Control Data Corporation (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Use of 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).
Extent
10 boxes (8.66 cubic feet))
Abstract
This series documents Control Data Corporation's (CDC) annual and interim planning processes. Records reflect planning done by individual divisions of CDC, as well as the company as a whole, and include formal and informal planning reports, meeting minutes, memoranda and correspondence.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:
- Company-Wide Operating Plans and Meetings
- Company-Wide Long-Range Planning Documents and Meetings
- Divisional Planning Documents
- European and International Planning
- Product Line Plans
- Reports Used for Planning
Acquisition:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Ceridian Corporation in 1991.
- Computer industry -- Planning Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Control Data Corporation
- Corporate planning Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Control Data Corporation Records. Planning Documents and Reports, 1957-1991. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Maria Plonski, 2003-2004. Updated by Karen Spilman, 2006.
- Date
- 2003-2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
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