General Electric Company Computer Department Scrapbook, 1956-1962. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: General Electric Company Computer Department scrapbook,
Dates: 1956-1962
Creator: General Electric Company. Computer Dept.
Extent: 1 box (0.3 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 37
Abstract:

Collection contains a photocopy of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the GE Computer Department and its activities in the Phoenix region.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Honeywell Bull in 1988.

Access Restrictions:

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).

Preferred Citation:

General Electric. Computer Department, Scrapbook (CBI 37), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Historical Note

The Computer Department of General Electric Company (GE) was established in 1956 with H.R. (Barney) Oldfield as its general manager. Its main operations were located in Phoenix, AZ. The department manufactured mainframe computers and other computer equipment until 1970 when the department was sold to Honeywell, Inc. GE also maintained a computer center at Arizona State University. It donated an IBM 704 computer to the center in 1957 and a GE-304 computer in 1960.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a photocopy of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the GE Computer Department and its activities in the Phoenix region. The scrapbook includes information about the computer facilities of Arizona State University as well as articles about Homer R. Oldfield, Jr., Herbert R.J. Grosch, Clair C. Lasher, Arthur G. Newman, and Grady Gammage (president of Arizona State). The scrapbook abruptly ends in mid-1962.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• Gammage, Grady, 1892-1959.
• Grosch, Herbert R. J.
• Lasher, Clair C.
• Newman, Arthur G.
• Oldfield, Homer R.
• Arizona State University.
• General Electric Company. Computer Dept.
• Computer industry--United States

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1		GE Computer Department Scrapbook, 1956-1962. Box 1, Folder 1