Burroughs Corporation Records. Burroughs Adding Machine Company Standard Practices Manuals, 1921, 1951. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Burroughs Corporation records. Burroughs Adding Machine Company standard practices manuals
Dates: 1921, 1951
Creator: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Extent: 1 box (0.4 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 90, Series 93
Abstract:

Contains manuals of standardized accounting practices for the employees of Burroughs Adding Machine Company’s accounting department.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.

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:

Burroughs Corporation Records, Burroughs Adding Machine Company Standard Practices Manuals (CBI 90), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Historical Note

It was expedient for Burroughs Corporation to have a standardized way to record, and, therefore, understand and compare, their various financial and business records.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection contains the 1921 and 1951 manuals of standardized accounting practices for those employees of Burroughs Corporation who worked with the books.

Related Material

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.

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.
• Burroughs Adding Machine Company -- Accounting.
• Office equipment and supplies industry.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1		Burroughs Standard Practical Manual for U.S. Agencies, 1921.  Box 1, Folder 1
		Burroughs Standard Practice Manual, 1951.  Box 1, Folder 2