Burroughs Corporation Records. Don
L. Stevens Papers, 1957-1962. Finding Aid.
Summary Information
Burroughs Corporation
records. Don L. Stevens papers.
1957-1962
Stevens, Donald L.
5 boxes (5
cubic feet)
Language: English
CBI 90, Series 95
The collection
documents aspects of product development for the B205, B220 and B3500 and
special requests made by customers.
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.
Access and Use
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys
Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
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).
Burroughs Corporation Records, Don L. Stevens Papers (CBI 90), Charles
Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Arrangement
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following
groups:
- B205
- B220 (Datatron)
- B3500
- Custom Engineering
- Correspondence and Proposals--External
- Correspondence--Internal
Biographical Note
Don L. Stevens was manager of Product Specifications at the
ElectroData Division of Burroughs in Pasadena.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The collection documents aspects of product development for the B205,
B220 and B3500 and special requests made by customers.
The B205 series documents problems with the paper tape converter and
efforts to work with IBM using punched card equipment. The B220 series shows
the evolution of this computer. The B3500 series document how Engineering,
Manufacturing and the ElectroData Division worked together to produce this
computer.
The Custom Engineering series contains information on solutions by the
ElectroData Division of specific customer needs not met with the standard
products. The External Correspondence series outlines potential and realized
cooperative projects and the Internal Correspondence series provides a glimpse
of the relationship that existed between Burroughs facilities in Detroit and
Paoli and Pasadena. Correspondents in the internal correspondence include: M.E.
Mengel, VP-Product Planning; J.R. Bradburn, VP- Manufacturing and Engineering;
W. Lonergan, Manager Product Planning; L.P. Robinson, Director of Engineering;
Sibyl Rock, and L. W. Cali.
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
- 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.
- Stevens, Donald L.
- ElectroData
(Firm)
- Computer engineering.
- Computer input-output
equipment.
- B 205 (Computer)
- B 220 (Computer)
- B 3500 (Computer)
Box and Folder List
| Location |
Title |
| |
B205 |
|
Box 1 |
Code Converter, 1957-1958 Box 1, Folder 1
|
| |
Improvement Program, 1958-1959 Box 1, Folder 2-3
|
| |
Reports and manuals, 1958-1958 Box 1, Folder 4
|
| |
Reliability Data and Reports, 1957-1960 Box 1, Folder 5-7
|
| |
Reports and manuals, 1958-1959 Box 1, Folder 8
|
| |
Coordination Meeting Minutes, 1960 Box 1, Folder 8
|
| |
B220 (Datatron) |
|
Box 1 |
Alpha Tape Preparation and Verification Unit,
1957-1960 Box 1, Folder 9-10
|
| |
Cardatron, 1957-1958 Box 1, Folder 11
|
| |
Datafile, 1957-1959 Box 1, Folder 12-13
|
| |
Memoranda, 1958-1960 Box 1, Folder 14-17
|
| |
Operational Times, 1958-1959 Box 1, Folder 18
|
| |
Paper Tape System, 1956-1959 Box 1, Folder 19-23
|
| |
Product Authorization, 1957-1958 Box 1, Folder 24
|
| |
Programming (engineering), 1959-1960 Box 1, Folder 25
|
| |
B220A, general, 1958 Box 1, Folder 26
|
| |
B3500 |
|
Box 1 |
Correspondence, 1959-1960 Box 1, Folder 27-29
|
| |
Coordination Meeting Minutes, 1960 Box 1, Folder 30
|
| |
Drum Lister, 1960 Box 1, Folder 31
|
| |
Drum Printer, 1960 Box 1, Folder 32
|
| |
Specifications and Reports, 1959-1960 Box 1, Folder 33
|
|
Box 2 |
Electrostatic Printer, 1959-1960 Box 2, Folder 1-2
|
| |
Magnetic Tape Data, 1957-1960 Box 2, Folder 3-4
|
| |
Prototype equipment, 1959 Box 2, Folder 5
|
| |
Specifications, 1956-1959 Box 2, Folder 6
|
| |
Design Automation, 1960 Box 2, Folder 7
|
| |
Dual Gap Head, 1959 Box 2, Folder 8
|
| |
Electro Card Unit, 1957 Box 2, Folder 9
|
| |
Electrographic Printing techniques, 1956-1957 Box 2, Folder 10
|
| |
High speed printer, proposal, 1959 Box 2, Folder 11
|
| |
High speed printer II, proposal, 1959 Box 2, Folder 12
|
| |
Magnetic Tape Fed printer, 1957 Box 2, Folder 13
|
| |
Magnetic Tape Operated printer, 1957 Box 2, Folder 14
|
| |
Optical Document Reader, 1960 Box 2, Folder 15
|
| |
Parallel File Maintenance, 1960 Box 2, Folder 16
|
| |
Photoreader, 1957-1958 Box 2, Folder 17
|
| |
Tape fed printer, 1958-1960 Box 2, Folder 18-20
|
| |
Tape fed printer, functional characteristics,
1959 Box 2, Folder 21
|
| |
Tape fed printer, improvement propositions, 1958 Box 2, Folder 22
|
| |
Tape fed printer punch, 1958-1959 Box 2, Folder 23-25
|
| |
Tape fed printer punch, cost estimate, 1959 Box 2, Folder 26
|
| |
Tape fed printer punch, proposal, 1959 Box 2, Folder 27-28
|
| |
Custom Engineering |
|
Box 3 |
Analex Corporation, 1956-1958 Box 3, Folder 1
|
| |
BTM peripheral equipment, 1958 Box 3, Folder 2-3
|
| |
Custom Engineering Requests, master list, 1958 Box 3, Folder 4
|
| |
CER #1: Modification of 220 Tape System, undated Box 3, Folder 5
|
| |
CER #2: Multiple Stations System, 1958 Box 3, Folder 6
|
| |
CER #3: Convair (RACO), 1958 Box 3, Folder 7
|
| |
CER #6: Norden-Ketay, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 8
|
| |
CER #14: Phillips Petroleum, 1958 Box 3, Folder 9
|
| |
CER #15: National Bureau of Standards, 1958 Box 3, Folder 10
|
| |
CER #16: Michigan Bell Box 3, Folder 11
|
| |
CER #17: Convair (Addaverter), 1958 Box 3, Folder 12
|
| |
CER #18: Beckman Instrument Company, 1958 Box 3, Folder 13
|
| |
CER #22: Title Insurance company, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 14
|
| |
CER #23: University of Houston, 1958 Box 3, Folder 15
|
| |
CER #24: Shell Oil Midland, 1958 Box 3, Folder 16
|
| |
CER #25: Canadian Post Office, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 17
|
| |
CER #26: Norton Air Force Base, 1958 Box 3, Folder 18
|
| |
CER #27: Librascope, 1958 Box 3, Folder 19
|
| |
CER #30: University of Houston, 1958 Box 3, Folder 20
|
| |
CER #31: Tape Preparation Unit, 1958 Box 3, Folder 21
|
| |
CER #32: Celanese Corporation, 1958 Box 3, Folder 22
|
| |
CER #33: Allstate Insurance Company, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 23
|
| |
CER #34: Hughes Aircraft Box 3, Folder 24
|
| |
CER #35: Allstate Insurance Company, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 25
|
| |
CER #36: Michigan Bell, 1959 Box 3, Folder 26
|
| |
CER #40: Hoffman Labs, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 27
|
| |
CER #41: National Aeronautical Lab, Tokyo, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 28
|
| |
CER #43: General Electric/Utica, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 29
|
| |
CER #44: Dime Savings Bank, 1959 Box 3, Folder 30
|
| |
CER #45: 220 Punch Mod. for special code, 1959 Box 3, Folder 31
|
| |
CER #51: Norton Air Force Base, 1959 Box 3, Folder 32
|
| |
CER #52: Magnetic tape control (205/220 conversion),
1959 Box 3, Folder 33
|
| |
CER #53: Cardatron Control modification, 1959 Box 3, Folder 34
|
| |
CER #55: Marquadt Aircraft, 1959 Box 3, Folder 35
|
| |
CER #56: Michigan Bell, 1959-1960 Box 3, Folder 36
|
| |
CER #58: Trans-Canada Airlines, 1959 Box 3, Folder 37
|
| |
CER #59: 205 permute cycle/205 sorter, 1959 Box 3, Folder 38
|
| |
CER #60: French 077-421 with 205 cardatron, 1959 Box 3, Folder 39
|
| |
CER #61: California Bank, 1959 Box 3, Folder 40
|
| |
CER #62: Abbott Labs, 1959 Box 3, Folder 41
|
| |
CER #63: Georgetown University, 1959 Box 3, Folder 42
|
| |
CER #64: 205 Datafile Security, 1959-1960 Box 3, Folder 43
|
| |
CER #65: ABMA, 1959 Box 3, Folder 44
|
| |
CER #66: MilliSADIC compatibility, 1959-1960 Box 3, Folder 45
|
| |
CER #67: Denver and Rio Grande, 1960 Box 3, Folder 46
|
| |
CER #68: Hoffman Labs, 1959 Box 3, Folder 47
|
| |
Correspondence and Proposals--External |
|
Box 3 |
General Electric, 1957-1958 Box 3, Folder 48
|
| |
Holley Carburetor, 1959 Box 3, Folder 49
|
| |
International Computers and Tabulators, Ltd. (ICT),
1959-1960 Box 3, Folder 50-51
|
| |
ICT, data, 1959 Box 3, Folder 52
|
| |
ICT, reports, undated Box 3, Folder 53
|
| |
ICT 289, line printer, 1959-1960 Box 3, Folder 54-55
|
| |
Melpar, Inc., Correspondence, 1957 Box 3, Folder 56
|
| |
Melpar, Inc., data, 1958-1959 Box 3, Folder 57-58
|
| |
Melpar, Inc., reports, 1958 Box 3, Folder 59
|
| |
Melpar, Inc., specifications, 1954-1957 Box 3, Folder 60
|
| |
MilliSADIC, compatibility, 1956-1958 Box 3, Folder 61
|
| |
MilliSADIC, specifications and reports, 1955-1958 Box 3, Folder 62
|
| |
Proposal: format control buffer, 1957 Box 3, Folder 63
|
| |
Reliability Data, 1957-1959 Box 3, Folder 64-65
|
| |
Reliability Field Reports, 1957-1959 Box 3, Folder 66
|
| |
Reliability Studies, 1956 Box 3, Folder 67
|
| |
Correspondence--Internal |
|
Box 4 |
Administration, 1959 Box 4, Folder 1
|
| |
Banking Applications, 1959 Box 4, Folder 2
|
| |
Card Equipment, 1960 Box 4, Folder 3
|
| |
Cost Estimates, 1959 Box 4, Folder 4
|
| |
Defense Sales, 1958 Box 4, Folder 5
|
| |
Departmental memos, 1959-1960 Box 4, Folder 6
|
| |
General memorandum, 1958-1960 Box 4, Folder 7-9
|
| |
IBM Reel Hubs, 1957 Box 4, Folder 10
|
| |
Manufacturing and Engineering Bulletins, 1960 Box 4, Folder 11
|
| |
Price Committee minutes, 1958 Box 4, Folder 12
|
| |
Product Authorizations, 1960 Box 4, Folder 13
|
| |
Product Planning, 1957-1960 Box 4, Folder 14
|
| |
Product Planning Committee, 1959 Box 4, Folder 15
|
| |
Product Specifications, 1958 Box 4, Folder 16
|
| |
Punched paper tape codes, 1956-1958 Box 4, Folder 17
|
| |
Punched paper tape equipment, 1957-1960 Box 4, Folder 18-19
|
| |
Random Access Memory, 1958 Box 4, Folder 20
|
| |
Readix Computer, 1957 Box 4, Folder 21
|
| |
Research Center, 1958-1960 Box 4, Folder 22-23
|
| |
Research Center, reports, 1957 Box 4, Folder 24
|
| |
Sorter-Converter, 1959-1960 Box 4, Folder 25-26
|
| |
Sorter-Converter, magnetic tape, 1959-1960 Box 4, Folder 27
|
| |
Sorter-Converter, specifications, 1957-1959 Box 4, Folder 28
|
| |
Special Products, 1958-1960 Box 4, Folder 29-31
|
| |
Systems Research, 1960 Box 4, Folder 32
|
| |
Todd Company Division, 1957-1958 Box 4, Folder 33
|
| |
Wire Contact Relays, 1959 Box 4, Folder 34
|
| |
X-743 Computer, 1958 Box 4, Folder 35-36
|
| |
X-743 Computer, studies, 1958 Box 4, Folder 37
|
|
Box 5 |
Proposal: Magnetic Tape-Operated printer (Norden-Ketay),
1957 Box 5, Folder 1-2
|
| |
Westinghouse Project 733, 19555-1957 Box 5, Folder 3
|
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