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International Business Machines

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ORGANIZATION:

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

ACTIVE DATES:

1911-present

ADDRESS:

E-MAIL:

PERSONS INVOLVED:

Howard H. Aiken; Steve Furth; Manfred Kochen; Hans P. Luhn; Herbert M. Ohlman; Israel A. Warheit; Herbert S. White.

MAJOR PROJECTS:

OTHER INFORMATION:

Incorporated as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in 1911; renamed International Business Machine Corporation in 19241

For more information, see the IBM homepage: http://www.ibm.com/

SOURCE:

1. IBM. (2023, September 14). In Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/International-Business-Machines-Corporation

PAPERS AT:
LOCATION

IBM Archives

2455 South Road

Building 04-02; CSC12

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

845-433-2759

PAPERS DATES:

1890-present, bulk 1940-1985

SIZE:

10,000 cubic feet of print documentation; 15,000 films/videotapes; 1500 business machines

INCLUDES:

The IBM Archives documents the growth and development of one of the world's leading technology companies. Strengths of the collection include: The Thomas J. Watson Sr. papers, corporate communications (press releases, publications, advertisements), annual reports, product documentation, photographs, and A/V materials. Also of note is an extensive collection of precision business equipment ranging from 18th-century adding machines to 19th-century clocks to 20th-century mainframe computers. Limited public access.

SOURCE:

Society of American Archivists. (2017, October 27). Directory of corporate archives. https://www2.archivists.org/groups/business-archives-section/directory-of-corporate-archives-in-the-united-states-and-canada-i-k


PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #2

Library of Congress

PAPERS DATES:

1850-1982 (bulk 1910-1927).

SIZE:

13.6 linear feet

INCLUDES:

Herman Hollerith Papers

SOURCE:

Library of Congress

Finding aid at https://findingaids.loc.gov/exist_collections/ead3pdf/mss/1997/ms997007.pdf#:~:text=The%20papers%20of%20Herman%20Hollerith,papers%20were%20given%20by%20Mrs.