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DIALOG Information Services

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ORGANIZATION: DIALOG Information Services
ACTIVE DATES: 1965-present: 1965-1988 owned by Lockheed Corporation; named Dialog Information Service in 1982); purchased by Knight-Ridder Corp., and became Knight-Ridder Information, 1988-1997; purchased by Maid Corp., and became The Dialog Corporation, 1997-2000; purchased by Thomson Corp., 2001-present as Dialog Corporation.
ADDRESS: Web page address: http://www.dialog.com/
E-MAIL:
PERSONS INVOLVED: Roger Summit; NASA database (developed the RECON system for NASA); Charles Bourne
SOURCE:


PAPERS AT:
LOCATION
P.O. Box 551, Burbank, CA 91520; William Bendon, Corp. Director of Records Management.
PAPERS DATES: 1930s-present; established in 1956.
SIZE: 1500 linear feet
INCLUDES: Listed as Lockheed archives not DIALOG Information Services; Photographs,

newspapers, documents, annual reports, house organizations, minutes, and correspondence; Restricted; Clearance through Public Relations Department; Kardex controlled

by series.
SOURCE: Directory of Business Archives in the US and Canada. SAA, 1980, p. 3.


PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #2
Some early DIALOG files in personal possession of Roger Summit.