The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Robert V. Leacock.
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).
ERA / UNIVAC Scrapbooks (CBI 57), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Robert V. Leacock joined Engineering Research Associates of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1947 as a mechanical engineer. He remained with the company after its acquisition by Remington Rand and the subsequent merger with Sperry Rand, and in 1974 was promoted to principal mechanical engineer for the Special Products Group of Sperry Rand.
Photographs, newspaper clippings, Univac newsletters and brochures, photographs, flyers, organizational chart, and other materials documenting the activities of Engineering Research Associates, Remington Rand, and Sperry Rand Univac are pasted into two scrapbooks. Included in volume 1 (1947-1972) are photographs of plant buildings in St. Paul, Minnesota, and equipment in development. Volume 2 (1972-1981) includes photographs of employees and some of equipment. Illustrations from newsletters and brochures are extensive. Almost all entries are well labeled and dated.
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.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.