cbi00090-111 Burroughs Corporation Records. Defense/Government Photographs, circa 1950s-1960s. Finding Aid. Prepared by Karen Spilman, July 2006. University of Minnesota Libraries July 2006
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman, July 2006. English University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi] Burroughs Corporation Burroughs Corporation records. Defense/government photographs circa 1950s-1960s 3 boxes (1.2 cubic feet) Series contains photographs, negatives and transparencies of Burroughs products created and marketed to the defense industry and the United States Government, as well as photographs of defense and government projects. CBI 90, Series 111 English Administrative Information Acquisition:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991.

 Access to materials:

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, Defense/Government Photographs (CBI 90), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement of Collection

All materials are arranged in alphabetical order into the following groups: Negatives and Transparencies Photographs

Scope and Content Note

This series contains photographs, negatives and transparencies of Burroughs products created and marketed to the defense industry and the United States Government, as well as photographs of defense and government projects.

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.

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 Corporation. Photography -- Negatives. Photographs. Box and Folder List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Negatives and Transparencies

All negatives and transparencies are 4x5 inches, in color and undated, unless otherwise noted.

1 ALRI Aircraft

Transparencies and negatives

 Circuit boards

Transparencies and negatives

 Computer

Transparencies and negatives

 Cutter/Mapper

Transparencies only

 1 ATLAS Assembly

Transparencies only

 Construction

Transparencies only

 Debugging

Transparencies only

 IOC

Transparencies and negatives; also includes 2 1/4x 2 1/4 inch transparencies

 Installation

Transparencies only

 Launch, general

Transparencies only

 Launch of Project SCORE, 18 December 1958

Transparencies only

 Launch of Ranger III, 26 January 1962

Transparencies only

 Package/Parts

Transparencies only

 Packettes

Transparencies and black and white negatives

 Poster

Transparencies only

 San Salvador Package Tester and Space Terminal Equipment, 2 June 1960

Transparencies only

 Shipping

Transparencies only

 System Controls

Transparencies only

 Testing

Transparencies only

 ABELE V, Lunar Probe (Pioneer Series), NASA PL 6057934, 24 September 1960

Transparencies only

 AGENA A, Launch of Ranger III, 26 January 1962

Transparencies only

 1 BOMARC, Launch

Transparencies only

 1 BUIC, Models

Transparencies only

 1 Burroughs Labs General

Black and white negatives only

 Dip Soldering

Transparencies only

 Testing components, Women

Transparencies only

 1 Cape Canaveral, Aerial

Transparencies only

 1 Electrostatic Printer

Transparencies only

 1 Letter Sorter

Black and white negatives and positives

 1 Logic Modules, with Comparison to Dime

Transparencies only

 1 Macro Module

Transparencies only

 1 Manufacturing, Insertion Machines

Transparencies only

 1 MEDC Engineering

Transparencies only

 Manufacturing

Transparencies, black and white negatives and positives

 Building

Transparencies only

 1 Mercury Astronauts

Transparencies only

 MA-6, Rocket Launch

Transparencies only

 1 NORAD, 425L, Mt. Cheyenne

Transparencies only

 1 Polaris Computer

Transparencies only

 Switchboard

Transparencies only

 1 SAGE Aerial

Transparencies and negatives

 Computer

Transparencies and negatives

 On-Site/In Use?

2 1/4x 2 1/4 transparencies only

 Production

Transparencies only

 Texas Towers

Transparencies only

 1 Scout, ST2

Transparencies only

 1 SUBROL

Transparencies only

 1 T-50 Radar, Fire Control

Black and white negatives only

 1 THOR/ABELE, Launch of Pioneer and Pioneer V, 8 December 1952

Transparencies only

 1 THOR/ABELE III, Launch of Explorer VI, "Paddle Wheel," 7 August 1959

Transparencies only

 1 THOR/ABELE STAR, Launch of Transit 3A, 30 November 1960

Transparencies only

 1 THOR/DELTA, Launch of Tiros II, 2 March 1960

Transparencies only

 1 Weather System, Air Force, Cambridge Research System

Transparencies only

 Photographs "A" 2 1 A-4 Gun Bomb Rocket Sight 2 2 Air Traffic Control Radar Station, 1964 2 3 ALRI 2 4 AMPS 2 5 Apollo 2 6 Applique 2 7 ARTS II 2 8 ASB-1 2 9 ASB-8 ATLAS 2 10 Console 2 11 Correspondence 2 12 Installation 2 13 Manufacturing 2 14 Miscellaneous 2 15 Model 2 16 NASA & USAF 2 17 Parts 2 18 Project Gemini 2 19 Project Mercury 2 20 Rockets 2 21 Shipping 2 22 Smithsonian 2 23 Testing "B-Z" 3 1 BOLDS 3 2 BOMARC 3 3 BUIC III & BUIC D825, 1963 3 4 CENPAC, 1967 3 5 CORDAT 3 6 Core Memory 3 7 D84 3 8 D825 3 9 Digiprint 3 10 Environmental Testing Equipment 3 11 FADAC 3 12 Magnetics (Bi-Mag, Light Gun, etc.) 3 13 MATABE, (Apollo Plug-in Package) 3 14 Monoliths 3 15 NADAC 3 16 NORAD 3 17 Pershing Missile 3 18 POLARIS 3 19 RVDP, Radar Video Data Processor 3 20 Regulas II Computer SAGE 3 21 General 3 22 Model 3 23 Parts 3 24 Production 3 25 Prototype 3 26 Texas Tower 3 27 Skybold 3 28 Telemetering, Red Rock Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 3 29 Test Equipment 3 30 Thin Film Memory 3 31 Trident 3 32 Twistor Memories 3 33 Wiring Machine, B200