Proclamation signed by African American YMCA volunteers and staff members, committing the signatories to continue the legacy of previous black leaders in the YMCA.
Created:
1975
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
After her reading of Yevgeni Yevtushenko's poem "Babi Yar" during the Soviet Jewry Day Rally at the University of Minnesota, Guthrie actress Tovah Feldshuh wipes her eyes while seated on the steps of Northrup Auditorium.
Created:
1970
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Bird's-eye view of a town situated along a river. There is a fortified wall in the foreground and a rope bridge and mountains are seen in the distance.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The newspaper caption on the back of the photo reads: "Halt! Is what Lans Williams (armed), representative of the Daisy Co., seems to be saying to his prospective customers. Contrary to his expression, he is explaining the fine points of the rifle he holds. The display of toy rifles, guns and other Daisy products was one of many displays at the ...
Created:
1963
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Pharmacy bottle. Rectangular clear glass pharmacy bottle with a long cylindrical neck and a glass stopper with a disc-shaped head; white, black, red and gold glass label. Contains manufacturer markings:"Tr. ACONIT." and "W. T. CO. -- W. T. C."
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company (Millville, New Jersey)
Created:
1890?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
A post-World War I trade and retraining exhibition showing several men seated at benches working on office equipment. A large sign overhead reads: "Dep't of Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment: Invalided Soldiers Commission, Disabled Soldiers Retraining for Civil Life with Burroughs Adding Machine Co. of Canada, Limited." Another sign behind and bel...
Created:
1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Advertisement for a Burroughs-sponsored breakfast bar at the Air Force Association convention. Sign contains a cartoon illustration of a General riding a missile with a cup of coffee in one hand and a lasso in the other. The lasso is connected to a woman wearing an apron standing on the top of a signal tower. The sign invites attendees to "Be Ou...
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A lounge area and "coffee bar" sponsored by Burroughs Corporation at the United States Savings and Loan League convention held at the Miami Beach Convention Hall. It is a carpeted area with large potted palm trees, chairs, and ash trays for convention goers to get refreshments.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Portion of a Burroughs exhibit at a trade show. The signs around the top perimeter of the exhibition read: "[Sci]ence, Business, Indus[try]." The Business display features the Datatron computer console, printer, and computer. A sign above it reads: "Datatron : ElectroData Division of Burroughs Corp." and lists the demonstrations that will be giv...
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition promoting the IBM On-Line Teller System. Several men are looking at the exhibit. An IBM 1015 Inquiry Display Terminal and poster can be seen on display on the left. The poster reads: "Information where, when and as you need it--for immediate and effective action : at the main office and at each branch : at the counter and at your d...
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition promoting IBM 6400 and the IBM On-Line Teller System. Three men can be seen in the left part of the exhibit space. A 6400 console and printer are on display. The trade show is at the Mutual Savings Bank convention at the Statler Hilton Hotel.
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition promoting IBM 6400 and the IBM 1440/1448 Online Data Processing System. Two IBM employees can be seen in the left part of the exhibit space. The trade show is at the Miami Beach Convention Hall.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition promoting NCR's On-line financial system, advertised here as the "World's first savings and loan association posting pass books with a window machine that is On-Line." The trade show is at the Miami Beach Convention Hall.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition displaying Burroughs Accounting machines including the Sensimatic and Ten Key. The overhead banner reads: "Burroughs Corporation : New Dimensions : in electronics and data processing systems." A sign above a plant stand in the foreground of the photograph states: "Burroughs Electronic Bookkeeping Machines." Lightening bolts emanate fr...
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition titled "Burroughs . . New Dimensions in Electronics and Data Processing Systems. Burroughs Accounting machines are in display, including examples from the F1500 typewriter accounting machine, the F2000 computer for tax accounting, and the F500 accounting machine. The right portion of the display features Remington Rand Univac.
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A Burroughs booth in a large central area at a trade show. Burroughs advertises machines for "financial," "consumer billing," "non descriptive cycle billing for departmental stores," "stores," and "sales and purchases" functions. There are approximately twenty-six machines on display. The marquee around the exhibition has the Burroughs name and ...
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition featuring Burroughs Ten Key and Director machines. Posters of advertisements are hung above a group of Ten Key machines. A poster in the left background reads: "Expanding with Chicago to Serve Mid-America : Burroughs Corporation Invites you to Visit its Newly Opened : Mid-America Exhibit Center : 324 South Michigan : Just 3 Blocks ...
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This portion of the larger exhibition titled "New Dimensions in computation for military systems" features a display highlighting the United States Army's MAULER Air Defense Missile System and Burroughs' contribution of the Logi-Mod packaging technique. A Logi-Mod "block" is on display. The sign on the wall behind it reads: Burroughs role in the...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Part of a larger exhibition titled "Naval Engineering our First Line of Defense." A side view of the Radar. Antennas. Part of sign from adjacent display is visible in the background. Companion image to ID no. 405 and no. 472.
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Portion of a larger exhibition titled " Naval Engineering Our First Line of Defense." A remote operated switch assembly mounted to a display table. The table captions read: "Weapons Control : " "Remote Operated Switch Assembly : " "Control Instrument Company a subsidiary of Burroughs . . . the foremost name in computation." Companion image to ID...
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Overhead shot of small display showing stages of packet assembly, including printed circuit cards, logic modules, and header assembly. To the left is a logic module with completed packets labeled "Final Packet Assembly." At the back of the display is a sign reading: "ATLAS Computer Logic Module : Heart of the U.S.A.F. Ballistic Missile : Ground ...
Created:
1960?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
View of exhibition space at Hannover Fair, Hannover, Germany. Back wall of booth has Burroughs and Sensimatic logos displayed. Various office machines are displayed on modern credenzas throughout booth. No people present in photograph.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This portion of the larger exhibition titled "New Dimensions in computation for military systems" promotes Burroughs Macro-Modular design. Several macro-modules and a large circuit board schematic are on display. The caption card reads: "The Macro-Module design is an evolutionary approach to high density packaging. It consists, essentially, of a...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A view of the exhibit from an angle. Four men standing to the left are looking at the exhibit : one is leaning into the display and using a hand-held camera to record the machine's actions. A woman dressed in a light colored dress printed with numbers that mimic MICR "machine readable" numbers operates the card feeder. A facsimile of a check wit...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Burroughs exhibition space at Hannover Fair in Hannover, Germany. The booth resembles an American fast-food restaurant in appearance, with large logos displayed above overhanging slanted rooflines. The corner areas contain posters and information panels and it is designed with open floor plan. Milling visitors fill foreground of photo as well as...
Created:
1983
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Wide angle view of the exhibit hall with the Burroughs exhibit in foreground. A cluster of men and women are gathered around three Burroughs representatives underneath a sign that says "new microfilm equipment." Other exhibitors in the background are: Precisa Adding Machine Company, Los Angels, CA : Davison Sales and Service Agency : Underwood C...
Created:
1949
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Overhead view of exhibition space showing crowds of civilians milling around Burroughs display. Along the back wall is a display stating: "The Foremost Name in Computation : Geared to Perform the Complete Cycle of Defense Work." In the center of the exhibit are two smaller displays, entitled: "Mirror Deck Landing System" and "Semi-Automatic Grou...
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition titled "Computation The Heart of the Weapon." The back wall bears sign which reads: "Burroughs Corporation [--] Foremost Name in Computation" and on the left " U.S.A.F. ATLAS Ballistic Missile Computation" and on the right "U.S.A.F. SAGE Coordinate Data Processing System." At the center is a smaller round sign bearing Burroughs logo a...
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition titled "Burroughs Guidance Computer: The "KEY" to the "Keyhole in the Sky." A cut-away oval in the center of the display shows the earth below, with a Mercury module floating in space above the earth and a table-top model of an unidentified computer installation.
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Large exhibit space over which the banner reads: "Burroughs Corporation : The Foremost Name in Computation : Geared to Perform the Complete Cycle of Defense Work." A smaller sign in the background reads: "Burroughs occupies a strategic position in the advanced field of Electronic Computers : Digital and Analog : Instrumentation, Aircraft and Nav...
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition including a display on Airborne Long Range Input (ALRI) system. Seating area and unidentified scale model visible in the right middle ground.
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A display promoting Burroughs' involvement with the United States Air Force Airborne Long Range Input (ALRI) system. The lighted wall poster reads: Burroughs Corporation: System Manager for ALRI : The USAF Airborne Long Range Input (ALRI) System Radar. Antennas provides greater sweep and coverage for America's early warning lines. With radar/rec...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Central wall of the exhibition titled "New Dimensions in computation for military sitemaps." Overview of the MUALER, Macro-module, and applied research display area. Companion image to ID no. 392, no. 393, no. 394, and no. 395.
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Central space of the exhibition titled "New Dimensions in computation for military systems." On the right is a display featuring "miniaturized computing" and the NORAD and Polaris computers. On the left a screen is captioned "Pilot for Atlas." Companion image to ID no. 392, no. 394, no. 395, and no. 396.
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This portion of the larger exhibition titled "New Dimensions in computation for military systems" promotes Burroughs' advances in "miniaturized computation" and features two military contracts, the Naval Digital Airborne Computer (NADAC) and the Polaris Stabilization Data Computer. The display includes a photo of the U.S.S. George Washington, th...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Large exhibit space with light blue carpeting, blue and gold drapes, and white plastic chairs. Burroughs exhibition includes a podium for a speaker, a D825 component, and several wall panels. The panels promote the D84 Modular Data Processing System, the D825 Modular Data Processing System, and the B8500 Information Processing System. A free sta...
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A Burroughs exhibition explaining the FAA/USAF Common Digitizer, used for air traffic control. Two panels explaining the system are on the left, and a line of four modular units can be seen on the right. Companion image to ID no. 370.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A Burroughs exhibition explaining the FAA/USAF Common Digitizer, used for air traffic control. The exhibit consists of three large panel sections and one easels. No machines are visible in this image. Companion image to ID no. 371.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This portion of a larger exhibition features "Nixie Type 6844" vacuum tubes. A sign at top of the machine shows a vacuum tube and an arrow which reads: "Beam Switching Tube." A sign on the wall behind the display reads: "[fore]most Name . . " and "[el]ectronic co[mpo]nent[s] . . ."
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition promoting the Burroughs' On-Line system. Most of the left panel is readable: "Some institutions that have already selected the Burroughs On-Line Teller System." Two Adding machines and calculators and two teller machines are part of the display. The convention is at the Statler Hilton Hotel.
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An exhibition titled "Naval Engineering Our First Line of Defense." Below the sign is a display of Radar. Antennas, described as the "High-altitude, all-weather Bomb Direction System." To the left is a display of the "Mirror Deck Landing System", and to the right is the" Weapons Control" display. Companion image to ID no. 403 and no. 472.
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The Burroughs B101 displayed on a stage. Behind the machine is a sign which reads: "The Burroughs B101 : The World's Fastest Electronic Sorter-Reader." To the left is a wall sized graphic showing the B101 as part of a computer installation.
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The full B200 series is set on a small stage. The overhead sign reads: "Burroughs B200 Series Compact Cobo[--] : Everything "Compact" except results." The exhibit is for the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA) convention at the Hotel Jung in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition promoting the Burroughs B8500. A large poster reads: "B8500 Information Processing System : The B8500 is a dynamically modular, very large scale, information processing system in which the latest technological advances in monolithic integrated circuitry and thin film memory are used to achieve extremely fast and versatile computing po...
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibition promoting the D825. A cabinet and terminal are on display in the center. A large poster reads: "D825 Modular Data Processing System : Burroughs D825, the first totally modular data processing system, has been in service since 1962--demonstrating and proving the benefits of functional modularity : Multiprocessing, fail-soft reliability...
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This portion of a larger exhibit promotes the D84 Modular Data Processing System. Several modular units are stacked on a table in front of a poster and photograph of a rocket launch. The poster reads: " D84 Modular Data Processing System : Burroughs new D84 military computer combines the advantages of a compact, rugged, monolithic integrated cir...
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
In the foreground is the ElectroData Datafile computer with a sign overhead reading: "Datafile electronic filing combines high-volume memory capacity and high-speed internal handling." A display of the Datatron 220 and the E101 can be seen in the middle ground. An exhibition space for General Binding Corp. can be seen in the left background.
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The E2100 direct accounting computer set up at a small desk on a round platform. The exhibit panel behind the desk states: Presenting. . . The Burroughs E 2100 director Accounting Computer." The upright panel to the left reads: E2100 Direct Accounting Computer : An Outstanding Performer : Both integrated and independent applications : Dollar for...
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exhibit of several Burroughs Business Machines, Ltd. products. Burroughs machines on display include: E2100, F4000, B200, and B5000. Focus of display is round dais with the E2100 flanked by two female models wearing "Miss Burroughs" sashes.
Created:
1960?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The Burroughs E2190 and a check sorting machine on display. Lighted signs on the exhibit wall read (left to right): "A Systems Answer to Installment Loans : The Burroughs E2190 Direct Accounting Computer with Magnetic Data Ledger" and "See the Exciting New Humanized Checks : Checks more People will Buy : Designed to Give You Competitive Advantage."
Created:
1966
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Four men listen to information about the Burroughs E599 machine while one Burroughs salesman talks and a second (seated) operates the machine. This image provides a view of the keyboard. A sign in the background reads: "Stanomatic."
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Woman, with her back to the camera, is seated at a desk using a Sensimatic. On the wall behind her is a sign reading: "See the New Burroughs Sensimatic Accounting Machine : Never Such a Machine at ANY Price! : Machine with the 'mechanical brain'."
Created:
1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An display of the Sensimatic-to-Punched-Tape equipment as well as the Burroughs E101 and G series printers. A sign above the display reads: "The Latest in ADP* Equipment : for the organization of Data in a Modern : *Automatic Data Processing System." The advertisement for the printers reads: " Burroughs Series "G" : Electronic High Speed Printer...
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Display of Typing Sensimatic, desk, and chair on a small platform. A sign above the display reads: "1st Public Showing! The New Burroughs Typing Sensimatic Combines Advanced Typing with the Automation and Flexibility of Sensimatic Accounting." Director Accounting machines are on display to the right.
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Jet Age" exhibit lighted sign with the Burroughs logo set in a cylinder. The whole sign is wrapped in curved frame. The larger oval contains four cylinders, each with a picture pertaining to airline services each with captions reading (left to right): "Jet Age Reservation Service : " "Jet Age Passenger Check In : " "Jet Age Meal Scheduling : " a...
Created:
1966
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
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