Slide to tape transfer of English version of program describing U.S. society and culture shock of relocating to a foreign culture. Discussions on cross cultural communication, holidays celebrated by Burroughs staff, customs, and general tips for foreigners.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Created:
1981-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Kids from the J. E. C. looked on along with neighborhood kids as participants leapt, threw and ran during sports contests staged at Center Days. The J. E. C. was administered in three parts: one administrative group owned and operated the building one oversaw the Hebrew School, and one took charge of the community activities program.
Created:
1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Interior view of the Crystal Terrace Nightclub with people chatting at the bar and Charlie Green standing in front of the glass block windows to the left. The Crystal Terrace was an elegant and popular dining and dancing spot in Duluth owned by the Green family.
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A large group of young people standing in front of Bernie's Sandwich Shop. Bernie's Sandwich Shop was a popular hangout for students enrolled in the Mechanic Arts High School. The shop was located at Central and Roberts in St. Paul.
Created:
1934?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Three customers look at signs about the Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary Book Fair, a fundraising event. Mount Sinai Hospital was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the 1950s to address the discrimination Jewish doctors experienced admitting Jewish patients to local hospitals. The Auxiliary members promoted the work of Mount Sinai Hos...
Created:
1962
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
BUIC installation showing processing units, card sorter/reader, printer, and tape drives. Three men in suits are checking out various parts of the system.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Daniel Snyder Oglansky's was located at the corner of Sheridan and Golden Valley Road. The photograph is part of a collection of genre photographs depicting everyday life and people in North Minneapolis.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Unit 8 in the Data Communications training, focused on modems and terminals. Poor coloring throughout. Discusses how modulation works to transmit data.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Data Processing Education Network
Created:
1971-06-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A training tape for customers. Part 1 - The Computer, Part 2 - Memory. Goes over basics of I/O equipment, CPU, programs, magnetic memory, and laser storage.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Little, Janice; Cohn, Barry
Created:
1976
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A training tape for customers. Session 3: Part 1 - Input and Output - The Devices, Part 2 - The Program; Session 4: Part 1 - The Data Processing Department, Part 2 - Operations. Coloring is off, quality not as good as other recordings in this series.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Little, Janice; Cohn, Barry
Created:
1976
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A training tape for customers. Part 1 - Input and Output - The Devices, Part 2 - The Program. Describes the meaning of terms like file, record, terminal, input/output, data tapes, cathode ray tubes, etc.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Little, Janice; Cohn, Barry
Created:
1976
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A training tape for customers. Part 1 - The Data Processing Department, Part 2 - Operations. Contains skits as examples for the processes described and helpful charts.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Little, Janice; Cohn, Barry
Created:
1976
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A man sits at the console of the ElectroData designed Datatron computer. A paper printout is being generated from the printer. Two tape towers can be seen on the right side of the image.
Created:
1958
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A young boy stands on the horsedrawn cart holding a bell while a young man stands next to the cart holding a small crate. Many Jews were in the peddling business in the early part of the century. Items peddled included fruits and vegetables, clothing and housewares.
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Butcher David Gantman rescued these Torah scrolls from a St. Paul synagogue (possibly the Sons of Moses) which burned to the ground. The Orthodox Sons of Moses congregation was largely composed of Russian and Romanian Jews, and worshipped in what had been a church on the West Side of St. Paul on Thirteenth and Canada St.
Created:
1930?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
David Scheinberg was the proprietor of a grocery store on Minneapolis' South Side. The South Side had fewer Jewish households than the North Side, and included more immigrants from Romania, whereas the North Side had more from Russia, Poland and Lithuania. The South Side was home to the Reform and Conservative congregations North Side synagogues...
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of children and adults playing deck tennis. Kid's attended Center Day at the end of August before school began for a final round of play unimpeded by school or homework.
Created:
1938-08-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Three quarter view of a desktop sized bookkeeping machine with a demonstration invoice in the paper carriage. The keyboard includes numbers, months, and functions and features atypical square keys.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Shows Burroughs products being used at marathon, certificates, and van in front of Burroughs headquarters. Seems to be an award given at the end, but it is silent.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
City of Detroit
Created:
1984
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A street-scene with men, women, and children crowded together, looking into large store-front windows. "Burroughs" is painted on a side window and "Made in Detroit" signs appear in each front window.
Created:
1912?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A fully assembled direction indicator against a white background. The face plate of the instrument has the silhouette of an airplane and the words "direction pioneer" in the center.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
