Browsing by Subject "Bookkeeping machines"

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    Oral history interview with Carel Sellenraad
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1984) Sellenraad, Carel
    In this wide-ranging interview, Sellenraad describes his long association with Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and the impact of World Wars I & II on the sales and service of calculators, and adding and bookkeeping machines in Europe. Subjects include: Sellenraad's emigration from Rotterdam, Netherlands to the United States prior to World War I; his employment as a Burroughs salesman after a succession of jobs; his volunteering to serve in the Expeditionary Force and experiences in Europe during World War I; his work in international advertising for Burroughs upon his return to the United States; his return to Rotterdam to work with a Burroughs agency; his management of the Burroughs sales force in the Netherlands after 1938 and through World War II; and conditions in the Netherlands during World War II.
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    Oral history interview with Ovid M. Smith
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1985-11-07) Smith, Ovid M.
    Smith reviews his 46 1/2 year career at Burroughs Adding Machine Company (later Burroughs Corporation). Subjects include: Burroughs calculators and accounting machines; Burroughs competitors, especially Moon-Hopkins and Felt & Tarrant; the Comptometer; Burroughs' marketing strategies; and the work environment at Burroughs.