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Oral history interview with Robert Herr

Herr, Robert
1986-05-19
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Oral history interview with Robert Herr

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1986-05-19

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Charles Babbage Institute

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Herr reviews his family background and education at Haverford College, education at the University of Minnesota in the 1930s, wartime activity, and his postwar work. During World War II Herr worked for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, primarily on methods of defending U.S. ships against magnetic mines. The bulk of the interview concerns his work starting in 1946 at Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) on magnetic tape development. After the introduction of magnetic tape in 1949, Herr started a the Electrical Products Lab in 1952 at 3M, and later was vice-president of the Data Recording Products Division. He also discusses 3M's relationship with Engineering Research Associates and Control Data Corporation.

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Transcript, 60 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95359

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Robert Herr, OH 111. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 19 May 1986, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107354

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Herr, Robert. (1986). Oral history interview with Robert Herr. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107354.

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