Sellenraad, Carel2011-06-172011-06-171984Carel Sellenraad, OH 243. Oral history interview by Lee H. Allen, 1982-1984, Gross Point, Michigan. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107630OH 243https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107630Transcript, 219 pp.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.en-USComputer historyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, DutchWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, DutchWorld War, 1914-1918 -- FranceUnited States. -- Army. -- American Expeditionary ForcesTabulating machinesSales managementRotterdam (Netherlands) -- DescriptionNetherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945CalculatorsBurroughs Adding Machine CompanyBookkeeping machinesAdvertising -- Office equipment and supplies industry.Accounting machines.Oral History