Smith, Ovid M.2011-06-172011-06-171985-11-07Ovid M. Smith, OH 244. Oral history interview by Mark Coir, Anne Frantilla, Mary Lou Rowe, 7 November 1985, Detroit, Michigan. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107635OH 244https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107635Transcript, 49 pp.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.en-USComputer historyOffice equipment and supplies -- MarketingMoon-Hopkins Billing Machine CompanyFelt & Tarrant Manufacturing CompanyComptometersCalculatorsBurroughs CorporationBurroughs Adding Machine CompanyBookkeeping machinesAccounting machines.Oral History