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51. Herman Hollerith papers, 1850-1982

    11,700 items. 34 containers plus 1 oversize. 13.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Inventor and businessman. Correspondence, diary, financial and business papers, patents by Hollerith and others, blueprints, drawings, a Hollerith machine punch plate, writings about Hollerith by Geoffrey Austrian and others, biographical material, and other papers relating to Hollerith tabulating machines and their use in census taking (1890-1910), operation of Tabulating Machine Company and its merger with two other companies forming Computer-Tabulating-Recording Company (1911), and Hollerith's association with this company and its successor, International Business Machines Corporation.

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52. Frank Winfield Woolworth papers, 1859-1980

    350 items. 2 containers plus 2 oversize. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Businessman and entrepreneur. Correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, diary, printed matter, and photographs primarily pertaining to the financial standing and inventories of Woolworth's five-and-dime stores and to the creation and management of the Woolworth Building in Manhattan, New York.