Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Herman Hollerith papers, 1850-1982 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1850-1982 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1910-1927) |
| ID No. | MSS49510 |
| Creator | Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929 |
| Extent | 11,700 items |
| Extent | 34 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 13.6 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997007 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm73049510 |
| 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. |