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<p>Compiled by: John Riddle, Loren Butler, Andrew Goldstein, Jill Anderson </p>
<p>Compiled by: John Riddle, Loren Butler, Andrew Goldstein, Jill Anderson </p>


<p>This guide to the archival holdings of leading companies in the electrical, electronics, and computer industries is based on a survey performed in the spring and summer of 1994 as one part of a multi-year project of the IEEE-Rutgers Center for the History of Electrical Engineering. Entitled Power and Control, this project aimsto develop resources for the study and understanding of the history of electrical technology. In addition to this guide to corporate archives, we will also produce a three-volume history of electrical technology from its origins in the mid-19th century to the present day, and expand and diversify the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering’s already extensive international collection of oral history interviews of leaders in the electrical, electronics, and computer fields. </p>
<p>This guide to the archival holdings of leading companies in the electrical, electronics, and computer industries is based on a survey performed in the spring and summer of 1994 as one part of a multi-year project of the IEEE-Rutgers Center for the History of Electrical Engineering. Entitled Power and Control, this project aims to develop resources for the study and understanding of the history of electrical technology. In addition to this guide to corporate [[Archives:IEEE Archives|archives]], we will also produce a three-volume history of electrical technology from its origins in the mid-19th century to the present day, and expand and diversify the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering’s already extensive international collection of oral history interviews of leaders in the electrical, electronics, and computer fields. </p>


<p>The Center has previously published directories of archives, manuscript collections, and oral histories relating to the history of electrical technology held by U.S. repositories1. Although much of the development of electrical technology has been accomplished by the industrial sector, we were concerned that archival materials documenting this sector’s involvement may not have been placed in publicly accessible repositories, or may not have been preserved at all. We saw a need to determine the extent of archival preservation that currently exists within the electrical industries and to give researchers an introductory guide to these resources. This project was undertaken with those goals in mind. </p>
<p>The Center has previously published directories of archives, manuscript collections, and oral histories relating to the history of electrical technology held by U.S. repositories. Although much of the development of electrical technology has been accomplished by the industrial sector, we were concerned that archival materials documenting this sector’s involvement may not have been placed in publicly accessible repositories, or may not have been preserved at all. We saw a need to determine the extent of archival preservation that currently exists within the electrical industries and to give researchers an introductory guide to these resources. This project was undertaken with those goals in mind. </p>


<p>After identifying leading companies in a broadly defined range of relevant industries by using standard business reference sources and IEEE technical society liaisons, we contacted 672 companies, 177 of which were located outside the United States. Some companies had many subsidiaries and divisions involved in electrical engineering. In these cases we generally surveyed only the parent company. In some cases, diversified companies were not generally in an electrical business, but some of their subsidiaries were. In those cases we only surveyed the relevant subsidiaries. For many of the companies outside the United States, we surveyed both the parent company and the main U.S. subsidiary. We received 133 completed surveys, of which 24 were from companies located outside the United States. </p>
<p>After identifying leading companies in a broadly defined range of relevant industries by using standard business reference sources and [[IEEE History|IEEE]] technical society liaisons, we contacted 672 companies, 177 of which were located outside the United States. Some companies had many subsidiaries and divisions involved in electrical engineering. In these cases we generally surveyed only the parent company. In some cases, diversified companies were not generally in an electrical business, but some of their subsidiaries were. In those cases we only surveyed the relevant subsidiaries. For many of the companies outside the United States, we surveyed both the parent company and the main U.S. subsidiary. We received 133 completed surveys, of which 24 were from companies located outside the United States. </p>


<p>Each company profile here was compiled from the information supplied on the returned survey. Researchers should be aware that these profiles represent only a "snapshot" of the company's archival holdings. In the tumultuous world of modern business, corporate structure regularly changes. This applies as well to corporate archives, which may experience radical change within a short period of time. In all cases, we strongly recommend that the researcher contact the company before visiting, to verify the access policy and contents of the archives. </p>
<p>Each company profile here was compiled from the information supplied on the returned survey. Researchers should be aware that these profiles represent only a "snapshot" of the company's archival holdings. In the tumultuous world of modern business, corporate structure regularly changes. This applies as well to corporate archives, which may experience radical change within a short period of time. In all cases, we strongly recommend that the researcher contact the company before visiting, to verify the access policy and contents of the archives. </p>
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<p>It is likely that many of the corporate records reported here have not previously been studied by historians. The researcher who is granted permission to examine a particular company’s records may be the first to have considered and appraised the historical value of those materials. We urge, then, that the research act as both an advocate to the company for the enduring value of the records as well as a conservator, who will leave the materials in as organized and preserved manner as possible for the next historian. Moreover, when approaching prospective research sites and dealing with corporate archivists and records managers, the researcher would do well to keep in mind the nature of commercial workplaces. Corporate archives are likely to have many more restrictions on access and conditions of use than are typically encountered in scholarly facilities, and are unlikely to provide researchers with comparable support services. </p>
<p>It is likely that many of the corporate records reported here have not previously been studied by historians. The researcher who is granted permission to examine a particular company’s records may be the first to have considered and appraised the historical value of those materials. We urge, then, that the research act as both an advocate to the company for the enduring value of the records as well as a conservator, who will leave the materials in as organized and preserved manner as possible for the next historian. Moreover, when approaching prospective research sites and dealing with corporate archivists and records managers, the researcher would do well to keep in mind the nature of commercial workplaces. Corporate archives are likely to have many more restrictions on access and conditions of use than are typically encountered in scholarly facilities, and are unlikely to provide researchers with comparable support services. </p>


<p>This guide was researched and prepared by the staff of the IEEE Center for this History of Electrical Engineering with the assistance of consulting archivist Bruce Bruemmer. John Riddle served as project archivist, designing the project and leading its execution under the direction of Jill Anderson and Andrew Goldstein. Special thanks are due to archivist Anne Millbrooke for her assistance with matters great and small. This guide, an aspect of the Center’s Power and Control project, was supported by a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Other project supporters include the IEEE Foundation, IEEE Life Member Fund, IEEE Foundation Friends Fund, and the AT&amp;T Foundation. </p>
<p>This guide was researched and prepared by the staff of the IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering with the assistance of consulting archivist Bruce Bruemmer. John Riddle served as project archivist, designing the project and leading its execution under the direction of Jill Anderson and Andrew Goldstein. Special thanks are due to archivist Anne Millbrooke for her assistance with matters great and small. This guide, an aspect of the Center’s Power and Control project, was supported by a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Other project supporters include the IEEE Foundation, IEEE Life Member Fund, IEEE Foundation Friends Fund, and the AT&amp;T Foundation.</p>
 
<p>See also: [[Sources in Electrical History, vol. 1: Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories|Sources in Electrical History, vol. 1: Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories]]</p>
 
<p>See also: [[Sources in Electrical History 2: Oral History Collections in U.S. Repositories|Sources in Electrical History 2: Oral History Collections in U.S. Repositories]]</p>


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<p>Corporate History: Many corporate histories available for review. Contact Siemens Museum for more information. </p>
<p>Corporate History: Many corporate histories available for review. Contact Siemens Museum for more information. </p>


<p>Contact: Siemens Archives<br> Wittelsbacherplatz 2<br> Visitors' entrance: Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 20<br> D-80333 München<br> + 49 (89) 636 – 32663<br> http://w4.siemens.de/archiv/en/index.html </p>
<p>Contact: Siemens Archives<br> Wittelsbacherplatz 2<br> Visitors' entrance: Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 20<br> D-80333 München<br> + 49 (89) 636 – 32663<br> http://www.siemens.com/history/en/siemens_historical_institute/contacts.htm</p>


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<p>Access:With permission </p>
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Preface

Compiled by: John Riddle, Loren Butler, Andrew Goldstein, Jill Anderson

This guide to the archival holdings of leading companies in the electrical, electronics, and computer industries is based on a survey performed in the spring and summer of 1994 as one part of a multi-year project of the IEEE-Rutgers Center for the History of Electrical Engineering. Entitled Power and Control, this project aims to develop resources for the study and understanding of the history of electrical technology. In addition to this guide to corporate archives, we will also produce a three-volume history of electrical technology from its origins in the mid-19th century to the present day, and expand and diversify the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering’s already extensive international collection of oral history interviews of leaders in the electrical, electronics, and computer fields.

The Center has previously published directories of archives, manuscript collections, and oral histories relating to the history of electrical technology held by U.S. repositories. Although much of the development of electrical technology has been accomplished by the industrial sector, we were concerned that archival materials documenting this sector’s involvement may not have been placed in publicly accessible repositories, or may not have been preserved at all. We saw a need to determine the extent of archival preservation that currently exists within the electrical industries and to give researchers an introductory guide to these resources. This project was undertaken with those goals in mind.

After identifying leading companies in a broadly defined range of relevant industries by using standard business reference sources and IEEE technical society liaisons, we contacted 672 companies, 177 of which were located outside the United States. Some companies had many subsidiaries and divisions involved in electrical engineering. In these cases we generally surveyed only the parent company. In some cases, diversified companies were not generally in an electrical business, but some of their subsidiaries were. In those cases we only surveyed the relevant subsidiaries. For many of the companies outside the United States, we surveyed both the parent company and the main U.S. subsidiary. We received 133 completed surveys, of which 24 were from companies located outside the United States.

Each company profile here was compiled from the information supplied on the returned survey. Researchers should be aware that these profiles represent only a "snapshot" of the company's archival holdings. In the tumultuous world of modern business, corporate structure regularly changes. This applies as well to corporate archives, which may experience radical change within a short period of time. In all cases, we strongly recommend that the researcher contact the company before visiting, to verify the access policy and contents of the archives.

We have made an effort in this report to distinguish companies with formal archives from those without, based on identification as given on the survey responses. But it is difficult to maintain this distinction with accuracy. Record centers typically do have different retention schedules and filing procedures than formal archives. A researcher should not assume that any particular company maintains its archives in a professionally approved manner just because it has indicated on our survey that it has a formal archives. Likewise, it should not be assumed that companies that have a records center instead of a formal archives do not necessarily maintain their records in an archival system. We have thus included here all cases where companies indicated that all or some of the records in their retention centers may be available to outside researchers.

Researchers will note that we have not supplied the dates or ranges of a company's records. There is such great variability of methods of archives management and disposition schedules found across companies that we believe dates or ranges may therefore be misleading indicators of a company's actual holdings. We have, however, provided the date of the company's founding, which gives some indication as to possible range. Many of the companies profiled here, especially the utility companies, have developed into their present structure only after many mergers and acquisitions. During such upheavals, records may have been destroyed, moved, merged, maintained as separate collections, or some combination of these outcomes, and it is possible that current staff will not have information about the fate of earlier records. The exact range of a particular company's holdings may therefore be quite extensive or, conversely, quite limited. Researchers are thus urged to contact the company first to determine the extent of its records holdings and the pertinence of the records to particular research projects.

Each company profile comprises a number of fields:

  • Company Name: The complete legal name of the company.
  • City, State, Country: The location of the company's headquarters. This is not necessarily the place of its archives or records repository.
  • Industry: Only that portion of a company's business that pertains to electrical and electronics engineering is indexed. Broad categories are used.
  • Company Founding: The date of the company's founding as provided on the survey. In some cases, we indicate the original name of the company and dates of name changes and/or mergers.
  • Description: A general description of the company's records holdings as taken from the survey response and from any additional material supplied by the company. For companies that indicated on the survey that they do have an archives, we begin each description with "Archives include.." In all other cases, we indicate that a formal archives does not exist, but we give a description of its records holdings as listed on the returned survey.
  • Other Information: Additional information concerning the company or its records, such as the location of a company museum, or information provided about future changes planned for company records.
  • Corporate History: Following information provided on returned survey forms and from follow-up bibliographic research, we indicate if a corporate history has been written. Bibliographic information is given as provided on the survey or found in the RLIN database. In many cases, these histories were company sponsored and their availability is limited. Researchers should contact the company for more information. While sponsored corporate histories vary widely in format, quality, and objective, they are often a useful and even unique source of information. We have not included complete bibliographies for those few companies that have received extensive attention from outside researchers.
  • Contact (Name, Title, Phone Number, Address): In some cases, a company did not supply a contact's title or phone number. We provided whatever information was contained on the survey. Where possible, we have supplied fax numbers for non-U.S. companies.
  • Access: Two general categories are used, "No access" or "With permission." We used "No access" only if a company specifically stated on the survey that it had such a policy. In all other cases, including those where the company indicated that it had no access policy at all, we used "With permission." It is incumbent on the researcher to contact the company to determine the exact nature of its access policy. No company is likely to give unrestricted access.

It is likely that many of the corporate records reported here have not previously been studied by historians. The researcher who is granted permission to examine a particular company’s records may be the first to have considered and appraised the historical value of those materials. We urge, then, that the research act as both an advocate to the company for the enduring value of the records as well as a conservator, who will leave the materials in as organized and preserved manner as possible for the next historian. Moreover, when approaching prospective research sites and dealing with corporate archivists and records managers, the researcher would do well to keep in mind the nature of commercial workplaces. Corporate archives are likely to have many more restrictions on access and conditions of use than are typically encountered in scholarly facilities, and are unlikely to provide researchers with comparable support services.

This guide was researched and prepared by the staff of the IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering with the assistance of consulting archivist Bruce Bruemmer. John Riddle served as project archivist, designing the project and leading its execution under the direction of Jill Anderson and Andrew Goldstein. Special thanks are due to archivist Anne Millbrooke for her assistance with matters great and small. This guide, an aspect of the Center’s Power and Control project, was supported by a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Other project supporters include the IEEE Foundation, IEEE Life Member Fund, IEEE Foundation Friends Fund, and the AT&T Foundation.

See also: Sources in Electrical History, vol. 1: Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories

See also: Sources in Electrical History 2: Oral History Collections in U.S. Repositories

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A. O. Smith Corporation

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Industry: Electrical Motors

Founded: 1874--Charles Smith, Machinist; 1904--A.O. Smith Corporation No formal archives. Records kept by Corporate Information Services Division include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and films also included.

Corporate History: Through Research-A Better Way, Charles Wright and Roger S. Smith, (1992, 95 pp., illus.); Five Score, Arthur Hrobsky, (1974, 75 pp.)

Contact: A.O. Smith Corporation
11270 West Park Place
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53224
(414) 359-4000
http://www.aosmith.com/

Access:With permission

Aerospace Corporation

El Segundo, California

Industry: Avionics; Defense/Military Systems

Founded: 1960

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical specifications, facility blueprints, technical reports produced by Aerospace since its founding, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included. Archives contain 1200 cubic feet of material.

Corporate History: The Aerospace Corporation: Its Work, 1960-1980, (1980, 272 pp., illus.); The Aerospace Corporation: Its People, 1980, (1980, 256 pp., illus.); The Aerospace Corporation, 1960-1970: Serving America, (1970, 264 pp., illus.)

Contact: Aerospace Corporation
P.O. Box 92957 M2/326
Los Angeles, California 90009-2957
(310) 336-5000
http://www.aero.org/home.html

Access: With permission

AG Communications Systems Corporation

Phoenix, Arizona

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1891--Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company

No formal archives. Records kept in records center include financial and accounting information, contracts, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, company journal and newspaper, and product specifications. Videos, computer records, and telephony equipment also included.

AG Communications is a joint venture of GTE and AT&T. Many records retained by the Phoenix corporate library pertain to GTE.

Corporate History: The History of GTE: The Evolution of One of America's Great Corporations, Thomas E. McCarthy, (1990, 224 pp., illus.)

Contact: AG Communications Systems Corporation
2500 W. Utopia Road
P.O. Box 52179
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2179
(623) 582-7000
http://www.agcs.com/index.htm

Access: With permission

Alabama Power Company

Birmingham, Alabama

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1912

Archives, dating from 1876, include incorporation papers, correspondence, legal documents, company and power industry publications, annual reports, regulatory information, sales and marketing materials, contracts, technical manuals, facility blueprints, graphic materials, photographs and motion pictures, artifacts, and sound recordings. The archives also document issues relating to the TVA and the founding of the Southern Research Institute.

Corporate History: Alabama Power Company: Developed for the Service of Alabama, Joseph Farley, (1989, 24 pp., illus.); Alabama Power Company and the Southern Company, Harlee Branch, (1967, 24 pp., illus.); The Story of Electricity in Alabama, Thomas Martin, (1952, 201 pp., illus.); Forty Years of Alabama Power Company, 1911-1951, Thomas Martin, (1952, 52 pp., illus.)

Contact: Alabama Power Company
600 N. 18th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35291
(205) 257-1000
www.alabamapower.com/

Access: With permission

Allen-Bradley Company

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Industry: Computer Software; Electronic Components

Founded: 1903

Archives include minutes of executive boards, financial records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical materials, product specifications, facility blueprints, memorabilia. Photographs, videos, audio-tape, and computer records also included. Accounting records are kept on microfiche. Company museum, located in restored 1928 office and research library of co-founder Lynde Bradley, was established in 1990 at Milwaukee headquarters.

Corporate History: The Bradley Legacy: Lynde and Harry Bradley: Their Company and Their Foundation, John Gurda, (1992, 170 pp., illus.); Changing With the Times, Jan Gottfredsen, (1987, 110 pp., illus., out-of-print)

Contact: Allen-Bradley Company
1201 S. Second Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
(414) 382-2000
www.ab.com

Access: No outside access

Ameritech Corporation

Chicago, Illinois

Industry: Computer Software; Telecommunications

Founded: 1983

Archives include agendas and minutes of meetings, correspondence, subject files, organization charts, advertisements, speeches and presentations, summary budgets, news releases, printed and audio-visual materials, oral histories, art work, artifacts, and memorabilia. Ameritech has a separate document retention program managed by Chicago Data Storage.

Contact: Ameritech Corporation
225 W. Randolph St., Floor 27A
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 750-5263
http://www05.sbc.com/

Access: With permission

Apple Computer Incorporated

Cupertino, California

Industry: Computer Components, Peripherals, and Software

Founded: 1976

No formal archives. Records kept with commercial record center include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: An illustrated history is available to outside researchers. Contact Apple Computer for details. See also So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision, Rob Price, (1987, 152 pp., illus.)

Contact: Apple Computer Incorporated
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 996-1010
www.apple.com

Access:With permission

ArgoSystems Incorporated

Sunnyvale, California

Industry: Reconnaissance Systems

Founded: 1969; 1989--subsidiary of Boeing

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, photographs, computer records, and memorabilia.

Corporate History: Informal history in corporate newsletter. Contact ArgoSystems for more information.

Contact: ArgoSystems
324 N. Mary Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94086

Access: No outside access

AT&T Corporation

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Industry: Computer Components and Software; Telecommunications; Information Services

Founded: 1885

Archives include all materials that document the history of AT&T, including paper records, tape, videos, artifacts, and photographs.

For general information on the archives, call (908) 756-6283. There is a charge for conducting research in the archives.

Corporate History: Numerous histories available from AT&T Corporate Archives. Events in Telecommunications History, (1992, 225 pp.); A History of Computing Research at Bell Laboratories, 1937-1975, Bernard D. Holbrook and W. Stanley Brown, (1982, illus.)

Contact: AT&T Archives
5 Reinmen Road
P.O. Box 4647
Warren, New Jersey 07059
www.att.com

Access:With permission

Augat Incorporated

Mansfield, Massachusetts

Industry: Electronic Components

Founded: 1946

No formal archives. Company retains minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, facility blueprints, and computer records.

Contact: Augat Incorporated
89 Forbes Road
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
(508) 543-4300

Access:No outside access

B

B.F. Goodrich Company

Akron, Ohio

Industry: Avionics; Electronic Components

Founded: 1870

Corporate archives, dating from 1870, maintained at the University of Akron. Company also maintains certain records. Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, photographs, and memorabilia.

Contact: University of Akron
Bierce Library, Room 269
Akron, Ohio 44325-1702
(216) 972-7670
http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/

Access: With permission

Ball Corporation

Muncie, Indiana

Industry: Electronic Components; Measuring and Detecting Devices; Reconnaissance Systems

Founded: 1886--Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company

No formal archives. Many records have been transferred to the Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie. Company retains records of legal, business, or historical value to the company. These include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, and facility blueprints. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Ball Corporation: The First Century, Frederic A. Birmingham, (1980, 185 pp., illus.)

Contact: Ball Corporation
1600 Commerce Street
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 931-6100

Access: With permission

Bang & Olufsen Holding A/S

Struer, Denmark

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment

Founded: 1925

No formal archives. Records retained by company include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, senior management files, legal records, general technical specifications (preserved for 5-10 years), films, and photographs.

Contact: Bang & Olufsen
Peter Bangs Vej 15
DK 7600 Struer
Denmark
(45) 96 84 11 22
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/sw166.asp

Access: With permission

Bausch & Lomb

Rochester, New York

Industry: Electromedical Industry

Founded: 1853

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included.

Contact: Bausch & Lomb
One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY 14604-2701
(585) 338-6000
http://www.bausch.com/

Access: With permission

Beckman Coulter Incorporated

Fullerton, California

Industry: Laboratory Equipment; Measuring and Detecting Devices; Electromedical Industry

Founded: 1935

Archives include correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, and memorabilia, including early instruments. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included. The Beckman Heritage Center was opened in March, 1993.

Corporate History: Golden Past, Golden Future: The First 50 Years of Beckman Instruments, Harrison Stephens, (1985, 144 pp., illus.); Beckman Instruments, Inc.: “There Is No Satisfactory Substitute for Excellence,” Arnold Beckman, (1976, 38 pp., illus.)

Contact: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
4300 N. Harbor Boulevard
P.O. Box 3100 Fullerton, CA 92834-3100
(800) 742-2345
http://www.beckman.com/default.asp

Access: With permission

Bell & Howell Company

Skokie, Illinois

Industry: Computer Components and Software; Telecommunications

Founded: 1907

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting data, annual reports, patents, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, memorabilia, prototypes, and artifacts. Photographs and films also included.

Corporate History: Bell & Howell Company: 75 Year History, Jack Fay Robinson, (1982, 175 pp., illus.)

Contact: Bell and Howell Company
3501 B Tri-Center Blvd.
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 767-7595
http://www.bellhowell.com/index.shtml

Access:With permission

Bell Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1880--Bell Telephone Company of Canada; 1983--British Canada Enterprises Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and telephone directories. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and slides also included. Optical imaging system used for historical photographs, selected documents, and telephone directories.

Corporate History: Telephone History, London, Ontario, 1880-1972, E. Geraghty, (1972, 67 pp., illus.); The Introduction of Bell’s Telephone in London, Ontario: An Early History of the Telephone and of the Developments which Led to the Establishment of Telephone Service in London, Ontario, Canada, 1875-1880, Walter Keyser, (1951, 29 pp.); The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Its Origin, Administration, and Achievements, Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, (1928, 39 pp.); Hydro-Electric Development in Ontario: A History of Waterpower Administration under the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, E.B. Biggar, (1920, 202 pp., illus.)

Contact: Stephanie Sykes, Director
Historical Information Resource Center
Bell Canada
Room 820
1050 Beaver Hall Hill
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Z 1S4
(514) 870-7088
www.bell.ca

Access:With permission

BellSouth Corporation

Atlanta, Georgia

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1993

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting information, annual reports, contracts, and patents.

Corporate History: Prepared internally. Contact BellSouth for details.

Contact: BellSouth Corporation
1155 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3610
www.bellsouth.com/

Access: No outside access

Black & Decker Corporation

Towson, Maryland

Industry: Electronic Components; Household Appliances

Founded: 1910

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing information, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio-tapes also included.

Corporate History: Unpublished history, unavailable for review.

Contact: Black & Decker Corporation
701 E. Joppa Road
Towson, Maryland 21286
(410) 716-3900
www.blackanddecker.com

Access:With permission

Boston Edison Company, now know as NSTAR

Boston, Massachusetts

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1886

No formal archives. Some pre-1945 records given to Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Company retains some historically relevant materials in its records center. These include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing information, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, memorabilia, company newspaper, and published articles by employees. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, computer records, and system drawings on linen also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history prepared by David Sicilia of the Winthrop Group (1986, 107 pp.) Available for review. See also The Boston Edison Story, 1886-1951: 65 Years of Service, James Toner, (1951, 32 pp., illus.); A War-Time Record: An Illustrated Account of the War-time Activities of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston During the Great World War, 1914-1918, (1922, 108 pp., plates)

Contact: NSTAR
800 Boyleston
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(617) 424-2000
www.nstaronline.com/index.htm

Access:With permission

Briggs & Stratton Corporation

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Industry: Electronic Components; Electrical Motors

Founded: 1909

Records retained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and awards, as well as old engines and machinery also included.

Corporate History: The History of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (n.d., 24 pp., illus.)

Contact: Briggs and Stratton Corporation
P.O. Box 702
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0702
(414) 259-5333
www.briggsandstratton.com

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British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1962

Special collections held by the British Columbia Hydro Information Centre. Corporate records include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, employee magazines and newsletters, news clippings, brochures, and pamphlets also included.

Archives of British Columbia Electric Railway Company, predecessor company of British Columbia Hydro are located at the University of British Columbia. Contact George Brandak, Manuscripts Curator, University of British Columbia, 1956 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (604) 822-2232.

Contact: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
6911 Southpoint Drive
Burnaby, BC V3N 4X8
604-224-9376
eww.bchydro.bc.ca/

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British Columbia Telephone Company, now known as Telus

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1916--charter of British Columbia Telephone; predecessors date back to 1891 Informal archives, attached to business library, include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting data, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, technical manuals, facility blueprints, telephone directories (1908+), and company newsletter (1911+). Photographs, videos, and computer records also included. Selected early records are on deposit at the Vancouver City Archives.

Corporate History: B.C. Telephone: Centennial Reflections, (1991); The Phone Book: An Illustrated History of the Telephone in British Columbia, typed manuscript by Don and Evelyn Benson, (1989); Historical Record, 1870-1959, 12 volumes, unpublished.

Contact: Kathy Smith
Corporate Communications
British Columbia Telephone
5-3777 Kingsway
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5H 3Z7
(604) 432-2617
www.telus.com

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Burr-Brown Corporation, merged with Texas Instruments (2000)

Tucson, Arizona

Industry: Computer Components and Peripherals; Printed Circuit Boards; Semiconductors

Founded: 1956

Archives include financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and product specifications. Photographs, videos, and audio-tapes also included.

Contact: Burr-Brown Corporation
P.O. Box 11400, MS 126
Tucson, Arizona 85734-1400
(602) 746-7788
http://analog.ti.com/

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Cable & Wireless PLC

London, England

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1934; predecessor companies date back to 1869

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, technical manuals, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and large collection of historic telecommunication equipment also included.

Corporate History: Girdle Round the Earth, Hugh Barton-Kimp, (1979).

Contact: Cable and Wireless PLC
124 Theobald Road
London, England 8RX
(071) 315-4489

Access: With permission

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, now doing business as CH Energy Group, Inc.

Poughkeepsie, New York

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1927; over 90 predecessor companies

No formal archives. Records maintained by corporate librarian include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: The Development of the Central Hudson System, Wilbur R. Peters, (153 pp.)

Contact: Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation
284 South Avenue
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601-4879
845-452-2000
www.chenergygroup.com

Access: No outside access

Central Illinois Light Company, doing business as CILCO

Peoria, Illinois

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1913; seven predecessor companies

No formal archives. Company records center operates records retention program which includes minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Records are not kept permanently. Disposition of records follows company retention schedule.

Corporate History: Brief (11 pages) corporate history written in 1959 and updated in 1978. Not available for review.

Contact: Central Illinois Light Company
300 Liberty Street
Peoria, Illinois 61602-1404
(309) 677-5516
www.cilco.com

Access: No outside access

Central Louisiana Electric Company, doing business as CLECO

Pineville, Louisiana

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1934

No formal archives. Corporate Records Department retains records regarding company history including minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, computer records, and meter reading and line equipment also included.

Corporate History: CLECO: Fifty Years of Service: In Retrospect, (1985, 44 pp., illus.)

Contact: Central Louisiana Electric Company
2030 Donahue Ferry Road
P.O. Box 5000
Pineville, Louisiana 71361-5000
(318) 484-7400
www.cleco.com

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Central Maine Power Company

Augusta, Maine

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1899

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts (held by Department of Research/Records Service), sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and company newspaper. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, lantern slides, line equipment, lighting fixtures and appliances, glass plate negatives, and artifacts from trolley cars once operated by company also included.

A portion of the collection is exhibited at a small museum located in the company's 1910 steam plant. The plant building also serves as the headquarters of the company's Old Timers Historical Committee.

Corporate History: Various formats of a corporate history are available for review; contact Central Maine Power Company for further information.

Contact: Central Maine Power Company
83 Edison Drive
Augusta, Maine 04336-1082
(207) 623-3521 x2396
www.cmpco.com

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Central Power & Light Company, subsidiary of American Electric Power

Corpus Christi, Texas

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1916

Small archives in company library include financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, sales and marketing materials, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and transcripts from annual management meetings. Photographs, films, and audio tapes also included.

Corporate History: The Cactus Patch and How it Grew examines the history of the Central & Southwest system including Central Power and Light Company, (1989, illus.) See also Working for a Bright Tomorrow, 75th anniversary commemorative brochure.

Contact: Central Power and Light Company
P.O. Box 2121
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403-2121
(512) 881-5503
http://www.aep.com/

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China Light & Power Company Ltd.

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1918

No formal archives. Records maintained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials (water heater booklets), catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and product specifications. Photographs, videos, films, computer records, and records on microfilm and microfiche also included. Company has a formal Records Retention and Destruction Program. Also uses a Board Minutes Retrieval System with an imaging function.

Corporate History: Power: The Story of China Light, Nigel Cameron, (1982, 777 pp., illus.)

Contact: China Light and Power Company
147 Argyle Street
Kowloon, Hong Kong
(852) 2678 8111
www.clpgroup.com

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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, doing business as Cinergy Corp.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Industry: Utility

Founded: circa 1880

No formal archives. Company retains minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting data, day files of senior management, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing information, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs and videos also included.

Corporate History: A corporate history chronicling the years 1880-1959 is available for review. See also “The Queen City of the West” During 110 Years: A Century and Ten Years of Service by the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company, 1841-1951, Walter Beckjord, (1951, 36 pp., illus.)

Contact: Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
139 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(800) 544-6900
www.cinergy.com

Access: No outside access

Consumers Power Company, doing business as Consumers Energy

Jackson, Michigan

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1910--Consumers Power Company (Maine); 1968--merged with Consumers Power Company of Michigan

No formal archives. Historical collection at company library includes minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, technical manuals, memorabilia, and computer records. Corporate Records Department microfilms and images many records.

Corporate History: Future Builders: The Story of Michigan's Consumers Power Company, George Bush, (1973, 603 pp., illus.)

Contact: Consumers Power Company
1945 Parnall Avenue
Jackson, Michigan 49201
www.consumersenergy.com/welcome.htm

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Cooper Industries Incorporated

Houston, Texas

Industry: Electronic Components; Lighting Equipment; Power Generating Equipment

Founded: 1919--C. & G. Cooper Company; 1965--Cooper Industries Incorporated

No formal archives. Records kept at off-site storage facility include minutes of executive board and audit and finance committee meetings, and regulations and by-laws. Other records include annual and quarterly reports, patents (only through expiration dates), proxy statements, documents relating to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, articles of incorporation and amendments, and speeches by senior managers.

Corporate History: Cooper Industries, 1833-1983, David N. Keller. Copies available from corporate office.

Contact: Cooper Industries
600 Travis, Suite 5800
Houston, Texas 77002-1001
(713) 209-8400
http://www.cooperindustries.com/

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Corning Incorporated

Corning, New York

Industry: Optical Fibers and Equipment

Founded: 1851--Bay State Glass Company; 1989--Corning Incorporated

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, computer records, microfilm, and microfiche also included.

Contact: Corning Incorporated
HP-AB-02-2
Corning, New York 14831
(607) 974-9000
www.corning.com

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Cray Research Incorporated

Eagan, Minnesota

Industry: Computer Components and Software

Founded: 1972

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included. Corporate museum maintained in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Contact: Cray Research Incorporated
411 First Avenue S, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104-2860
(206) 701-2000
www.cray.com

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Dell Computer Corporation

Austin, Texas

Industry: Computer Components and Peripherals

Founded: 1984

No formal archives. Records retention center retains minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts and bids, patents, sales and marketing information, catalogues and price lists, purchase orders, and memorabilia. Videos and computer records also included.

Contact: Dell Computer Corporation
One Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas 78682
(512) 728-4100
www.dell.com

Access: No outside access

Delmarva Power & Light Company, doing business as Conectiv Power Delivery

Wilmington, Delaware

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1928--Delaware Power & Light Company

No formal archives. Company records include minutes of executive board meetings and annual reports.

Corporate History: Partial history available for consultation.
Conectiv Energy
Christiana Bldg.
252 Chapman Rd.
PO Box 6066
Newark, DE 19714-6066
(302) 283-5811
www.conectiv.com

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Detroit Edison Company, doing business as DTE Energy

Detroit, Michigan

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1903

No formal archives.

Corporate History: Force of Energy: A Business History of the Detroit Edison Company, Raymond C. Miller, (1971, 363 pp., illus.); Kilowatts at Work: A History of the Detroit Edison Company, Raymond C. Miller, (1957, 467 pp., illus.); Twenty-Five Years: An Illustrated History of the Detroit Edison Company from 1903 to 1928, (1928, 77 pp., illus.); A History of Electric Service in Detroit, William Henry Lane, (1927, 86 pp., illus.)

Contact: DTE Energy
2000 Second Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
313-235-4000
utilities.dteenergy.com/

Access: With permission

Diebold Incorporated

Canton, Ohio

Industry: Computer Components, Peripherals, and Software

Founded: 1859--Diebold Safe and Lock

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, and annual reports.

Contact: Diebold Incorporated
5995 Mayfair Road
North Canton, Ohio 44720-8077
330-490-4000
www.diebold.com

Access: No outside access

Digital Equipment Corporation

1998: Compaq acquired DEC

2002: Compaq and Hewlett Packard merged

Maynard, Massachusetts

Industry: Computer Components and Software

Founded: 1957

Archives include financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Working at Digital, Jamie Parker Pearson, ed., (1992, 212 pp., illus.) Available for review. See also The Ultimate Entrepreneur: The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment Corporation, (1990, 336 pp.); Digital Equipment Corporation, the First Twenty-Five Years, Kenneth H. Olsen, (1983, 19 pp., illus.)

Contact: HP Labs - Cambridge
One Cambridge Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1612
USA
Telephone: +1 617 551 7600
Fax: +1 617 551 7650

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Dominion Resources Incorporated, doing business as Dominion

Richmond, Virginia

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1983--Dominion Resources; predecessors date from 1787. Over 235 companies constitute the corporate ancestry of Virginia Electric and Power, now known as Dominion Resources.

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, facility blueprints, memorabilia, awards, trophies, plaques, and corporate seals of predecessor companies.

Corporate History: Two corporate histories are available from Dominion Resources, one 15 pages (1965) and the other 34 pages (1959).

Contact: Dominion
P.O. Box 26532
Richmond VA 23261-6532
804-819-2000
www.dom.com

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Duke Power Company

Charlotte, North Carolina

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1924--Duke Power Company; predecessors date back to 1899

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, memorabilia, maps, and corporate publications. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Duke Power Company: The Roots That Nourish the Future, (1986, 22 pp., illus.); Duke Power: The First 75 Years, Joe Maynor, (1979, 180 pp., illus.); The Duke Power Story, 1904-1973, Carl Horn, Jr., (1973, 17 pp., illus.)

Contact: Duke Power Company
526 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-594-9400
www.dukepower.com

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Duracell International Incorporated

Bethel, Connecticut

Industry: Batteries

Founded: 1978--Duracell (Division of Dart Industries)

Company retains records with an archive vendor. Uses microfiche, microfilm, COM-Fiche, and CAD. Records retained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, research and development materials, product specifications, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included. Archival display section will be part of new headquarters building.

Contact: Duracell International Incorporated
Berkshire Corporate Park
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
(203) 796-4000
www.duracell.com

Access: No outside access

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EDS Corporation

Plano, Texas

Industry: Computer Software; Information Services; Office/Business Equipment

Founded: 1962

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, and research and development materials. Photographs and videos also included.

Contact: EDS Corporation
5400 Legacy Drive
Plano, Texas 75024
(972) 604-6000
www.eds.com

Access: No outside access

EG&G Incorporated, d/b/a EG&G Technical Services, Inc.

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Industry: Electronic Components; Measuring and Detecting Devices; Power Generating Equipment

Founded: 1947--Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier

Archives are decentralized. Corporate business library holds planning materials for past 35 years. Legal department retains legal and patent archives. There is a government proposal archive. Divisions that operate bases or labs for the U.S. government also retain archival materials. Records at the corporate headquarters generally include minutes of executive board meetings, financial records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Additional archival material is in storage.

Corporate History: EG&G Inc.: Leadership in Science and Technology Worldwide, Raymond Champoux, (1991, 37 pp., illus.)

Contact: EG&G Incorporated
900 Clopper Road, Suite 200
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
(301) 840-3000
www.egginc.com

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El Paso Electric Company

El Paso, Texas

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1925

No formal archives. Records maintained by company include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, photographs, and employee newsletter.

Contact: El Paso Electric Company
303 N. Oregon
P.O. Box 982
El Paso, Texas 79901
(915) 543-5711
www.epelectric.com

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ESCO Electronics Corporation, d/b/a ESCO Technologies Inc.

St. Louis, Missouri

Industry: Electronic Components; Defense/Military Systems; Measuring & Detecting Devices; Reconnaissance Systems

Founded: 1990 (spin-off of Emerson Electric Co.)

No formal archives. Legal, real estate and tax records are maintained by Investor Relations Department. Other records include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, press releases, planning documents, stockholders reports, and presentation materials.

Contact: Director of Investor Relations
ESCO Electronics Corporation
8888 Ladue Road
Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63124-2056
(314) 213-7277
www.escostl.com/index.html

Access: No outside access

ESL Incorporated

2002 TRW purchased by Northrup Grumman

Sunnyvale, California

Industry: Reconnaissance Systems

Founded: 1964--ESL; 1978--purchased by TRW

Three archival programs: classified, computer tapes, and records. Records include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and films also included. Over 11,000 boxes currently held in archival system.

Contact: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Corporate Headquarters
1840 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067-2199
(310) 553-6262

Access: With permission

Eveready Battery Company

Westlake, Ohio

Industry: Batteries

Founded: 1892

No formal archives. Company records include correspondence, patents, photographs, and research and development materials.

Contact: Eveready Battery Company
Global Technology Center
25225 Detroit Road
Westlake, Ohio 44145
440-835-7500
www.eveready.com

Access: No outside access

Exide Corporation, d/b/a Exide Technologies

Princeton, New Jersey

Industry: Batteries

Founded: 1888

No formal archives. Records maintained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, research and development materials, and product specifications. Computer records and microfilm also included.

Contact: Exide Technologies
World Headquarters
210 Carnegie Center, Suite 500
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA
(609) 627-7200
www.exideworld.com

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Fisher Rosemount Systems Incorporated

Austin, Texas

Industry: Measuring and Detecting Devices

Founded: 1981 (Corporate parent is Emerson Electric Co.)

No formal archives. Records maintained by company include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, and technical manuals. Photographs, videos, and computer records also included. Subsidiary of Fisher Controls International, Clayton, Missouri.

Corporate History: Corporate history of Emerson Electric Co. (1989, 250 pp., illus.) Available for review.

Contact: Fisher Rosemount Systems Incorporated (cannot validate)
8301 Cameron Road
Austin, Texas 78754
(512) 834-7255
Access: With permission

Florida Power & Light Company

Juno Beach, Florida

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1925

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting information, annual reports, contracts, patents, research and development materials, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio-tapes also included.

Corporate History: 50th-year annual report includes corporate history (1975)

Contact: Florida Power and Light Company
4200 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33147
(305) 442-5447
www.fpl.com

Access: No outside access

Ford Motor Company

Dearborn, Michigan

Industry: Automotive Industry

Founded: 1903

Archives maintained by the Ford Industrial Archives. (In 1964, Ford also donated a large number of archival materials to the Henry Ford Museum Archives, a not-for-profit organization separate from the Ford Motor Company.) Ford Industrial Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, international operations material, public relations/marketing and sales material, speeches, Ford-published newspapers, magazines and booklets, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, and memorabilia. Approximately 7,000 linear feet maintained by the Ford Industrial Archives. Photographs are maintained by the Photomedia Library (contact Dan Erickson, (313) 322-9946). For videos, contact Diane Nugent, (313) 845-0227.

Corporate History: The Ford Road: 75th Anniversary, Ford Motor Company, 1903-1978, (1978, 191 pp., illus.); Ford: Decline and Rebirth, 1933-1962, Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill, (1962, 508 pp.); Ford: Expansion and Challenge, Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill, (1957, 714 pp.); Ford: The Times, the Man, the Company, Allan Nevins, (1954, 688 pp.); Ford at Fifty, 1903-1953, (1953, 106 pp., illus.); Forty Years, 1903-1943, Ford Motor Company, (1943, 42 pp., illus.); The Ford Industries: Facts about the Ford Motor Company and Its Subsidiaries, (1924, 147 pp., illus.)

Contact: Ford Motor Company
World Headquarters
The American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
313-323-9100
www.ford.com

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Fujitsu Limited

Tokyo, Japan

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment; Computer Components and Peripherals; Semiconductors

Founded: 1935--Siemens and Kawa Electric joint venture

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, corporate histories, public relations materials, annual reports, contracts, patents, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, computer tapes, electronic databases, and optical storage discs also included.

Corporate History: Compiled every ten years, in Japanese, by corporate history task force. Personal histories, in English, written by past chairman Taiyu Kobayahi and present chairman Takuma Yamamoto. Available upon request.

Contact: Fujitsu Limited
Marunouchi Center Building 1-6-1 Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8211 Japan
81-3-3216-3211
www.fujitsu.com

Access: No outside access

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General Electric Company

Fairfield, Connecticut

Industry: Broadcasting; Electronic Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry

Founded: 1892

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. The archives are maintained by the Hall of History Foundation, a non-profit organization in Schenectady, New York. GE also retains records at both the corporate and local level.

Corporate History: “His Master’s Voice” in America: Ninety Years of Communications Pioneering and Progress: Victor Talking Machine Company, Radio Corporation of America, General Electric Company, Frank O. Barnum, (1991, 385 pp., illus.); A Century of Progress: The General Electric Story, published by the Hall of History Foundation, (1981, 107 pp.); The General Electric Story: A Photo History, (1976-, 3 v., illus.)

Contact: Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights
Schenectady, New York 12308
(518) 382-7890
www.schenectadymuseum.org/index.html

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General Electric Company, PLC

It was renamed Marconi plc on November 30, 1999 after demerging its Marconi Electronic Systems.

London, England

Industry: Electronic Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Electric Motors; Telecommunications

Founded: 1900

No formal archives. Records maintained by various departments include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, and annual reports. Limited holdings of the following: regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and films also included.

Corporate History: Anatomy of a Merger, Jonathan Cape.

Contact: Marconi Corporation plc, Head Office
4th Floor
Regents Place
338 Euston Road
London NW1 3BT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-(0)-20-7493-8484
Fax: +44-(0)-20-7493-1974

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Georgia Power Company

Atlanta, Georgia

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1926

No formal archives. Records retained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, and memorabilia.

Corporate History: Let Us Reason Together: A History of Labor Relations of the Georgia Power Company, W. Hubert Joiner, (1979, 259 pp.); History of Georgia Power Company, 1855-1956, Wade H. Wright, (1957, 386 pp., illus., out of print); Georgia and the Georgia Power Company: A Century of Free Enterprise, Harlee Branch, (1957, 32 pp., illus.)

Contact: Georgia Power Company
241 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
404/506-6526
http://www.southernco.com/gapower/

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Grundig AG

Furth/Bay, Germany

Industry: Office/Business Equipment

Founded: 1945

No formal archives.

Corporate History: The History of the House of Grundig, 1945-1994, loose leaf booklet (32 pp.) Available from Grundig.

Contact: Grundig AG
Business Systems
Vertrieb International
Kurgartenstrasse 37
D-90762 Fürth
++(0)911-703-7585
www.grundig.com/index-flash.html

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Hawaiian Electric Company

Honolulu, Hawaii

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1891

Archives include correspondence, annual reports, contracts, memorabilia, and photographs.

Corporate History: Hawaii, the Electric Company, Carl Muatt, (1991); HEI, the Start of a New Hawaii Tradition: An Electric Utility’s Evolution, from the Monarchy to the 21st Century, C. Dudley Pratt, Jr., (1988, 32 pp., illus.)

Contact: Hawaiian Electric Company
900 Richards Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 543-7771
http://www.heco.com/

Access: With permission

Hewlett-Packard Company

Palo Alto, California

Industry: Computer Components, Peripherals, and Software; Semiconductors; Laboratory Equipment; Measuring and Detecting Devices

Founded: 1939

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, oral histories, photographs, organizational charts, policy manuals, company-wide publications and employee newsletters, and memorabilia. Videos, films, audio-tapes and computer records also included.

Contact: Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304-1185
(650) 857-1501
www.hp.com

Access:No outside access

Hughes Aircraft Company (information cannot be verified)

Los Angeles, California

Industry: Avionics; Defense/Military Systems; Reconnaissance Systems; Telecommunications

Founded: 1953, as a division of Hughes Tool Company; Aerospace unit purchased by Raytheon in. 1996.

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogue and price lists, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes and computer records also included. Current engineering records are being imaged.

Contact: Hughes Aircraft Company
4881 W. 145th Street
Hawthorne, California 90250
(310) 973-0093

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Idaho Power Company

Boise, Idaho

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1916

No formal archives. Records of historical value retained in both corporate library and records center include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, current vendor catalogues, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, computer records, and artifacts also included.

Corporate History: Legacy of Light: A History of the Idaho Power Company, Susan M. Stacy, (1991, 255 pp., illus.)

Contact: Idaho Power Company
1221 W. Idaho St.,
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83702
(208) 388-2200
www.idahopower.com

Access: With permission

Intel Corporation

Santa Clara, California

Industry: Computer Components, Peripherals, and Software; Semiconductors

Founded: 1968

Corporate museum archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, memorabilia, and product samples. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Public Relations Department has written illustrated histories at 10, 20, and 25 year anniversaries. Contact company for more information. See also A Revolution in Progress: A History of Intel to Date, Mimi Real, (1984, 50 pp., illus.)

Contact: Intel Corporation
Intel Museum
Robert Noyce Building
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, California
95052-8119
(408) 765-0503
www.intel.com

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International Business Machines Corporation

Armonk, New York

Industry: Computer Components, Peripherals, and Software

Founded: 1914; predecessor was C-T-R, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, company publications, and press releases also included.

Corporate History: Many corporate histories. Contact IBM Archives for more information.

Contact: IBM
Corporate Archivist
Route 100
Somers, New York 10589
914-766-0611
www.ibm.com

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INTRACOM, S.A.

Attika, Greece

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1977

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and computer records also included.

Contact: INTRACOM S.A.
190 02 Peania
Attika, Greece
++30-210-66 79 000
www.intracom.gr

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Israel Electric Corporation Ltd.

Haifa, Israel

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1923--Palestine Electric Company

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, posters, videos, films, audio-tapes, computer records also included. Archives have 200,000 photographs, 3,000 videos, 200 films, 1,000 artifacts, 2,000 historical maps, 3,000 drawings, 700 audio-tapes, 1,000 boxes of documents, and 15,000 clippings.

Contact: Israel Electric Corporation
P.O. Box 10
Haifa, 31000 Israel
fax: 04-646663

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Johnson Controls Incorporated

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Industry: Batteries; Measuring and Detecting Devices; Electric Motors

Founded: 1885--Johnson Service Company

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio-tapes also included.

Corporate History: See 1985 annual report for section of corporation history. (1985, 45 pp., illus.)

Contact: Johnson Controls Incorporated
5757 N. Green Bay Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 524-1200
www.jonsoncontrols.com

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Lincoln Electric Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Industry: Electric Motors

Founded: 1895

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, other correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer records also included. Drafting prints are imaged.

Corporate History: Corporate history available. Contact company for more details.

Contact: Lincoln Electric Company
22801 St. Clair Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44117
(216) 481-8100
www.lincolnelectric.com

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Lockheed Sanders Incorporated, d/b/a BAE Systems

Nashua, New Hampshire

Industry: Avionics; Defense/Military Systems; Reconnaissance Systems

Founded: 1951--Sanders Associates

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, exhibit materials, engineering notebooks, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio-tapes, and computer printouts relating to hardware and software maintenance also included.

Corporate History: 21-page paper prepared by public relations department in 1986. Available for review.

Contact : Lockheed Sanders Incorporated
95 Canal Street
Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-0868
(603) 885-3770
www.iews.na.baesystems.com

Access: No outside access

Long Island Lighting Company, d/b/a LIPA

Hicksville, New York

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1910

No formal archives. Records maintained by corporate records center include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, and facility blueprints. Photographs, audio tapes and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Two-volume corporate history covering the period 1850's-1950's. Available for review only at LILCO library.

Contact: LIPA Executive Offices
333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403
Uniondale, NY 11553
Phone: (516) 222-7700
www.lipower.org

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Lucas Industries PLC

London, England

Industry: Automotive Industry; Avionics; Electronic Components

Founded: 1897--Joseph Lucas Ltd.

Archives held at the British Motor Industry Heritage Center, Warwickshire, England. Include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting meetings, correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and memorabilia. Approximately 500,000 documents, 500,000 engineering drawings, 300 films, and 500 photographs also included.

Corporate History: Lucas: The First Hundred Years, 2 volumes, (1978, 800 pp., illus.)

Contact: Lucas Heritage Collection
17 Bon Accord Road
Swange, Dorset BH19 2DN England
(092) 642-6080
www.lucas.co.uk

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Madison Gas & Electric Company

Madison, Wisconsin

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1896--Madison Gas, Light & Coke

Archives under development. Records will include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Contact: Madison Gas and Electric Company
133 S. Blair St.
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 252-7000
www.mge.com

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Martin Marietta Corporation

Bethesda, Maryland

Industry: Defense/Military Systems; Reconnaissance Systems; Telecommunications

Founded: 1963--Martin Marietta Inc.; predecessor companies to 1913; Lockheed Corporation merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995.

No formal archives. Records retained in various sections of the company include annual reports, patents, research and development materials, reports on government funded research, photographs, and films.

Corporate History: Raise Heaven and Earth, William G. Harwood, (1993, 656 pp., illus.)

Contact: Lockheed Martin Corporation
6801 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(301) 897-6000
www.lockheedmartin.com

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MCI Communications Corporation

Washington, D.C.

Industry: Telecommunications; Information Services

Founded: 1963--MCI (Microwave Communication Inc.)

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history written by Phil Cantelon, 600 pp., illus. Available for review from company archives. The History of MCI, 1968-1988: The Early Years, Philip L. Cantelon, (1993, 719 pp., illus.)

Contact: MCI Communications Corporation
1801 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20006
202-872-1600
www.mci.com

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Measurex Corporation d/b/a Honeywell Measurex Corporation

Cupertino, California

Industry: Computer Software; Electronic Components

Founded: 1968

No formal archives. Inactive records, some with historical value, maintained off-site. Records include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: See 1987 annual report for company history insert, (1987, 16 pp., illus.)

Contact: Honeywell Measurex Corporation
One Results Way
Cupertino, California 95014
(408) 255-1500

Access: No outside access

Medtronic Incorporated

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Industry: Electromedical Industry

Founded: 1949

Archives maintained at both corporate library and corporate headquarters include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, promotional items, and early products also included.

Corporate History: Brief history available from corporate library (1974, 8 pp.)

Contact: Medtronic Incorporated
710 Medtronic Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604
(763) 514-4000
www.medtronic.com

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Midwest Resources Incorporated, d/b/a MidAmerican Energy

Des Moines, Iowa

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1989--merger of Iowa Resources and Midwest Energy

Archives stored off-site at records management center include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, facility blueprints, photographs, and videos.

Corporate History: Corporate history has been written. Contact Midwest Resources for details.

Contact: Midwest Resources Incorporated
666 Grand Avenue
P.O. Box 657
Des Moines, Iowa 50303-0657
(515) 281-2785
www.midamericanenergy.com

Access: No outside access.

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation, d/b/a 3M Corporation

St. Paul, Minnesota

Industry: Electromedical Industry; Electronic Components; Printed Circuit Boards

Founded: 1902

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included. 3M Information Services, a separate division of 3M, also maintains an archives of technical reports and research documentation. Contact Barbara Petterson, Director of Information Services, (612) 736-1943.

Corporate History: Our Own Story So Far, 3M Public Relations, (1977); Brand of the Tartan, Virginia Huck, (1955, 260 pp., illus.)

Contact: 3M Center
St. Paul, Minnesota 55144
(612) 736-0668
www.3m.com

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MIS Software Development Incorporated (cannot verify information)

Tallahassee, Florida

Industry: Computer Software

Founded: 1979

No formal archives. Records maintained by company include financial and accounting records, contracts, technical manuals, product specifications, and memorabilia. Photographs and computer records also included.

Contact: MIS Software Development Incorporated
P.O. Box 12566
Tallahassee, Florida 32317
(904) 878-3096

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Mississippi Power Company

Gulfport, Mississippi

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1925

No formal archives. Records retained as part of records management program include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, sales and marketing materials, facility blueprints, oral histories, minutes of predecessor companies, ledgers, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and audio tapes also included. Company has conducted an oral history program for several years, interviewing and taping former corporate employees and officers.

Corporate History: A Priceless Heritage: The Story of the Mississippi Power Company, Chester Morgan and Donald M. Dana, Jr., (1993); Electric Power and People Power: The Story of the Mississippi Power Company, A.J. Watson, Jr., (1969, 24 pp., illus.)

Contact: Mississippi Power Company
2992 West Beach Boulevard
P.O. Box 4079
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
228-864-1211
www.mississippipower.com

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MITRE Corporation

Bedford, Massachusetts

Industry: Consulting and Engineering Services

Founded: 195

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, research and development materials, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, films, videos, audio tapes, and microfilm also included.

Corporate History: Challenge and Response (1988); MITRE: The First Twenty Years: A History of the MITRE Corporation, 1958-1978, Robert Meisel, (1979, 288 pp., illus.) Both available for review.

Contact: The Mitre Corporation
202 Burlington Road
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-1420
(781) 271-2000
www.mitre.org

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Montana Power Company, d/b/a NorthWestern Energy

Butte, Montana

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1912; numerous predecessor companies

No formal archives. Records maintained in storage include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, and facility blueprints. Photographs, films, and computer records also included. A large number of records from numerous predecessor companies have been donated to the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana.

Corporate History: The Corporate History of the Montana Power Company, 1882- 1913, Douglas Frank Leighton, (1951, 111 pp.)

Contact: Montana Power Company
40 E. Broadway
Butte, Montana 59701
(406) 497-3000
www.northwesternenergy.com

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Motorola Incorporated

Schaumburg, Illinois

Industry: Computer Components; Defense/Military Systems; Semiconductors; Telecommunications

Founded: 1928

Motorola Corporation archives located at the Motorola Museum of Electronics. Records include minutes of executive board meetings, correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, employee publications, capabilities brochures, news releases, organization memoranda, oral histories, speeches, outside publications, and many forms of equipment. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included.

Corporate History: Motorola: A Journey Through Time and Technology (1994, 93 pp., illus.); A Personal Journal: 50 Years at Motorola, Andy Affrunti, Sr., (1994); Critical Connection: The Motorola Service Station Story, Kathi Ann Brown, (1992, 250 pp., illus.); The Founder's Touch: The Life of Paul Galvin of Motorola, Harry Mark Petrakis, (1965, 242 pp., illus.) All published by Motorola University Press.

Contact: Motorola Museum of Electronics
Corporate Offices
1303 East Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, IL 60196
(847) 576-5000
www.motorola.com

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National Semiconductor Corporation

Santa Clara, California

Industry: Computer Components and Peripherals; Electronic Components; Semiconductors

Founded: 1959

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, regulatory information, patents, sales and marketing materials, and research and development materials. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history available upon request (10 pages)

Contact: National Semiconductor Corporation
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara, California 95050
(408) 721-5000
www.national.com

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NEC Corporation

Tokyo, Japan

Industry: Computer Components and Peripherals; Electronic Components; Semiconductors; Telecommunications

Founded: 1899--Nippon Electric Company

No formal archives. Records kept separately for a fixed period of time at over 100 divisions may include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, and facility blueprints. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included. Company maintains a small display room: "C&C Historical Exhibition Room."

Corporate History: Corporate histories published in 1969 and 1979 for 70th and 80th anniversary, approximately 200 pp. each. Contact NEC for more information.

Contact: NEC Corporation
Technologies Management Department
Engineering Planning and Coordination Division
7-1 Shiba 5-chome
Minato-Ku
Tokyo 108-8001 Japan
fax: +81-3-3454-1111
www.nec.com

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Northeast Utilities

Hartford, Connecticut

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1966--Northeast Utilities; predecessors to 1792

No formal archives. Old documents stored and catalogued include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, and legal documents. Photographs and videos also included.

Corporate History: People, Power, Progress: A Brief History of Northeast Utilities, (1991, 48 pp., illus.)

Contact: Northeast Utilities
P.O. Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270
860-947-2121
www.nu.com

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Northern State Power Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Industry: Utility

Founded: information unavailable

No formal archives. Records maintained by records center include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, facility blueprints, photographs, and films.

Corporate History: A corporate history is available from Northern State Power Company, Communications Department.

Contact: Xcel Energy
414 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
1-800-328-8226
www.xcelenergy.com

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Norwegian Telecom, d/b/a Telenor

Oslo, Norway

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1855--Telegratverket; 1969--Televerket

Archives maintained in company museum and library include correspondence and regulatory information. Norsk Telemuseum of Norwegian Telecom also has collection of photographs, videos, films, and artifacts. After 25 years, documents are delivered to the National or Regional archives as stated by regulation.

Corporate History: Hello? Norwegian Telephone History, (1993); Telegratverleets Historie, 1855-1955, Torolf Rafto

Contact: Telenor
Snarøyveien 30
1331 Fornebu
810 77 000
www.telenor.no

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NYNEX Corporation

White Plains, New York

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1984, acquired by Bell Atlantic Corporation in 1997. In 1998 Bell Atlantic and GTE merged. In June 2000 they chose Verizon as their new name.

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included. Archives also contain New York Telephone White/Yellow Pages directories, 1880-1994; Bell System Practices, 1930-1984; New York Telephone Historical Records, 1875-1984; and NYNEX and subsidiary records since divestiture of AT&T.

Corporate History: NYNEX: The Staley Years (1984-1988), R. Steele; NYNEX in a New Age, Delbert C. Staley, (1988, 32 pp., illus.); History of the Organization Structure of New York Telephone, J.E. Hennessy.

Contact: www.verizon.com

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Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd.

Tokyo, Japan

Industry: Computer Components; Electronic Components; Telecommunications

Founded: 1881--Meikosha Incorporated

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, research and development materials, and catalogues and price lists. Photographs and videos also included. Company also maintains a small scale Chronicle Gallery for archival collection.

Corporate History: The Centurial Progress of Oki Electric, (1981, 438 pp., in Japanese)

Contact: Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd.
10-3 Shibaura 4-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8551, Japan
+81-3-3454-2111
www.oki.com

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Olivetti S.P.A.

Turin, Italy

Industry: Computer Components and Peripherals; Electronic Components; Office/Business Equipment

Founded: 1908

Historical Archives of the Olivetti Group include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting reports, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, memorabilia, books written or printed by Olivetti for education, art exhibits and other occasions, and company newspapers.

Corporate History: Design Process Olivetti, 1908-1983, G. Giudici. et al., (1983, 400 pp., illus.); Olivetti, 1908-1958, L. Bigearetti et al., (1958, 90 pp., illus.)

Contact: Olivetti Press Office
via Jervis, 77
10015 Ivrea (TO) – Italy
+39.0125.522639
www.olivetti.com

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Ontario Hydro Corporation

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1906

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, contracts, sales and marketing materials, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and policy and organization charts. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included.

Corporate History: The People's Power: The History of Ontario Hydro, Merrill Denison, (1960, McClelland & Stewart Ltd.); Hydro-Electric Development in Ontario: A History of Water-Power Administration under the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, E.B. Biggar, (1920).

Contact: Rosa Paparella
Corporate Archivist
Ontario Hydro Corporation
800 Kipling Avenue KD 210
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8Z 5S4
(416) 207-5769
www.hydroonenetworks.com/en/

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Orange & Rockland Utilities Incorporated

Pearl River, New York

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1859--Nyack and Warren Gas Light Company

Records maintained in Records Center include minutes of executive board and financial and accounting meetings, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, computer records, CD-ROMS, and micrographic applications also included. Company donated a display entitled "The History of Light" to the Museum Village in Monroe, NY.

Contact: Orange and Rockland Utilities
One Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, New York 10965
(845) 352-6000
www.oru.com

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Otter Tail Power Company

Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1907

No formal archives. Historical records maintained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and photographs. Corporate History: The Power People, Ralph S. Johnson, (86 pp., illus.) Available for review. See also Otter Trail Power Company from its Origin through 1954, (1955, 96 pp., illus.)

Contact: Otter Tail Power Company
215 S. Cascade Street
Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56538-0496
(218) 739-8200
www.otpco.com

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Pacific Bell, d/b/a SBC

San Francisco, California

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1881, purchased by SBC in 1997

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial data, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, sales and marketing materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included. Over 55,000 square feet of archives. Company also maintains a corporate museum at San Francisco headquarters. Pacific Bell's holding company is Telesis.

Contact: Pacific Bell (address cannot be verified)
Suite 909
140 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94105

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Pacific Telesis Group

San Francisco, California

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1881--Pacific Bell; 1984--Pacific Telesis (the holding company of the local Bell operating company, Pacific Bell)

Pacific Telesis retains records that were collected specifically for a corporate history. Records of Pacific Bell are maintained by a nationwide (former) Bell System organization, the Telephone Pioneers. The Pacific Telesis records include minutes of executive board meetings, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, research and development materials, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia.

Corporate History: A History of Telesis, Eric Abrahamson, (1994). Restricted for internal use only.

Contact: Pacific Telesis (address cannot be verified)
130 Kearny Street #3200
San Francisco, California 94108

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PECO Energy Corporation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1929--Philadelphia Electric Company; 1994--PECO

No formal archives. Corporate Library and Corporate Secretary's Office retain some historical records including minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, sales and development materials, technical manuals, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and maps of service territories. Photographs, videos, and artifacts also included. Hagley Museum of Wilmington, Delaware contains some records of early board meetings.

Corporate History: Milestones: Philadelphia Electric Company, 1881-1981, (1981, 80 pp., illus.); History of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1881-1961, Nicholas B. Wainwright, (1961, 416 pp., illus.); “Conowingo!”: The History of a Great Development on the Susquehanna,” Roy George Rincliffe, (1953, 28 pp., illus.); Electric Service in Philadelphia, Since 1881, Horace P. Liversidge, (1945, 36 pp., illus.); A Financial History of the Philadelphia Electric Company, Ernest Minor Patterson, (1914, 163 pp.)

Contact: PECO Energy Corporation
2301 Market Street
P.O. Box 8699
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 841-4000

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Philips Electronics North America Corporation

New York, New York

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment; Electronic Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Semiconductors; Electromedical Industry

Founded: 1933--Philips Metalix Company

No formal archives. Files maintained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, computer records, and memorabilia.

Corporate History: Corporate histories of parent company, Philips Electronics, N.V. Contact Philips Electronics North America for details.

Contact: Philips Electronics North America Headquarters
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(800) 555-0050
www.usa.philips.com

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Polaroid Corporation

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment; Electronic Components

Founded: 1937

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals and product specifications. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included. Archives include over 2 million items dating back to 1937.

Corporate History: Polaroid Access: Fifty Years, Richard Saul Wurman, (1989, illus.); Land’s Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It, Peter C. Wensberg, (1987, 258 pp., illus.)

Contact: Polaroid Corporation
Corporate Headquarters
1265 Main Street - Bldg. W3
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: +781-386-2000
www.polaroid.com

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Portland General Electric Company

Portland, Oregon

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1889

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia.

Corporate History: Several company histories have been written. Contact Portland General Electric for further information. See also Electrifying Eden: Portland General Electric, 1889-1965, Craig Wollner, (1990, 325 pp., illus.); Oregon: Its Resources, Its People, and Its Future!, James Henry Polhemus, (1951, 32 pp., illus.)

Contact: Portland General Electric Company
121 S.W. Salmon Street
Portland, Oregon 97024-2991
(503) 464-8000
www.portlandgeneral.com/

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Potomac Edison Company, d/b/a Allegheny Power

Hagerstown, Maryland

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1923

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs and videos also included.

Corporate History: The Potomac Edison Company of Pennsylvania, Harry L. Decker. Photocopies available from Potomac Edison Archives.

Contact: Potomac Edison Company
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
(301) 790-0504
www.alleghenypower.com

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Potomac Electric Power Company, d/b/a PEPCO

Washington, D.C.

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1896

No formal archives. Records maintained by various departments include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, photographs, and memorabilia. Papers, books, and files currently being collected for company centennial in 1996.

Corporate History: Corporate history currently being written to commemorate company's centennial celebration. See also 50 Years in Washington, 1896-1946, (1946, illus.)

Contact: Pepco
701 Ninth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20068-0001
(202) 833-5000
www.pepco.com

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PRC Incorporated

McLean, Virginia

Industry: Consulting and Engineering Services

Founded: 1954, purchased by Northrop-Grumman in 2001. Now doing business as Northrop Grumman Information Technology.

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, sales and marketing materials, technical manuals, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and videos.

Contact: Northrop Grumman Information Technology
7575 Colshire Drive
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 556-1144
www.northropgrummanit.com/index.html

Access: No outside access

Public Service Company of New Hampshire

Manchester, New Hampshire

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1925

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history written in 1975, 80 pp., illus. Available for review. See also “Amber Forever!:” Electricity on the Merrimack in New Hampshire, Avery R. Schiller, (1952, 24 pp., illus.)

Contact: Public Service of New Hampshire
P.O. Box 330
Manchester, New Hampshire 03105-0330
1-800-662-7764
www.psnh.com/

Access:With permission

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, d/b/a Puget Sound Energy

Bellevue, Washington

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1886

Archives maintained at the University of Washington and Western Washington University, with the latter holding primarily transportation-related materials. Archival materials held by company include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, facility blueprints, employee communications, and Puget Sound Electric Journal. Photographs and videos also included. Company has imaged accounting, power supply, and annual reports.

For detailed information on their Archives: http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/cpnws/puget/pugetnotes.htm

Corporate History: A Century of Service: The Puget Power Story, Robert C. Wing, (1987, 178 pp., illus.)

Contact: Puget Sound Energy
411 108th Avenue NE
P.O. Box 97034
Bellevue, Washington 98004-9734
(425) 454-6363
www.pse.com

Access: With permission

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Reliance Electric Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Industry: Electronic Components; Motors; Optical Fibers and Equipment; Telecommunications

Founded: 1904, November 1994, Reliance Electric and Allen-Bradley merged with Rockwell Automation to form Rockwell Automation Drive Systems.

No formal archives. Company retains financial and accounting records, regulatory information, patents, research and development materials, technical manuals, and product specifications.

Contact: Reliance Electric Company
6040 Ponders Court
Greenville, SC 29615
(864) 297-4800
www.reliance.com/

Access: No outside access

Reuters Ltd

London, United Kingdom

Industry: Information Services; Telecommunications

Founded: 1851

Formal archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tape recordings also included.

Corporate History: The Power of News: The History of Reuters, Donald Read (1992, 431 pp., illus.)

Contact: Reuters Ltd.
85 Fleet Street
London, U.K. EC4P 4AJ 44 (0) 20 7250 1122
www.reuters.com

Access: With permission

Reynolds and Reynolds Company

Dayton, Ohio

Industry: Computer Software

Founded: 1866

Informal archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, sales and marketing materials, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos and audio tapes also included.

Corporate History: A corporate history was written in the late 1980's. Contact Reynolds and Reynolds for more information. See also Freewheeling: 80 Years of Observations by the Patriarch of Reynolds and Reynolds, Richard H. Grant Jr. and Teri E. Denlinger, (1994, 188 pp.); The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, “A People Company”, Robert Henry Meyer, (1973, 23 pp.)

Contact: Reynolds and Reynolds
One Reynolds Way
Kettering, Ohio 45430
(937) 485-2000
www.reyrey.com

Access: No outside access

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Salt River Project Agriculture and Improvement District

Phoenix, Arizona

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1937

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, patents, sales and marketing materials, facility blueprints, publications, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included. Extensive photo collection of early twentieth- century irrigation and power facilities of the Salt River Valley.

Corporate History: Numerous publications about the history of the District have been produced and are available from the District Archives.

Contact: Unable to verify information
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
P.O. Box 52025
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2025
(602) 236-6618

Access: With permission

SEMATECH Incorporated

Austin, Texas

Industry: Consulting and Engineering Services; Semiconductors

Founded: 1987

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Contact: SEMATECH
2706 Montopolis Drive
Austin, Texas 78741-6499
(512) 356-3500
www.sematech.com

Access:With permission

Siebe PLC

Windsor, England

Industry: Electronic Components; Measuring and Detecting Devices; Electric Motors Founded: 1819--Siebe Gorman Holding Ltd.; February 1999 – Siebe merged with BTR PLC, forming Invensys.

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, memorabilia, and products. Photographs, computer records, and slides also included. The company also has a museum which retains holding records, catalogues, products, and other materials dating back to 1819.

Corporate History: Brief corporate history written in 1985, updated periodically, (1985, 11 pp.)

Contact: Invensys plc
Carlisle Place
London
SW1P 1BX
United Kingdom
+44 207 834 3848
www.invensys.com/index.html

Access:With permission

Siemens AG

Munich, Germany

Industry: Automotive Industry; Electronic Components; Lighting Equipment; Power Generating Equipment

Founded: 1847

Archives maintained at the Siemens Museum in Munich. Records include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, computer records, and artifacts also included.

Corporate History: Many corporate histories available for review. Contact Siemens Museum for more information.

Contact: Siemens Archives
Wittelsbacherplatz 2
Visitors' entrance: Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 20
D-80333 München
+ 49 (89) 636 – 32663
http://www.siemens.com/history/en/siemens_historical_institute/contacts.htm

Access:With permission

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Columbia, South Carolina

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1924

No formal archives. Records kept by various company divisions include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, and photographs.

Corporate History: South Carolina Electrical & Gas Company, 1965-1985, A. Franz Witte, (1987, 134 pp., illus.); South Carolina Electrical & Gas Company, 1846-1964, Neil C. Pogue, (1964, 210 pp., illus.)

Contact: South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
1426 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29218
1-800-251-7234
www.scana.com/sceg/default.html

Access:With permission

Southwestern Bell Corporation, d/b/a SBC

St. Louis, Missouri

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1890's

No formal archives. Public Relations Department and Corporate Library keep some records including financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, and St. Louis City Directories. Some records and artifacts also kept at Telephone Pioneers of America Museum, 1 Bell Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75265. (214) 464-4359.

Corporate History: Good Connections: A Century of Service by the Men and Women of Southwestern Bell, David G. Park, Jr., (1984, 300 pp.)

Contact: Southwestern Bell Corporation (unable to verify address)
1 Bell Center Rm. 12P2
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(314) 235-1734

Access: With permission

Sprint Corporation

Westwood, Kansas

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 1898

Archives kept at Sprint's Museum of Independent Telephony in Abilene. Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, contracts, patents, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, memorabilia, and artifacts. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included. Extensive collection of published telephone histories from U.S. and some foreign countries.

Corporate History: An unpublished corporate history is available. Contact Museum of Independent Telephony for more information.

Contact: Sprint World Headquarters
6200 Sprint Parkway
Overland Park, KS 66251
(800) 829-0965
www.sprint.com

Access: With permission

Square D Company

Palatine, Illinois

Industry: Electronic Components

Founded: 1903

No formal archives. Records retained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs and videos also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history not available for outside review.

Contact: Square D Company
1415 S. Roselle Road
Palatine, Illinois 60067
(847) 397-2600
www.squared.com

Access: No outside access

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Tampa Electric Company

Tampa, Florida

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1899

Archives kept in Business Information Center include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management (from earliest corporate history), correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and audio tapes also included.

Contact: Tampa Electric Company
P.O. Box 111
Tampa, Florida 3601-0111
(813) 228-4111
www.tampaelectric.com/

Access: With permission

Tektronix Incorporated

Beaverton, Oregon

Industry: Computer Peripherals; Electronic Components; Measuring and Detecting Devices

Founded: 1946

No formal archives. Records maintained by company include minutes of executive board meetings, annual reports, contracts, patents, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and product specifications.

Corporate History: Corporate history booklet available from Public Relations Department. See also Winning With People: The First 40 Years of Tektronix, Marshall M. Lee, (1986, 323 pp.)

Contact: Tektronix Inc.
14200 SW Karl Braun Drive
PO Box 500
Beaverton, OR 97077
1-800-835-9433
www.tektronix.com

Access: With permission

Teradyne Incorporated

Boston, Massachusetts

Industry: Measuring and Detecting Devices

Founded: 1960

No formal archives. Records retained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and photographs.

Contact: Teradyne Incorporated
321 Harrison Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
617-482-2700
www.teradyne.com

Access: No outside access.

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Dallas, Texas

Industry: Computer Components; Consulting and Engineering Services; Electronic Components; Laboratory Equipment; Semiconductors

Founded: 1930--Geophysical Service; 1951--Texas Instruments.

Archives include correspondence, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints and memorabilia. Photographs and videos also include.

Corporate History: Texas Instruments: Global Growth from Seismology to Space Ace Technology, Texas Industrial Commission, (1971, 8 pp.)

Contact: Texas Instruments Incorporated
12500 TI Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75243-4136
800-336-5236
www.ti.com

Access: No outside access

Texas Utilities Company, d/b/a TXU

Dallas, Texas

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1945; predecessor companies go back to 1912

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included.

Corporate History: And Work was Made Less. . . : A Brief History of the Texas Electronic Service Company: An Account of the Company’s Origin and Development during a 90-Year Period Beginning in 1885, Vance Gillmore, (1976, 219 pp., illus.); First Sixty Years, R. Johnson; Dallas Power and Light History, M. Kosanke.

Contact: Texas Utilities Company
1600 Bryan Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.875.9000
www.txu.com

Access: With permission

Thomson Consumer Electronics Incorporated

Indianapolis, Indiana

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment; Printed Circuit Boards

Founded: 1879

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, product specifications, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, facility blueprints, memorabilia, photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and museum artifacts. Friday Historical Business Archives currently collects and maintains Thomson Archival Library in Louisville, Kentucky.

Corporate History: Several corporate histories have been written, the most recent by POLIS Research at IUPUI.

Contact: Thomson Electronics
10330 North Meridian
Indianapolis, Indiana 46290
(317) 587-3000
www.thomson.net

Access:With permission

Thorn EMI PLC (unable to verify information)

Hanover, United Kingdom

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment; Defense/Military Systems; Household Appliances

Founded: information unavailable

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, annual reports, patents, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, audio tapes, and a music archives also included.

Corporate History: Thorn EMI: 50 Years of Radar: 50 Years of Company Involvement with Radar Technology, 1936-1986, Derek Martin, (1986, 85 pp.)

Contact: K.W. Gray
Technical Director
Dawley Road
Hanover, Middlesex
United Kingdom, UB3 1HH

Access:With permission

Tokyo Electric Power Company

Tokyo, Japan

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1951; over 50 predecessors

No formal archives. Records retained by the company's Historical Materials Research Team include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, correspondence, annual reports, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and audio tapes also included. Apparently many records of predecessor companies were destroyed by 1923 earthquake and the Second World War.

Corporate History: Thirty Years History of the Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., (1983, 1163 pp.) The Tokyo Electric Light Company Limited, a predecessor of Tokyo Electric Power, has also produced a corporate history.

Contact: Tokyo Electrical Power Company
1-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8560, Japan
+81-3-4216-1111
www.tepco.co.jp/index-e.html

Access: With permission

Toyota Motor Corporation

Tokyo, Japan

Industry: Automotive Industry

Founded: 1937

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Numerous corporate histories, including Toyota: A History of the First 50 Years, (1988, 522 pp., illus.); Toyota: Fifty Years in Motion: An Autobiography, Eiji Toyota, (1987, 170 pp., illus.)

Contact: Toyota Motor Corporation
1 Toyota-Cho
Toyota City
Aichi Prefecture 471-8571, Japan
(0565) 28-2121
www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html

Access: With permission

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Union Electric Company, d/b/a Ameren

St. Louis, Missouri

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1902

No formal archives. Materials in records retention and corporate library include financial and accounting records, annual reports, internal house newsletters (1914+) and clippings (1954+), and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and phonograph discs of Union Electric sponsored radio shows also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history in brochure format. Contact corporate library for more information.

Contact: Union Electric Company
1901 Chouteau Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(314) 621-3222
www.ue.com/

Access: With permission

Unisys Corporation

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Industry: Computers Components, Peripherals, and Software

Founded: 1987--merger of Burroughs and Sperry-Rand

Burroughs Incorporated records are at Babbage Institute; Sperry Incorporated records are at Hagley Museum at the University of Delaware. Current Unisys records retained at corporate headquarters include minutes of executive meetings, correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing information, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Corporate history is available. Contact library for more information.

Contact: Unisys Corporation
Unisys Way
Bluebell, Pennsylvania 19424
(215) 986-5777
www.unisys.com

Access: No outside access

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Watkins-Johnson Company, d/b/a WJ Communications

Palo Alto, California

Industry: Electronic Components; Reconnaissance Systems

Founded: 1957

No formal archives. Historical records maintained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, product specifications, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, films, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: Very brief corporate history written for company newsletter. Contact Watkins-Johnson for more information.

Contact: WJ Communications
401 River Oaks Pkwy
San Jose, CA 95134-1916 USA
Telephone: (408) 577-6200
www.wj.com/index.asp

Access: With permission

Western Resources Incorporated, d/b/a Westar Energy, Inc.

Topeka, Kansas

Industry: Utility

Founded: 1924

Informal archives in Facilities Management Department includes minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing information, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and memorabilia. Photographs, videos, and computer records also included.

Corporate History: The Kansas Power and Light Company: Through Fifty Years to the Electric Company, Balfour S. Jeffrey, (1975, 29 pp.); KPL in Kansas: A History of the Kansas Power and Light Company, Edward G. Nelson, (1964, 220 pp.)

Contact: Westar Energy, Inc.
818 Kansas Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 575-1898
www.wr.com

Access: With permission

Wong's Kong King International Ltd

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Industry: Audio/Video Equipment

Founded: 1975

No formal archives. Records retained include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting records, day files of senior management, other correspondence, annual reports, regulatory information, contracts, sales and marketing materials, technical manuals, product specifications, and computer records.

Contact: Wong's Kong King International
2/F, WKK Building,
414 Kwun Tong Road
Kwun Tong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
+852 2357 8888
www.wkkintl.com

Access: With permission

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Xerox Corporation

Stamford, Connecticut

Industry: Computer Peripherals and Software; Office/Business Equipment

Founded: 1906, Rochester, N.Y., as The Haloid Company; named Xerox Corporation in 1961.

Archives include minutes of executive board meetings, financial and accounting data, day files of senior management, annual reports, patents, sales and marketing materials, research and development materials, catalogues and price lists, technical manuals, facility blueprints, and artifacts. Photographs, videos, films, audio tapes, and computer records also included.

Contact: Xerox Corporation
800 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, Conn. 06904
(203) 968-3000
www.xerox.com

Access: With permission

Industry Index

Audio/Video Equipment

Bang & Olufsen, Fujitsu, Philips Electronics North America, Polaroid, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Thorn EMI, Wong's Kong King International

Automotive Industry

Ford Motor, Lucas Industries, Siemens, Toyota Motor

Avionics

Aerospace, B.F. Goodrich, Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed Sanders, Lucas Industries

Batteries

Duracell, Eveready, Exide, Johnson Controls

Broadcasting

General Electric

Components, Electronic

Allen-Bradley, Augat, B.F. Goodrich, Ball, Black & Decker, Briggs & Stratton, Cooper Industries, EG&G, ESCO Electronics, General Electric, General Electric PLC, Lucas Industries, Measurex, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, National Semiconductor, NEC, Oki Electric Industry, Olivetti, Philips Electronics North America, Polaroid, Reliance Electric, Siebe, Siemens, Square D, Tektronix, Texas Instruments, Watkins-Johnson

Computers, Components

Apple, AT&T, Bell & Howell, Burr-Brown, Cray Research, Dell Computer, Diebold, Digital Equipment, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, International Business Machines, Motorola, National Semiconductor, NEC, Oki Electronic Industry, Olivetti, Texas Instruments, Unisys

Computers, Peripherals

Apple, Burr-Brown, Dell Computer, Diebold, Fujitsu, Hewlett- Packard, Intel, International Business Machines, National Semiconductor, NEC, Olivetti, Tektronix, Unisys, Xerox

Computers, Software

Allen-Bradley, Ameritech, Apple, AT&T, Bell and Howell, Cray Research, Diebold, Digital Equipment, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, International Business Machines, Measurex, MIS Software Development, Reynolds and Reynolds, Unisys, Xerox

Consulting and Engineering Services

MITRE, PRC, SEMATECH, Texas Instruments

Defense/Military Systems

Aerospace, ESCO Electronics, Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed Sanders, Martin Marietta, Motorola, Thorn EMI

Electromedical Industry

Bausch & Lomb, Beckman Instruments, General Electric, Medtronic, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Philips Electronics North America

Household, Appliances

Black & Decker, General Electric, General Electric PLC, Philips Electronics North America, Thorn EMI

Information Services

AT&T, EDS, MCI Communications, Reuters

Laboratory Equipment see also Measuring and Detecting Devices

Beckman Instruments, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments

Lighting Equipment

Cooper Industries, General Electric ,General Electric PLC, Philips Electronics North America, Siemens

Measuring and Detecting Devices see also Laboratory Equipment

Ball, Beckman Instruments, EG&G, ESCO Electronics, Fisher Rosemount Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson Controls, Siebe, Tektronix, Teradyne

Motors, Electrical

A.O. Smith, Briggs & Stratton, General Electric, General Electric PLC, Johnson Controls, Lincoln Electric, Reliance Electric, Siebe

Office/Business Equipment

EDS, Grundig AG, Olivetti, Xerox

Optical Fibers and Equipment

Corning, Reliance Electric

Power Generating Equipment

Cooper Industries, EG&G, Siemens

Printed Circuit Boards

Burr-Brown, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Thomson Consumer Electronics

Reconnaissance Systems

ArgoSystems, Ball, ESCO Electronics, ESL, Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed Sanders, Martin Marietta, Watkins-Johnson

Semiconductors

Burr-Brown, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Motorola, National Semiconductor, NEC, Phillips Electronics North America, SEMATECH; Texas Instruments

Telecommunications

AG Communications, Ameritech, AT&T, Bell & Howell, Bell Canada, BellSouth, British Columbia Telephone, Cable and Wireless, General Electric, General Electric PLC, Hughes Aircraft, INTRACOM, Martin Marietta, MCI Communications, Motorola, NEC, Norwegian Telecom, NYNEX, Oki Electronic Industry, Pacific Bell, Pacific Telesis, Reliance Electric, Reuters, Southwestern Bell, Sprint

Utility

Alabama Power, Boston Edison, British Columbia Hydro and Power, Central Hudson Gas & Electric, Central Illinois Light, Central Louisiana Electric, Central Maine Power, Central Power & Light, China Light & Power, Cincinnati Gas & Electric, Consumers Power, Delmarva Power & Light, Detroit Edison, Dominion Resources, Duke Power, El Paso Electric, Florida Power & Light, Georgia Power, Hawaiian Electric, Idaho Power, Israel Electric, Long Island Lighting, Madison Gas & Electric, Midwest Resources, Mississippi Power, Montana Power, Northeast Utilities, Northern States Power, Ontario Hydro, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Otter Tail Power, PECO Energy, Portland General Electric, Potomac Edison, Potomac Electric Power, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Puget Sound Power & Light, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Tampa Electric, Texas Utilities, Tokyo Electric Power, Union Electric, Western Resources

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