Group of Sheets, Documentation Relating to Herman Hollerith
date: label: date made
content: 1911-1931
notes: label: Description
content: These paper documents relate to the career of American inventor and entrepreneur Herman Hollerith. They include:
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content: 1. Two blueprints and a drawing giving wiring diagrams for a Hollerith tabulating machine. Both blueprints are marked: The Tabulating Machine Co. (/) Washington, D.C. One blueprint is dated March 17, 1911.
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content: 2. A typed but unsigned copy of an employment agreement between Herman Hollerith and the Computing-Tabulating-Recording-Co., dated July 5, 1911.
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content: 3. A copy of a letter from Herman Hollerith, Jr., the son of Herman Hollerith, to Samuel C. Metcalf of Brooklyn, N.Y, dated May 25, 1921. Included are typed abstracts from correspondence of Herman Hollerith relating to the Auditing Machine Company. Dates range from 1904 to 1921.
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content: 4.Copies of two February, 1931, letters relating to surrender of shares in the Auditing Machine Company by Herman Hollerith's sons.
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content: 5. A letter of February, 1931 from L.H. Sutton to Herman Hollerith, Jr., identifying the one patent granted to Herman Hollerith between 1918 and 1929.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Tabulating Equipment
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Herman Hollerith, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0114.08.03
label: accession number
content: 1977.0114
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0114.08.03
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content: sheets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 35 cm; 8 15/32 in x 13 25/32 in