About the CBI Archives
The CBI Archives collects, preserves and provides access to rich archival collections and rare publications documenting the history of technology, from the era of tabulators and electromechanical calculators in the period prior to World War II, through the development of the electronic digital computer, mainframes, mini and microcomputers, software and networking. Oral histories, photographs, journal and serial publications and a reference library. . .
Collecting Scope, Acquisition Policy, Information for Donors
Collections
Archives services and how to use the collections
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Oral Histories
- Photographs
- Journals & Serial Publications
- Reference Library
CBI holds close to 150,000 photographs in its collections. So far, only photographs from the Burroughs Corporation Collection can be searched online. There are two ways to search the Burroughs images. Visitors can browse or search among over 500 Burroughs images by linking to Burroughs Corporation Image Database, or, search the descriptions of the entire Burroughs photograph collection through the finding aids below.
Link to the Burroughs database and more information about the Burroughs collection.
Journals & serial publications are cataloged in MNCAT®, the University of Minnesota's on-line library catalog.
Link to MNCAT
CBI's non-circulating reference library is a carefully selected collection of works on the history of information technology and is intended to support research in the archival collections. All of the materials in the reference library are cataloged in MNCAT®, the University of Minnesota's on-line library catalog.
Link to MNCAT