Collection Size: 7.83 cubic ft. (11 boxes)

Creator: Control Data Corporation

Prepared By: Kevin D. Corbitt and Caroline Gasser, June 1988; Josh Knatterud-Hubinger and Maria Plonski, 2004. Updated by Karen Spilman, 2006.

Acquisition: The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Ceridian Corporation in 1991.

Access: Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright: The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation: Control Data Corporation Records, Financial Records (CBI 80), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

This series contains Control Data Corporation (CDC) company-wide and divisional financial records, as well as scattered CDC subsidiary financial records. Materials include operating statements, prospectuses, reports, agreements, budget materials, correspondence, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration forms, and auditing records for CDC and C-E-I-R, a CDC subsidiary. Reviews of security analyst meetings and presentations are also included, as well as security analyst reports published by various firms evaluating Control Data's potential for investors.

Control Data Corporation -- Finance.

• "Achieving Effective Competition in the Computer Industry: A Plan for Divestiture," (re: IBM) 1970 (Box 10, folder 1)
• Audit Files, C-E-I-R, Inc.
• Audit, 1964-1972 (Box 3, folder 4)
• IRS Audit, 1967-1972 (Box 3, folder 5)
• Tax Cases for Protest, 1965-1972 (Box 3, folder 6)
• Tax Protest and Audit Deficiency, 1966-1973 (Box 3, folder 7)
• Tax Work Papers of Audit, 1966-1971 (Box 3, folder 8)
• Audit Files, Control Data Corporation
• 1963 Audit File, 1963-1966 (Box 3, folder 13)
• Audit Notes, 1962-1966 (Box 4, folders 1-2)
• Depreciation Study, Audit, 1964-1966 (Box 3, folder 14)
• Inventory Analysis, 1964-1966 (Box 4, folder 4)
• IRS Audit, 1962-1967 (Box 3, folders 9-12)
• IRS Audit Deficiencies, 1964-1966 (Box 3, folder 15)
• Lease Conversion, 1966 (Box 3, folder 16)
• Banks, Correspondence, 1960, 1966 (Box 2, folder 28)
• Contahal (Control Data-Tahal) Limited, 1974-1976 (Box 5, folder 1)
• Contracts: Machine Rental/Fabricating Facilities, 1957 (Box 10, folder 2)
• "Control Data Corporation Financial History, July 8, 1957-December 31, 1979," by B.R. Eng, M.G. Rogers and J.J. Karnowski. (Box 11, folder 4)
• Control Data Corporation, Inc., 1972-1973 (Box 4, folder 3)
• Control Data Corporation, State of Nevada, 1969-1973 (Box 3, folder 1)
• Control Data International, Inc. (Box 3, folder 2)
• Credit Agreements, 1973, 1976-1977 (Box 2, folder 23)
• Credit Agreements, Correspondence, 1974-1977 (Box 2, folder 24)
• "An Economic History of Control Data Corporation," (Drafts) by Fritz B. Volbach, 1973 (Box 11, folder 7)
• Employee Stock Options, 1964-1972 ((Box 2, folders 14-15)
• Equipment Leases, Conditional Sales Contracts and Net Book Values, 1960-1963 (Box 11, folder 9)
• Financial Histories, 1964-1965, 1967, 1974, 1976 (Box 2, folder 1)
• Financial Statements, 1960-1969, 1976 (Box 9, folders 21-22)
• Indentures and Supplements, 1968-1979 (Box 2, folder 25)
• Investment Community Meetings, 1981-1985 (Box 2, folder 3)
• Lease Administration, Monthly Analyses, 1967-1969 (Box 9, folders 23-27)
• Operating Budget and Five-Year Plan, FY 1961 (Box 7, folder 4)
• Operating Budget and Five-Year Projections, FY 1960 (Box 7, folder 3)
• Operating Statements, Company-Wide
• Miscellaneous, 1971-1975, 1988 (Box 11, folder 1)
• Monthly Operating Statements, 1958 (Box 7, folder 1)
• Statements of Operations, 1959, 1962-1969 (Box 7, folders 2, 5-13)
• Operating Statements, Divisional
• 1966-1969 (Box 7, folders 21-26; Box 8, folders 1-20)
• Computer Group, Statement of Operations, 1963-1965 (Box 9, folders 1-5)
• Control Corporation – Operating Budget FY 1961, October 1, 1960 (Box 9, folder 6)
• Control Data Institutes Financial Reports, 1967-1969 (Box 9, folders 7-10)
• Customer Engineering Division: Financial Reports, 1968-1969 (Box 9, folder 11)
• Data Centers Division, Operating Statements/Reports, 1968-1969 (Box 9, folders 12-13)
• Data Products Group, Statement of Operation, December 31, 1965 (Box 9, folder 14)
• Divisional Flash Operating Statements, 1968-1969 (Box 7, folders 14-20)
• Industrial and Government Group, Statements of Operation, 1966 (Box 9, folders 19-20)
• Industrial Group, Statements of Operation, 1964-1965 (Box 9, folders 15-18)
• "Organization of the Financial Function," January 1975 (Box 11, folder 6)
• Perspective, 1974 (Box 11, folder 5)
• Petty Cash Handbook, September 1981 (Box 11, folder 2)
• PLATO
• Agreements, 1976-1977 (Box 10, folder 3)
• Available Internal Courseware, 1975 (Box 10, folder 4)
• Correspondence, 1979-1980 (Box 10, folder 5)
• Prospectuses, 1957, 1959-1977, 1979-1980, 1984-1986 (Box 1, folders 1-25) Prospectuses for various stock offerings by Control Data from the Office of the Secretary
• SEC Registration Forms
• 8-A Registration, 1979 (Box 2, folder 16)
• 8-K Current Reports, 1970, 1973-1976, 1979 (Box 2, folder 17)
• 10-K Annual Reports
• 1969, 1973, 1974 (Box 5, folders 2-3)
• 1975-1986 (Box 2, folders 19-22)
• 1987-1989 (Box 4, folder 5)
• 10-Q Quarterly Reports, 1972, 1976-1979 (Box 2, folder 18)
• S-1 Registration Statements and Amendments
• 1961-1967 (Box 5, folders 4-5)
• 1967-1970, 1973-1974 (Box 6, folders 1-4)
• 1975 (Box 4, folders 6-7)
• S-8 Registration Statements and Amendments, 1965-1968 (Box 6, folder 5)
• SEC Registration and Reports, Correspondence, 1968, 1979-1980 (Box 2, folder 26)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Cedar Engineering, 1958 (Box 2, folder 27)
• Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Box 3, folder 3)
• Security Analyst Meetings, 1965, 1971-1972, 1974, 1977-1980, 1982, 1985, 1987-1988 (Box 1, folders 32-35; Box 2, folder 2)
• Security Analyst Reports
• White, Weld & Co., 12 March 1958 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Craig-Hallum, 13 May 1958 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Dean Witter < Co., 5 February 1960 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Piper, Jaffrey & Hopwood, 27 March 1961 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 24 November 1961 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 15 December 1961 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 15 June 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 27 June 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 5 July 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 11 October 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., April 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 15 October 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• White, Weld & Co., November 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 7 November 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Bond Outlook, 8 December 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 11 December 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 17 December 1962 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 14 February 1963 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 16 August 1963 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., April 1964 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 1 May 1964 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 15 June 1964 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., July 1964 (Box 1, folder 26)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 3 September 1964 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 4 November 1964 (Box 1, folder 26)
• Dean Witter & Co., January 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• J.M. Dain & Co., 29 June 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Loomis, Sayles & Co., 23 August 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 24 August 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 27 October 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• G. Becker & Co., 3 December 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Computing Newsline, 15 December 1965 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Dean Witter & Co., January 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Piper, Jaffray, & Hopwood, 3 February 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., June 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• J. M. Dain & Co., 28 June 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• New York Securities Co., August 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Van Alstyne, Noel & Co., 30 September 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Van Alstyne, Noel & Co., 6 December 1966 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Dain, Kalman & Co., 17 April 1967 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Dain, Kalman & Co., 12 September 1967 (Box 1, folder 27)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 4 March 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• First Manhattan Co., 12 March 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• White, Weld & Co., 15 April 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 21 June 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 8 July 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 4 September 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, 16 September 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 19 December 1968 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Argus Research Corporation, 13 March 1969 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 20 June 1969 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 2 October 1969 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, Inc., 6 November 1969 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 7 November 1969 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 19 December 1969 (Box 1, folder 28)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 9 January 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Baker, Weeks & Co., Inc., 30 January 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 16 February 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• G. A. Saxton & Co., Inc., 26 May 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 5 June 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 24 August 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 15 October 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 16 November 1970 (Box 1, folder 29)
• H. C. Wainwright & Co., 5 January 1971 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc., 26 February 1971 (Box 1, folder 29)
• EDP Industry Report, 12 March 1971 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Quantum Science Corporation, 30 March 1971 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Argus Research Corporation, 12 August 1971 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 13 August 1971 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 24 January 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• G. A. Saxton & Co., Inc., 1 March 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, April 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co., Inc., April 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 7 June 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Loeb, Rhoades & Co., 29 June 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• EF Hutton & Company, September 1972 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Dain, Kalman & Quail, 11 January 1973 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Quantum Science Corporation, 8 March 1973 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Lamson Brothers & Co., June 1973 (Box 1, folder 29)
• G. Becker & Co., 8 October 1973 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Shearson, Hammill & Co., 30 October 1973 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Quantum Science Corporation, 1973 (Box 1, folder 29)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 28 January 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Arthur D. Little, February 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• International Data Corporation, April 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Arthur D. Little, 4 April 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• G. Becker & Co., 19 April 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Loeb, Rhoades & Co., 5 June 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 7 June 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• International Data Corporation, 23 July 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 1 October 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• G. Tsai & Co., 2 December 1974 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 6 February 1975 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 19 March 1975 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Kuhn Loeb & Co., 8 March 1977 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 1 August 1977 (Box 1, folder 30)
• International Data Corporation, December 1977 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., 16 May 1978 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 15 June 1979 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 25 January 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Shearson Loeb Rhoades Inc., 4 February 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 7 April 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 29 July 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Morgan Stanley & Co., 2 September 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 2 September 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 26 November 1980 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Salomon Brothers, 4 March 1981 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Wertheim & Co., 8 April 1981 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., 10 April 1981 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 22 June 1981 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 16 July 1981 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., 1 June 1982 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Merrill Lynch, 23 May 1983 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Merrill Lynch, 21 June 1983 (Box 1, folder 30)
• E. F. Hutton, 9 December 1983 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Control Data Corporation, December 1983 (Box 1, folder 30)
• Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., January 1985 (Box 1, folder 31)
• American Political Research Corporation, 15 March 1985 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Morgan Stanley, 24 April 1985 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Gartner Group, 2 July 1985 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 14 February 1986 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Bear Stearns & Co., 6 June 1986 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Woolcott & Co., 24 November 1986 (Box 1, folder 31)
• E. F. Hutton, 10 April 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Cowen Institutional Services, 30 April 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Merrill Lynch, 5 June 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• First Boston, 17 June 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Woolcott & Co., Inc., 23 July 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Cowen Institutional Services, 6 August 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., 29 September 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Smith Barney Research, 5 October 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Smith Barney Research, 19 October 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• E. F. Hutton, 9 November 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Adam & Rinehart, 8 December 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Cowen Institutional Services, 21 December 1987 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Bear, Stearns & Co., 12 January 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• First Boston, 2 February 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Smith Barney Research, 22 February 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Smith Barney Research, 26 February 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Duff & Phelps, Inc., March 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Eberstadt Fleming Inc., 25 May 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Smith Barney Research, 27 May 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• First Boston, 6 June 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Cowen Institutional Services, 17 August 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Smith Barney Research, 17 August 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Cowen & Co., 23 September 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Cowen & Co., 3 November 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• First Boston, 14 November 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Needham & Co., Inc., 16 November 1988 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Prudential-Bache Securities, June 1989 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, May 1991 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Bear Stearns, 10 May 1991 (Box 1, folder 31)
• Security Analyst Response, 1987 (Box 11, folder 3)
• Stock Option Committee, 1959-1967 (Box 2, folders 8-13)
• Stock Purchase Statements, etc., 1957 (Box 11, folder 8)
• Stockholder Information
• Articles and Certificates of Incorporation, Amendments, n.d., 1968, 1971, 1978 (Box 2, folder 4)
• Messages to Stockholders, 1959-1961 (Box 2, folder 5)
• Notices of Annual Meetings of Stockholders, 1958-1959, 1961, 1963-1971, 1980, 1984, 1987-1988 (Box 2, folder 6)
• Notices of Special Meetings of Stockholders, 1958, 1964, 1968 (Box 2, folder 7)