Collection Size: 3.0 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

Creator: Control Data Corporation

Prepared By: Maria Plonski, Kate Flanagan and Carrie Seib, August 2004. Revised by Karen Spilman, January 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, Facilities (CBI 80), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

The Control Data Corporation opened for business on the second floor of the McGill Building at 501 Park Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1957. The business expanded rapidly, and eventually the company had administrative and manufacturing facilities worldwide.

This series contains information about Control Data Corporation (CDC) owned and leased facilities worldwide. Materials include annual and semi-annual facility summary reports (1963-1983) prepared by the Corporate Real Estate Department, listing CDC-owned facilities in the U.S. and highlighting costs, occupancy and other relevant information. Also included are European/International facility summary reports (1972-1972, 1976-1977, 1980-1982), which were prepared by the European Real Estate Department and issued separately from the U.S. facility summary reports.

The series also contains real estate lease summary reports, organized alphabetically by state, each describing the details of space leased by CDC, and materials regarding planning and organization of various facilities in the U.S. and in Europe.

Also included in this series are a number of files relating to the Inner City Plants established in the mid to late 1960s. These plants were placed in socio-economically depressed areas and focused on hiring minority workers. Materials include background information, progress reports, statistics and planning records of the Campton (Campton, KY), Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Northside (Minneapolis, MN) and Selby (St. Paul, MN) plants.

Index Terms

Control Data Corporation.

• CBE, 1977 [includes blueprint] (Box 3, folder 1)
• Computer Center Location Study for Control Data Europe, Inc., 1974 (Box 3, folder 2)
• Control Data Education Company, 1977 (Box 3, folder 3)
• Dedication Day Program, Omaha Division, November 19, 1968 (Box 3, folder 15)
• Engineering Services, n.d. (Box 3, folder 4)
• Europe, 1969-1975 (Box 3, folder 5)
• Facility Summary Reports
• 1963-1968, 1970-1973 (Box 1)
• 1974-1983 (Box 2)
• "Final Report: New Plant, Bloomington, Minnesota," c.1961 (Box 3, folder 6)
• Inner City Plants
• Background Materials, 1971, 1980-1986 (Box 5, folders 1-5)
• Evaluations, undated, 1981 (Box 5, folders 6-9)
• Federal Government Manpower Development and Training Act, 1967 (Box 5, folder 10)
• Financial Records, 1968-1971 (Box 5, folders 11-13)
• Forms, undated (Box 5, folder 14)
• Meeting Agendas, 1967-1973 (Box 5, 15-18)
• Operation Overview, undated (Box 6, folders 1-2)
• Planning Records, 1967-1974 (Box 6, folders 3-6)
• Procedures, Northside Plant, undated (Box 6, folder 7)
• Progress Reports, undated, 1969-1973 (Box 6, folders 8-10; Box 7, folders 1-10; Box 8, folders 1-4; Box 9, folder 13)
• Product Specifications and Equipment, Northside Plant, undated, 1964-1966 (Box 8, folder 5)
• Project Proposals, undated, 1967-1970 (Box 8, folders 6-15; Box 9, folders 1-4)
• Public Relations, undated, 1968-1969 (Box 9, folders 5-6)
• Statistics, undated, 1968-1973 (Box 9, folders 7-9)
• Visitors, 1979-1981 (Box 9, folder 10)
• International Headquarters, n.d. (Box 3, folder 7)
• Normandale Facility - Operations Review, December 1965 (Box 3, folder 8)
• Office Planning, (1961-1963), 1960 (Box 3, folder 9)
• Organization Facilities and Experience, January 1963 (Box 3, folder 10)
• "Plant Facility Requirements and Recommendations," 1959 (Box 3, folder 11)
• Plant Location International, 1974
• Real Estate Lease Summaries
• Alabama - Florida (Box 4, folder 1)
• Georgia - Michigan (Box 4, folder 2)
• Minnesota - Nevada (Box 4, folder 3)
• New Jersey - Pennsylvania (Box 4, folder 4)
• Rhode Island - Wyoming (Box 4, folder 5)
• St. Paul Energy Park-Technology Center, August 1980 (Box 3, folders 12-13)
• West Coast Applications Center, San Francisco Bay Area, 1960 (Box 3, folder 14)
• Roger Wheeler Working Files, undated, 1968 (Box 9, folders 11-12)