University of Wyoming
Presentations -- videocassettes.
John Diebold began promoting the use of automated machines such as the computer in the 1950s. In his book, Automation (1952), he proposed and described how computers could improve day-to-day operations in business and government. In 1954, he founded the Diebold Group, a management and consulting firm that provided services to dozens of U.S. corporations and state and federal agencies. The company consulted on technological advances with AT&T, Boeing, Xerox, and I.B.M. Diebold sold the company to Daimler-Benz in 1991. He passed away in 2005.
This collection contains records from the Diebold Group. Most of the materials are reports and associated material prepared for businesses and government agencies. Materials include overviews, recommendations, flow charts, data, proposals, and client information. There are correspondence files from 1970-1985, and large format videocassettes of presentations prepared by the Diebold Group. This collection also contains secondary material, working drafts for reports, expense records, pamphlets, books, and workshop and conference material.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Baker Library, Harvard Business School, holds additional John Diebold papers. University of Minnesota libraries, Charles Babbage Institute, holds Diebold Group reports.
Partial finding aid available in repository.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
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