International Business Machines Corporation. Manuals,
1939-1942

Collection Number: 5341

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, 2005

© 2005 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Business Machines Corporation. Manuals, 1939-1942.
Collection Number:
5341
Creator:
International Business Machines Corporation.
Quantity:
1.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Training manuals.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
This collection consists of Publications of the International Business Machine Corporation.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of Publications of the International Business Machine Corporation.
Included are training manuals for factory employees and customers.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Business Machines Corporation.

Form and Genre Terms:
Training manuals.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:
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Cite As:
International Business Machines Corporation. Manuals, 1939-1942. 5341. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Arranged alphabetically by subject.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. Employee training manuals, 1939-1942.
This section consists of Manuals designed by the International Business Machine Corporation Education Department for training factory employees in the period from 1939 to 1942. They illustrate the IBM program of on-the-job training combined with classroom instruction used during this period.
Blue Print Reading
 Folder 1
Drilling
 Folder 2
Electricity
 Folder 3
Foundry Practice
 Folder 4
International Electric Card-Operated Sorting Machine
Folder 5
Modern Drilling Practice
 Folder 6
Modern Grinding Practice
 Folder 7
Shop Mathematics
 Folder 8
Tool Orinding Machines
 Folder 9
Tool Planning Practice
 Folder 10
II. Customer training manuals.
This section consists of manuals used in training customers in the applications and operation of IBM accounting machines.
Machine Methods of Accounting
 Folder 1
Managerial Accounting by Machine Methods
 Folder 2