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Guide to the Rey Johnson Papers

X3312.2006

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Collection Contents

box 1

Corporate Papers 1933-1998

Creator: Johnson, Rey

Physical Description: 22 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Consists of papers and publications relating to IBM such as staff listings, internal news, and programs from company dinners. Of note are several issues of Tabulating Pointers, which detailed tips and tricks for accounting punch card machines, from the early 1930s.

folder 16

102687875 A Quarter Century of Innovation 1977

folder 19

102687878 Clippings from local newspapers 1958-1973

folder 15

102687874 Corporate Recognition Dinner February 16, 1970

folder 11

102687870 Dedication of IBM San Jose 1958

folder 9

102687868 Fortune with cover story about "Tom Jr.'s IBM" September 1956

folder 12

102687871 IBM San Jose

folder 17

102687876 IBM San Jose: The First Quarter Century 1977

folder 7

102687866 IBM memos 1953-1971

folder 20

102687879 IBM news publications 1935-1978

folder 2

102687861 IBM staff listings

folder 10

102687869 Industrial and Housing Review: Santa Clara county edition May 1956

folder 6

102687863 Luncheon in honor of his excellency the honorable Warren R. Austin November 13, 1949

folder 13

102687872 Programs from the conference on communication of scientific information May 26, 1958

folder 14

102687873 Programs from various IBM awards dinners 1962-1971

folder 18

102687877 IBM in San Jose 1978

folder 3

102687862 Tabulating Pointers 1930 ca.

folder 4

102687864 The 5 C's challenge September 1, 1936

folder 21

102687880 Various issues of Think (the IBM employee magazine) 1940-1989

folder 1

102687859 Think: a biography of the Watsons and IBM

folder 5

102687865 IBM Thirty-eighth annual report for the year ended December thirty-first 1949

folder 8

102687867 Time: the weekly newsmagazine with cover story about "IBM's Thomas J. Watson, Jr." March 28, 1955

folder 22

102687881 Vision (vol 2, num 3) "This company of ours" 1989

box 1

Personal Papers 1933-1998

Creator: Johnson, Rey

Physical Description: 7 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Contains personal correspondence, news clippings, speeches, and accolades.

folder 27

102687887 Accolades given to Rey Johnson 1965-1994

folder 28

102687888 Hundred percent club convention book July 12, 1948

folder 24

102687884 Newspaper clippings, mostly articles about Rey Johnson 1952-1998

folder 26

102687885 Rey Johnson biographical information

folder 23

102687883 Rey Johnson correspondence 1959-1986

folder 25

102687886 Speeches given by Rey Johnson 1963-1978

folder 29

102687889 Think notebook containing speech notes

box 1

Inventions and projects 1933-1998

Creator: Johnson, Rey

Physical Description: 8 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Focuses on Johnson's Inventions and Projects. There are two folders of mostly hand-written project ideas and drawings, as well as a transcript of an interview concerning his test scoring machine.

folder 30

102687890 Products developed by Rey Johnson

folder 35

102687894 RAMAC project information 1954-1957

folder 32 & 33

102687891 Rey Johnson project ideas 1933-1963 1933-1963

Physical Description: 2 folders

folder 36

102687895 Rey Johnson speeches about RAMAC 1984-1988

folder 31

102687860 Test punch cards August 20, 1948

folder 34

102687893 Test scoring machine 1978

folder 37

102687896 Various pamphlets and articles on hard drive advancements since RAMAC 1962-1994

box Misc oversize 2, folder 9

102687897 Technical Reminiscences, volumes I & II

Collection Contents

Corporate Papers

Personal Papers

Inventions and projects