Pedro Beltrán and Miriam Kropp Beltrán papers, circa 1914-1979
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Correspondence, both professional and family, as well as correspondence and typescripts from and by Malcolm Kevin Burke, American journalist, 1948-1950. Also included are documents, the original typescript of CUZCO, WINDOW ON PERU, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to Pedro Beltrán's work, awards, and some 700 photographs.
- Accession 2012-026: Occasional issues of The Tabulator, 1916-1918 (2012-026) -- one issue of the weekly, "Business Machines," 1940 August 1, published by IBM -- "Songs of the I.B.M.," 1931 -- family correspondence, 1914, 1939-1942 -- and photographs (mainly early IBM staff and snap shots from the IBM exhibit at the Golden Gate Exposition, 1939).
Description
| Alternative title | The Tabulator |
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| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Extent | 7 linear feet |
| Place | Peru |
| Publication date | [1914 - 1979?] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
| Note | Three series: Miriam Kropp Beltrán papers, Pedro G. Beltrán papers, and accession 2012-026, Miriam Kropp's early IBM papers. |
Subjects
| Subject | Beltrán, Miriam (Miriam Kropp) |
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| Subject | Beltrán, Pedro G |
| Subject | Burke, Malcolm Kevin |
| Subject | International Business Machines Corporation |
| Subject | Tabulating Machine Company |
| Subject | Peru > Politics and government > 1919-1968 |
Bibliographic information
| Note | COLLECTION NO LONGER HELD BY STANFORD: "Entire collection was withdrawn and sent to a foundation in New Mexico back in 2013, but DLSS scanned the entire collection before sending." BOH 6/2017 |
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| Acquisition | Purchased, 2011 and 2012. Accessions 2011-044 and 2012-026. |
| Biographical/Historical | Miriam Beltrán received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1935, later working for IBM and then as an economic analyst attached to the American Embassy in Peru. After her marriage to Pedro Beltrán in 1950 she was active on his paper, LA PRENSA, of Lima, Peru, becoming Chairman of its Board of Directors in 1959. From 1959 to 1962 she served on the Freedom of the Press Committee of the Inter American Press Association. |
| Biographical/Historical | Pedro Beltrán was an economist and owner of the Lima daily, LA PRENSA. From 1944 to 1946 he was the Peruvian ambassador to the United States, renouncing his position in opposition to the fiscal policies of the new president, Bustamente. He served as Prime Minister of Peru from 1959 to 1961. |
| Biographical/Historical | Tabulating Machine Company; founded by Herman Hollerith in 1896, merged with Computing Scale Company and International Time Recording Company to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (later International Business Machines), 1911. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/jh346sh2097 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |