Burroughs Adding Machine Company

The Burroughs Adding Machine Company was founded on January 20, 1886 by William S. Burroughs, Thomas Metcalfe, Richard M. Scruggs, and William R. Pye in St. Louis, Missouri. Its industry was hardware and its headquarters was in Detroit, Michigan. In 1986, it merged with the Sperry Corporation to form the Unisys Corporation. In 2010, the Unisys Payment Systems Division was spun off by Marlin Equity Partners and the Burroughs name was reborn.

SUBSIDIARIES

• Burroughs Adding Machine of Canada, Ltd. (Windsor, Ontario)

COMPANY NAMES

• American Arithmometer Company (1886-1905)
• Burroughs Adding Machine Company (1905-1953)
• Burroughs Corporation (1953-1986)
• Unisys Payment Systems Division (1986-2010)
• Burroughs, Inc. (2010-present)

PRODUCTS

• "Burroughs" Calculator

ADVERTISEMENTS

The Nation's Business (April 1919)

The American Magazine (January 1923)

Office Appliances (February 1926)

Electrical Merchandising (June 1926)

Electrical World (Dec. 21, 1935)

Maclean's Magazine (June 15, 1953)