Watson, Thomas John, 1874-1956

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Thomas John Watson (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. He turned the company into a highly effective selling organization, based largely on punched card tabulating machines. A leading self-made industrialist, he was one of the richest men of his time and was called the world's greatest salesman when he died in 1956.

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referencedIn	Aldrich, Winthrop W. (Winthrop William), b. 1885. Papers, 1918-ca. 1973 (inclusive).	Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn	American Foundations Oral History Project, 1989-1993	Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn	Anderson-Brooke family : papers, 1793-1983.	The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf	Bonney, Thérèse, 1894-1978. Thérèse Bonney papers relating to her photographic work.	California Digital Library
referencedIn	Daniel Yankelovich Papers., 1937-1994	Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn	Edward Huntington Fallows "Anastasia" papers, 1905-1955.	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Franklin D. Roosevelt sound recordings, 1935-1945.	New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn	George F. Johnson Papers, 1882-1956	Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn	Harvard Law School Forums Records	Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn	Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-1996,. Oral history interview with Cuthbert Corwin Hurd, 1981 Jan. 20.	University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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associatedWith	Aldrich, Winthrop W. (Winthrop William), b. 1885.
correspondedWith	Bingham, Robert Worth, 1871-1937.
associatedWith	Bonney, Thérèse, 1894-1978.
correspondedWith	Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969
associatedWith	Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
associatedWith	Fallows, Edward Huntington, 1865-1940
associatedWith	Hand, Learned, 1872-1961
correspondedWith	Harvard Law School Forum
associatedWith	Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-1996,
associatedWith	Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory