Series I: NCR Publications, 1931-1984

The National Cash Register Collection documents the history of an important manufacturing firm in Dayton, Ohio from its beginnings in 1884 up to its centennial in 1984. Through this collection, researchers can follow the financial evolution of the company, view many of the products it produced in the first hundred years, and gain insight into the effect the company had on its neighborhood.

Series I: NCR Publications The NCR publications include the Annual Reports of the National Cash Register Company from 1931 to 1982. Series I also contains a Centennial History (1884-1984) published in 1984 and a tribute to founder John H. Patterson delivered on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, December 13, 1944.

Series II: NCR Product Literature The product literature includes sales brochures for various models of cash registers, accounting files, and switchboard machines produced by the National Cash Register Company between 1884 and 1984.

Series III: NCR Photographs & Slides Photographs (3) of the interior of the National Cash Register buildings in Dayton, Ohio and Lantern slides (12) of the neighborhood surrounding the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio.