When was the first personal organizer, the Lefax, used?
First PERSONAL ORGANIZER.
The first PERSONAL ORGANIZER was the Lefax, produced in Philadelphia in 1910 primarily for the benefit of engineers who needed to collate notes and data in a handy portable form. The Lefax was imported by London printers Norman & Hill from 1921. When they began producing personal organizers on their own account in 1930, a typist called Grace Scurr suggested the name Filofax. During World War II Norman & Hill’s premises were bombed and all their records destroyed. The firm only stayed in business because Grace Scurr had maintained two Filofaxes of her own containing the names and addresses of the firm’s customers and suppliers. Her dedication was rewarded when she eventually rose to become Chairman of the company, having been originally taken on as a temp. She lived to see the Filofax become the symbol of the business boom of the Thatcher era.
