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Henry Hallowell Farquhar papers, 1911-1926

Title: Henry Hallowell Farquhar papers, 1911-1926

Correspondence, research, writing, and teaching materials of Harvard Business School professor Henry Hallowell Farquhar.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00135/catalog View

Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915. Frederick Winslow Taylor collection, 1856-1916.

Title: Frederick Winslow Taylor collection, 1856-1916.

The collection consists largely of Taylor's personal and work-related correspondence, including his communications with companies and people interested in implementing scientific management. Also included are rough drafts of his major publications, translations of his works on scientific management and the cutting of metal, examples of forms developed to improve shop efficiency, glass slides of factories and offices using scientific management, articles written by Taylor on his system, and responses from readers. Correspondents include Louis Brandeis, Morris Llewellyn Cooke, Ida Tarbell, Harvey Gantt, Ray Stannard Baker, and the administrative officers of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Also included is a collection of memorial letters written by Taylor's associates after his death in 1915. Besides letters, the collection includes Taylor's work journal from Midvale Steel. The Stevens library also has some belongings of the Taylor family, including portraits, photographs, furniture, and other ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear ft.

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Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Series 5, Subseries 1. Taylor-Thompson correspondence, 1892-1915.

Title: Series 5, Subseries 1. Taylor-Thompson correspondence, 1892-1915.

Correspondence between Frederick W. Taylor and Sanford E. Thompson (1892-1915), the bulk of which pertains to the routine business of their collaborative work in the construction industries.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

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Feiss, Richard A., 1878-1954. Richard A. Feiss series 2. Publications, 1915-1943, bulk 1915-1928.

Title: Richard A. Feiss series 2. Publications, 1915-1943, bulk 1915-1928.

Consist of files of articles, addresses, and papers by Feiss, concerning industrial relations issues and scientific management principles. Include articles on organizational behavior, management theory, industrial engineering, labor productivity, on-the-job training, work measurement, social policies, labor economics, turnover, the life of Frederick Taylor, and mental health; also addresses on a national labor policy (1919); full employment (1921); and scientific management during the Depression (1922). Also, a manuscript entitled, "Scientific Management Methods as Applied to a Manufacturing Organization" (1928).

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63540863 View

Hathaway, H. K. H.K. Hathaway papers, 1907-1929.

Title: H.K. Hathaway papers, 1907-1929.

Collection consists of reports and correspondence concerning the reorganization of various companies, mainly in the East and New England, but in several cases in San Francisco, for which Hathaway worked as a consultant. Material on machine operation and various industrial information is also included.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497927920 View

Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. Lectures and addresses, 1908-

Title: Lectures and addresses, 1908-

Consists of addresses delivered before the students as part of the curriculum. These are addresses chiefly of guest lecturers. Includes manuscript, mimeographed, and printed versions.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

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Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Thompson, Sanford E. Papers, 1888-1949, bulk 1901-1935.

Title: Thompson, Sanford E. Papers, 1888-1949, bulk 1901-1935.

Consist of documentation of his work in developing procedures for job design, work measurement, and operations planning. The papers include routine job measurement forms; charts; notes and reports; correspondence with management theorists, including Frederick W. Taylor and Frank Gilbreth; and publications and reports by Thompson. Papers of Frederick W. Taylor, contained in the Thompson papers, pertain generally to Taylor's and Thompson's collaborative efforts in the building trades (1892-1915).

ArchivalResource: 8.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63540879 View

Emerson, Harrington, 1853-1931. Harrington Emerson papers, 1848-1931.

Title: Harrington Emerson papers, 1848-1931.

The collection documents the personal life and career of Harrington Emerson, an early industrial engineer, developer of scientific management, and leader of the efficiency movement in the United States during the early twentieth century. Most of the papers cover the years from 1895 to 1931, though a small quantity date from earlier years. Materials in the collection include Emerson's personal, family, and business correspondence; the published and unpublished writings of Emerson and other authors; scientific management consulting reports; business records of Emerson's firms; newspaper and magazine clippings; and photographs and memorabilia. This material touches on the theory and practice of scientific management, the ideas of the efficiency movement and their propagation, and professional engineering associations.

ArchivalResource: 17 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47439120 View

Farquhar, Henry Hallowell. Henry Hallowell Farquhar papers, 1911-1926.

Title: Henry Hallowell Farquhar papers, 1911-1926.

Collection consists of correspondence, research, writing, and teaching materials of Henry H. Farquhar, professor of Factory Management. Correspondence reflects Farquhar's interest of Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory, opinion on how industrial management should be taught, and resignation from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Writings include typescripts and reprints of articles written by Farquhar concerning factory efficiency and reviews of his book, Factory Storekeeping: The Control and Storage of Materials (1922). The collection also includes a report written by Farquhar for the Boston Chamber of Commerce about the creation of a master plan for industrial development in Boston.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)

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Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Sanford E. Thompson. Series 1. Professional papers, 1888-1949, bulk 1915-1940.

Title: Sanford E. Thompson. Series 1. Professional papers, 1888-1949, bulk 1915-1940.

Consist of notes, reports, routine business forms, and correspondence pertaining to Thompson's work in construction, work measurement studies, and publications (1892-1948). Include charts, notes, reports, time cards, job instructions, and computation sheets pertaining to consulting work in job design, operations management, and work measurement studies for the following companies: Moosehead Paper Co. (1889-1890); Manufacturing Investment Co. Paper Mills at Appleton, Wisc. and Madison, Me. (1892); Mt. Tom Sulphite Pulp Co., Mt. Tom Mass. (1893); Umbagog Papers Mills (collaborative study with Frederick Taylor on work measurement, 1892); Tabor Foundry (operating under Taylor production system, 1914-1915); Forstmann Woolen Company (1939-1940); Schwarzenback Huber Weaving Company (1928-1938); and Ludlow Textile Manufacturing Company (1915). Also, notes and drafts for books on marketing and scientific management (1940); reports on spinning mills (1936), defense production (1941), and unemployment and emergency measures for the construction trades (1921); correspondence pertaining to Thompson's work with the U.S. secretary of war on operations management and planning (1917) and letters to E.C. Harwood and John Maynard Keynes on economics, unemployment and the Depression (1934-1935). Additionally, professional certificates; MIT notebook (1888-1889); notebook on experiments (1896); a contract between Thompson and Taylor for collaboration on work measurement and construction studies (1895); press releases; and notes, brochures, and clippings on economics, engineering, marketing, and military spending.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

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Petersen, Peter B. Papers, 1984-1987.

Title: Papers, 1984-1987.

Research papers on the history of management. Some are typescripts and others offprints from journals. Item : "A further insight into the life of Henry L. Gantt : The papers of Duncan C. Lyle," Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association, New Orleans, Louisiana ... Nov. 14-16, 1984. Item : "Henry Gantt's work at Bancroft : The option of scientific management," Academy of Management Proceedings, August 12, 1985. Item : "Management concepts of Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919) are relevant today," Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association, Orlando, Florida ... Nov. 13-16, 1985. Item : "Safety management at Joseph Bancroft and Sons (1902-1920)"; from Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association, Orlando, Florida ... Nov. 13-16, 1985. Item : "Effective safety management at Du Pont : A historical perspective (1802-1914); Proceedings of the twenty-third annual meeting, Eastern Academy of Management, 1986. Item : "Henry Gantt and the new machine (1916-1919)," Academy of Management Proceedings, 1986. Item : "Correspondence from Henry L. Gantt to an old friend reveals new information about Gantt," Journal of Management, v. 12, no. 3, 1986. Item : "Elizabeth F. Briscoe : Pioneer in personnel management," Proceedings, Southern Management Association, 1986. Item : "Starting from scratch : The Henry L. Gantt collection & its role in business development in the northeast," Northeast Business and Economics Association Conference, Lowell, Massachusetts, November 6 & 7, 1986. Item : "William Howe McIlwaine (1867-1908) : Pioneer in manufacturing and labor relations," from Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management, 1987. Item : "Light before the dawn : Scientific management in Japan during the 1920s," Academy of Management, Management History Division, August 1987. Item : "Contributions by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth to the field of safety management," Academy of Management, Management History Division, August 1987. Item : "The contribution of W. Edwards Deming to Japanese management theory and practice," 47th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 9-12, 1987. Item : "Training and development : The views of Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919)," SAM advanced management journal, winter 1987. Item : "Lewis A. DeBlois and the inception of modern safety management at Du Pont, 1907-1926," submitted to Academy of Management, Management History Division, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83609718 View

Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Series 5, Subseries 2. Taylor-Thompson experiment documents, 1909-1915.

Title: Series 5, Subseries 2. Taylor-Thompson experiment documents, 1909-1915.

Include documents concerning Frederick Taylor's and Sanford Thompson's collaborative work in concrete, soils and grass experiments.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

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Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937.

Title: Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937.

Letters to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page from various correspondents concerning his diplomatic service.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (11.88 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00275/catalog View

Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Sanford E. Thompson series 5, subseries 3. miscellaneous Taylor files, 1892-1963, bulk 1892-1915.

Title: Sanford E. Thompson series 5, subseries 3. miscellaneous Taylor files, 1892-1963, bulk 1892-1915.

Consist primarily of articles, work forms, and correspondence of Frederick W. Taylor, regarding the practical applications of scientific management principles. Documents include notes, reports and data on pig iron experiments (1901), work measurement studies, and a job design study conducted by Taylor for the Philadelphia Civil Service Commission (1912-1914); articles by Taylor on scientific management and profit sharing (1909-1912); and photographs and diagrams of machinery and testing instruments; Taylor patents (1897-1902); INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT (photocopy of book by Taylor and Morris Cole) (1909). Also, correspondence of Taylor with Frank Gilbreth on concrete experiments (1908); National Consumers League on productivity and work measurement (1910-1912); and a letter to Richard A. Feiss on Taylor's visit to the Joseph & Feiss Company (1915). Also, correspondence of Gilbreth and H.K. Hathaway on their meetings with Thompson and Taylor. Additional materials pertaining to Taylor's work include notes and letters of the Stevens Institute of Technology regarding Taylor's professional papers (1963); and a document (upon Taylor's death) establishing Carl Barth, Morris Cooke, James M. Dodge and H.K. Hathaway as collaborators in Taylor's work in scientific management (1915).

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

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Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Sanford E. Thompson series 3. Publications, 1925-1946, bulk 1925-1940.

Title: Sanford E. Thompson series 3. Publications, 1925-1946, bulk 1925-1940.

Consist of notes and manuscripts for books, articles, speeches, and reports written by Thompson. Include notes, rough drafts, and correspondence regarding the production and publication of REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES (John Wiley, 1939), written in collaboration with Edward Smulski. Also, articles and supporting documents pertaining to various issues in economics, marketing, management, and work measurement. The subjects include scientific management, productivity, wages, unemployment, profit, cost accounting, production, purchasing, management and marketing in the apparel, construction, textile, and rubber industries, engineered marketing, technological change, defense production (1941), and post-war cost reduction (1944). Additionally, a speech on the Salvation Army (1939), a speech, with program, from a "Symposium on Frederick W. Taylor" (Boston, 1933); and charts, notes, and drafts on chapters for an unpublished book on marketing (ca. 1946).

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63540875 View

Johnston, Archibald, 1865-1948. Papers. 1894-1923.

Title: Papers. 1894-1923.

The bulk of this collection is concerned with Johnston's work at Bethlehem Steel; a smaller portion consists of strictly personal papers.

ArchivalResource: Mss: 10 linear ft.Photographs and drawings: 309 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122567774 View

Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949. Thompson, Sanford E. Series 2. Correspondence, 1892-1949.

Title: Thompson, Sanford E. Series 2. Correspondence, 1892-1949.

Consists primarily of routine correspondence pertaining to Thompson's work in construction, industrial engineering, and work measurement studies. Additionally, three letter press books of outgoing letters to various manufacturers and suppliers, and some letters to Gilbreth and Taylor on construction, concrete, and work measurement studies (1903-1905).

ArchivalResource: 1.9 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63540877 View

Feiss, Richard A., 1878-1954. Richard A. Feiss papers, 1910-1953, bulk 1918-1927.

Title: Richard A. Feiss papers, 1910-1953, bulk 1918-1927.

Consist primarily of notes and articles on work standardization and personnel policies, and routine business materials used in industrial organizations practicing scientific management principles. The collection reflects Feiss' work and theories on worker welfare and personal relationships, as influenced by Frederick W. Taylor's scientific management principles.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63540865 View

Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924. Frank and Lillian Gilbreth library of management, 1845-1941 (bulk 1906-1924).

Title: Frank and Lillian Gilbreth library of management, 1845-1941 (bulk 1906-1924).

The Gilbreth Library of Management consists of the working papers of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth which covers their research in the fields of time management and motion study. These files are typically referred to as the "N-file." Materials in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research materials collected by the Gilbreths.

ArchivalResource: 92.5 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74330357 View