Bureau of Business Research records Bureau of Business Research Records 1919-1939

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Bureau of Business Research records Bureau of Business Research Records 1919-1939

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The Bureau of Business Research records contain reports and correspondence related to the mission of developing a close relationship between the Department of Economics at Brown University and the Rhode Island business and manufacturing community. The reports chiefly concern labor turnover and the jewelry industry in Rhode Island. Correspondents include well known Rhode Island firms such as the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, the Davol Rubber Company, and the Gorham Manufacturing Company. The records are dated from 1919 to 1939.

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company (Providence, R.I.)

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Brown University. Department of Economics

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Gorham Manufacturing Company

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After President Harding died in 1923, a campaign was launched among newsboys to donate pennies to be melted down to make a statue in honor of Laddie Boy (now housed at the Smithsonian Institute). Metal left over was made into small figurines such as this one. From the description of Figurine [realia]. 1921 (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694405025 ...

Brown University. Bureau of Business Research.

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The Brown Bureau of Business Research was formed in 1921 by the Providence Chamber of Commerce and the Brown Department of Economics for the purpose of effecting a close business contact between Rhode Island business and the Department. This came about largely through the initiative of Professor Ralph E. Badger of the Economics Department, who interested several prominent business men in the project. Its articles of agreement defined its primary purpose as the maintenance and operat...

Davol Rubber Co.

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