Frederick Winslow Taylor collection, 1856-1916.

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

Frederick Winslow Taylor collection, 1856-1916.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123905137

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.

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Stevens Institute of Technology, Samuel C. Williams Library