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

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

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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).

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Thompson, Sanford E. (Sanford Eleazer), 1867-1949

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The Thompson & Lichtner Company, of which Sanford Thompson was president, was a consulting firm in construction and engineering. From the description of Series 4. Thompson & Lichtner Company files, 1902-1947. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63540870 Sanford E. Thompson, construction engineer, scientific management practitioner, and consultant, is best known for his application of Frederick W. Taylor's principles of scientific management to various c...

Barth, Carl

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Mechanical engineer. Born in Norway. Came to United States in 1881. Became associated in 1899 with Frederick W. Taylor, the father of scientific management. Developed slide rules and other instruments used in the application of Taylor's principles. Conducted his own consulting business with his son, J. Christian Barth. See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement Two. From the description of Papers of Carl G. Barth and his son J. Christian Barth, 1878-1944 (inclusive), ...

Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924

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National Consumers' League

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Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915

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Feiss, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1878-1954

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Businessman, scientific management theorist and industrial consultant. From the description of Richard A. Feiss papers, 1910-1953, bulk 1918-1927. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63540865 From the description of Series 1. Professional papers, 1918-1942, bulk 1918-1927. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63540864 From the description of Richard A. Feiss series 2. Publications, 1915-1943, bulk 1915-1928. (Cornell University Library). W...

Hathaway, H. K. (Horace King), 1878-1944

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H. King Hathaway was a consulting engineer in New York and San Francisco, associated with the Schlage Lock Company in San Francisco, and the Tabor Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of H.K. Hathaway papers, 1907-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 497927920 ...