ILR School Smithers Institute Audio-Visual Materials

Collection Number: /4321 AV

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
ILR School Smithers Institute Audio-Visual Materials, 2006
Collection Number:
/4321 AV
Creator:
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations;
R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol- Related Workplace Studies
Quantity:
0.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Audiovisual materials.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The Power of Endowment: The Smithers Institute in New York City
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Mr. R. Brinkley Smithers, a recovering alcoholic, marshaled his personal and family fortune into the nation's largest foundation in support of alcoholism research, education, prevention, and treatment the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation.
In the fifties, Brink Smithers forged a close working relationship with Professor Harrison Trice at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Together, they conducted a number of pioneering studies on alcoholism.
In 1990, the ILR School established the R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies with a generous endowment from the Smithers family. The Smithers Institute continues the long collaboration between the ILR School and the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation
SUBJECTS

Names:
R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies -- Endowments
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Subjects:
Work environment

Form and Genre Terms:
Audiovisual materials.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
ILR School Smithers Institute Audio-Visual Materials #/4321 AV. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
/4164: Harrison M. Trice Additional Papers
/4191 AV: ILR School Audio-Visual Department Video Cassette Collection
/4254: Harrison Trice Additional Books
/4312: William Sonnenstuhl Papers
/4323: Tom Delaney Papers
CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
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