Emerson, Harrington Files, 1846-1968
Collection Number: 5166

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Harrington Emerson Files, 1846-1968
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5166
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, writings, studies, reports, and publications of Harrington Emerson.
Creator:
Emerson, Harrington
Quanitities:
6.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

1853: Born Trenton, N. J. Son of Edwin & Mary Louies Emerson. Educated in
England, France, Germany, Italy, and Greece.
1870's: Married Florence Brooke, one son, Raffe
1876: Headed Modern Language Dept., Univ. of Nebraska
1882: Left university to engage in banking and real estate with his brother, S.D.I. Emerson
1885-91: Did special economic and engineering research work for the Burlington Railroad
1895: Married Mary Crawford Supple, 3 daughters, Louise, Isabel and Margaret
1895-99 Served as U.S. representative of a British syndicate Investing in America - investigated finances and operations of many industrial plants and mines, in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada
1899-01: Managed a glass manufacturing company
1901-07: Active as professional consulting management engineer
1904-07: Carried out the reorganization of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RR; introduced a bonus plan, standard costs, accounting by tabulating machines, and planned maintenance for equipment and rolling stock
1907-11: Called one of the principal witnesses in the "Eastern rates case'
1911: Named to Civilian Expert Board on Industrial Management of U.S. Navy Yards to investigate the functions and conditions of the yards
1921: Appointed member of the Hoover Committee for the Elimination of Haste in Industry; assigned to cover the coal and railroad
Industries
1929: Attended the International Management Congress in Paris
1931: Died on Sept. 2, aged 78, in New York City

Correspondence, speeches, writings, studies, reports, and publications of Harrington Emerson. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Speeches, writings, studies and reports are all arranged alphabetically by title. Publications are arranged alphabetically by author.
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SUBJECTS

Names:
Emerson, Harrington, 1953-1931.
Subjects:
Management science

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 38
Correspondence
1923
Scope and Contents
To Emerson Associates concerning finances; 49 p. to Alexander Wylie, Director, Interstate Commerce Commission re the Fundamentals of Railway Operating Cost Records; 39 p. addressed "To My Younger Associates & Clients" from H.E. discussing "Standards"; financial & business operations; New Year's message to associates mentions business outlook is excellent and many satisfied clients and routine.
Box 1 Folder 49
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains letters from organizations describing benefits experienced from association with Emerson engineers.
Box 1 Folder 27
Correspondence
1919
Scope and Contents
RE: a lecture by H. E. at Mass. Inst. of Tech.; expense accounts; to C. E. Knoeppel re proposing a periodical devoted to industrial competence; to Judge H. Gary re reduction of hrs. of work in steel industry and misc.
Box 1 Folder 28
Correspondence
1919
Scope and Contents
RE: a lecture by H. E. at Mass. Inst. of Tech.; expense accounts; to C. E. Knoeppel re proposing a periodical devoted to industrial competence; to Judge H. Gary re reduction of hrs. of work in steel industry and misc.
Box 1 Folder 30
Correspondence
1921
Scope and Contents
From American Engineering Council RE: work of the Comm. on Elimination of Waste In Industry; substantial correspondence re transportation; Hoover Comm. on Industrial wastes; conditions in Mexico; conditions of the railroads; wastes in bituminous coal mining; correspondence RE: a report on bituminous coal mining; 19 p. The Railroad Situation; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 31
Correspondence
1921
Scope and Contents
From American Engineering Council RE: work of the Comm. on Elimination of Waste In Industry; substantial correspondence re transportation; Hoover Comm. on Industrial wastes; conditions in Mexico; conditions of the railroads; wastes in bituminous coal mining; correspondence RE: a report on bituminous coal mining; 19 p. The Railroad Situation; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 32
Correspondence
1921
Scope and Contents
From American Engineering Council RE: work of the Comm. on Elimination of Waste In Industry; substantial correspondence re transportation; Hoover Comm. on Industrial wastes; conditions in Mexico; conditions of the railroads; wastes in bituminous coal mining; correspondence RE: a report on bituminous coal mining; 19 p. The Railroad Situation; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 33
Correspondence
1921
Scope and Contents
From American Engineering Council RE: work of the Comm. on Elimination of Waste In Industry; substantial correspondence re transportation; Hoover Comm. on Industrial wastes; conditions in Mexico; conditions of the railroads; wastes in bituminous coal mining; correspondence RE: a report on bituminous coal mining; 19 p. The Railroad Situation; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 34
Correspondence
1922
Scope and Contents
Continued correspondence between L. W. Wallace and Emerson re Comm. on the Elimination of Waste In Industry matters; copy of editorial "A Misfortune That is Disgraceful" and letter to editor of NY Times from Emerson re the editorial concerning deaths from yellow fever in Mexico; letter to R.G. Bruce, Vice-President of E.L. Bruce Co. explaining Emerson Company plans and changes; correspondence with unions & individuals re speech by Emerson on railroads before the NY Railroad Club; considerable correspondence concerning Emerson's work with the railroad companies; with Interstate Commerce Commission re revision of the ICC's Accounting System; with Lawrence Wallace, Federated American Engineering Societies, asking for Emerson to visualize what the engineering profession should do for modern civilization; with G. A. Green, Fifth Avenue Coach Co. re reduction of gasoline use on omnibuses; 4 p. confidential memo re mexican railroad; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 35
Correspondence
1922
Scope and Contents
Continued correspondence between L. W. Wallace and Emerson re Comm. on the Elimination of Waste In Industry matters; copy of editorial "A Misfortune That is Disgraceful" and letter to editor of NY Times from Emerson re the editorial concerning deaths from yellow fever in Mexico; letter to R.G. Bruce, Vice-President of E.L. Bruce Co. explaining Emerson Company plans and changes; correspondence with unions & individuals re speech by Emerson on railroads before the NY Railroad Club; considerable correspondence concerning Emerson's work with the railroad companies; with Interstate Commerce Commission re revision of the ICC's Accounting System; with Lawrence Wallace, Federated American Engineering Societies, asking for Emerson to visualize what the engineering profession should do for modern civilization; with G. A. Green, Fifth Avenue Coach Co. re reduction of gasoline use on omnibuses; 4 p. confidential memo re mexican railroad; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 25
Correspondence
1918
Scope and Contents
Letter (1/4/18) New Year's Greeting to members of Emerson Co. suggesting everyone take an inventory of himself"; 9 p. to Paul B. Sweet, thoughts about the Emerson Co.; letter to members of the Old and of the new New York Agency (12 p. ) explaining differences in operation of the Agency; correspondence with H. W. Jacobs re assisting his company with explanation on what steps will be taken; with Encyclopedia Americana concerning an article; to employees re code of ethics; correspondence re railways of Japan; to members of the New York Agency concerning the merger into the Emerson Company; memos to employees re individual merit, salaries, etc.
Box 1 Folder 37
Correspondence
1922
Scope and Contents
Continued correspondence between L. W. Wallace and Emerson re Comm. on the Elimination of Waste In Industry matters; copy of editorial "A Misfortune That is Disgraceful" and letter to editor of NY Times from Emerson re the editorial concerning deaths from yellow fever in Mexico; letter to R.G. Bruce, Vice-President of E.L. Bruce Co. explaining Emerson Company plans and changes; correspondence with unions & individuals re speech by Emerson on railroads before the NY Railroad Club; considerable correspondence concerning Emerson's work with the railroad companies; with Interstate Commerce Commission re revision of the ICC's Accounting System; with Lawrence Wallace, Federated American Engineering Societies, asking for Emerson to visualize what the engineering profession should do for modern civilization; with G. A. Green, Fifth Avenue Coach Co. re reduction of gasoline use on omnibuses; 4 p. confidential memo re mexican railroad; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 24
Correspondence
1918
Scope and Contents
Letter (1/4/18) New Year's Greeting to members of Emerson Co. suggesting everyone take an inventory of himself"; 9 p. to Paul B. Sweet, thoughts about the Emerson Co.; letter to members of the Old and of the new New York Agency (12 p. ) explaining differences in operation of the Agency; correspondence with H. W. Jacobs re assisting his company with explanation on what steps will be taken; with Encyclopedia Americana concerning an article; to employees re code of ethics; correspondence re railways of Japan; to members of the New York Agency concerning the merger into the Emerson Company; memos to employees re individual merit, salaries, etc.
Box 1 Folder 39
Correspondence
1924
Scope and Contents
Includes 20 p. paper entitled "Contract Workers" and their importance to Emerson Engineers; substantial correspondence to staff of EE concerning the organization and administration, bonus payments, staffing, contracts, meetings, financial situation and other related.
Box 1 Folder 40
Correspondence
1924
Scope and Contents
Includes 20 p. paper entitled "Contract Workers" and their importance to Emerson Engineers; substantial correspondence to staff of EE concerning the organization and administration, bonus payments, staffing, contracts, meetings, financial situation and other related.
Box 1 Folder 41
Correspondence
1924
Scope and Contents
Includes 20 p. paper entitled "Contract Workers" and their importance to Emerson Engineers; substantial correspondence to staff of EE concerning the organization and administration, bonus payments, staffing, contracts, meetings, financial situation and other related.
Box 1 Folder 42
Correspondence
1924
Scope and Contents
Includes 20 p. paper entitled "Contract Workers" and their importance to Emerson Engineers; substantial correspondence to staff of EE concerning the organization and administration, bonus payments, staffing, contracts, meetings, financial situation and other related.
Box 1 Folder 43
Correspondence
1925
Scope and Contents
RE: liquidation proceedings of E. E., financial matters; report to staff (Feb.), 17 p. and misc. charts.
Box 1 Folder 44
Correspondence
1925
Scope and Contents
RE: liquidation proceedings of E. E., financial matters; report to staff (Feb.), 17 p. and misc. charts.
Box 1 Folder 45
Routine
1927
Box 1 Folder 46
Correspondence
1930
Scope and Contents
Contains letters from organizations describing benefits experienced from association with Emerson engineers.
Box 1 Folder 47
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains letters from organizations describing benefits experienced from association with Emerson engineers.
Box 1 Folder 1
Biographical Information
Scope and Contents
Includes biographies; publication lists; notes about his career by Alonzo Falek & misc.
Box 1 Folder 36
Correspondence
1922
Scope and Contents
Continued correspondence between L. W. Wallace and Emerson re Comm. on the Elimination of Waste In Industry matters; copy of editorial "A Misfortune That is Disgraceful" and letter to editor of NY Times from Emerson re the editorial concerning deaths from yellow fever in Mexico; letter to R.G. Bruce, Vice-President of E.L. Bruce Co. explaining Emerson Company plans and changes; correspondence with unions & individuals re speech by Emerson on railroads before the NY Railroad Club; considerable correspondence concerning Emerson's work with the railroad companies; with Interstate Commerce Commission re revision of the ICC's Accounting System; with Lawrence Wallace, Federated American Engineering Societies, asking for Emerson to visualize what the engineering profession should do for modern civilization; with G. A. Green, Fifth Avenue Coach Co. re reduction of gasoline use on omnibuses; 4 p. confidential memo re mexican railroad; and other related.
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence
1911
Scope and Contents
Between Emerson Co. and Sidney Blumenthal Co. (NYC) concerning the investigation by Emerson Co. & recommendations for establishing efficiency methods; Christmas Greeting, 12/20/11 (9 p.) from H. Emerson (on Emerson Co. inter-office letterhead) discusses the efforts of the staff over the previous 3 years noting company pride, company "just on the threshold of the efficiency movement," the movement includes women's work as well as men's, & contributions regarding efficiency that the company has made as well as other subjects; 4 p. letter from Emerson entitled "Some Observations of Bermuda", 12/26/11.
Box 1 Folder 2
Biographical Information
Scope and Contents
Includes biographies; publication lists; notes about his career by Alonzo Falek & misc.
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1853
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1854
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1855
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1856
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1857
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1858
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence
1846-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from Harrington's mother (Mary Louisa) to her brother (Will) spanning a 20 year period. Of note are the letters beginning with September 8, 1859
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence
1904
Scope and Contents
Business memo to Harrington Emerson from N.M. Rice (Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System) RE: recommendations of Emerson's & the effect on savings for the company.
Box 1 Folder 26
Correspondence
1919
Scope and Contents
RE: a lecture by H. E. at Mass. Inst. of Tech.; expense accounts; to C. E. Knoeppel re proposing a periodical devoted to industrial competence; to Judge H. Gary re reduction of hrs. of work in steel industry and misc.
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence
1908
Scope and Contents
Letter of recommendation for H. Emerson from W. F. Buck (Motive Power Dept. of Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe) - ( "To whom it may concern") endorsing the methods of Emerson's as "being of great value in systematizing work, reducing expenses, increasing output and..."
Box 1 Folder 50
Correspondence
1931-1934
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence to companies describing the services they provide.
Box 1 Folder 14
Correspondence
1911
Scope and Contents
Between Emerson Co. and Sidney Blumenthal Co. (NYC) concerning the investigation by Emerson Co. & recommendations for establishing efficiency methods; Christmas Greeting, 12/20/11 (9 p.) from H. Emerson (on Emerson Co. inter-office letterhead) discusses the efforts of the staff over the previous 3 years noting company pride, company "just on the threshold of the efficiency movement," the movement includes women's work as well as men's, & contributions regarding efficiency that the company has made as well as other subjects; 4 p. letter from Emerson entitled "Some Observations of Bermuda", 12/26/11.
Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondence
1912
Scope and Contents
Letter to Emerson Company from Mayor Geo. F. Cotterill, City of Seattle, regarding the excellent character of the Emerson Company.
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence
1914
Scope and Contents
Corres. with A. R. Demory of Detroit Timken Axel Co. explaining the methods & services of Emerson Co. and savings accomplished; with King Sewing Machine (cont) Co. discussing very satisfactory results from their experience with staff of the Emerson Co.; Evens & Howard Firebrick Co. re their benefits of Emerson services; to Wilfred Sellers from H. Emerson (8 p.) entitled - "A Great Modern Company" where Emerson describes the foundations of building the ideal company; & others.
Box 1 Folder 17
Correspondence
1915
Scope and Contents
Letter to Wm. E. Walter, Boston Symphony Orchestra re Emerson's 13 principles of efficiency, suggest running factories as if they were orchestras; letter to editors of Market World re Henry Dodge Estabrook's address; letter to editor of Outlook re Emerson's essay "Duration of the War", correspondence with Emerson giving advice and his philosophy and recommendations on building companies and operating businesses and other subjects.
Box 1 Folder 18
Correspondence
1915
Scope and Contents
Letter to Wm. E. Walter, Boston Symphony Orchestra re Emerson's 13 principles of efficiency, suggest running factories as if they were orchestras; letter to editors of Market World re Henry Dodge Estabrook's address; letter to editor of Outlook re Emerson's essay "Duration of the War", correspondence with Emerson giving advice and his philosophy and recommendations on building companies and operating businesses and other subjects.
Box 1 Folder 19
Correspondence
1916
Scope and Contents
Includes a 4 p. essay "A Circular for Indianapolis"; letter to A. W. Thompson explaining difference between the Taylor and Emerson Systems (5/2/16); and also re report on traffic records (11/6/16); to D. Willard (13 p.) re differences between the German and American methods (6/10/16); substantial correspondence with Prof John B. Waton, Johns Hopkins, and Prof. A. T. Poffenberger, Columbia, regarding methods of selecting satisfactory employees, particularly by analyzing photographs; to Arison regarding constructive criticism of his agency; to J. M. Davis (Vice-President), re report on connection and relations of the Emerson Company with the Baltimore & Ohio; to Charles R. Hook, American Rolling Mill Co., concerning wages, salaries, promotions, rewards; to D. Willard (11/16/16) re what is going on as to care of workers in some industrial plants, using Jon Patterson of the National Cash Register Company as an example as well as others.
Box 1 Folder 20
Correspondence
1916
Scope and Contents
Includes a 4 p. essay "A Circular for Indianapolis"; letter to A. W. Thompson explaining difference between the Taylor and Emerson Systems (5/2/16); and also re report on traffic records (11/6/16); to D. Willard (13 p.) re differences between the German and American methods (6/10/16); substantial correspondence with Prof John B. Waton, Johns Hopkins, and Prof. A. T. Poffenberger, Columbia, regarding methods of selecting satisfactory employees, particularly by analyzing photographs; to Arison regarding constructive criticism of his agency; to J. M. Davis (Vice-President), re report on connection and relations of the Emerson Company with the Baltimore & Ohio; to Charles R. Hook, American Rolling Mill Co., concerning wages, salaries, promotions, rewards; to D. Willard (11/16/16) re what is going on as to care of workers in some industrial plants, using Jon Patterson of the National Cash Register Company as an example as well as others.
Box 1 Folder 21
Correspondence
1916
Scope and Contents
Includes a 4 p. essay "A Circular for Indianapolis"; letter to A. W. Thompson explaining difference between the Taylor and Emerson Systems (5/2/16); and also re report on traffic records (11/6/16); to D. Willard (13 p.) re differences between the German and American methods (6/10/16); substantial correspondence with Prof John B. Waton, Johns Hopkins, and Prof. A. T. Poffenberger, Columbia, regarding methods of selecting satisfactory employees, particularly by analyzing photographs; to Arison regarding constructive criticism of his agency; to J. M. Davis (Vice-President), re report on connection and relations of the Emerson Company with the Baltimore & Ohio; to Charles R. Hook, American Rolling Mill Co., concerning wages, salaries, promotions, rewards; to D. Willard (11/16/16) re what is going on as to care of workers in some industrial plants, using Jon Patterson of the National Cash Register Company as an example as well as others.
Box 1 Folder 22
Correspondence
1917
Scope and Contents
Letter (8 p.) to members of Emerson Company explaining company policy regarding expenses and financial matters; letter to employees (men) regarding the war and advising them to apply for Officers Reserve Corps; letter re uniformity of contracts; to Dr. Yashima, Director of the Machinery and Rolling Stock Department; Imperial Government Railways (Japan) re wastes and financial losses on the U.S. railroads and offering his services and experience to Japan.
Box 1 Folder 23
Correspondence
1918
Scope and Contents
Letter (1/4/18) New Year's Greeting to members of Emerson Co. suggesting everyone take an inventory of himself"; 9 p. to Paul B. Sweet, thoughts about the Emerson Co.; letter to members of the Old and of the new New York Agency (12 p. ) explaining differences in operation of the Agency; correspondence with H. W. Jacobs re assisting his company with explanation on what steps will be taken; with Encyclopedia Americana concerning an article; to employees re code of ethics; correspondence re railways of Japan; to members of the New York Agency concerning the merger into the Emerson Company; memos to employees re individual merit, salaries, etc.
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence
1907
Scope and Contents
To R. V. Wright (American Engineer & Railway Journal) RE: time efficiency.
Box 1 Folder 70
Play Efficiency Life's Greatest Game
1920
Scope and Contents
Address at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 9th
Box 1 Folder 48
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains letters from organizations describing benefits experienced from association with Emerson engineers.
Box 1 Folder 66
Efficient Lives
1916
Scope and Contents
Address delivered before the Business Men's League of St. Louis, January 5th
Box 1 Folder 66
Speech at Engineers Club of Philidelphia
1920
Scope and Contents
Oct. 14th
Box 1 Folder 66
Essentials for Future Progress
1917
Scope and Contents
In Business Science Bulletin, May
Box 1 Folder 67
Fundamentals of Civilization Required Also in an Industrial Activity
1923
Scope and Contents
Address to the Administration of the American Rolling Mill Company, June 24th
Box 1 Folder 68
How Can Railroads of the World Meet Their Expenses, Introduction
1923
Scope and Contents
Introduction to Talk On, February 7th
Box 1 Folder 68
Human Engineering
1920
Scope and Contents
Address before the Harvard Liberal Club of Boston, May 7th
Box 1 Folder 69
To Those Who Perished in the Disaster of the Titanic
1912
Scope and Contents
Memoriam, April 14th-15th, and Address to the Club of Printing House Craftsmen of New York, April 18th
Box 1 Folder 69
Modern Patriotism
1914
Scope and Contents
Address delivered before the Civic League of Cleveland, February 28th
Box 1 Folder 66
Educational Demands of Modern Progress
1912
Scope and Contents
Address before the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, at Boston, June 28
Box 1 Folder 70
Personality in Organizations
1914
Scope and Contents
Address before Efficiency Society, November 24th
Box 1 Folder 65
Cotton Manufacturers' Association of North Carolina, Address to President, Officers and Guests of
Box 1 Folder 70
President's Welcome Address, Director's Meeting
1918
Scope and Contents
March 9th
Box 1 Folder 71
Remarks
1923
Scope and Contents
December 5th
Box 1 Folder 71
Rescue of the Fit: An Efficiency Duty
1912
Scope and Contents
Address delivered at the 4th National Conservation Congress, October 1st-4th
Box 1 Folder 71
Robert Colliers Church
Box 1 Folder 72
Securing Efficiency in Railroad Work
1910
Scope and Contents
Harvard Lecture, November 16th
Box 1 Folder 72
Address to the Society of Industrial Engineers
Scope and Contents
April 27th
Box 1 Folder 72
Some Experiences of an Efficiency Engineer
1923
Scope and Contents
October 24th
Box 1 Folder 72
Synopsis of Address before the Typothetae
1909
Scope and Contents
October 14th
Box 1 Folder 73
Talk for Radio
1923
Scope and Contents
March 7th
Box 1 Folder 74
Address for the National Association of Employment Managers
1919
Scope and Contents
"What Economic Principles Must We All Grasp in Order to Correct the Crooked Thinking That Reaches from President to Pauper?", October 11th
Box 1 Folder 70
Address to the New York Railroad Club
1922
Scope and Contents
April 21th
Box 1 Folder 62
Correspondence
1951-1963
Scope and Contents
Letters from companies giving favorable opinions of the work, also Management Department, University of Arkansas requesting photo & biographical data of H.E.
Box 1 Folder 51
Correspondence
1935
Scope and Contents
With Hart Glass Mftg. Co. outlining the work EE will be doing; other correspondence to General Mills, U. S. Rubber and others asking for an opportunity to explain their methods.
Box 1 Folder 52
Correspondence
1936
Scope and Contents
Letters to companies explaining their services.
Box 1 Folder 53
Correspondence
1937
Scope and Contents
Letters to companies explaining their services.
Box 1 Folder 54
Correspondence
1938
Scope and Contents
Letter to companies from EE; brochure regarding budget control and Emerson Bonus Plan.
Box 1 Folder 55
Correspondence
1939
Scope and Contents
Describing services of Emerson Engineers; list of company references.
Box 1 Folder 56
Correspondence
1940
Scope and Contents
Letters to to Grumman Aircraft, Crucible Steel, Pennzoil, Ashland Oil and others explaining services
Box 1 Folder 57
Correspondence
1941
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of recommendations for EE from various companies.
Box 1 Folder 58
Correspondence
1942-1943
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of recommendations for EE from various companies.
Box 1 Folder 59
Correspondence
1944
Scope and Contents
Includes additional correspondence from satisfied clients (Gulf Oil, Johnson & Johnson & others), other correspondence explaining their services, known as "Emerson Balanced Management Methods"
Box 1 Folder 66
Efficiency Message to Bankers
1912
Scope and Contents
Synopsis of address to Illinois Bankers' Association at Peoria, September 25th
Box 1 Folder 61
Correspondence
1946-1950
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from companies giving favorable opinions of the work.
Box 1 Folder 75
Unidentified Speech
Box 1 Folder 63
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Administrative expenses & misc.
Box 1 Folder 64
Address before American Paper and Pulp Association
1921
Scope and Contents
May 12th
Box 1 Folder 64
Address before New York Railroad Club
1922
Scope and Contents
April 21st
Box 1 Folder 64
Address delivered to the Foremen of the American Rolling Hill Company
1922
Scope and Contents
December
Box 1 Folder 64
Address, New York Railroad Club
1922
Scope and Contents
April 22nd
Box 1 Folder 64
Address of Mr. H. Emerson, delivered before the University of Chicago
Box 1 Folder 64
American Wood Preservers' Association
1922
Scope and Contents
Discussion of Mr. V.K. Hendricks' Paper "The Economics of Cross Tie Renewals," January 24th-25th
Box 1 Folder 65
Canton Address
1923
Scope and Contents
August 2nd
Box 1 Folder 65
Cause of Modern Inefficiency and Its Costs
1912
Scope and Contents
September 25th
Box 1 Folder 65
Address to the Cook County Real Estate
1918
Scope and Contents
April 9th
Box 1 Folder 60
Correspondence
1945
Scope and Contents
Sample form letters and correspondence re the Emerson Wage Incentive Plan.
Box 2 Folder 8
Documents - E
1908-1945
Scope and Contents
Educational Demands of Modern Progress 12 p., Efficiency and Economy in Motor Truck Operation 23 p., Efficiency Fundamentals in Organization and Wage Payment 6 p, Efficiency Maxims 3 p., Efficiency Message to Bankers 8 p., Efficiency Method of Determining Costs to Eliminate All Wastes From Foundry Operations 4 p., Efficient Manufacture of Railway Transportation 7 p., Emerson Wage Incentive Plan 10 p.
Box 2 Folder 1
Documents - A
1915-1920
Scope and Contents
Abolishing the Twelve Hour Day In the Steel Industry 22 p., Alaskan Railway Problem 3 p., American Locomotive Fuel Record for 1920 12 p., Analysis of Dependent Sequence As A Guide to Fuel Economies 11 p., Analyzing Men For Jobs 2 p.
Box 2 Folder 15
Documents - L
1908-1922
Scope and Contents
Leather Belting Compared to Rope Drives 16 p., Let's Be Friendly Let's Help One Another 28 p., Locomotive Fuel As A Comparative Performance Unit for Different Railroads 7 p., Low Cost and High Profits vs. High Cost and Low Profits 16 p.
Box 2 Folder 14
Documents - J-K
1919
Scope and Contents
Justice, Common Sense and the Pay Roll 14 p., Knives (article regarding knives) 10 p.
Box 2 Folder 13
Documents - I
1908-1920
Scope and Contents
Increase of Railroad Net Income Through the Elimination of Waste 7 p., Increasing the Earning Power of Industry 5 p., Ideals As to a Modern Industrial Plant, Industrial Costs in Europe and America 23 p., Industrial League Meeting 3 p.
Box 2 Folder 12
Documents - H
1917-1920
Scope and Contents
Handwriting On The Wall 10 p., Highlights - The Emerson Wage Incentive Plan 3 p., How Can the U.S. Railroads Meet All Their Expenses 15 p., How I Judge Men 6 p., How the German Submarines Produced a Coal Famine in New York 8 p., Human Engineering 15 p., Human Parasitism Or Service 8 p.
Box 2 Folder 11
Documents - G
Scope and Contents
A Graphic Story
Box 2 Folder 17
Documents - N
1919-1920
Scope and Contents
Nature's Type of Organization 7 p., Needless Foundry Wastes 4 p., Notes for Mr. A. W. Thompson on Use of Railways in Europe During War 18 p., Notes of Lecture at Chattanooga 13 p.
Box 2 Folder 9
Documents - E
1908-1945
Scope and Contents
Educational Demands of Modern Progress 12 p., Efficiency and Economy in Motor Truck Operation 23 p., Efficiency Fundamentals in Organization and Wage Payment 6 p, Efficiency Maxims 3 p., Efficiency Message to Bankers 8 p., Efficiency Method of Determining Costs to Eliminate All Wastes From Foundry Operations 4 p., Efficient Manufacture of Railway Transportation 7 p., Emerson Wage Incentive Plan 10 p.
Box 2 Folder 18
Documents - O
1903-1913
Scope and Contents
Opening of the Alaskan Territory 16 p., Operating Costs 12 p., Operating Ratio, Standards, Efficiencies On Long Averages 12 p., (An) Opportunity 8 p.
Box 2 Folder 7
Documents - E
1908-1945
Scope and Contents
Educational Demands of Modern Progress 12 p., Efficiency and Economy in Motor Truck Operation 23 p., Efficiency Fundamentals in Organization and Wage Payment 6 p, Efficiency Maxims 3 p., Efficiency Message to Bankers 8 p., Efficiency Method of Determining Costs to Eliminate All Wastes From Foundry Operations 4 p., Efficient Manufacture of Railway Transportation 7 p., Emerson Wage Incentive Plan 10 p.
Box 2 Folder 6
Documents - D
1915-1919
Scope and Contents
Dependent Sequence As A Guide to Fuel Economics 26 p., A Different Gauge Than 4 Ft. 8 1/2 Inches for American Railways? 23 p., Discussion of a Paper on Electrification of Trunk Line Railroads 7 p., Duration of the World War 13 p.
Box 2 Folder 5
Documents - C
1902-1923
Scope and Contents
Cause of Modern Inefficiency and Its Cost 8 p., Causes & Correctives of Industrial Wastes 25 p., Causes, Remedies and Devices 5 p., Chamber of Commerce of the City of Indianapolis 17 p. 8 p., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway: Report and Analysis 15 p. C (cont), Christinas and New Year Greeting from Harrington Emerson to All Who Are Interested in Efficient Organization 3 p., Clear Thinking As to the Railroad Situation (several drafts), Coal Resources of the Pacific 22 p., Commandment of Efficiency: Its Importance for Progress 100 p., Coming Back to A Peace Basis 11 p., Comments on the Commission on Industrial Relations and Its Failure to Agree 22 p., Common Want 2 p., Comparative Study of Wage and Bonus Plans 32 p., Comparative Study of Wage and Bonus Systems 38 p., Compensation of Employees 4 p., Cost Accounting. 3 p., Cost and Efficiency Records 41 p., Council of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (to the) 28 p., Creation of Organization With Special Reference to Personnel 22 p., Creation of Wealth. 3 p., Crooks, Labor and Efficiency Troubles 14 p
Box 2 Folder 4
Documents - C
1902-1923
Scope and Contents
Cause of Modern Inefficiency and Its Cost 8 p., Causes & Correctives of Industrial Wastes 25 p., Causes, Remedies and Devices 5 p., Chamber of Commerce of the City of Indianapolis 17 p. 8 p., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway: Report and Analysis 15 p. C (cont), Christinas and New Year Greeting from Harrington Emerson to All Who Are Interested in Efficient Organization 3 p., Clear Thinking As to the Railroad Situation (several drafts), Coal Resources of the Pacific 22 p., Commandment of Efficiency: Its Importance for Progress 100 p., Coming Back to A Peace Basis 11 p., Comments on the Commission on Industrial Relations and Its Failure to Agree 22 p., Common Want 2 p., Comparative Study of Wage and Bonus Plans 32 p., Comparative Study of Wage and Bonus Systems 38 p., Compensation of Employees 4 p., Cost Accounting. 3 p., Cost and Efficiency Records 41 p., Council of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (to the) 28 p., Creation of Organization With Special Reference to Personnel 22 p., Creation of Wealth. 3 p., Crooks, Labor and Efficiency Troubles 14 p
Box 2 Folder 3
Documents - C
1902-1923
Scope and Contents
Cause of Modern Inefficiency and Its Cost 8 p., Causes & Correctives of Industrial Wastes 25 p., Causes, Remedies and Devices 5 p., Chamber of Commerce of the City of Indianapolis 17 p. 8 p., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway: Report and Analysis 15 p. C (cont), Christinas and New Year Greeting from Harrington Emerson to All Who Are Interested in Efficient Organization 3 p., Clear Thinking As to the Railroad Situation (several drafts), Coal Resources of the Pacific 22 p., Commandment of Efficiency: Its Importance for Progress 100 p., Coming Back to A Peace Basis 11 p., Comments on the Commission on Industrial Relations and Its Failure to Agree 22 p., Common Want 2 p., Comparative Study of Wage and Bonus Plans 32 p., Comparative Study of Wage and Bonus Systems 38 p., Compensation of Employees 4 p., Cost Accounting. 3 p., Cost and Efficiency Records 41 p., Council of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (to the) 28 p., Creation of Organization With Special Reference to Personnel 22 p., Creation of Wealth. 3 p., Crooks, Labor and Efficiency Troubles 14 p
Box 2 Folder 2
Documents - B
1909
Scope and Contents
Basic Formula of Industry 30 p., Battle Ground of Coal 11 p., Belting 16 p., Belting Compared to Chain Transmission 8 p., Belting Compared to Individual Electric Drives 12 p., Budgetary Control. 7 p., Business Outlook 3 p.
Box 2 Folder 10
Documents - F
1910-1923
Scope and Contents
Famous Firsts: High Priest of Efficiency 2 p., Financial Morality As Viewed By the French 10 p., Food and Industrial Competence 7 p., Food and Life As Illustrated by the Honey Bees 4 p. F (cont), For the Information of the Associates of the Emerson Engineers Who Began Operation January 1st, 1923 23 p., French Railroads 41 p., Fundamental Philosophy of Efficiency 8 p., Fundamental Principles of Efficiency 12 p. (Part of Proceedings of Railway Club of Pittsburgh)
Box 2 Folder 25
Documents - T
1910-1922
Scope and Contents
Taxes 7 p., Thirteen Principles of Efficiency 4 p., Those Who Are Taking Heart the Misery Brought About By Unemployment, A Wholly Unnecessary Condition 1 p., Traffic Cops and Why the Industrial Conference Will Be A Disappointment 15 p., Transportation (Railroads) 200 Word Summary 6 p., Twelve Principles of Efficiency (in various formats and parts)
Box 2 Folder 33
Lesson 5 - Despatching
Scope and Contents
26 p
Box 2 Folder 32
Lesson 4 - Schedules
Scope and Contents
34 p
Box 2 Folder 31
Lesson 3 - Planning
Scope and Contents
32 p
Box 2 Folder 30
Lesson 2 - Personal Efficiency
Scope and Contents
32 p
Box 2 Folder 29
Lesson 1 - Introduction and Standards
Scope and Contents
21p
Box 2 Folder 28
Misc. Unidentified Mss.
Box 2 Folder 16
Documents - M
1909-1921
Scope and Contents
Manufacturers Association of the City of Bridgeport 3 p., Message From Mexico 4 p., Mexico and Her Problems 6 p., Mistake of Cost Plus Profit, In Determining Selling Price 12 p., Modern Efficiency and Scientific Management 2 p., Modern Production Methods (Theory and Application) 14 p., My Objections to the Piece Rate Method of Wage Payment 3 p.
Box 2 Folder 26
Documents - V
Scope and Contents
(A) Visit to Mexico 24 p., (A) Visit to Sing Sing Prison 13 p.
Box 2 Folder 34
Lesson 6 - Standardized Conditions
Scope and Contents
28 p
Box 2 Folder 24
Documents - S
1905-1923
Scope and Contents
(to) Safeguard the Seas 24 p., Santa Fe System, Rules & Instructions for Belt Repairmen 14 p., Saving 6 p., Scientific Selection of Employees and Its Bearing on Industrial Efficiency 6 p., Securing Efficiency In Railroad Work 38 p., Service Versus Profits 16 p., Shop Betterment and the Individual Effort Method of Profit Sharing 12 p., Short Cuts 24 p., Society of Industrial Engineers 18 p., Some Experience of An Efficiency Engineer 19 p., Some Interesting Experiences of An Efficiency Engineer 9p., S (cont), Sound Economics Can Cure Industrial Obsessions 6 p., (the) Steam Locomotive More Economical Than Electric Equipment for Standard Railroad Operation 5 p. , Study of the Fundamentals of Industrial Accounting As Applied to Railroads and Also a Study of the Fundamentals of Good Operation 15 p., Submarines and Coal, How Fuel Famine in New York Was Produced by Germany 3 p., Substitution of the Electric Motor for the Steam Locomotive 3 p., Suggestions for An Executive 5 p., Synopsis of Four Lectures on the Philosophy of Efficiency 4 p.
Box 2 Folder 23
Documents - S
Scope and Contents
(to) Safeguard the Seas 24 p., Santa Fe System, Rules & Instructions for Belt Repairmen 14 p., Saving 6 p., Scientific Selection of Employees and Its Bearing on Industrial Efficiency 6 p., Securing Efficiency In Railroad Work 38 p., Service Versus Profits 16 p., Shop Betterment and the Individual Effort Method of Profit Sharing 12 p., Short Cuts 24 p., Society of Industrial Engineers 18 p., Some Experience of An Efficiency Engineer 19 p., Some Interesting Experiences of An Efficiency Engineer 9p., S (cont), Sound Economics Can Cure Industrial Obsessions 6 p., (the) Steam Locomotive More Economical Than Electric Equipment for Standard Railroad Operation 5 p. , Study of the Fundamentals of Industrial Accounting As Applied to Railroads and Also a Study of the Fundamentals of Good Operation 15 p., Submarines and Coal, How Fuel Famine in New York Was Produced by Germany 3 p., Substitution of the Electric Motor for the Steam Locomotive 3 p., Suggestions for An Executive 5 p., Synopsis of Four Lectures on the Philosophy of Efficiency 4 p.
Box 2 Folder 22
Documents - R
1916-1924
Scope and Contents
Railroad Eight Hour Law - How to Get Good Out of Evil 4 p., Railroad Perpetuation and Operation 3 p., Railroad Piece Rates 8 p., (The) Railroad Situation 47 p. 22 , (The) Railroad Situation 16 p., The Rate Decision 4 p., Rational Basis for Wages 11 p., Reading of Character and Aptitudes 11 p., Rehabilitation of Silver As part of the Money Basis of the World 8 p., Resolved: That Workers Should Participate In the Management 6 p., Resume of the Work of the Emerson Company On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 20 p., Revision of American Foundrymen's Association Standard Cost System 21 p., Rewards of Efficiency 31 p., Rising Wages 12 p.
Box 2 Folder 21
Documents - R
1916-1924
Scope and Contents
Railroad Eight Hour Law - How to Get Good Out of Evil 4 p., Railroad Perpetuation and Operation 3 p., Railroad Piece Rates 8 p., (The) Railroad Situation 47 p. 22 , (The) Railroad Situation 16 p., The Rate Decision 4 p., Rational Basis for Wages 11 p., Reading of Character and Aptitudes 11 p., Rehabilitation of Silver As part of the Money Basis of the World 8 p., Resolved: That Workers Should Participate In the Management 6 p., Resume of the Work of the Emerson Company On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 20 p., Revision of American Foundrymen's Association Standard Cost System 21 p., Rewards of Efficiency 31 p., Rising Wages 12 p.
Box 2 Folder 20
Documents - P
1908-1931
Scope and Contents
Philosophy of Efficiency - A Synopsis of Four Lectures 3 p., Philosophy of Efficiency, An Outline of Its Elements. 9 p., Philosophy of Work 7 p., Practicing Efficiency and Knowing Costs 12 p., Present Day Inefficiency, Its Cause and the Remedy 19 p., Preserving of Ties 12 p., Preventable Wastes and Losses on Railroads 15 p., Principles First, Then Details 5 p., Principles of Efficiency Applied to Water Works 8 p., Principles On Which Industrial Leadership Rests 7 p., Principles Underlying Office Management 32 p., Principles Underlying Scientific Management 17 p., (The) Problem - The Old Industrial Age And the New 31 p., Program of Harrington Emerson for a Great Railroad 3 p., Project for a Company to Become Very Profitable and Very Large
Box 2 Folder 19
Documents - P
1908-1931
Scope and Contents
Philosophy of Efficiency - A Synopsis of Four Lectures 3 p., Philosophy of Efficiency, An Outline of Its Elements. 9 p., Philosophy of Work 7 p., Practicing Efficiency and Knowing Costs 12 p., Present Day Inefficiency, Its Cause and the Remedy 19 p., Preserving of Ties 12 p., Preventable Wastes and Losses on Railroads 15 p., Principles First, Then Details 5 p., Principles of Efficiency Applied to Water Works 8 p., Principles On Which Industrial Leadership Rests 7 p., Principles Underlying Office Management 32 p., Principles Underlying Scientific Management 17 p., (The) Problem - The Old Industrial Age And the New 31 p., Program of Harrington Emerson for a Great Railroad 3 p., Project for a Company to Become Very Profitable and Very Large
Box 2 Folder 27
Documents - W
1918-1922
Scope and Contents
Wage-Payment Plans - A Discussion 4 p., Wastes In American Transportation 54 p, Western Allies, The Hear and the Far East In the World War, Worthy and Unworthy Alliances 11 p., What Is Ahead of Us 4 p., Who Has the Right to Strike 11 p., Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud 16 p., World Peace 27p.
Box 3 Folder 19
Lesson 1 - Course of Human Engineering
Scope and Contents
23 p
Box 3 Folder 31
Lesson 13 - Planning
Scope and Contents
18 p
Box 3 Folder 30
Lesson 12 - The Value of Records
Scope and Contents
13 p
Box 3 Folder 29
Lesson 11 - Introduction of the Thirteen Principles of Efficiency
Scope and Contents
10 pg
Box 3 Folder 28
Lesson 10 - Three Kinds of Producers - Materials for Maintenance and for Manufacture
Scope and Contents
13 p
Box 3 Folder 27
Lesson 9 - Three Kinds of Producers - The Machine Consisting of Money, Stores, Equipment, Investment
Scope and Contents
15 p
Box 3 Folder 26
Lesson 8 - Three Kinds of Producers - Men - Supervisors and Workers!
Scope and Contents
14 p
Box 3 Folder 25
Lesson 7 - Self-Organization - Practical Methods
Scope and Contents
16 p
Box 3 Folder 24
Lesson 6 - The Mechanics of Self-Improvement
Scope and Contents
32 p
Box 3 Folder 23
Lesson 5 - Education and Industrial Competence
Scope and Contents
20 p
Box 3 Folder 22
Lesson 4 - The Seven Moralities
Scope and Contents
22 p
Box 3 Folder 7
Lesson 13 - The Fair Deal
Scope and Contents
27 p
Box 3 Folder 20
Lesson 2 - Fitting a Job to Yourself
Scope and Contents
14 p
Box 3 Folder 34
Lesson 17 - Standardized Operations
Scope and Contents
13 p
Box 3 Folder 18
Lesson 24 - How to Use the Principles
Scope and Contents
18 p
Box 3 Folder 17
Lesson 23 - Organization, Administration, Management and Operation
Scope and Contents
14 p
Box 3 Folder 16
Lesson 22 - Efficient Salesmanship
Scope and Contents
22 p
Box 3 Folder 15
Lesson 21 - Efficient Self -Education
Scope and Contents
21 p
Box 3 Folder 14
Lesson 20 - Finances
Scope and Contents
28 p
Box 3 Folder 13
Lesson 19 - Amenities
Scope and Contents
26 p
Box 3 Folder 12
Lesson 18 - Efficient Home Management
Scope and Contents
37 p
Box 3 Folder 11
Lesson 17 - Efficient Memory
Scope and Contents
26 p
Box 3 Folder 10
Lesson 16 - Health Culture - Part Two
Scope and Contents
24 p
Box 3 Folder 9
Lesson 15 - Health Culture - Part One
Scope and Contents
29 p
Box 3 Folder 8
Lesson 14 - Efficiency Reward
Scope and Contents
19 p
Box 3 Folder 21
Lesson 3 - Classifying Yourself
Scope and Contents
22 p
Box 3 Folder 45
Company Documents
1917-1919
Scope and Contents
Includes 8 p. memo, "to the members of the Emerson Company," "Preamble" of the aims and organization 47 p., "to the members and groups constituting the NY Agency of the Emerson Co." 8 p., "What is the Emerson Company and Who Are Its Employes And Associates?" 16 p., "The Director's Division of the Emerson Engineers" 25 p., "the Records and Reports of the Emerson Engineers" 25 p. to Associates, "Standard Practice Instructions"
Box 3 Folder 5
Lesson 11 - Competent Counsel
Scope and Contents
23 p
Box 3 Folder 4
Lesson 10 - Common Sense
Scope and Contents
25 p
Box 3 Folder 3
Lesson 9 - Ideals
Scope and Contents
18 p
Box 3 Folder 2
Lesson 8 - Written Standard Practice Instructions
Scope and Contents
28 p
Box 3 Folder 1
Lesson 7 - Standardized Operations
Scope and Contents
22 p
Box 3 Folder 53
Staff Bulletin
Scope and Contents
publication of Emerson Engineers for staff
Box 3 Folder 52
Financial and Tax Data
1950-1959
Box 3 Folder 51
Agreements
1959-1962
Box 3 Folder 50
"A Selection of Articles and Press Comments," Emerson Consultants
1963
Box 3 Folder 49
Company Documents
Scope and Contents
Includes printed company documents concerning all aspects of company activities & descriptions of services offered by Emerson Co.
Box 3 Folder 48
An Outline of the Working Plan for the Emerson Engineers Accompanied With Illustrations of Various Features of the Plan
Box 3 Folder 32
Lesson 14 - Schedules
Scope and Contents
18 p
Box 3 Folder 46
Company Documents
Scope and Contents
"Division of Our Service" 6 p., "Standard Letters and Paragraphs for Use in Writing Prospects," "to the Emerson Company Workers - Staff and Line" 7 p., "the Old Home and the New of the Emerson Engineers" 9 p., and also bonus plan, & misc. related company documents.
Box 3 Folder 33
Lesson 16 - Standardized Conditions
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 3 Folder 44
Lesson 1-12 - "Emerson Institute of Efficiency"
Scope and Contents
Undated leaflets (lessons) - A Home Course In Personal Efficiency
Box 3 Folder 43
Lesson 26 - How to Use the Principles
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 3 Folder 42
Lesson 25 - Amenities
Scope and Contents
15 p
Box 3 Folder 41
Lesson 24 - Efficiency Reward
Scope and Contents
14 p
Box 3 Folder 40
Lesson 23 - (Answer booklet only)
Box 3 Folder 39
Lesson 22 - Discipline
Scope and Contents
16 p
Box 3 Folder 38
Lesson 21 - Competent Counsel
Scope and Contents
16 p
Box 3 Folder 37
Lesson 20 - Common Sense
Scope and Contents
18 p
Box 3 Folder 36
Lesson 19 - Ideals
Scope and Contents
19 p
Box 3 Folder 35
Lesson 18 - Written Standard Practice Instructions
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 3 Folder 6
Lesson 12 - Discipline
Scope and Contents
27 p
Box 3 Folder 47
Company Documents
Scope and Contents
"Division of Our Service" 6 p., "Standard Letters and Paragraphs for Use in Writing Prospects," "to the Emerson Company Workers - Staff and Line" 7 p., "the Old Home and the New of the Emerson Engineers" 9 p., and also bonus plan, & misc. related company documents.
Box 4 Folder 29
American Management Association, Measuring and Grading the Supervisory Forces
1925
Box 4 Folder 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
1915
Box 4 Folder 24
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 25
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 26
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 27
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 28
Wastes in Industry
Scope and Contents
Includes reports on wastes in American transportation, report on prevention of industrial wastes (Emerson member of Hoover Committee)
Box 4 Folder 29
Aaron, Charles F, From Pasture to Pulley
1907
Scope and Contents
80 pg
Box 4 Folder 29
American Engineer and Railroad Journal, Betterment Work on the Santa Fe
1906
Scope and Contents
28 pg
Box 4 Folder 22
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 29
American Management Association, Essential Personnel Record
1925
Scope and Contents
43 pg
Box 4 Folder 21
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 29
American Railroad Association Code of Rules
1920
Scope and Contents
58 pg
Box 4 Folder 29
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Jt. Committee on Standards for Graphic Presentation, Preliminary Report
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 29
Association of Consulting Management Engineers, The Profession of Management
1937
Scope and Contents
29 pg
Box 4 Folder 29
Atkinson, Guy, Failures
1920
Scope and Contents
14 pg
Box 4 Folder 29
Atkinson, Guy, Some Domestic Limitations to Foreign Trade After the War
1918
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Annual Report
1919
Scope and Contents
48 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Bateman, J.M., How a Large Manufacturing Company Disposes of Its Old Metal
1916
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Benge, Eugene J., Graphic Control In Labor Budgeting
1925
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 4 Folder 29
American Foundrymen's Association, Annual Reports, Constitution
1913-1915
Box 4 Folder 12
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 2
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
1915
Box 4 Folder 3
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 4
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 5
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 6
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 7
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 8
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 9
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 23
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 11
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 30
Blackford, Katharine, Scientific Selecting and Assignment of Men in the Creation of An Organization
1913
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 13
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 14
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 15
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 16
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 17
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 18
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 19
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 20
Railroads
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, investigations and studies of various railroad companies as well as general railroad reports
Box 4 Folder 10
Curtis Publishing Co.
1909-1911
Box 4 Folder 34
Friedensburg, Ferdinand, The Practical Results of Workingmen's Insurance in Germany
1911
Scope and Contents
62 pg
Box 4 Folder 32
Dickerman, W. C., Incentives for Individual Protection
1925
Scope and Contents
10 pg
Box 4 Folder 32
Dietz, Carl F., The Selection of Grinding Wheels for the Foundry
Scope and Contents
22 pg
Box 4 Folder 32
Draper, Ernest, How Some Manufacturers Have Met Seasonal Unemployment
1925
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 32
Drier, Thomas, Harrington Emerson and Efficiency
1911
Scope and Contents
3 pg
Box 4 Folder 33
Educational Exhibition Co. Materials for the Graphic Presentation of Facts
1916
Scope and Contents
20 pg
Box 4 Folder 33
Efficiency Society Journal
1915-1917
Box 4 Folder 34
Falconer Company - Pulling Power
1912
Scope and Contents
15 pg
Box 4 Folder 34
Farnham, Dwight T., Efficient Management for the Factory of Moderate Size
1915
Scope and Contents
14 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Blackford, Katherine, Efficiency In the Manufacture of Railway Transportation
1913
Scope and Contents
5 pg
Box 4 Folder 34
Freyd, Max, An Appraisal of Relative Merits of Types of Rating Scales & Their Use
1926
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Cotton Manufactures Association of North Carolina, Proceedings of the 11th Annual Convention
1917
Scope and Contents
110 pg
Box 4 Folder 34
Fry, Charles H, Betterment Work on the Santa Fe
1906
Scope and Contents
32 pg
Box 4 Folder 35
Garvey, John A., Rating In Theory and Practice
1926
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 35
Grassmuck, Chester, Payroll Budgeting
1925
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 4 Folder 35
Gregg, A. W., Notes on Safety Organization
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 35
Gregson, John, Canister Lining in Side Blow Converters
Scope and Contents
6 pg
Box 4 Folder 36
Hall, John H., Defects in Steel Castings and the Remedies for Them
Scope and Contents
39 pg
Box 4 Folder 36
Hemenway, Harold, Calculating Mixtures for Mallable Cast Iron
Scope and Contents
26 pg
Box 4 Folder 36
Hoit, Rose & Troster, Manual of Chair Store Companies
1927
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 4 Folder 34
Flying, Vol. IX. No. 11
1920
Scope and Contents
December
Box 4 Folder 31
Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. Collection of Business Figures
Scope and Contents
42 pg
Box 4 Folder 36
Howell, Alfred E., One Third of a Century in a Gray Iron Foundry
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
The Scientific Selection and Management of Employees
Scope and Contents
15 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Blackwood, A. F. Stirling, General Melting Characteristics of Acid Steel for Castings
Scope and Contents
31 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Shop Committee Plans and Standard Practice Rules
1920
Scope and Contents
32 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Bradley, Albert, Setting Up A Forecasting Program
1926
Scope and Contents
20 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Brinkman, E.E., Extra Financial Incentives For Supervisors
1926
Scope and Contents
20 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Bureau of Railway Economics, Railway Revenues and Expenses
1920
Scope and Contents
4 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Caesar, G.V., The Annealing Properties of Copper
1916
Scope and Contents
43 pg
Box 4 Folder 32
Dallas, C. Donald, The Spirit of Paul Revere - A Glorious Heritage for American Industry
1944
Scope and Contents
52 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Casson, Herbert, The Story of Emerson, High Priest of the New Science of Efficiency
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 4 Folder 32
Dallas, C. Donald, The Price of Overconfidence
Scope and Contents
44 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Cooperative Industrial Research
Scope and Contents
38 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Cost Accounting Through the Use of Standards
1925
Scope and Contents
52 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Foremanship
1925
Scope and Contents
47 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Uniform Cost Accounting in Trade Association's
1925
Scope and Contents
22 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Chicago, Great Western Railroad. Regulations
1915
Scope and Contents
10 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Book of Rules
1919
Scope and Contents
168 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Cliffe, Frank B., Budgeting Practices and Experiences of the General Electric Company
1925
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Cornaro, Luigi, The Art of Living Long
Scope and Contents
23 pg
Box 4 Folder 30
Employers' Manual
1912
Scope and Contents
47 pg
Box 4 Folder 31
Carlson, W. W., Suggested Standard for Pattern Parts
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Murphey, James A., The Use of Borings in Cupola Operations
Scope and Contents
7 pg
Box 5 Folder 1
Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Annual Report
1919-1920
Box 5 Folder 5
Metcalf, Henry C., Some Major Aspects of Employee Representation
1926
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, The Job Blueprint
1925
Scope and Contents
11 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Studying Business
Scope and Contents
14 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Moldenke, Richard, Memorandum on the Preparation of Standard Specifications for Cast Iron for International Export Use
1915
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Molding Sand Tests
Scope and Contents
18 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Morel, F., Safety and Sanitation in the Brass Foundry
Scope and Contents
14 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Morey, Arthur T., Progress in the Safety Movement and the Latest Aids to Good Safety Work
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
McKinney, P. E., Aluminum Castings and Forgings
1916
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Mulvey, James, Green Sand Cores
Scope and Contents
4 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
McCormick, Cyrus, Employee Representation As Affecting the Attitude of Labor and Business
1926
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
Nash, Arthur, The Golden Rule in Business
1921
Scope and Contents
32 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
New York Stock Exchange and Affiliated Companies Retirement Plans
1925
Scope and Contents
11 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
Newton, Richard C., How Can A Man Keep Well and Grow Old?
Scope and Contents
14 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
Nisbet, W. C., Standard Time and Bonus Applied to Track Labor
1918
Scope and Contents
40 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
Northam, M.P., Do You Ever Think About These Things?
Scope and Contents
29 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
How to Get Ahead
1920
Scope and Contents
26 pg
Box 5 Folder 6
How We Can Help One Another
1920
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 5 Folder 7
Pace Student, Vol. II, No. 3
1917
Scope and Contents
February, includes editorial about H.E.
Box 5 Folder 5
Morgan, Earl B., Budgeting Man Power
1926
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 3
Kellogg, R.S., The Cost of Growing Timber
1911
Scope and Contents
18 pg
Box 5 Folder 1
The Greatest Railway on Earth
1920
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 5 Folder 1
Speaking of Subways
1921
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 1
Your Subways
1919
Scope and Contents
31 pg
Box 5 Folder 1
International Railway Fuel Association, Fourteenth Annual Meeting
1922
Scope and Contents
194 pg
Box 5 Folder 2
Jacobs, H. W. , Organization and Economy in the Railway Machine Shop
1907
Scope and Contents
72 pg
Box 5 Folder 2
Jappe, K.W., The Need for Bread and Butter Economics
Scope and Contents
30 pg
Box 5 Folder 2
Tariff Bargaining
1934
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 2
Trends in Business and Commodity Prices
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
McKinsey, J. O., Sixteen Trends In Management Organization
1926
Scope and Contents
24 pg
Box 5 Folder 3
Kelley, Walter H., Refractories - Their Selection and Use in the Foundry
Scope and Contents
14 pg
Box 5 Folder 7
Mexico - General Descriptive Data
1919
Scope and Contents
47 pg
Box 5 Folder 3
Kreuzpointer, Paul, Report of Committee on Industrial Education
Scope and Contents
15 pg
Box 5 Folder 3
Report on Fifth Annual Conservation Congress
1913
Scope and Contents
6 pg
Box 5 Folder 4
LaSalle Extension University, Educating for Management
1933
Scope and Contents
48 pg
Box 5 Folder 4
Lewisohn, Sam A., A National Management Clearing House
1926
Scope and Contents
11 pg
Box 5 Folder 4
Libby, S. H., Selection of Electric Motors and Controllers in the Foundry
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 5 Folder 4
Lindsay, Forbes, Efficiency
1917
Scope and Contents
Pacific Mutual School for Salesmen, Sect 1 - Mental Efficiency (Lessons 2, 3 & 4)
Box 5 Folder 4
Lytle, C. W. , Management Engineering Summary Sheet
1922
Scope and Contents
4 pg
Box 5 Folder 5
Maujer, A.R., Editorials RE: H. Emerson
1923-1953
Box 5 Folder 3
Keep, W. J., Coke Recovered From the Cupola Dump
Scope and Contents
6 pg
Box 5 Folder 13
Wallace, R. S. B., The Making of Thin-Walled Castings
1916
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
A System of Accounts for Retail Merchants
1916
Scope and Contents
19 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
U.S. Government Printing Office, Foreign Relations of the U.S.
1919
Scope and Contents
50 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
Publications of the Interstate Commerce Commission
1919
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
Standards of Weight & Measure
1920
Scope and Contents
35 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
Transportation
1919
Scope and Contents
19 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
U. S. War Industries Board, Prices of Fibers and Fiber Products
1919
Scope and Contents
29 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
United States Steel Corporation, The Story of Steel
1916
Scope and Contents
63 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
University of the State of New York Bulletin, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
1938
Scope and Contents
280 pg
Box 5 Folder 7
Palmer, Virgil M., Determination of Base Roles for Manual Workers
1926
Scope and Contents
24 pg
Box 5 Folder 12
Van Alstyne, David, Profitable Ethics
1911
Scope and Contents
13 pg
Box 5 Folder 10
Touceda, Enrique, Remarks on the Strength and Ductility of Malleable Cast Iron After the Skin Has Been Removed
Scope and Contents
13 pg
Box 5 Folder 13
West, Ralph, Theory and Practice in Gating and Heading Steel Castings
Scope and Contents
20 pg
Box 5 Folder 13
West, Thomas D., Evils Embodied in Specialization
Scope and Contents
6 pg
Box 5 Folder 13
Williams, R. G., Safety in Connection With Grinding Wheels
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 5 Folder 14
Zimmerschied, K. W., A Cast Iron With Unusual Structure
Scope and Contents
19 pg
Box 5 Folder 15
Newspaper clippings
1910-1921
Box 5 Folder 16
Newspaper clippings
1910-1921
Box 5 Folder 17
Newspaper clippings
1910-1921
Box 5 Folder 18
Speech of Herbert Hoover and other misc
1919
Scope and Contents
Sept. 16th
Box 5 Folder 11
Urwick, L., The Pioneers of Scientific Management
Scope and Contents
3 pg
Box 5 Folder 8
Rowley, A. W., Salary vs. Extra Financial Incentive Methods of Compensating Supervisors
1926
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 5 Folder 19
Harrington Emerson's letters of Associates -Ramblings
Scope and Contents
Handwritten index cards
Box 5 Folder 7
Parlette, Ralph, It's Up to You!
1918
Scope and Contents
40 pg
Box 5 Folder 7
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, Annual Report
1916
Scope and Contents
29 pg
Box 5 Folder 7
Platt & Washburn Refining Co. Veedol - Lubrication of Internal Combustion Motors
1916
Scope and Contents
87 pg
Box 5 Folder 7
Pollard, A.L., Effect of Varying Silicon and Carbon in Malleable Iron Mixtures
Scope and Contents
4 pg
Box 5 Folder 8
Reidenbach, F. W., Safety First
Scope and Contents
6 pg
Box 5 Folder 8
Reitinger, Harry, Sound Wage Incentives
Scope and Contents
18 pg
Box 5 Folder 8
Remerrah, Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Scope and Contents
35 pg
Box 5 Folder 11
U. S. Federal Trade Commission, Fundamentals of a Cost System for Manufacturers
1916
Scope and Contents
31 pg
Box 5 Folder 8
Roberts, W. H., The Principles of Efficiency
1911
Scope and Contents
18 pg
Box 5 Folder 10
Tyler, Leonard, Forecasting the Manufacturing Program
1926
Scope and Contents
16 pg
Box 5 Folder 9
The Sabean, Vol. 7, No. 3
1922
Scope and Contents
March
Box 5 Folder 9
Sethi, Narendra, Harrington Emerson - A Pioneer in Management Movement
1968
Scope and Contents
20 pg
Box 5 Folder 9
Shepard, George H, The Principles of Efficiency, Applied
1913
Scope and Contents
22 pg
Box 5 Folder 9
Stevens, C. E., Foremen's Meetings On Efficiency of Operation
1926
Scope and Contents
12 pg
Box 5 Folder 9
Storey, Oliver W., Researches in the Annealing Process for Malleable Castings
Scope and Contents
17 pg
Box 5 Folder 9
Symons, Wilson E., The Practical Application of Scientific Management to Railway Operations
1912
Scope and Contents
159 pg
Box 5 Folder 9
Szepesi, Eugene, Efficiency in the Textile Industry
1920
Scope and Contents
9 pg
Box 5 Folder 10
Taylor, Frederick W., Shop Management
1903
Box 5 Folder 7
Pan American Union, Mexico, The City of Palaces
1918
Scope and Contents
32 pg
Box 5 Folder 8
Roberts, John, Canadian National Railways Co-operative Plan
1926
Scope and Contents
8 pg
Box 6 Folder 3
American Thompson Improved Indicator
Scope and Contents
Records the pressure and rate of pressure change in the cylinders of steam engines.
Box 6 Folder 2
Bristol Electric Pyrometer
Scope and Contents
Model 133: no.97
Box 6 Folder 1
Monroe High Speed Electric Adding Machine
Scope and Contents
Electric with rotted cord: does not work.
Box 7
Workingman's Advocate (Nat'l. Reform Assn.), Nov. 2, 1844
Box 8
Images digitized from the collection.