Feiss Company Records
Collection Number: 5614
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Feiss Company Records, 1905-1977
Collection Number:
5614
Creator:
Feiss Company
Quantity:
3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Patents, records (documents) .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection is made up of letters, notes, articles, and
other papers pertaining to the life and career of Richard A. Feiss.
Language:
Collection material in English
After receiving a law degree from Harvard, Feiss joined his father's clothing
manufacturing business, where he attempted to combine elements of Frederick Taylor's
theories of scientific management with his own theories of personal relationship.
His goal was to establish a factory in which production was efficient while at the
same time the employees had the opportunity to experience personal development,
growth, and self actualization.
To improve production, Feiss employed aspects of scientific management, including
standardization of equipment, routing instructions, and time studies. To enhance
conditions for the workers, he established a program of "Personal Relationships"
which gave the workers a chance to participate in decision-making, and also improved
the selection, orientation processes. Additionally, workers were offered counseling
services, recreational facilities, mental and physical examinations, and other
advantages.
Due to economic hardships and personality conflicts among the top managers in Joseph
& Feiss, R.A. Feiss resigned from the company in 1925 and went into business on
his own. Consequently, the system he developed at Clothcraft crumbled.
The collection consist primarily of notes and articles on work standardization and
personnel policies, and routine business materials used in industrial organizations
practicing scientific management principles. The collection reflects Feiss' work and
theories on worker welfare and personal relationships, as influenced by Frederick W.
Taylor's scientific management principles.
Names:
Abt, Jacob.
Feiss, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1878-1954
Getasky, I. M.
Stillman, William O.
Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915
Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio)
R.A. Feiss Company
Tabor Manufacturing Company
United States. National War Labor Board
(1918-1919)
United States. National War Labor Board
(1942-1945)
Subjects:
Clothing workers. United States. Health and
hygiene.
Labor and laboring classes. Mental health. United
States.
Men's clothing industry. United States.
Management.
Scientific management.
Wages. Men's clothing industry. United
States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Patents
Records (documents)
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:
Feiss Company Records #5614. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1-1b | 1925-1926 | |
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and personal with R.A.F.'s father re post Feiss Co. career;
correspondence. re Manufacturing Laboratories, Inc
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1915-1955 | |
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includes Feiss-Dryfoos Genealogy
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| Box 1 | Folder 2a | 1920-1926 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2b | 1914-1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3-4 | 1927-1928 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4a | 1943-1946 | |
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includes form letters, articles, pamphlets, by Committee for
Constitutional Government
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1928-1947 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6-11 | 1917-1918 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1925 | |
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Includes appraisal of economic problems and policy
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| Box 1 | Folder 13-15 | ||
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Correspondence, 9/18-2/19
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1918 | |
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1918 Needle Trades Conference of America. Notes from 1918 meeting
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | ||
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no date
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| Box 2 | Folder 4-6 | 1941-1942 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1918 | |
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Price slips for piece work, includes transparencies
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| Box 2 | Folder 8-19 | 1905-1915 | |
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plus no date; Philadelphia, PA.-includes work orders, foundry tags, pay
differentials, tool lists, instructions, bills, requisitions
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 | 1912 | |
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paper on filing system by subjects and coding symbols; instructions,
logic, examples, n.d., plus "The Place of the College in Collecting and
Conserving the Data of Scientific Management" by W. Lewis, 1912
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1914-1915 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1915 | |
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May-15
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1915 | |
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1915 and a 1924 reprint, 15 pp
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1916 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1917 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1918 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | 1919 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1921 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | 1922 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | 1924 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | 1927 | |
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1927 and a 1928 reprint
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 | 1928 | |
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124 pp
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 | 1943 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | 1924 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 1-3 | ||
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no date
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1920-1921 | |
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Stock/Shareholders- Agreement, R.A. Feiss, et. al. - Owners
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1925 | |
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Owners stockholdings agreement
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1911 | |
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Emma Britten-Welfare Dept. in J & F
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1920 | |
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"Lizzie Likes Her Job"
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1923 | |
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"Experiment and Statistics in the Selection of Employees"
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| Box 4 | Folder 10-11 | ||
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no date
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| Box 4 | Folder 12 | 1924 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | 1923 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | 1925 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | 1925 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 16-17 | 1918-1977 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | 1925 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 19-32 | 1932-1953 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | 1925 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 34-35 | ||
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no date
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| Box 4 | Folder 36 | 1920 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 | 1923 | |
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"Employee Representation In Industry," p. 44-49, Material on J & F
Co
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| Box 4 | Folder 38 | 1915 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1953 | |
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Photo (Xerox) of Julius Feiss, Co-founder, Joseph & Feiss Co., The
Cleveland Press, July 14, 1953, p. 23
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1926 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1941 | |
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Clippings, Program (which includes history of company)
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 | ||
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no date
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| Box 5 | Folder 4a | 1925-1928 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 5-7 | ||
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n.d. (Includes pension booklet, work forms, medical and dental
records)
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| Box 5 | Folder 8-11 | ||
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n.d. (Includes payroll form)
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 | 1924 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | 1918-1920 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | 1923 | |
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Wage Systems; Planning Department Instrument of Executive Control
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 | 1924 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | 1924 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | 1921 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | ||
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n.d. (for sewing trousers)
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| Box 5 | Folder 19 | 1910-1925 | |
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Includes Signatures of Frederick Taylor and Frank Gilbreth
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| Box 5 | Folder 20 | 1920 | |
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R.A. Feiss; Feiss Plant; Carl Barth and Miscellaneous photos
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| Box 6 | Folder 1-2 | ||
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no date
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 | ||
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n.d. (Balance of Stores, Operating Forecast)
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 | ||
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no date
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 | 1928 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | ||
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no date
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| Box 6 | Folder 7 | 1928 | |
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 | 1928 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | ||
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 | ||
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 | ||
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 12 | ||
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 13 | ||
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 14 | ||
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Draft
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| Box 6 | Folder 15 | 1928 | |
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consulting service and promotional material (photocopies)
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| Box 6 | Folder 16 | 1928 | |
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correspondence
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| Box 6 | Folder 17 | 1957-1959 | |