Hawthorne Studies Records on Microfilm.

Collection Number: 5856 mf

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

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Collection Number:

5856 mf

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Quantity:

14 microfilm reels

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Articles, reports, pamphlets, correspondence, microfilm.

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

Abstract:

From the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Collection. Finding aid for boxes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Language:

Collection material in English

SUBJECTS

Names:

Western Electic.

Western Electric, Hawthorne Works

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept.

Pioneer Youth of America.

Rand School of Social Science.

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Records

Microfilm

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Reel 1		Material from Box 1: Folders 1-9; Box 2: Folders 1-7
Reel 1	item 1	Reflections of Elton-, Mayo on the Hawthorne project.	1931
		Box 1: Folder 2: Report of the industrial research division on employee interviewing techniques and results and the supervisors' conference program. 1931. Section I of the Report on employee interviewing techniques...is missing.
Reel 1	item 2	Progress report No. 1	1927
		Box 1: Folder 3: On a test to determine the effects of rest periods and hours of work on the relay assembly test group. Up to and including December 3, 1927. Indexed. Appendix missing.
Reel 1	item 3	Progress report no. 2	1928
		Box 1: Folder 4: On a test to determine the effect of rest periods asd hours of work on the relay assembly test group. February 25, 1928. Indexed.
Reel 1	item 4	Progress report no. 3	1928
		Box 1: Folder 5: On an investigation of rest periods, working conditions, and industrial efficiency. August 15, 1928. Indexed.
Reel 1	item 5	Progress report no. 4	1929
		Box 1: Folder 6: Supplementary progress report on an investigation of rest pauses, working conditions, and industrial efficiency,. May 11, 1929. Indexed.
Reel 1	item 6	Progress report no. 5	1931
		Box 1: Folder 7: (never completed or issued). 1931. A collection of notes, summaries, data, and graphs toward a report on rest periods, working conditions, physical and mental condition of workers; and other variables affecting output and efficiency; also, notes on methods used and kinds of data collected at Hawthorne.
Reel 1	item 7	G. A. Pennock's recollections of a conference with relay assembly test group in 1927	1932
		Box 1: Folder 8: From just before the start of the Hawthorne study, to outline the goals of the project and the workers' role in it. 1932.
Reel 1	item 8	[Materials on the effects of illumination on industrial efficiency and on the illumiriation study at Hawthorne.]	1920-1929
		Box 1: Folder 9: 1920s.
Reel 1	item 9	Schedule of test periods for the first relay assembly test room.	1927-1932
		Box 2: Folder 1: Piece rates and conversion factors for relays assembled in the relay assembly test room.
Reel 1	item 10	Daily temperature and humidity record for the relay assembly test room.	1927-1930
		Box 2: Folder 2
Reel 1	item 11	Vascular skin reaction readings,as a measurement of fatigue.	1929
		Box 2: Folder 3: Chapter on fatigue from Edgar James Swift, Psychology and the Day's Work. Report from C. E. Turner to G. A. Pennock on vascular skin reactions and measurements of fatigue.
Reel 1	item 12	Report from Elton Mayo to T. K. Stevenson on blood pressure readings of relay assembly test room operators.	1928
		Box 2: Folder 4: Hay, 1928. The original document is filed in Box 8 of the original records.
Reel 1	item 13	Record and menus of meals eaton by relay assembly test room operators.	1927-1928
		Box 2: Folder 5
Reel 1	item 14	Daily record of relay assembly test room operators' living habits, including their hours of rising and retiring and their meal menus.	1927
		Box 2: Folder 6: Arranged by operator.
Reel 1	item 15	Daily history record of the relay assembly test room experiment.	192 7-1929
		Box 2: Folder 7: Vol. 1. 192 7-1929.
Reel 2		Material from Box 3: Folders 1-12; Box 4: Folders 1-7
Reel 2	item 1	Stock list and bench layout used in the relay assembly test room and motions of operators in assembling relay R-1498.	1931
		Box 3: Folder 1
Reel 2	item 2	Comments of relay assembly test room operators	1927-1930
		Box 3: Folder 2: On rest periods, hours, holidays, vacations; productivity, earnings, repairs, type; test room environment and supervision; job and company policies; fellow operators; and outside interests. Indexed. Arranged by operator.
Reel 2	item 3	Comments of relay assembly test room operators	1928-1930
		Box 3: Folder 3: On their work and personal lives. Arranged by operator.
Reel 2	item 4	Summary of weekly activity in relay assembly test room.	1093
		Box 3: Folder 4: August 8, 1931 - December 26, 1931.
Reel 2	item 5	Personal histories of relay assembly test room operators.	1927-1930
		Box 3: Folder 5: Arranged by operator.
Reel 2	item 6	Study of the relationship between hours of sleep and speed test records of relay assembly operators.	1930
		Box 3: Folder 6
Reel 2	item 7	Study of the relationship of personal time out and repair time to productivity in relay assembly test room.	1930
		Box 3: Folder 7
Reel 2	item 8	Study of the relationship between quality of output and average hourly output among the relay assembly test group.	1931
		Box 3: Folder 8
Reel 2	item 9	Study of the quality of products turned out by relay assembly test group.	1930-1931
		Box 3: Folder 9
Reel 2	item 10	Report on special relay assembly test group study on the relationship of personal and social factors to industrial effectiveness.	1931
		Box 3: Folder 10: Original document filed in Box 6 of the orginal records.
Reel 2	item 11	Output data for relay assembly test group no. 2.	1928-1929
		Box 3: Folder 11: Original document filed in Box 6 of the original records.
Reel 2	item 12	Memorandum on the reasons workers restrict their output and do not work at maximum efficiency	1931
		Box 3: Folder 12: Original document filed in Box 7 of the original records
Reel 2	item 13	An observer's impressions of the relay assembly test room	1932
		Box 4: Folder 1
Reel 2	item 14	A study of employee reactions to a shorter work week	1930
		Box 4: Folder 2
Reel 2	item 15	Temperature and humidity data and studies	1927-1931
		Box 4: Folder 3
Reel 2	item 16	Sample and filled-in questionnaires for the relay assembly test room group	1929-1931
		Box 4: Folder 4: Questionnaires deal with the personal lives and habits and attitudes and health and goals of workers and their attitudes toward work, and the test.
Reel 2	item 17	Record of interviews withi relay assembly test room operator no. 1.	1931-1932
		Box 4: Folder 5: May, 1931 - May, 1932. Original document filed in Box 10 .of the original records.
Reel 2	item 18	Record of interviews with relay assembly test room operator no. 2.	1931-1932
		Box 4: Folder 6: May, 1931 - June, 1932. Original document filed in Box 10 of the original records.
Reel 2	item 19	Record of interviews with relay assembly test room operator no. 3.	1931-1932
		Box 4: Folder 7: June, 1931 - June, 1932. Original document filed in Box ,10 of the original records.
Reel 3		Material from Box 4: Folders 8-9; Box 5: Folders 1-5; Box 6: Folders 1-11; Box 7: Folders 1-7
Reel 3	item 1	Record of interviews with relay assembly test room operator no. 4.	1931-1932
		Box 4: Folder 8: June, 1931 - May, 1932.
Reel 3	item 2	Record of interviews with relay assembly test room operator no. 5.	1931-1932
		Box 4: Folder 9: June, 1931 - February, 1932.
Reel 3	item 3	Interviews with relay assembly test room operators.	1933
		Box 5: Folder 1
Reel 3	item 4	[Case study of a relay assembly test room operator]	1928
		Box 5: Folder 2: Operator was removed from the test for health and attitudinal reasons possibly related to her work in the study
Reel 3	item 5	Record of observations of relay assembly test room operations by D. D. Davisson.	1932
		Box 5: Folder 3: Vol. I: January 1932 - March, 1932
Reel 3	item 6	Record of observations of relay assembly test room operations by D. D. Davisson.	1932
		Box 5: Folder 4: Vol. II: April, 1932 - June, 1932.
Reel 3	item 7	Indications from the relay assembly test room as to the desirability of a five-day week with standard hours versus a five and one-half day week with shorter days.	1930
		Box 5: Folder 5: A study of rest periods
Reel 3	item 8	Daily variations in output by perios for mica splitting test room operators	1928
		Box 6: Folder 1
Reel 3	item 9	Comparison of attendance irregularities among the mica splitting test operators in the regular department and in the test room	1927-1930
		Box 6: Folder 2
Reel 3	item 17	Comparisons of the production of 35 experienced mica splitting operators with mica splitting test room operators	1928-1930
		Box 6: Folder 3
Reel 3	item 18	Mica splitting test room operators' comments.	1928-1930
		Box 6: Folder 4: October, 1928 - November, 1930. Includes comments on rest periods, hours, holidays, vacations; production, earnings, repairs, type; supervision and test room environment; attitude and transient reactions toward fellow operators; outside interests. Arranged by operator.
Reel 3	item 19	A report on the length of time required by inexperienced mica plitting operators to attain efficiency.	1928
		Box 6: Folder 5
Reel 3	item 20	Comparison of A.M. and P.M. weekly average hourly output for the individual operators in the mica splitting operators study.	1928
		Box 6: Folder 6
Reel 3	item 21	Daily routine of the mica splitting and armature straightening operators.	1930-1931
		Box 6: Folder 7
Reel 3	item 22	Case study of a mica splitting test group operator's removal from the test for personal reasons	1929-1930
		Box 6: Folder 8: Some of the personal reasons may have been associated with her participation in the experiment.
Reel 3	item 23	Case study of factors influencing a mica splitting test group operator's performance.	1929-1930
		Box 6: Folder 9
Reel 3	item 24	Individual case histories of mica splitting group operators.	1931
		Box 6: Folder 10: March, 1931. Arranged by operator.
Reel 3	item 25	Interviews with mica splitting test room operators.	1930
		Box 6: Folder 11: Arranged by operator.
Reel 3	item 26	Procedures and studies for establishing bank wiring test room with male workers.	1931
		Box 7: Folder 1
Reel 3	item 27	Procedures and studies for establishing bank wiring test room with male workers.	1931
		Box 7: Folder 2
Reel 3	item 28	Reports on bank wiring test room group.	1931-1932
		Box 7: Folder 3: for the period November 9, 1931 to March 18, 1932.
Reel 3	item 29	Record of observations of bank wiring test room by A.C. Moore.	1931-1932
		Box 7: Folder 4: Vol. I: November, 1931 - January, 1932
Reel 3	item 30	Record of observations of bank wiring test room by A.C. Moore.	1932-1932
		Box 7: Folder 5: Vol. II: January, 1932 - February, 1932
Reel 3	item 31	Record of observations of bank wiring test room by A.C. Moore.	1932-1932
		Box 7: Folder 6: Vol. III: March, 1932 - May, 1932.
Reel 3	item 32	Record of interviews with bank wiring test room operators: Wireman no. 8, Wireman no. 9 and solderman no. 1.	1931-1932
		Box 7: Folder 7: Vol. IV. June 1931 - May, 1932. Arranged by operator. Original document filed in Box 10 of original records.
Reel 4		Material from Box 8: Folders 1-5; Box 9: Folders 1-7; Box 10 filmed as parts of Boxes 4 and 7; Box 11: Folders 1-4
Reel 4	item 1	An interpretation of interviews with manufacturing department employees laid off early in 1930.	1930
		Box 8: Folder 1
Reel 4	item 2	Special interviews with laid-off employees.	1930
		Box 8: Folder 2: April, May, 1930.
Reel 4	item 3	Results from the study and investigation of employee comments	1930
		Box 8: Folder 3: On plant conditions and on company actions to improve them; and studies toward the improvement of employee relations.
Reel 4	item 4	Report on the interviewing program at Hawthorne	1930
		Box 8: Folder 4: For the year ending December 31, 1930, with general comments on the development and objectives of the program and on interviewing.
Reel 4	item 5	Speeches and articles on various aspects of industrial relations and the Hawthorne experiment	1928-1930
		Box 8: Folder 5: Speeches by G.A. Pennock, M. L. Putnam, C. A. Melsheimer, C. L. Rice, and J. A. Davidson.
Reel 4	item 6	Interviews with group chiefs by the inspection branch.	1929
		Box 9: Folder 1: Interviews L5Q0 and W500 series.
Reel 4	item 7	Interviews with sub-section chiefs by the inspection branch.	1929
		Box 9: Folder 2: Interviews L700 and W700 series.
Reel 4	item 8	Interviews with section chiefs by the inspection branch.	1929
		Box 9: Folder 3: Interviews L800 and W800 series.
Reel 4	item 9	Comments and reactions of supervisors and employees to the interviewing program.	1929
		Box 9: Folder 4
Reel 4	item 10	Resume of methods and practices used in the employees interviewing program.	1929
		Box 9: Folder 5
Reel 4	item 11	Excerpts from the minutes of the special training course for interviewers.	1929
		Box 9: Folder 6: Original document filed in Box 2 of the original records.
Reel 4	item 12	A mathematical index for interviewers.	1931
		Box 9: Folder 7: Original document filed in Box 12 of original records.
Reel 4	item 13	Projects of the industrial research division, all dealing with aspects of interviewing and the interviewing program at Hawthorne.	1929
		Box 11: Folder 1: Indexed
Reel 4	item 14	Plan for the -industrial research division program during 1929.	1928
		Box 11: Folder 2
Reel 4	item 15	Papers about the Harvard-Hawthorne research in employee relations	1940
		Box 11: Folder 3: delivered at the System Personnel Conference in Southern Pines, N. C., October 29, 1940 - November 2, 1940. 1940. Two papers by M. L. Putnam on the concept of employee relations and on employee grievances and one by F. J. Roethisbergen on morale in a business organization.
Reel 4	item 16	Seven papers on aspects of the Hawthorne study.	1930
		Box 11: Folder 4: Includes papers on interviewing and the Hawthorne interviewing program, plans for 1931, and egocentricity.
Reel 5		Material from Box 11: Folders 5-6; Box 12: Folders 1-4; Box 13: Folders 1-7
Reel 5	item 1	The human factor in industry by R. D. Gross.
		Box 11: Folder 5: On the various experiments at Hawthorne.
Reel 5	item 2	Impact of the Hawthorne studies and personnel counseling.	1955
		Box 11: Folder 6: Indexed
Reel 5	item 4	A study of employees' attitudes toward the bogey system by Imogene Rousseau. 1931.	1931
		Box 12: Folder 1
Reel 5	item 5	A study of employee reactions to a shortened work week. 1931. Indexed.	1931
		Box 12: Folder 2: Indexed
Reel 5	item 6	Correspondence and materials about Management and the Worker by F. J. Roethisberger and W. J. Dixon. .	1939-1950
		Box 12: Folder 3
Reel 5	item 7	Miscellaneous papers and speeches on various aspects and results of the Hawthorne project.	1928-1940
		Box 12: Folder 4: Indexed
Reel 5	item 8	Training program for supervisors. 1928.
		Box 13: Folder 1
Reel 5	item 9	Report on the progress of the employee interviewing program and the plans and budget of the industrial research division for 1930.	1930
		Box 13: Folder 2: February, 1930. Indexed. Two parts missing.
Reel 5	item 10	Interviews with employees in the rotational trainnig program in the industrial research division.	1930
		Box 13: Folder 3
Reel 5	item 11	Development work with supervisors at Hawthorne, with a proposed plan for 1931-1932. Case study of a former supervisor.	1930- 1931
		Box 13: Folder 4
Reel 5	item 12	Report of Lovekin and Roethlisberger on the interviewing of supervisors in the operating branch.	1931
		Box 13: Folder 5: Indexed.
Reel 5	item 13	Material concerning the research group on supervisory training methods.	1931-1932
		Box 13: Folder 6: Indexed.
Reel 5	item 14	Splicing operation irregularities.	1930
		Box 13: Folder 7
Reel 6		Material from Box 14: Folders 1-9
Reel 6	item 1	Interviews with operating branch employees about working conditions and other factors which affect their work.	1929
		Box 14: Folder 1
Reel 6	item 2	Substance analysis of comments taken from interviews with operating branch employees.	1929
		Box 14: Folder 2: General analysis of the first six months of the employee interviewing program and recommendations for future interviews and analysis.
Reel 6	item 3	Substance analysis of comments taken from interviews with operating branch employees.	1929
		Box 14: Folder 3: Indexed. Original document filed in Box 13 of original record.
Reel 6	item 4	Numerical analysis of favorable and unfavorable comments from 10,300 operating branch employee interviews.	1929
		Box 14: Folder 4: Original document filed in Box 9 of the original records.
Reel 6	item 5	Substance analysis of comments on supervision of work taken from interviews with operating branch employee.	1929
		Box 14: Folder 5: Original document filed in Box 9 of the original records.
Reel 6	item 6	Substance analysis of comments taken from operating branch employee interviews taken during 1929.	1930
		Box 14: Folder 6: Vol. 1. Original document filed in Box 8 of the original records.
Reel 6	item 7	Substance analysis of comments taken from operating branch employee interviews taken during 1929.	1930
		Box 14: Folder 7: Vol. 2. Original document filed in Box 8 of the original records.
Reel 6	item 8	Summaries of comments and substance analysis of comments taken from employee interviews in 1930.	1930
		Box 14: Folder 8: Discussion of the continuing modification of the analysis of comments taken from employee interviews.
Reel 6	item 9	Minutes of meetings of supervisors from various divisions of the Hawthorne plant	1930-1931
		Box 14: Folder 9: About the analysis of comments taken from employees and suggested actions on complaints turned up in employee interview.
Reel 7		Material from Box 15: Folders1-14; Box 16: Folders 1-12; Box 17: Folders 1-10
Reel 7	item 1	Index to department 4731 files.
		Box 15: Folder 1: No date
Reel 7	item 2	Counseling in a group situation by Phyllis Dodds.	1940
		Box 15: Folder 2
Reel 7	item 3	The experiment in personnel counseling by W. J. Dickson.	1936
		Box 15: Folder 3
Reel 7	item 4	Repeat Of Counseling Activity,	1936-1937
		Box 15: Folder 4: January, 1936 to March/ 1937. Parts of this document duplicate materials in Folder 3.
Reel 7	item 5	Counseling theory and practice.	1949
		Box 15: Folder 5: Indexed.
Reel 7	item 6	[Notation of the points of view and social interrelationships of departments at Hawthorne directly concerned, with wage problems by E. C. Tessman].	1936
		Box 15: Folder 6
Reel 7	item 7	[Report on the organization and operation of the wage incentives, time standards, and labor grades departments, by E. C. Tessman.]	1936
		Box 15: Folder 7
Reel 7	item 8	[Report on employee reactions to layoffs].	1938
		Box 15: Folder 8
Reel 7	item 9	[Work incentives in the station apparatus shops by D. D. Davisson and others].	1938
		Box 15: Folder 9
Reel 7	item 8	[Study of the mobility of supervisors, 1932-1938].	1938
		Box 15: Folder 10
Reel 7	item 9	[Report on the situation of inspectors after the hourly wages of some were reduced].	1939
		Box 15: Folder 11
Reel 7	item 10	[Correspondence and report on a conference to resolve a labor-management conflict over piece work rates]. .	1940
		Box 15: Folder 12
Reel 7	item 11	[Notes on a conceptual scheme derived from experimental data for understanding the relationships between society and individual human behavior].	1940
		Box 15: Folder 13
Reel 7	item 12	[Report recommending the trial installation of a product shop to test the product type of organization].	1940
		Box 15: Folder 14
Reel 7	item 13	Outline of procedure for setting up an experiment in personnel work.	1936
		Box 16: Folder 1: Duplicate copies with pencil notes.
Reel 7	item 14	Outline of procedure for setting up an experiment in personnel work.	1936
		Box 16: Folder 2: Work and objectives of a personnel manager. Conclusions of a study on rest periods. Suggestions for dealing,with the individual and group problems incident to the change to a product type of organization. Correspondence and reports on the experiment in personnel counseling. Report on employee relations in the automobile industry. Correspondence and report on attitudes of short and long service employees based upon data obtained in personnel counseling. Discussion of rest periods for shop' departments. Miscellaneous correspondence on personnel problems.
Reel 7	item 15	(Case study showing the impact of impulsive supervisory work on employee relations.)	1939
		Box 16: Folder 3: Includes final study and a draft
Reel 7	item 16	{Memorandums on the selection and training of personnel counselors).	1941-1948
		Box 16: Folder 4
Reel 7	item 17	An analysis of a personnel counselor's work. -	1943
		Box 16: Folder 5: March 31, 1943. Indexed.
Reel 7	item 18	[Case study of the impact of personnel counseling on a group of female workers].	1945
		Box 16: Folder 6
Reel 7	item 19	Attributes to consider in selecting and rating personnel counselors.	1948
		Box 16: Folder 7
Reel 7	item 20	Report on personnel counseling activity at Hawthorne.	1949
		Box 16: Folder 8: Sections of the repovt missing and pages missing from some sections.
Reel 7	item 21	Materials relating to a conference on personnel counseling	1960-1961
		Box 16: Folder 9: January 24- 25, 1961.
Reel 7	item 22	Outline and discussion of the effectiveness of personnel counselors
		Box 16: Folder 10: No date
Reel 7	item 23	Orientation program for Hawthorne plant personnel counselors
		Box 16: Folder 11: No date
Reel 7	item 24	Study illustrating aspects of the personnel counselor's work.
		Box 16: Folder 12: No date. Sections of the study missing.
Reel 7	item 25	A line supervisor's observations on the effect of the counseling program in a conveyor assembly group.	1944
		Box 17: Folder 1: Also includes a counselor's observations on the effect of the counseling activity -in a conveyor assembly group.
Reel 7	item 26	Correspondence of Western Electric Company executives about various aspects of the Hawthorne experiment.	1928-1932
		Box 17: Folder 2: March 1928 - March 1932.
Reel 7	item 27	Correspondence to M. L. Putman and G. A. Pennock from Erwin Schell, C.E. Turner, and R.H. Frazier.	1929-1931
		Box 17: Folder 3: February, 1929 - March, 1931.
Reel 7	item 28	Correspondence to G. A. Pennock, M. L. Putnam, H. A. Wright; and W. J. Dickson from Elton Mayo, F. J. Roethslisberger, Lloyd Warner, and Richard S. Meriam.	1928-1934
		Box 17: Folder 4: September, 1928 - February, 1934.
Reel 7	item 29	Miscellaneous correspondence and materials dealing with various aspects of the Hawthorne experiment.	1928-1931
		Box 17: Folder 5: October, 1928 - March, 1931.
Reel 7	item 30	An account of the work of the industrial research division.	1931
		Box 17: Folder 6: Indexed.
Reel 7	item 31	Some thoughts in connection with work in the industrial research division by G. A. Pennock.	1931
		Box 17: Folder 7
Reel 7	item 32	Articles on and outlines of articles on research studies in employee effectiveness and industrial relations	1929
		Box 17: Folder 8: Test studies in industrial research at Hawthorne by G. A. Pennock; A plan for improving employee relations on the basis of data obtained from employees by M. L. Putnam; and Changes in industry by Elton Mayo.
Reel 7	item 33	A plan for improving employee relations.	1929
		Box 17: Folder 9
Reel 8		Negative copy of Reel 1.
Reel 9		Negative copy of Reel 2.
Reel 10		Negative copy of Reel 3.
Reel 11		Negative copy of Reel 4.
Reel 12		Negative copy of Reel 5.
Reel 13		Negative copy of Reel 6.
Reel 14		Negative copy of Reel 7.

Contents

Hawthorne Studies Records on Microfilm.

Collection Number: 5856 mf

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