The Great Northern Railway Papers Finding Aid Prepared By Maura L. Valentino Bass Business Collection University of Oklahoma Libraries Norman, OK 2010 Finding aid encoded by University of Oklahoma Libraries 2010 Finding aid written in English....
The Great Northern Railway encompassed several railway companies, including the St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company and the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company, by way of owning the majority of stock. After financial problems, the Northern...
Northern Pacific Railway Company Papers Part I Finding Aid Prepared By Brian C. Shults Bass Business Collection University of Oklahoma Libraries Norman, OK 2010 Finding aid encoded by University of Oklahoma Libraries 2010 Finding aid written in...
The Northern Pacific Railway company was the first railroad to run through the northern tier of states, connecting Lake Superior to Puget Sound. Its contruction began with an estimated forty-seven to sixty million acres of land grants from the...
Discusses the increase of productivity in the test room. Productivity increased when the workday was shortened. Lower production on Monday and Saturday was thought to be due to mental preoccupation in the majority of cases, not cumulative...
Two documents, both of which concern illumination studies, are presented. The first is a report on the illumination study at Hawthorne, which began Nov. 24, 1924 and ended April 30, 1927. In this study, candles of various lengths were introduced...
Included in this group are tables of vascular skin reaction readings as a measurement of fatigue. There is also an abstract of chapter 5, concerning the physiology and psychology of fatigue, from Edgar James Swifts book Psychology and the days...
Letter from Elton Mayo to Mr. M.K. Stevenson regarding the results of taking blood pressure and pulse measurements of the workers as a measurement of fatigue. This was to ascertain if rest periods had any effect on the fatigue of workers.
Sample and completed questionnaires by the test room employees. Questions deal with aspects of the employees personal lives like habits, attitudes, health, and goals along with questions about their feelings toward their work and participation in...
Record of observations of the relay assembly test room operations. Conversations of the workers were recorded in detail. Also included are observations of their moods in handwritten marginalia. During this period, several workers were informed...
Various speeches and presentations regarding the experiment in the Inspection Branch. The original study was to see the effect of lighting on the operators, which was found to be negligible. What they did find is that the production in the test...
Documents explaining the interviewing process that was initially used for the Hawthorne Study and then documents administrative discussions as to how effective this process was and identified areas that could be revised to make it more effective...
Typewritten report by R. D. Gross written in July 1931. This paper discusses the different experiments conducted at Hawthorne, some of the resulting data that was collected, and analyzes how it might be used.
Typewritten research report which presents background information on the company and how it is viewed by the community, analyzes the data collected about personnel counseling, and provides discussion about what impact this study will have on the...
Report written by Imogene Rousseau in February 1931. This report was based on the interviews that were conducted with twelve female operators who worked in the Landing Coil Department
Report, entitled: Notation of the points of view and social interrelationships of departments at Hawthorne that are directly concerned with wage problems, by E. C. Tessman. This report includes the information and impressions gained during a two...
Records regarding mica-splitting operator 1. Informal notes and recommendations, both hand written and type written, concerning this operator are included. Also included is a summary of absences is given for the entire period of employment from...
Case study of a group of young female employees. This group of young female employees formed cliques, talked, and was a problem for their supervisors. The girls claimed they did not know how to do their jobs, they needed more supervision, they...
Report describing multiple cases where the counselor was able to interview employees who were undergoing stressful situations, some of a personal nature, some related to their jobs, and how the counselor was able to lessen tensions and enable the...
April 13, 1931, G.A. Pennock sent C.W. Bergquist a report titled: An Account of the Work of the Industrial Research Division. The Industrial Research Division was established in January, 1929 to centralize the test room study, the employee...
G.A. Pennock wrote Some Thoughts in Connection with Work in Industrial Research Division. The test room had an outstanding increase in production, due to removal of fear and suspicion on part of employees and increase in morale. This raised the...
Detailed plan to start a shop at Hawthorne based on product as a new form of structural organization. This structure is based on the most efficient way to create each product and using the least skilled labor possible. Outlined are advantages and...
Several reports, memoranda, and letters. It includes two copies of a preliminary report concerning the experiment in personnel counseling by which Personnel Man would interview employees and supervisors in an attempt to find problems in his...
Letters addressing a case study entitled The Girl Who Talked Too Much and two versions of this case study. In a department which had previously encouraged talking, a woman employee was moved three times for talking, but was not told to stop...
The report of a joint committee stating that the report of the National Auditor and Treasurer are correct. Resolution approving this report of National Auditor and Treasurer. Passed Senate October 29, 1870. Passed House October 31, 1870. Approved...
A report showing that the report of Forbis LeFlore, Superintendent of Public Schools, has been examined; that the superintendent of the New Hope Seminary has drawn $5000.00; that the report of Edmund McCurtain, trustee of Mosshoatubbee, has been...
A proposed bill that no citizen of this nation has the right to grant a right a way to any railroad company or corporate community. Passed Senate October 31, 1874. Passed House Nov. 2, 1874 and approved the same.
Report of Special Law Committee providing an act for holding election in this Nation, and for other purposes. Passed House October 18, 1876. Passed Senate October 16, 1876. Approved October 19, 1876.
A resolution that part of royalty on coal, lumber, and stone shipped out of this nation shall be spent on 9 boys at Roanoke College, Salem, VA, for the period of one year. October 30, 1876.
Proposed resolution to accept the National Auditor's report when he complies with the first section of this resolution. Passed Senate Nov. 1, 1878. Passed House Nov. 2, 1878.
A proposed act of November 15, 1889 in reference to the report of Turnbull, superintendent of public schools. This report shows his account is short $178.70. Passed Senate and House December 19, 1889. Approved December 20, 1889.
Bill No. 59. An act to have the body of S.H. Williams, a member of this Council taken home and appoint persons to attend the same. Passed and approved October 29, 1898.
An act to amend an act providing the holding of elections in this Nation for other purposes. Passed Senate November 1, 1884. Passed House and approved November 3, 1884.
Bill No. 7. An act declaring certain script illegal and fixing penalty for further violation of the law in this respect. Passed Senate July 3, 1905. Passed and approved July 4, 1905.
Bill No. 15. A resolution that council take a recess until November 14, 1905 and that this shall take effect from Saturday ten o'clock A.M., October 28, 1905. Passed and approved October 24, 1905.
A letter to E.H. Wilson referring to the act approved by the Principal Chief October 16, 1907, making an appropriation to defray expenses of tribal government for the year commencing October 1, 1907. This act was approved by the President, November...
Address to State Lions Convention, Ada, OK. A letter, originally attached to this speech, from William H. Goodner is located in Box 5, Folder 61. June 9, 1936.