Three documents, two letters and one detailed report. First, Elton Mayos letter to G.A. Pennock dated February 9, 1931, concerning the status of the Western Electric experiments and the importance of studying how fatigue, morale, preoccupation...
Duplicates Progress Report No. 1 and 2 with the addition of a health questionnaire, notes on the physical examinations of each of the test employees, and a discussion about output increases when work shortened to 4:00 p.m. and then returned to 5:00...
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...
Five interviews with the mica-splitting test room operators. The interview covered attitudes about the company and the test room. Family life and outside interests were also discussed
Report on the attitude of laid off workers early in 1930. It contains summary of the employees opinions and snippets from their interviews that express the majority opinion. They were asked about work conditions, supervisors and the fairness of...
Text of two interviews of two employees, just as they were leaving after being laid off. They both feel they were treated fairly regarding the layoff and both would like to return when times are better. The second interviewee complains about his...
Documents with detailed analysis of the interview process including, interview methods, sample comments from interviews and comments about the program and the interviews.
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 compiling data gathered from employee comments on standard hours and steady work during interviews held from 1929-1931. It also includes some information about home conditions which was collected during 1930-1931 and then grouped by mental...
Counseling record, entitled: Counseling in a group situation, by Phyllis Dodds. It contains detailed descriptions about the interviews, conversations, observations, as well as counselors own impressions, feelings, etc. which happened during the...
Five reports reviewing the personnel counseling experiment from January, 1936 to March, 1937. Included are the appendices about attitudes of short and long service employees, outline and suggestions for discussing the labor situation, and tables...
Two page form/questionnaire used for personal data collection and observation. A narrative case history for each of the 5 mica splitting operators follows. The case histories give marital status and age. There is a discussion of living...
Study of a counselors work. It lists numerous employees, their problems, results from speaking with the counselor, whether they improved as a result of counseling, and their supervisors feelings about their improvement. It also lists employees who...
Report about supervisor difficulties. There are reports from both the supervisor and the counselor. A line supervisor reported several conversations with group members and with the counselor. His report includes his observation of positive...
Various pieces of correspondence from 1929-1932 among Western Electric administrators. The earlier pieces of correspondence, including letters to Dr. Elton B. Mayo, Professor of Industrial Research, Graduate School of Business Administration,...
C.E. Turner of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology and Public Health wrote G.A. Pennock and M.L. Putnam. The letters discuss testing causes for increased output, analyzing output by 15 minute intervals, testing vascular skin...
Correspondence passed among investigators from September 1928 to February 1934. Letters to G.A. Pennock from Dr. Elton Mayo examined blood pressure, visits, generalizing mind for administration and societal changes; biological measures needs,...
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...
Interview method, analysis, and development of training began in the Inspection Branch, moved to the Operating Branch, and in January 1930 throughout the Works. A December 1929 pamphlet titled A Plan for Improving Employee Relations was printed. ...
Kroff enlisted in Company ""F"" of the 11th Indiana Infantry Volunteers on July 12, 1861, at the age of 23. The diary describes his experiences during four years and one month of service: the battles, the news he heard about...
Correspondence: J.W. Grant to Charles Kroff, acknowledging letter about the 11th Indiana Infantry Volunteers, near Edwards Station, July 14, 1885. Includes transcription.
Business card of W.C. Butler. Broom Corn, Calhoun, Missouri. On the back is...
Bill No. 2. Proposed act to move County court grounds and election precinct of Gaines County from Boiling Spring to a point about five hundred yards south. Passed Senate October 13, 1885. Passed House and approved October 14, 1885.
Bill No. 12. Proposed act granting to Thompson Cooper privilege to turnpike portion of Scullyville and McAlester road, and to establish a toll gate at a place where a road leading from McAlester to Scullyville crosses at or about Ok-Cha-Muk-Chito....
An act granting to Washington McDaniel and Charles James the privilege to erect a toll bridge, 1858.</br></br>An act to constitute and pay jurors, 1858.</br></br>An act to apportion the representation of counties,...