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...
Unfinished rough draft that concentrates on determining under what conditions people perform their best work. Records were kept of each test employees amount of sleep, diet, attendance, comments, physical examinations, and earnings. The temperature...
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...
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...
The operation branch employee interviews from 1929 are analyzed and discussed and conclusions are made. Contains inter-office memos from 1930 discussing changes made due to the interviews and areas for future analysis
Bill No. 41. A resolution authorizing the Principal Chief to make a demand of J.W. Ellis for payment of money due the Choctaw Nation for royalties collected by him on lumber and etc. Passed Senate October 30, 1900. Passed House and approved October...
Bill No. 26. A resolution authorizing the national treasury to make full settlement with the Atoka Mining Co. and collect balance due. Passed and approved October 25, 1894.
An act that the Principal Chief shall appoint a commission of three competent persons of Choctaw blood to meet a like commission from the Chickasaw Nation for the purpose of making a final and satisfactory settlement of all or any royalties that...
Choctaw nation giving due thanks to Presbyterian Board of Publication at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Passed October 12, 1883. Approved October 13, 1883.
Bill No. 39. A proposed act appointing a special agent and attorney to investigate permit accounts and collect money due for royalty or permits. Passed Senate November 8, 1897. Passed House and approved November 9, 1897.
Bill No. 29. An act providing for settlement of Royalties due on the construction of the Choctaw Coal and Railroad. Passed and approved November 3, 1892.
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...
A proposed act making provision for the payment of amounts due under the contracts made by the delegation of 1853 with Luce, McKee and Blunt, and directing the National Treasurer to pay to said persons the amount due each. Passed and approved...
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...
Case study of a relay assembly test room operator who was taken off the study because of her antagonistic attitude. The change in her behavior could be due to her poor health condition, perhaps anemia. Included are some of her health statistics...
An act authorizing distribution per capita of the money due the Choctaw Nation for the sale of a portion of leased district under act of Congress approved March 3, 1891. Passed and approved April 11, 1891.
Bill No. 43. A memorial to the Secretary of the Interior relative to the payment of allotments due Choctaws and Chickasaws. Passed and approved November 28, 1905.
Trouble ahead for ESOTs; A matter of ethics (JC Penney past due accounts); The recession - we did it to ourselves; How EFTs will cut retail sales; Department store complacency; Names in the F.T.C.; Statistical Supplement: Credit Office rating;...
Missionary. A photocopy of the autobiography (ca. 1907) of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War. The typewritten manuscript contains his observations of Cherokee Indian attitudes and opinions concerning slavery,...
Bill No. 26. The Principal Chief is authorized to communicate with said prisoners in the various United States prisons to the end that said prisoners may select suitable persons to represent them in the selection of their allotments and in drawing...