Container List Container Contents Board of Directors' Minutes and Corporate Histories I Inventories, Records, and Company Minutes 1864/1922 Scope and Content Note Contains inventories, records of the Subscribers to the Capital Stock, and minutes...
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...
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...
Study of the workers reactions to a five-day workweek with standard hours versus a five and one-half day workweek with shorter days. Workers unanimously preferred the five-day workweek with Saturday morning off. Also included is the study that...
Report on the interviewing process. Part one discusses how interviewing is a good tool, but the attitude of employees differ among each other and that difference must be taken into account. The second part discusses methods of interviewing and...
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...
Comments on interviews in the station apparatus shop and a review of experience in connection with beginning the personnel counseling experiment. The experiment was designed as a more thorough interview process where the interviewer looked at...
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...
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. ...
Pamphlet summarizing the six years of research at Western Electrics Hawthorne Works. The research began in 1924 with a study of the relationship between light and production. That study showed that research in human relations could not be...
A proposed act providing for three more students to be sent to school in the states. Passed House October 31, 1888. Passed Senate and approved November 1, 1888.
A letter from Acting Indian Inspector to National Secretary informing him of the disapproval of the President on an act entitled ""An act taxing non-citizens holding more live stock than allotted by law"" on February 21, 1903....
Bill No. 33. A proposed act taxing non-citizens residing in Choctaw Nation and holding more livestock than the law allows them. Passed December 20, 1902.
South McAlester Capital November 8, 1900; editorial on Choctaw and Chickasaw suit involving lands and other property and the citizenship claims of 4,000 people. A second article has more details.
Highlights resources available in the University Libraries' collection related to the American Presidency and about specific U.S. Presidents. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu/catalog
Highlights several books from the bibliography prepared to recognize the College of Arts & Sciences 2008 Faculty Authors. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu/content/dynpage.asp?pid=108&eid=64&uid=1&page=0&preview=1
Discusses the U.S. Constitution and Constitution-related resources at University Libraries. For more information: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
Discusses critical reading resources at Universtity Libraries. For more information: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitCrit?locID=norm94900&finalAuth=true/
Explains the document delivery services available through OU Libraries, including interlibrary loan and Sooner Xpress. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu/info/generalform.asp?formID=sooner_xpress
Discusses the Doris Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History, now available online. Includes a recording of a Kiowa story from the original recordings. For more information: http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/duke/
Discusses the study spaces available within University Libraries and provides information about locating resources to help improve study skills. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu
Provides a brief biography of Galileo and the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, as well as relevant resoures available through the University of Oklahoma Libraries' website such as the catalog. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu
Discusses the group study rooms in Bizzell Memorial Library, which students can reserve for free at the circulation desk. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu/help/kb/?article=847
Discusses the International Year of Chemistry 2011 and chemistry resources at Universtity Libraries. For more information: http://www.chemistry2011.org/about-iyc/team/iyc-management-committee/
Discusses the history of the Labor Day holiday and related resources available at University Libraries. For more information: http://www.dol.gov/OPA/ABOUTDOL/LABORDAY.HTM
Provides a brief biography of MLK and the holiday named in his honor, as well as the resoures available through the University of Oklahoma Libraries' website. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu
In recognition of Black History Month, this podcast highlights the Bibliography of Fiction by African American Authors on University Libraries' website as well as resources in the collection and online for learning more about black history. For...
Learn more about the wealth of resources available online related to the University of Oklahoma's rich and diverse history. For more information: http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/heritage/ ; http://www.ou.edu/provost/ir/ ; http://www.visit.ou.edu
Features resources that may be used to find information on communication theories and provides helpful hints for searching these resources to find relevant information. For more information:...