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Documentation and correspondence on Hawthorne work. Part 1 -4, 1903 - 2011

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4-7

Scope and Contents

The Hawthorne Works was Western Electric’s massive manufacturing complex, central to the company’s production, labor practices, and management research, located in Cicero, Illinois, and operated from 1905 to 1983. The folder includes several printed covers and articles from Western Electric News, and other sources, correspondence, articles on technological improvements of the period, Wrege's article on Frederick W. Taylor's "Pib Iron Load", and an interview with Charles Wrege. Part 3 includes Chart (Volume XXXV) in 1903 by John Calder, a Progress Report on an Investigation of Rest Periods, Working Conditions, and Industrial Efficiency (1928), correspondence from Charles Wrege to C. A. Pinnock, the article Solving Mayo's Mystery: The First Complete Account of the Origin of the Hawthorne Studies - The Forgotten Contributions of Charles E. Snow & Homer Hibarger by Charles D. Wrege (1976).

Dates

  • 1903 - 2011

Creator

Extent

9.5 cubic feet.

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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