Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, writings, studies, reports, and publications of Harrington Emerson. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Speeches, writings, studies and reports are all arranged alphabetically by title. Publications are arranged alphabetically by author.
Dates
- 1846-1968
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
1853: Born Trenton, N. J. Son of Edwin & Mary Louies Emerson. Educated in
England, France, Germany, Italy, and Greece.
1870's: Married Florence Brooke, one son, Raffe
1876: Headed Modern Language Dept., Univ. of Nebraska
1882: Left university to engage in banking and real estate with his brother, S.D.I. Emerson
1885-91: Did special economic and engineering research work for the Burlington Railroad
1895: Married Mary Crawford Supple, 3 daughters, Louise, Isabel and Margaret
1895-99 Served as U.S. representative of a British syndicate Investing in America - investigated finances and operations of many industrial plants and mines, in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada
1899-01: Managed a glass manufacturing company
1901-07: Active as professional consulting management engineer
1904-07: Carried out the reorganization of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RR; introduced a bonus plan, standard costs, accounting by tabulating machines, and planned maintenance for equipment and rolling stock
1907-11: Called one of the principal witnesses in the "Eastern rates case'
1911: Named to Civilian Expert Board on Industrial Management of U.S. Navy Yards to investigate the functions and conditions of the yards
1921: Appointed member of the Hoover Committee for the Elimination of Haste in Industry; assigned to cover the coal and railroad
Industries
1929: Attended the International Management Congress in Paris
1931: Died on Sept. 2, aged 78, in New York City
Extent
6.11 cubic feet
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, writings, studies, reports, and publications of Harrington Emerson.
Quantity:
6.1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), case files.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, February 26, 2003
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, November 01, 2016
- Title
- Emerson, Harrington Files
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- November 01, 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853