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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Library of Management Research and Professional papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 8
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Library of Management documents the pioneering research of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth in the fields of time and motion study. Commonly referred to as the N-file, the collection covers the Gilbreths quest to find The One Best Way in job performance, worker satisfaction, efficient office management, and home economics.Types of material in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research...
Dates:
1845 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1924; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1938
Willis A. Tacker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 537
Content Description
Includes office working file folders alphabetized, publication files, Army files, PH-D dissertations, awards, and certificates related to the establishment of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue in the 1970s and subsequent development of Purdue BME. Also contains research data and photographs of people and of hearts.
Dates:
1966 - 2000