Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

Collection closed for processing.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alfred A. Bolton, Papers regarding History of Management and Other Material, A&M 3735, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers of Alfred A. Bolton, a professor specializing in the field of management history. He completed a dissertation that retrospectively analyzed the historically influential Hawthorne Studies that had been conducted at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago from 1927-1932, of which he later wrote and lectured. The collection includes photocopies of original Hawthorne Studies records and related research material, copies of articles by Bolton, and video tapes related to management theory, history, and practice, among other material. There are also glass cutting tools that he inherited, or perhaps used as a journeyman glass cutter in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

This collection is minimally processed.

Separated Material

Seven record cartons and one small box containing books, primarily regarding management history and theory, were separated from the collection and given to Harold Forbes, Curator of Rare Books, for processing (2010/05/17).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bolton, Alfred A.
• Personnel management
• Psychology, Industrial
• Research, Industrial