A. B. Segur and Company Motion and Time Analysis collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSP 299

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains instructional booklets on Motion Time Analysis published by A. B. Segur and Co. It also contains company bulletins, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, a photo album of factory machinery, and company ephemera.

Dates

Creation: 1912 - 1975

Creator

Segur, A. B. (Asa Bertrand), 1886-1975 (Person)

Languages of Materials

This collection is primarily in English, with a German copy of the Motion-Time Analysis instructional course book.

Access Information

This collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Biographical Information

Asa Bertrand Segur was born in Decatur, Indiana in 1886. He graduated from Purdue in 1911 with a degree in Civil Engineering. After graduating, he worked in the Efficiency Division of the Chicago Civil Service Commission. In 1917, Segur became the engineer in charge of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind where he worked with Frank Gilbreth. In 1919, Segur set up his own consulting company in Oak Park, Illinois: A. B. Segur and Company. It was here that he unveiled his philosophy of Motion-Time-Analysis which sought to find the most efficient way to use motion in the workspace. He worked as a consultant until his death in 1975.