A. B. Segur papers
Scope and Contents
Certificates, diplomas, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, films and other audio-visual materials on motion and time analysis, industrial management, and engineering. Includes a scrapbook of clippings on the City of Chicago: Bureau of Streets, Civil Service Commission and Police Personnel, assembled by Segur for the Efficiency Division of the Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1912-1913. The papers also include numerous articles and other papers by Segur on motion time analysis and industrial management.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1970
Creator
Languages of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Copyright restrictions may apply. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.
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.
Extent
1.00 Cubic Feet (One half-width letter-size manuscript box and one flat folder)
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by A. B. Segur's granddaughter, Doris Esch Borthwick, in 1983.
Processing Information
Collection was rehoused in archival folders and boxes and rusty staples were removed.
- Slide rule
- Title
- A. B. Segur papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Kenny
- Date
- 2019-03-27
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition.
Revision Statements
- 2019-03-27: Collection identifier changed from seguab1 to MSA 371, materials rehoused, and descriptions updated by Sarah Kenny.
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
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