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.
Company files in the collection include: New England Butt Company, Regal Shoe Company, Remington Typewriter Company, Sears & Roebuck, National Cash Register, Pierce Arrow, Eastman Kodak, Lever Brothers, and Cluett Peabody & Company. A small portion of the collection covers the Gilbreths family life and Frank's army career during World War I.
Dates
- 1845-1959
- Majority of material found within 1906-1924
- Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1938
Creator
Extent
100.00 Cubic Feet
Arrangement Note
The collection is organized into four series:
1. N-file, ca. 1845-1941 (71.5 cubic feet)
2. N-file Oversized, ca. 1914-1919 (1 cubic foot)
3. N-file Photographs, ca. 1908-1941 (11.5 cubic feet)
4. N-file Blueprints, ca. 1906-1937 (8 cubic feet)
1. N-file, ca. 1845-1941 (71.5 cubic feet)
2. N-file Oversized, ca. 1914-1919 (1 cubic foot)
3. N-file Photographs, ca. 1908-1941 (11.5 cubic feet)
4. N-file Blueprints, ca. 1906-1937 (8 cubic feet)
Existence and Location of Originals
multi-part note content
- Ability -- Testing
- Armed Forces
- Automobiles--Design and construction
- Blueprints (reprographic copies)
- Bricklaying
- Clippings (Information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Dentistry
- Disabled veterans
- Engineering
- Epilepsy
- Factory management
- Flow charts
- Gilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker), 1868-1924
- Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878 - 1972
- Home economics
- Human engineering
- Industrial arts--Vocational guidance
- Industrial engineering
- Industrial management
- Inventory control
- Kitchens
- Manufacturing
- Manuscripts (Documents)
- Military education
- Motion study
- Pamphlets
- People with disabilities
- Photographic prints
- Photography
- Psychology
- Purdue University--Baseball
- Scrapbooks
- Soap Manufacturing
- Standardization
- Time management
- Typewriting
- Women -- Employment
- Women engineers
Creator
- Title
- Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Library of Management Research and Professional papers
- Author
- Joanne Mendes, Archives Assistant
- Date
- 03/07/2008
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Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu